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Dr. Joe Gilgour 2026 Jim Ed McGee Award Winner

Gilgour Selected for 2026 Jim Ed McGee Award

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 ATU Hall of Distinction 2026

Dr. Bill Hardgrave: 2026 ATU Hall of Distinction Inductee

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...
Chuck Gordon ATU Hall of Distinction 2026

Chuck Gordon: 2026 ATU Hall of Distinction Inductee

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...

2026 Faculty Award of Excellence Winners Named

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

ATU Veteran Services Office Re-Named for Harmon

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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