A pledge from alumna Dorothy Ann Stevenson will support the renovation of Mullins Library and ensure the facility continues to meet students’ needs.

The lunch and learn will begin at noon, Thursday, April 8, with alumni Sue Walk Burnett, president of Burnett Specialists, and Tevon Wooten, meteorologist for The Weather Channel.

Billingsley, a 1955 graduate of the U of A and longtime philanthropist, will be remembered for the numerous programs she and her husband supported on campus.

Margaret Clark, the first Black woman professor at the U of A, taught world languages from 1969-1998, served as cosponsor for Alpha Kappa Alpha and was sponsor of the African Student Union.

Graduates and seniors in biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics can apply for the Noyce Scholarship, which allows a student to earn a Master of Arts in Teaching and an Arkansas teaching license for grades 7-12.

Dewayne Goldmon, a U of A alumnus and a farmer in southeast Arkansas for more than 30 years of experience, has been named senior adviser for racial equity to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

Bourland received the A.L. Vandergriff Cotton Pioneer Award in February from the Southern Cotton Ginners Association. The award recognizes a career of innovative cotton research accomplishments.

Alumna Wilma Mankiller, an activist for Native American rights, was the first woman elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1987.

U of A graduate Rulli Torres, a fashion designer and entrepreneur in Dallas, is hosting a Facebook Live event and has asked associate professor Laurie Apple to join him for the episode.

Students in the Industrial Engineering Department participated in its Annual Mock Interviews Feb. 23-25, the second year for the event to be held virtually.