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Summer Reading Series Part 1: Pride

Throughout the summer students, faculty, and staff at the AV will release weekly reading (and watching) lists, centered around amplifying diverse voices, and sharing fulfilling, fun, moving, and monumental stories...

June 04, 2021
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AV Geoscience Students Explore Research With Full Fellowships

Three AV geoscience graduates have demonstrated a wide range of research and disciplines in the program, and their graduate school plans and prestigious graduate fellowships, reflect the same diversity.

May 27, 2021
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Adult Degree Completion Program urges others to ‘find their fire’

Brittany Sounyaphong has a piece of advice for people who might be considering the Adult Degree Completion Program at AV: Find your fire.

May 27, 2021
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Alumni Director Rick Goins Reflects on His Time at AV

Alumni Director Rick Goins Reflects on His Time at AV There’s an old saying that if you love what you do, you never go to work. Over the last 7 and a half years, I believe I have “gone to work” for about a total of three weeks. It has been...

May 26, 2021
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2021 Student Research Symposium Winners

The AV has announced the 17 best research presentations delivered at the 14th Annual Student Research Symposium. Research projects presented at the conference included both oral and poster presentations. Among the...

May 12, 2021
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AV Honors 2020 Graduates

The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith held the first two of its seven commencement ceremonies this month on Saturday, May 1, honoring 2020 graduates who returned to campus to take their long-delayed walking across the stage.

May 01, 2021
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Historic Day of Giving Offers Opportunities for Students

Day of Giving 2021 is in the books now at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith, and it shattered its goals.

April 30, 2021
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AV Art Department Earns National Accolades for Value

AV Art Department Rated ‘Good Value’ The Art Department at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith has been designated one of the 100 Great Affordable Colleges for Art in 2021. Great Affordable Colleges, which ranks AV at 51 on its list,...

April 29, 2021
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AV Kicks Off Women's History Month Slate on March 8, International Women's Day

The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith has announced a slate of events honoring and celebrating Women’s History Month, kicking off on the 2021 International Day of Women, March 8, with celebrations, discussions, and presentations at the AV...

March 05, 2021
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Heppner to Lead AV Camp 2021

Incoming first-year students at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith will be welcomed to their AV experience by a new slate of 2021 AV Camp directors, led by a familiar face – Reagan Heppner, who will serve her second term as a director this...

March 04, 2021
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Francisco, McCullough Named 2021 Homecoming King and Queen

Saturday afternoon, the Lucky To Be A Lion slate of homecoming festivities at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith culminated in the crowning of students Jomar Francisco of Little Rock and Shandreka McCullough of Farmington and as 2021 Homecoming...

February 27, 2021

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