Dr. Russell Jones

Jones Accepts Interim Leadership of Arkansas Tech

Dr. Russell Jones was unanimously selected to serve as acting interim president of Arkansas Tech University by the ATU Board of Trustees during its meeting at Chambers Cafeteria West Dining Room on Thursday, Aug....
Justin Neel

“Invest In It With Everything You’ve Got:” Neel Building Community Through Education in Rural Arkansas 

Tucked away near the clear, cool waters of the Caddo River and the beauty of the Ouachita Mountains is a rural K-12 campus that has provided generations of Montgomery County youth with access to...
A.C. Brown III

A.C. Brown III Remembered Through Scholarship at Arkansas Tech 

Dr. Alexis White and her husband, fellow Arkansas Tech University alumnus Hunter White, made a conscious decision as young professionals that giving back to ATU in memory of a lost loved one was a...
Horne Article for Spring 2023 Tech Action

Horne Family Provides Scholarship Assistance for Wonder Boys, Golden Suns 

Arkansas Tech University student-athletes will benefit from a new scholarship opportunity established by a Wonder Boy letterman and his wife.  The Charles L. and Donna J. Horne, Jr. Endowed Scholarship will provide financial aid for...
Young Family in Front of Young Building 2021

A Family, A Building and An Enduring Legacy

What is your W.O. Young Student Center story? Maybe you opened a letter in the post office that changed your life. There’s a chance you bought your first Arkansas Tech University T-shirt in the bookstore. Maybe...
Dr. Robin E. Bowen ACUI President of the Year 2023

Bowen Receives ACUI President of the Year Award

Dr. Robin E. Bowen, Arkansas Tech University president, is the 2023 ACUI president of the year. Bowen received the award during the ACUI Annual Conference in Boston, Mass. "In preparation for building a new student union...
2023 ATU Hall of Distinction Honorees

Blanchard, Fox, Harper Elected to Hall of Distinction

Charles Blanchard of Russellville, Michael Fox of Parkdale, Ore., and Chaun Harper of Dallas, Texas, have been selected for the highest honor Arkansas Tech University may bestow upon an individual. They will be inducted into...
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Time Out for Tech Draws 1,400 Student Registrants

High school seniors from around Arkansas and beyond filed into Tucker Coliseum on Thursday morning for the opening session of Time Out for Tech 2023, a preview day for prospective college students hosted by...
Bruce Sikes

ATU-Ozark Chancellor to Retire June 30

Bruce Sikes, Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus chancellor, will retire June 30, 2023. Sikes began his career as a teacher, coach and administrator in K-12 education. He joined ATU-Ozark as chief academic officer in 2007 and...
Judge Ben Cross and Stephanie Duffield 2-20-2023

Duffield Begins Second Term as ATU Trustee

Stephanie Duffield of Russellville was sworn in as a member of the Arkansas Tech University Board of Trustees at the beginning of the board meeting on Monday, Feb. 20. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders appointed Duffield...