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UAFS students gather at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee during domestic Maymester trip
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UAFS Students Embark on Somber Summer History Course

Students from the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith spent the early weeks of summer visiting and learning about civil rights history across Arkansas.

June 13, 2025
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Lion Voices

Lion Voices: Embry Thornton

Embry Thornton talks about UAFS and what they have done to help him achieve his dream of being a teacher.

January 24, 2025
Logan Aguilera, class of '23, coaches a player at Sallisaw during a football game. Aguilera is a geography teacher at Sallisaw Middle School.
AlumniArts and SciencesLion Voices

Some Things Are Worth Waiting For

University of Arkansas - Fort Smith College of Arts and Sciences 2023 alum Logan Aguilera encourages students to practice patience. UAFS helped prepare him to be a middle school teacher in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, and become a coach of six different teams....

February 08, 2024
Tom Wing and Shadow Robinson at the Preserve Arkansas Awards
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Wilhauf House Wins Excellence in Preservation through Restoration at Arkansas Preservation Awards

The Wilhauf House in Van Buren was honored with the Excellence in Preservation through Restoration award at the annual Arkansas Preservation Awards hosted by Preserve Arkansas.

January 26, 2024
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Lion Voices

Lion Voices: Faith Cureton

During this interview, Faith Cureton has the chance to talk about why and how she came to choose UAFS as her school. She talks about her future plans of teaching and how theater has been a major passion in her life.

November 03, 2023
UAFS graduate Anna Vincent stands next to the entrance sign at the Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center
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From UAFS to Preserver of History: Anna Vincent

Anna Vincent, a history graduate ('17) of the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith, finds herself twenty miles from the UAFS campus, where history and culture are buried in time. The Spiro Mounds in Fort Coffee, Oklahoma, contain artifacts from...

July 03, 2023
Panelists from Women in Charge pose after event
EventsArts and Sciences

UAFS Concludes Women’s History Month with Local Women in Charge Panel

On Monday, March 27, 2023, a panel of four local leaders spoke at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith highlighting their successes and path to getting to where they are. What made the panel unique: all four leaders were women.

April 07, 2023
Students discuss their Colson Whitehead novels after getting them autographed
EventsFeatured

UAFS Kicks off Black History Month Celebrations

Throughout the month of February, the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith will host a slate of events honoring and celebrating Black History. This year’s Black History Month theme, “Keeping Hope Alive,” pays homage to the social institutions...

January 30, 2023
Petersburg, Va. Officers of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry playing cards in front of tents
EventsFeatured

Civil War Lecture Series Highlights Diverse Voices

The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith will host a civil war lecture series titled “Our only ‘felt’ history: New Perspectives on the U.S. Civil War” featuring leading scholars in the field throughout the semester, thanks to funding from...

February 21, 2022
EventsFeatured

UAFS Kicks Off Women's History Month Slate on March 8, International Women's Day

The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith has announced a slate of events honoring and celebrating Women’s History Month, kicking off on the 2021 International Day of Women, March 8, with celebrations, discussions, and presentations at the UAFS...

March 05, 2021

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