Stuff to Do this Winter
{There's nothing like involvement to keep you warm.}
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Help Us Light Up Campus!
Join us Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. in the Stubblefield Center for our annual Season's Greetings Concert, featuring live performances of your favorite holiday songs performed by the UA Fort Smith Symphonic Band, Chorale, Jazz Catz, and special guests. Immediately after the concert, we'll gather on the Campus Green to light the campus for the Holidays. Faculty, staff, and students attend free. $6 plus a $1 endowment fee for others. Call the Box Office, (479) 788-7300, for tickets or info.
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 Catch a Ballgame at Crowder Field
The Diamond Lions open their 2010 season with a doubleheader against Cameron University Feb. 1 at Crowder Field. Last year's team ended the season with a 29-5 home record. This season, playing as provisional NCAA Division II members, the Lions will face all new opponents. Check the full schedule.
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'RELEASE THE BEAST'
AT HOMECOMING WEEK FEB. 15-20
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL * TAILGATING
BONFIRE/PEP RALLY * WAGON PARADE
LIVE MUSIC * POWDERPUFF FOOTBALL
'PIE A PROFESSOR' * SPIRIT COMPETITIONS
CARNIVAL GAMES FOR KIDS AND GROWN-UPS
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See the World...
...in an afternoon at the International Festival, March 30 in the Stubblefield Center. Enjoy a variety of performances, snacks, and cultural items from countries including China, Brazil, Thailand, Sweden, Uganda, and many others. Check the calendar on the Community Connections page for more information.
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Two Classes for an Associate Degree?
{How Pendleton Woods, '46, graduated with just 4 credit hours.}
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Pen Woods on the FSJC
campus in 1946. |
Pendleton "Pen" Woods, '46, sent us a letter recently
explaining how he'd managed to graduate after taking just two classes at what was then Fort Smith Junior College — and how he met his wife of nearly 62 years, Robin Freeman, '47. Watch for the rest of Woods' remarkable story in a future issue of Bell Tower, The Magazine of UA Fort Smith.
I graduated from Fort Smith High School in 1941 and that fall enrolled in the University of Arkansas in the journalism department. World War II began for our nation the following December. I joined the Army Reserve Corps in 1942 and was called to active duty in 1943. I was given credit for my sophomore year, even though I had not completed it (as was the case of all reservists called to active duty during the middle of a semester).
After three years of military service, which included five months as a prisoner of war, I was discharged at the end of 1945. Instead of returning immediately to the university, I decided to gain some professional experience before returning. I took a job with the Southwest American daily newspaper in Fort Smith, where I became sports editor. more
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>What's Your Story?
{Meet your sweetie at UA Fort Smith? Tell us about it.}
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Pen Woods' story of campus romance isn't the only one we've heard. Several couples we know met as students at UA Fort Smith, one alumnus proposed to his wife on the Campus Green, and one couple actually got married in the shadow of the Bell Tower. Have you got your own story of campus romance? Email it to us! We love getting photos, too!
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>'An Invaluable Experience'
{Rachel Hobson, '05, on the College of Business, grad school, and her job now}
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Rachel Hobson, '05, calls her time at UA Fort Smith "an invaluable experience." After finishing her bachelor's in Business Administration, she went on to a master's in Communication at the University of Arkansas at
Rachel Hobson at a reception for College
of Business alumni in April 2009.
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Fayetteville and then, in summer 2008, landed a position as Brand Communication Manager at Walmart headquarters. We asked her about the high points of her education, what it means to be a UA Fort Smith alumna, and the story behind Walmart's new brand.
The essence of business: In Professor Bob Sell's Operations Management course, he had us work on a teamwork exercise. The success or failure of this project depended on the decisions that were made by the team.
As an undergrad, I didn't want to do teamwork; I wanted my grade to be based on what I did. But that experience was one of the best learning experiences in my four years of undergrad.
I worked on a team of strong-willed, dynamic personalities. They represented a variety of ages and experiences and viewpoints, and it taught me that teamwork and being able to communicate with people in a significant way is the essence of business.
Teamwork isn't a game of follow-the-leader. It's about discussion, it's about conflict resolution, it's about working through challenges and coming to a decision together. And that's something I do every day in my job. more
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>Past and Future: Both Present
{Honoring our early athletes on the eve of a new era in UA Fort Smith athletics}
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On Nov. 17, UA Fort Smith hosted a reunion of men's basketball
Bill Sengel, '42, in a photo
from the 1941 Numa.
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players from the early years of Fort Smith Junior College. The reunion was prompted by a gift of $10,000 to the University from player Bill Sengel, '42, in honor of Doyle Cole, '42, captain of the 1941 team, and their coach, Frank Jones. The gift will fund athletic scholarships.
Former men's basketball coach Ted Skokos (left)
with players Jack Smith, '49 (middle) and
"Swede" Lundquist, '47.
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Sengel, who lives in Virginia, was unable to attend, but six former players were honored — Jack Smith, '49, "Benno" Friedman, '48, James Goddard, '47, Roy Gean, '47, "Swede" Lundquist, '47, and Robert Cockreham, '41, — along with former coach Ted Skokos, two of Doyle Cole's sons, and Frank Jones's daughter.
But as we commemorated UA Fort Smith's past, we also stepped into the future. The reunion coincided with the modern-day Lions' first game as provisional NCAA Division II members, a 22-point victory over University of the Ozarks.
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>Numbers Game
{UA Fort Smith's extensive campus arboretum}
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*Watch for a feature story on the arboretum in the debut issue of Bell Tower, the Magazine of UA Fort Smith, due out in early April 2010.
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1,185
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Individual trees identified and inventoried as part of the UA Fort Smith arboretum project.
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81
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Different tree species making up the campus arboretum.
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213
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Loblolly pines, the most numerous species on the UA Fort Smith campus.
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673,579
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Estimated total leaf area in square feet (!) of all trees in the arboretum.
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| $1.4 |
Approximate replacement value, in millions, of all the trees in the arboretum. |
1,000+
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Pounds of carbon removed from the atmosphere each year by the arboretum's trees. |
| 700 |
Approximate weight in pounds of pollutants filtered from the air each year by the arboretum's trees. |
4
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Trees that are the largest of their species in Fort Smith, including the state's biggest Cherry Laurel. |
$0
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Cost to take a brisk walk around campus and see this extraordinary collection. Get your map here. |
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Loblolly pines near Boreham Library
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>Kat's Eye
{Lions athletics as seen by campus photographer Kat Wilson}
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GET CONNECTED! {with UA Fort Smith's Alumni Online Community}
Not yet registered? Haven't visited in a while? What are you waiting for? Reconnect with old friends and make new connections with fellow alumni. If you're new to the community, just go to www.uafortsmith alumni.com and click "First time login" at the top of the page.
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Think you've got the UGLIEST HOLIDAY SWEATER EVER?
It could be worth $100!
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FANS WANTED {For the UA Fort Smith Alumni Facebook page.}
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