Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by Janet Wilson
North Little Rock – Members of the Arkansas Association of Public Universities and the Arkansas Association of Two Year Colleges applauded as Governor Mike Beebe recently signed The Roger Phillips Transfer Policy Act. Rep. Mike Burris introduced HB 1357, which will make transferring credits between state colleges and universities easier. Burris invited the daughters and [...]
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Posted on February 4th, 2009 by Janet Wilson
The Arkansas Association of Public Universities (AAPU) today announced its endorsement of Governor Mike Beebe’s tobacco tax proposal to fund a statewide trauma system and other health programs.
The presidents and chancellors of AAPU institutions voted unanimously at a recent meeting to support the plan. AAPU institutions, particularly the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, are [...]
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Posted on February 4th, 2009 by Janet Wilson
All of Arkansas’s four-year public universities will soon be connected to ARE-ON, the high-speed fiber based optical communications network that will expand research, academic, healthcare and emergency preparedness capabilities throughout the state.
ARE-ON (Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network) provides access to national/international high speed infrastructure such as the National LambdaRail, an ultra-fast national Internet infrastructure [...]
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