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25 New Faculty Members Join UAFS
Twenty five new full-time faculty members will join UAFS for the 2025-26 academic year, strengthening programs across its three colleges and expanding academic resources for students.
August 18, 2025
First-Year and Transfer Enrollment See Gains for 2025
First-year undergraduate enrollment has reached its highest level since before the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 1,030 first-year students registered for the fall of 2025, a 15% increase from the same date in 2024.
August 18, 2025
Class Notes, Summer 2025
Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP alumni share life and career updates.
August 18, 2025
Full Slate of Events Welcomes UAFS Students
Check out a complete list of events happening during the 2025 Welcome Week at the Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP.
August 14, 2025
UAFS Center for Economic Development's ASBTDC Opens in Van Buren
The Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP Center for Economic Development's Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP Small Business and Technology Development Center opened its second office location in Van Buren.
August 13, 2025
RAs at UAFS Excited to Meet New Residents
Resident assistants at the Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP prepare to welcome students to the Lion's Den and Sebastian Commons.
August 08, 2025
Home Among the Halls: Joe England
Joe England, resident director for the Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP's Lion's Den, has been at the center of ensuring the dorms are a home away from home for first-year students since 2021.
August 08, 2025
Tax-Free Weekend Savings Apply at UAFS
The Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP Sales Tax Holiday returns August 2 and 3. Savings on school supplies and apparel are available at the Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP.
July 31, 2025
Awareness and Education to Save Lives at UAFS
The Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP is ramping up efforts to help save lives through awareness and educational training about the dangers of fentanyl. These efforts align with Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP's One Pill Can Kill initiative, which began in October 2024.
July 31, 2025
Campus Update, July 25, 2025
Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP Chancellor Dr. Terisa Riley provides a summer update for UAFS.
July 25, 2025
Treadaway Named Center for Nonprofits Director
The University of Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP – Fort Smith announces Emily Treadaway as the new Director of the Center for Nonprofits (CNP), a brand-new division of the university’s Center for Economic Development located at the Bakery District in downtown Fort...
July 23, 2025
TRIO Programs Funding Renewed, Jordan Named TRIO STEM Director
The Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP was recently awarded more than $2.7 million in renewed grant funding for the TRIO Student Support Services and TRIO STEM programs through 2030.
July 22, 2025
Oaxaca, Mexico, Service and Study Program Transformative for Students
Students traveling to Oaxaca, Mexico, to volunteer at a children’s home this summer experienced a deeply transformative journey of service and study designed to shape their perspectives, values and future paths.
July 22, 2025
History Buried in the Books: Roxy Wylie
At the Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP, student success librarian Roxy Wylie uses her love of discovery and adventure to help students find success.
July 21, 2025
McIntosh Named UAFS Director of First Year Advising
Kayla McIntosh named as new director of first-year advising (ROAR) at the Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP
July 18, 2025
¡Bienvenido a España!: UAFS Student Takes the Classroom Overseas
Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP junior Viviana Preston recently returned from a four-week study abroad in Spain. As a native Spanish speaker, she was curious to learn more about the culture from which the language was formed.
July 18, 2025
Rounding the Bases: Matthew Schilling’s Homecoming
Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP alum Matthew Schilling continues to call Crowder Field home as he suits up for the Fort Smith Marshals baseball team.
July 17, 2025
Conducting the Rhythm of Teaching: Dr. Alex Zacharella
Dr. Alexandra Zacharella has been a staple of the Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP's music department for nearly 20 years. Music is in her DNA, and she has a passion to share it with students.
June 25, 2025 Spring 2025 Chancellor's and Dean's List Announced
The Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP has released the Chancellor's and Dean's List for the Spring 2025 semester.
June 20, 2025
‘Lion Family’ Grows with Mane Event
The Ï㽶ÊÓƵAPP hosted its first of three new student orientations, Mane Event, of the summer on Friday, June 20, 2025.
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