Dr. Joe Gilgour is the 2026 recipient of the Jim Ed McGee Graduate Honors Award at Arkansas Tech University.
Gilgour is president at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Mo. The college has achieved record...
Dr. Bill Hardgrave is an internationally recognized expert in radio frequency identification (RFID) technology who has progressed through the ranks of academia to become the president of the University of Memphis.
And yet, he’s still...
Charles “Chuck” Gordon did not graduate from Arkansas Tech University, but he adopted it as his own more than a half-century ago.
“(ATU) represents the hometown university,” said Gordon. “It’s my hometown. We came to...
Three members of the Arkansas Tech University faculty have been recognized for their contributions to the campus community with a 2026 ATU Faculty Award of Excellence.
Dr. Soumia Amrine, associate professor of chemistry, is the...
Major General William E. Harmon recalls being a student at what was then known as Arkansas Polytechnic College in the 1950s and watching United States military veterans who had served in Korea return home...
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