ATU Upward Bound Toy Donation December 2022

ATU Upward Bound Programs Collect, Donate Toys

Students involved in Upward Bound programs at Arkansas Tech University collected and donated more than 200 toys to the Festival of Stars toy drive in advance of the 2022 holiday season. The donated items will...
Roberta Friend ATU-Ozark Class of 2022

Friend Overcomes Age Gap, Graduates from ATU-Ozark

Roberta R. Friend did not earn her G.E.D. until she was in her 40s. As she approached the age of 70, she felt a desire to continue her education at Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus. "I...
Seth Cates_Stephen White_Douglas Ticson December 2022

Ticson, Cates Commissioned During Ceremony at ATU

Two graduating seniors from the U.S. Army ROTC program at Arkansas Tech University were commissioned as second lieutenants during a ceremony at Doc Bryan Student Services Center Lecture Hall on Saturday, Dec. 10. Douglas S....
Fall 2022 Commencement Feature

Many Paths, One Achievement: Graduation Stories

Many of us have obstacles standing between us and our goals. Mary Jean Hall isn't the kind of person who just goes over or around those obstacles. She runs right through them. The spunky 72-year old...
Tradition Keepers Fall 2022

Six Fall Graduates Named ATU Tradition Keepers

Fall 2022 Arkansas Tech University graduates Meredith Boogaart of Fayetteville, Anna Bloodworth Brown of Russellville, Zoe Merritt of Dardanelle, Sarah Smith of Bella Vista, Megan Thompson of Bauxite and Piper Turner of Van Buren...
ATU Alumni and Community Christmas Concert

100+ Musicians to Offer Christmas Concert at ATU

It might be the start of a new holiday tradition in the Arkansas River Valley. The Arkansas Tech University Department of Music will host the inaugural ATU Alumni and Community Christmas Concert at 7:30 p.m....
Ugly Holiday Sweater Winners 2022

Ugliest of the Ugly Holiday Sweaters Earn Accolades

Arkansas Tech University has crowned its faculty and staff ugly holiday sweater champions for 2022. Sherry Tinerella (left) captured the prize on the Russellville campus, while Emily Wyles and Kayla McIntosh (right) took top honors...
Hailey Addison

Addison Aids Habitat for Humanity With Senior Project

Arkansas Tech University student Hailey Addison wanted to cap her experience in ATU's University Honors program with a senior project that would make an authentic difference in the Russellville community. She just wasn't sure...
ATU Commencement May 2022

ATU Fall Commencement December 9-10

Arkansas Tech University will confer approximately 1,800 degrees and other academic credentials during fall 2022 commencement ceremonies on Friday, Dec. 9, and Saturday, Dec. 10, at Tucker Coliseum in Russellville. The 7 p.m. Friday ceremony...
Jance Cook_Megan Toland_Madison VanderKooi ATU SPJ Award 2022

ATU Earns National SPJ Campus Program of the Year

Arkansas Tech University's chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) has received a national award for an outreach program it hosted in 2022. ATU students and faculty earned the SPJ campus program of the...