Professors writestatistics guide
Three Hendrix College psychology professors have written an online study guide that serves as a companion to the new edition of a statistics textbook by a fourth colleague.
The study guide for Exploring Statistics: Tales of Distributions (12th edition) is available for purchase in six-month increments. Its authors are Lindsay Kennedy, Jennifer Peszka and Leslie Zorwick. The textbook's author is Chris Spatz, professor emeritus of psychology.
"We set out to create a really approachable resource for students that would help them to learn statistics by focusing on places where we know students struggle, and explaining the material much like we would explain it if they came to our offices," Kennedy said in a news release.
UALR to use giftfor scholarships
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $40,000 gift from the estate of a former art student to create art scholarships.
Mary Jane Stotts Robbins died in 2017. Her estate announced the gift on Wednesday, her birthday.
One scholarship to be established in her honor will provide assistance for education-related expenses for art students, and another will provide scholarships for art students to attend a two-week summer workshop of their choice at the Penland School of Craft in North Carolina.
Lockesburg eventfeatures Griffin
Arkansas Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin will speak at the University of Arkansas Cossatot Lockesburg Industrial Maintenance Institute open house on Friday.
The event is scheduled for 11 a.m. The Lockesburg Industrial Maintenance Institute is located at 128 E. Main, Lockesburg.
In addition to Griffin, the speakers include UA Cossatot Chancellor Steve Cole, UA System President Donald Bobbit, Arkansas Economic Development Commission Director Mike Preston, Arkansas Office of Skills Development Deputy Director Cody Waits and others.
Course set forfarm borrowers
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Small Farm Program will now provide borrower training consisting of a business education course required for many new or beginning Farm Service Agency borrowers.
The first course is scheduled for Dec. 7 and 8, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. It will take place in the UAPB S.J. Parker Agricultural Research Center Conference Room. Participants will undergo 12 hours of farm business training and six of production, crop or livestock training, with required homework and a test at the end.
The training costs $300 per person. Those interested in taking the course should contact the Small Farm Program at (870) 575-7226 or (870) 575-7246.
SAU taking lookat energy plan
Southern Arkansas University is considering a long-term energy-savings contract that would involve fitting the entire campus' buildings and athletic facilities with LED lights, upgrading HVAC systems, and looking into solar energy initiatives.
The plan was discussed at the SAU board of trustees meeting on Tuesday.
SAU would pay for the upgrades with its savings, based on the prediction of a company that would make up the difference if it is inaccurate, according to a news release.
Metro on 10/15/2018