Danny Shameer
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State agency seeks volunteers to honor with service award
posted: 01/29/2012 3:32 a.m. Discuss
The Department of Human Services is accepting nominations for the 35th Arkansas Community Service Awards, which honor Arkansans dedicated to volunteer service.
Cash rolls in for Sparkman scholarships, beats goal
posted: 03/12/2011 5:48 a.m. Discuss
Community leaders in Sparkman have raised nearly double the amount originally planned for the town’s new college-scholarship program.
Ex-county official guilty in sex case
posted: 10/06/2010 4:49 a.m. Discuss
A former director of the Sharp County Office of Emergency Service pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree sexual assault Tuesday, avoiding a jury trial scheduled in Ash Flat for later this month.
Jottings on ASU search torn up
posted: 10/02/2010 5:39 a.m. Comment 1
The search advisory committee seeking a new president for the Arkansas University System destroyed notes taken during a meeting while they reviewed applicants’ resumes, officials acknowledged Friday.
2 invited for ASU interview
posted: 10/01/2010 5:31 a.m. Discuss
Two higher-education administrators — one from Louisiana and the other from Alabama — will interview for the Arkansas State University System presidency, officials said Thursday.
Systems’ trustees in search of chiefs
posted: 06/28/2010 5:29 a.m. Discuss
The University of Arkansas System and Arkansas State University System — the two largest in the state — begin the new fiscal year Thursday with something in common.
Beebe names Pierce to ASU board post
posted: 01/19/2010 3:41 a.m. Discuss
Dan Pierce — a former member of the state Department of Higher Education board — has been appointed to the Arkansas State University board of trustees, Gov. Mike Beebe’s office announced Monday.
Beebe appoints schools backer to education slot
posted: 01/09/2010 4:23 a.m. Discuss
Vicki Saviers, the initial executive director of the Public Education Foundation of Little Rock, has been appointed to the Arkansas Board of Education, Gov. Mike Beebe announced Friday.
District hires 20 substitutes for $400,000
posted: 12/13/2009 3:33 a.m. Discuss
The Pulaski County Special School District, reacting to the possibility of a strike, offered jobs Saturday to 20 teachers as permanent substitutes, which will cost the district about $400,000 once they are added to the payroll this week.
