Student Life

  • Story by Marin McGrath Students all around the world face the daunting task of landing “the” internship.  One University of Arkansas student in particular, is no stranger to this process.   Ella Marshall, a sophomore ADPR major from Kansas City, Missouri had initially planned on studying something science-related in college.   “When I was in high school,…

    The Internship

  • Story by Emma Dannenfelser Thousands of University of Arkansas students walk to class each day, but many do not realize that they are walking mere feet above a powerful natural gas pipeline owned and operated by the university.      The 3.5 million dollar pipeline project was completed in 2016 and has been operating as a…

    U of A’s Pipeline- a Silently Innovative Expenditure

  • Story by Emma Dannenfelser As autumn’s peak nears, the U of A campus is blanketed in hundreds of brightly colored leaves.  However, this year, the beautiful array of leaves are joined by piles of discarded face masks. According to Pat Walker Health Center on campus, masks are required to be always worn when indoors, regardless…

    Fall Leaves and Mask Litter at the U of A

  • Story by Emma Dannenfelser Ever since it was founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas has been a supporter of women’s rights to not only participate but also lead in higher education.  One of the founding faculty members during the university’s debut year was a woman-Mary Gorton-who was a mathematics and literature professor, according to…

    University of Arkansas: 150 Years of Women in Leadership

  • Story by Maddie Epley Last semester, COVID-19 impacted students’ ability to learn by university officials’ decision to go virtual. This semester, students are speaking out about their preference of learning: going back to virtual or staying on campus. Of about 32,600 students, faculty and staff, there are currently 94 active cases at the university, according…

    Decisions, Decisions: Students and Faculty React to Being Back On-Campus

  • How I started the journey to no longer feeling like a fraud in my own body. Story by Abbi Ross I didn’t sneak my first cigarette until the Thanksgiving break of my freshman year of college. I was driving out of Fayetteville on a gray, fall afternoon making my way to the split that would…

    Fooling Them All

  • Story by Carly Lidzy. Photo by Alexander King. The University of Arkansas Associated Student Government has officially announced the new class of Freshman Leadership Forum recruits, along with the new school Senate chairs. The Associated Student Government is a student-led organization that focuses on the betterment of the campus community. They are split into the…

    UofA Student Government Supplies Opportunities and Platforms

  • Story by Sophie Brock, April 21, 2021 A self-defense class may seem like a fun event hosted by the University for Greek Life’s Panhellenic Spirit Week, but for women it’s one of the many precautions that’s taken to be safe.  The goal of this self-defense class, hosted during Greek Life’s Panhellenic Spirit week, was to…

    More Than A Self-Defense Class

  • Story by Sophie Brock April 16, 2021. Photo courtesy of Mary Elizabeth Baldwin. The nursing program at the University of Arkansas is not only a competitive program, as listed by the program’s website, but it’s also been one of the most severely impacted by COVID-19. While other majors are automatically entered into their program upon…

    The Impact of COVID-19 On Nursing Students

  • Story by Sophie Brock, Photos Courtesy of Katie Allen March 18, 2021 March 12th marks the one-year anniversary of the University of Arkansas going virtual. While most students can recall where they were on campus when they received the email that sealed their fate, students studying abroad, were unaware of what was awaiting them at…

    The Day COVID-19 Changed Everything: A Study Abroad Perspective

  • The Internship

    Story by Marin McGrath Students all around the world face the daunting task of landing “the” internship.  One University of Arkansas student in particular, is no stranger to this process.   Ella Marshall, a sophomore ADPR major from Kansas City, Missouri had initially planned on studying something science-related in college.   “When I was in high school,…

  • U of A’s Pipeline- a Silently Innovative Expenditure

    Story by Emma Dannenfelser Thousands of University of Arkansas students walk to class each day, but many do not realize that they are walking mere feet above a powerful natural gas pipeline owned and operated by the university.      The 3.5 million dollar pipeline project was completed in 2016 and has been operating as a…

  • Fall Leaves and Mask Litter at the U of A

    Story by Emma Dannenfelser As autumn’s peak nears, the U of A campus is blanketed in hundreds of brightly colored leaves.  However, this year, the beautiful array of leaves are joined by piles of discarded face masks. According to Pat Walker Health Center on campus, masks are required to be always worn when indoors, regardless…

  • University of Arkansas: 150 Years of Women in Leadership

    Story by Emma Dannenfelser Ever since it was founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas has been a supporter of women’s rights to not only participate but also lead in higher education.  One of the founding faculty members during the university’s debut year was a woman-Mary Gorton-who was a mathematics and literature professor, according to…

  • Decisions, Decisions: Students and Faculty React to Being Back On-Campus

    Story by Maddie Epley Last semester, COVID-19 impacted students’ ability to learn by university officials’ decision to go virtual. This semester, students are speaking out about their preference of learning: going back to virtual or staying on campus. Of about 32,600 students, faculty and staff, there are currently 94 active cases at the university, according…

  • Fooling Them All

    How I started the journey to no longer feeling like a fraud in my own body. Story by Abbi Ross I didn’t sneak my first cigarette until the Thanksgiving break of my freshman year of college. I was driving out of Fayetteville on a gray, fall afternoon making my way to the split that would…

  • UofA Student Government Supplies Opportunities and Platforms

    Story by Carly Lidzy. Photo by Alexander King. The University of Arkansas Associated Student Government has officially announced the new class of Freshman Leadership Forum recruits, along with the new school Senate chairs. The Associated Student Government is a student-led organization that focuses on the betterment of the campus community. They are split into the…

  • More Than A Self-Defense Class

    Story by Sophie Brock, April 21, 2021 A self-defense class may seem like a fun event hosted by the University for Greek Life’s Panhellenic Spirit Week, but for women it’s one of the many precautions that’s taken to be safe.  The goal of this self-defense class, hosted during Greek Life’s Panhellenic Spirit week, was to…

  • The Impact of COVID-19 On Nursing Students

    Story by Sophie Brock April 16, 2021. Photo courtesy of Mary Elizabeth Baldwin. The nursing program at the University of Arkansas is not only a competitive program, as listed by the program’s website, but it’s also been one of the most severely impacted by COVID-19. While other majors are automatically entered into their program upon…

  • The Day COVID-19 Changed Everything: A Study Abroad Perspective

    Story by Sophie Brock, Photos Courtesy of Katie Allen March 18, 2021 March 12th marks the one-year anniversary of the University of Arkansas going virtual. While most students can recall where they were on campus when they received the email that sealed their fate, students studying abroad, were unaware of what was awaiting them at…