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Federal financial aid stress continues for Arkansas universities, students

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KUAR | By Antoinette Grajeda / Arkansas Advocate

From the Arkansas Advocate:

Nearly four months after the delayed rollout of an updated federal financial aid form, Arkansas colleges and universities continue to face challenges in accessing accurate information needed to award funding to students.

Although implementation of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form has been less than ideal, college officials agreed difficulties were to be expected and the changes will create an easier application process once the system is working efficiently.

The FAFSA form, which is being updated as a result of congressional action, is used to award federal aid like Pell Grants, as well as state scholarships, like the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship. Arkansas education officials announced in January they would grant conditional approval of state scholarship applications as the federal government addressed issues associated with the FAFSA revamp.

Federal financial aid stress continues for Arkansas universities, students

Elissa Nadworny/NPR

Schools and students are coping with challenges from the delayed rollout of FAFSA.

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Arkansas minority health commission ends diversity scholarship following lawsuit

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KUAR | By Antoinette Grajeda / Arkansas Advocate

Quinyatta Mumford credits an Arkansas Minority Health Commission scholarship with affording her the opportunity to finish her doctorate in public health with less stress.

The single mother of three will graduate from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences next week and was disheartened to learn the Minority Health Workforce Diversity Scholarship is being discontinued as part of a lawsuit settlement.

“We already know that minorities are underrepresented across health care and in public health, so if we take away the ability to incentivize those that are typically marginalized, then it’s going to make it very difficult to entice people, not only to go into the field, but to entice people to come to Arkansas,” she said.

https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/local-regional-news/2023-05-12/arkansas-minority-health-commission-ends-diversity-scholarship-following-lawsuit

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Masks hang from an IV pole at a hospital.

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Janet B. Carson Master Gardener scholarship open to high school seniors

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By Rebekah Hall
U of A System Division of Agriculture 

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas high school seniors interested in pursuing a plant sciences degree may benefit from a scholarship opportunity available through the Arkansas Master Gardener program.

THE FUTURE OF HORTICULTURE — The Janet B. Carson Master Gardener Scholarship is named for noted extension horticulturist Janet Carson, who served the Cooperative Extension Service for nearly four decades. The scholarship is available to high school seniors planning to pursue a plant sciences degree at an Arkansas college or university. (Division of Agriculture photo.)

The Janet B. Carson Master Gardener Scholarship is available to high school seniors planning to attend an Arkansas college or university and major in a plant science related-field, including horticulture, botany, agronomy, forestry, landscape architecture and more.

The Arkansas Master Gardener program funds the $1,000 scholarship. Randy Forst, extension consumer horticulture educator and Master Gardener program coordinator for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said the scholarship is part of the program’s investment in the future of horticulture.

“The Janet B. Carson Scholarship was set up in 2014 in honor of Janet Carson, who spent 38 years sharing her horticulture knowledge and love of gardening with many people across the state,” Forst said. “We are hoping that this will encourage more people to pursue a career involving plants. When it comes to horticulture, Master Gardeners are a big component of investing in the future generation of the plant industry.”

The deadline to apply is March 10, 2023, and the scholarship application is available at bit.ly/carson-scholarship-23. Scholarship applicants are required to submit two letters of recommendation and a short statement about their career goals, along with their high school transcripts and ACT (or equivalent) scores. For more information, contact mg@uada.edu or contact your county extension agent.

To learn about extension programs in Arkansas, contact your local Cooperative Extension Service agent or visit www.uaex.uada.edu. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @AR_Extension. To learn more about Division of Agriculture research, visit the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station website: https://aaes.uada.edu. Follow on Twitter at @ArkAgResearch. To learn more about the Division of Agriculture, visit https://uada.edu/. Follow us on Twitter at @AgInArk.

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UAMS Alumnus Honors Father with $1 Million College of Medicine Scholarship

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By Benjamin Waldrum

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1,050,000 gift commitment from Primepares “Prime” G. Pal, M.D., to create a College of Medicine scholarship in honor of his late father.

The Dr. Agaton P. Pal Scholarship is designed to support medical students with an academic background in the social sciences, or medical students with a demonstrated commitment and passion to community service or social work. It will initially award $10,000 annually to one UAMS medical student.

https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/21/uams-alumnus-honors-father-with-1-million-college-of-medicine-scholarship/

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UAMS College of Medicine Receives $100,000 To Establish Scholarship in Retired Cardiologist’s Name

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By Linda Satter

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $100,000 gift from Rosanne Murphy of Hot Springs to establish an endowed scholarship in the UAMS College of Medicine.

Murphy’s late husband, Marvin L. Murphy, M.D., was a cardiologist at UAMS for 33 years, from 1963 until his retirement in 1996. He was a professor emeritus thereafter and died on Feb. 17, 2002, at age 71.

In 1991, Murphy received the College of Medicine’s Distinguished Faculty Award, which was established in 1973 to honor exemplary faculty members who helped shape the institution.

https://news.uams.edu/2022/04/07/uams-college-of-medicine-receives-100000-to-establish-scholarship-in-retired-cardiologists-name/

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UA Cossatot’s 2022-2023 Online Scholarship Application Open

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PRESS RELEASE

183 College Drive, De Queen, AR 71832
870-584-1124
www.cccua.edu

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 18 January 2022
CONTACT: Dustin Roberts, Director of Development

UA Cossatot’s 2022-2023 online scholarship application is currently open, and the deadline to apply is March 1, 2022. The online scholarship application portal allows students to apply for many different foundation and institutional scholarships by completing just one online application. The online application can be found at cccua.awardspring.com.

There are scholarships available for an assortment of students; incoming freshman, returning students, non-traditional, and program-specific scholarships. Most UA Cossatot scholarships are donor-funded and there are scholarship opportunities for students attending classes on all four UA Cossatot campuses; De Queen, Nashville, Ashdown, Lockesburg, and online.

UA Cossatot’s Director of Development Dustin Roberts said, “There are a variety of scholarships and award amounts available for fall 2022 and spring 2023. It’s incredible to see donors supporting local college students and investing in their futures.”

For more information, contact Dustin Roberts at 870-584-1172 or droberts@cccua.edu. ###

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Tyson Foods Establishes Industrial Maintenance Scholarship with UA Cossatot Foundation

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May 24, 2021

UA Cossatot Foundation recently received a $2,500 donation from Tyson Foods to establish the Tyson Technical Maintenance Scholarship.

The scholarship awards one student $2,500 who is in the Industrial Maintenance Program at UA Cossatot. This scholarship application will open in the summer and the recipient will be selected by the UA Cossatot Scholarship Committee in the fall 2021 semester.

UA Cossatot’s Director of Development, Dustin Roberts, said, “We greatly appreciate Tyson Foods'  helping our students succeed. Tyson generously donated valuable equipment to our Industrial Maintenance program on the Lockesburg Campus, was our headline sponsor at Fiesta Fest, which provides scholarships to our students, and most recently establishing the Tyson Technical Maintenance Scholarship!”

For more information on establishing a scholarship with the UA Cossatot Foundation, contact Dustin Roberts at 870-584-1172 or droberts@cccua.edu.