Education News

For the 38th year, FNBC Bank will award a $4,000 scholarship to a graduating high school senior from Sharp, Izard or Fulton County who plans to attend college seeking a 4-year degree. FNBC partners with the Arkansas Community Foundation to fund and administer the Boyd and Maxine Carpenter Scholarship. Awarded in a two-phase process, the first phase places emphasis on academics, extracurricular activities and employment. The second phase is based upon the…

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Photo SubmittedPictured, from left, are Tiffany Guinnip, Project Manager for Academic Affairs; Lynn Bray, Administrative Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs; Zach Perrine, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs; Heather Mercer, Executive Director, ImmunizeAR; Brian Shonk, Chancellor; Stephanie Holder, UACCB student; Kaileigh Barker, UACCB student. Immunize AR, with the support of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education, developed a friendly Flu Vaccination Challenge among all colleges and universities in Arkansas that…

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Students at Mammoth Spring Schools celebrated FCCLA’s Anything But Backpack Day on March 3 in some very creative ways. 

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Applications are now being accepted for AgDiscovery, a residential career and science exploration program for teens, Dr. Christopher C. Mathis Jr., AgDiscovery program director, said. The program is scheduled for June 11-24 at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) campus. March 31 is the application deadline. Dr. Mathis, who is assistant dean of research and associate research director for the UAPB School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences, said the…

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