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SEARK coordinators serve on nursing council
Area Digest Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 4:16pmTwo coordinators of the nursing program at Southeast Arkansas College recently served on the Associate Degree Council of Nurse Administrators for Nursing Education Programs (in Arkansas.
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SEARK biology instructor delivers presentation at educators’ conference
Area Digest Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 4:06pmMary Vollertsen, biology instructor at Southeast Arkansas College, recently delivered a presentation at the American Society for Microbiology Conference for Undergraduate Educators in Denve.
...Shoffner resigns as state treasurer after FBI arrest
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 2:53pmAfter intense political pressure from Democrats and Republicans, Arkansas State Treasurer Martha Shoffner resigned in the midst of facing federal charges of extortion. Shoffner, who was arrested...
Extension staff, 4-H clubs helping Oklahoma tornado residents
Area Digest Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 11:00amLITTLE ROCK — A pair of donated 18-wheelers and a converted “chicken trailer” are part of the Extension of Hope disaster relief effort being carried out by employees of the University of Arkansas...
Look, but don’t touch buck moth caterpillars
Area Digest Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 11:00amRISON — “’Whoa! Don’t touch that!’ are the last words you’ll hear before the stinging sensation begins,” said Les Walz, Cleveland County Extension staff chair for the University of Arkansas System...
USDA official to speak at UAPB conference in Marianna
Area Digest Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 11:00amKathie Klass, U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Senior Outreach manager, will be the speaker at the Cultivating Edible Gardens Conference.
The conference will be held from 9 a...
Set up man at state Capitol retires
State Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 11:00amLITTLE ROCK — Jonathan Runnells may not have made history, but he helped set up for it and got to watch it happen at Arkansas’ seat of government.
Runnells retired earlier this year after...
Fences can help protect water quality
State Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 11:00amFAYETTEVILLE — With the memory of last year’s crushing drought still fresh, cattle producers may focus more on water quantity than water quality, but poor water quality can be as much of a killer...
House seeks to avert spike in student loan rates
State Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 11:00amWASHINGTON — With student loan interest rates ready to increase, the Republican-led House approved a bill that would lessen the blow for now.
Subsidized Stafford loans carry a fixed 3.4...
Some fear reduced participation in GED when fees begin
State Comments Updated: May 25, 2013 10:00amLITTLE ROCK — Some state legislators and education officials are concerned that fewer Arkansans may take the General Educational Development test after expected testing fees go into effect next...
