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Jay Fox loads a letter tray in the new Center for Book Arts
Art and DesignArts and Sciences

Certificate of Proficiency in Book Arts Launches Fall 2026

The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith is expanding its role as a regional destination for art and design with the launch of a new academic Certificate of Proficiency in Book Arts and the establishment of the Center for Book Arts.

August 08, 2026
a printed card reads UAFS three times on an antique letter press
Art and DesignArts and SciencesEvents

UAFS Center for Book Arts Opens

At the new Center for Book Arts, centuries-old practices feel newly alive as students, faculty, and local artists set type, pull prints, fold paper, stitch pages, and explore what a book can become.

August 08, 2026
Dr. Duncan Pelly teaches an Introduction to Entrepreneurship course as an international visiting professor at Pan-American University’s Aguascalientes campus in Mexico
Business and IndustryNews

Pelly Announced as Dean of CBI

UAFS has named Dr. Duncan Pelly dean of the College of Business and Industry, bringing to the university an academic leader with deep international experience in accreditation, entrepreneurship, corporate partnerships, and regional economic developme...

August 07, 2026
A group of students sit in the shade while eating lunch on the UAFS Campus Green.
EventsStudents

Welcome Week Kicks Off Fall Semester at UAFS

The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith begins the fall semester with Welcome Week, an annual weeklong slate of events designed to help students reconnect with friends, make new connections, and find their place on campus.

July 31, 2026
UAFS senior geosciences student, Abby Web, poses with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background while wearing a Stanford hat.
Arts and SciencesNews

Summer at Stanford

Abby Webb, a senior geoscience student, earned a fully funded summer research fellowship at Stanford University's School of Sustainability.

July 30, 2026

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