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$50,000 Grant to Fund Microbiology Labs, Research

A $50,000 faculty recruitment grant will help UAFS build its microbiology program, equip a new shared research lab, and expand hands-on opportunities for undergraduate students through the Arkansas INBRE network.

December 01, 2025
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TRIO Programs Funding Renewed, Jordan Named TRIO STEM Director

The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith was recently awarded more than $2.7 million in renewed grant funding for the TRIO Student Support Services and TRIO STEM programs through 2030.

July 22, 2025
DeJon Jordan, assistant director for TRIO STEM at UAFS, smiles for the camera outside of the Boreham Library
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DeJon Jordan: Practicing What He Preaches

DeJon Jordan, the assistant director for TRIO STEM at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, shares how he ensures students succeed at UAFS.

June 09, 2025
Sydney Seegers, program assistant for TRIO STEM SSS
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First-Gen Staff Voices: Sydney Seegers

Sydney Seegers graduated from the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith in May 2023. As a first-generation student, it was an "opportunity to chase and achieve her dreams" and become a role model for her family. She gives back to UAFS and other first-generation...

November 04, 2024
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Babb Center for Career Services Honors Nine UAFS Grads

Hundreds of students from the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith graduated to the tune of “Pomp and Circumstance” on Saturday, May 13, 2023. However, nine of those students walked across the stage with gold or silver cords to signify individual...

May 15, 2023
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UAFS Undergrad Presents Biomedical Research

Sydney Du, an undergraduate student from the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith was honored to present her research at the 2022 conference of the Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Oct. 21-22 at the University of Arkansas...

November 28, 2022
Rindy Crump
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Rindy Crump Named Director of TRIO SSS STEM

Rindy Crump has been selected as the Director of the TRIO Student Support Services STEM Grant at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith, effective March 19, 2022.

March 23, 2022
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UAFS Geoscience Students Explore Research With Full Fellowships

Three UAFS geoscience graduates have demonstrated a wide range of research and disciplines in the program, and their graduate school plans and prestigious graduate fellowships, reflect the same diversity.

May 27, 2021
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UAFS STEM Professors Earn $74,000 in Grants to Fund Undergraduate Research

Two professors in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith have received grants totaling more than $74,000 from the Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) to advance undergraduate research...

March 26, 2021
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STEM Living Learning

STEM Students Live and Learn Together

January 01, 2021
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Kannan Studies in Sri Lanka

This was supposed to be a different story, one about a distinguished UAFS professor embarking on not one, but two prestigious Fulbright awards. Instead, it is a reflection on making the most of the circumstances in which one finds oneself and a lesson...

January 01, 2021

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