Yell County Farm Bureau Donation 2024

Yell County Farm Bureau Gives for New ATU Ag Building

The forthcoming agricultural education building at Arkansas Tech University will be funded in part by a $20,000 donation from Yell County Farm Bureau. Richard Gray (center, right), Yell County Farm Bureau president, presented the check...
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Like Father, Like Daughter: Taylor Lawrence’s ATU Story

It was little more than a decade ago that Taylor Lawrence could often be found riding around the Arkansas Tech University campus on a golf cart, talking on a pretend phone on her way...
Arvest Donation for ATU Agricultural Education Building 2024

Arvest Supports New Ag Education Building at ATU

Arvest Foundation has donated $10,000 to the Arkansas Tech University Foundation in support of the construction of a new agricultural education building on the ATU campus in Russellville. Shawn Bates, Arvest Bank community bank president...
ATU Fishing Team Spring 2024

Crawfish Boil to Benefit ATU Fishing Club Friday

The Arkansas Tech University fishing club will host its third annual crawfish boil fundraiser in the Tucker Coliseum parking lot on Friday, April 12. The event will begin at noon. Cost will be $15 per...
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A View of the Total Solar Eclipse from Arkansas Tech

As the moment arrived at 1:50 p.m., there was a brief shriek of glee among the family, friends and strangers gathered on the greenspace outside Tucker Coliseum at Arkansas Tech University. Then there were four...
Eclipse Projects Students and Faculty April 2024

Eclipse Provides Research Opportunity for Students

Eighteen Arkansas Tech University students are participating in eclipse-related research led by members of the ATU faculty. The student eclipse researchers had an opportunity to meet with representatives from NASA on Thursday, April 4, to...
Paris Observatory Delegation to Total Solar Eclipse April 2024

Astronomers Travel 4,000+ Miles for Total Solar Eclipse

Few people can match Vincent Coudé du Foresto when it comes to in-person experience with total solar eclipses. An astronomer and director of the laboratory of space studies and instrumentation in astrophysics at the Paris...
Eclipse Welcome Reception at ATU with NASA 4-3-2024

ATU, Community Welcome Eclipse Experts to Town

Arkansas Tech University and the City of Russellville welcomed an outreach team from NASA and a group of astronomers from the Paris Observatory in France during a reception at ATU’s Hull Building Student Union...
NASA Eclipse Map 2024

Get Ready for the Eclipse with Thursday Events

Arkansas Tech University will preview the upcoming total solar eclipse with a variety of programs and events on Thursday, April 4. ATU students are invited to the Hull Building Student Union at 10:30 a.m. Thursday...
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High School Students Shine in ATU Business Challenge

Two teams and two individuals walked away with cash prizes following the finals of the 2024 Arkansas Tech University High School Business Challenge at Doc Bryan Student Services Center Lecture Hall in Russellville on...