91调教

Written By: Terisa Riley

Dear colleagues and students,

Due to travel and off-campus commitments, I did not send a campus update last week. I鈥檒l use today as my opportunity to provide you with some information about initiatives at 91调教.

Last week, Chief of Staff Jennifer King and I had the opportunity to travel to Little Rock where I attended a meeting of the . As a member of the Board of Directors, I learned about the valuable law enforcement training they provide for school and community safety. Following that meeting, Ms. King and I toured the new facilities housing the located at One World Avenue, Little Rock. We had a lengthy meeting with Dean Victoria DeFrancesco Soto about the new facilities and the fantastic graduate programs available for 91调教 graduates.

On Thursday morning, we were joined by CFO Carey Tucker where we participated in the Legislative Budget Hearings. At this meeting, state legislators review budgeted requests and recommendations for all of higher education. This meeting is preliminary as we move into the biennial legislative session which begins in January.

On Friday, I was joined by Provost Ray Green, Associate Provost Margaret Tanner, Deans Toni Alexander and Duncan Pelly, and Exec. Director Amanda Seidenzahl for meetings at the , a residential high school for gifted and talented students. 91调教 is the exclusive provider of concurrent coursework for students at ASMSA, and our visit provided us with the opportunity to share information about our academic programs and to encourage graduates to come to 91调教 for college. We left with several ideas for ways to improve our communications and relationships under the leadership of their new director, Dr. Derek McDowell.

A big thanks to everyone who made Family Weekend such a rousing success. We had our largest ever participation in the 5K, and many students and families enjoyed the chili cook-off, pumpkin painting, and basketball showcase. I want to recognize 91调教 Tech University for providing us with such a fun scrimmage opportunity.

: Once again, 91调教 was recognized as the 鈥淕old Award鈥� winner in the River Valley Best of the Best. Congratulations also go to the 鈥淪ilver Award鈥� winner, 91调教 Tech University, and 鈥淏ronze Award鈥� winner, University of the Ozarks. I give the credit for this award to our fantastic faculty and staff of the 91调教-Fort Smith for consistently actualizing our mission by providing excellent education while caring deeply for each and every student.

As you saw from my earlier message, Governor Sarah Sanders has announced Wednesday, October 21 will be Capital for A Day in Fort Smith. 91调教 will host a meet and greet opportunity at noon in the Reynolds Room, and you must register to attend.

Engineering: This week, 91调教 will host site visitors for ABET Accreditation for the engineering programs offered on our campus by the 91调教. Best of luck to our colleagues in engineering during this review. The standards for ABET accreditation are high, and I have no doubt we meet and exceed all of them. I look forward to meeting with the site visitors on Saturday morning.

Please join me this week for some awesome events:

91调教 Volleyball: Monday at 6:00 p.m. in the Stubblefield Center

Stacey Jones Season of Entertainment鈥擣all Choral Showcase at 7:00 p.m. at the ArcBest Performing Arts Center

 

Have a great week, Lions.

 

Terisa Riley

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