ASU campus adds statue of red wolf
Arkansas State University has added a new landmark to its campus: a 350-pound red wolf statue.
The university's Student Government Association -- including current President Haley Stotts and Logan Mustain, who was the student body president in 2015-16 when the idea first came about -- presented the statue to the university last week. It can be found on Aggie Circle, east of the Carl R. Reng Student Union, according to a news release.
"This wolf is just adding to our campus beautification process so that future students can enjoy this campus just as much as we have today," Stotts said at the unveiling. "I am excited to see how the campus is growing, and I can't wait to see all that we accomplish this year."
The statue -- a howling wolf -- was made in Queretaro, Mexico, according to a news release. A similar statue will be placed on Arkansas State University Campus Queretaro, which opens next month, the news release said.
SAU updates rules on campus alcohol
Southern Arkansas University has updated its campus-alcohol policy after its home county went from dry to wet.
The November 2014 elections allowed alcohol sales in two of the state's counties: Saline and Columbia. SAU is in Magnolia, which is Columbia County's seat.
The university wanted to reinstate its alcohol policy with the change in laws, according to a resolution approved by its trustees earlier this month.
The policy states that no alcoholic beverages will be possessed, served, sold or dispensed on SAU System premises. Alcohol can be served for events approved by the president at the downtown location on the square, the SAU alumni center, the president's home and at locations on SAU Tech and in Camden approved by the chancellor.
UAMS doctors give $50,000 to school
Two University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, physicians have given the academic medical school $50,000 for an internal medicine lectureship.
UAMS matched the gift from the physicians -- Dr. Jawahar L. "Jay" Mehta and his wife, Dr. Paulette Mehta, according to the news release. The $100,000 in total will support an endowed lecture series that will draw top internal-medicine doctors to UAMS, the news release said.
"This lectureship will help train and educate the future physicians of Arkansas by providing invaluable interactions with prominent physicians at the top of their fields," Jay Mehta said in a statement. "In this way, we can continue to provide the best possible care to the people of this state."
Jay Mehta is a professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics, and he holds the Stebbins Chair in Cardiology. Paulette Mehta is a professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology.
"Jay and I share the same vision," Paulette Mehta said in a statement. "Our hope is that this contribution will help push the path forward to reduce the burden of those living with blood and heart diseases, and to eradicate these diseases in our lifetimes."
Metro on 08/20/2017