University of Arkansas at Little Rock
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| Motto: | A Difference of Degree |
| Established: | 1927 |
| Type: | Public University |
| Chancellor: | Joel Anderson |
| Students: | 12,000 |
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| Campus: | Urban |
| Nickname: | UALR Trojans [1] |
| Website: | www.ualr.edu |
University of Arkansas at Little Rock is the third largest university, by enrollment, in Arkansas, USA. The university is located on University Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas, near the state's capitol.
UALR is the state's only metropolitan university. Approximately 12,000 full- and part-time students attend classes in one of the University's colleges:
- College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
- College of Business
- College of Education
- Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology
- College of Professional Studies
- College of Science and Mathematics
- William H. Bowen School of Law
Established as Little Rock Junior College by the Little Rock School District in 1927, it became a private four-year institution, called Little Rock University, in 1957. It returned to public status in 1969 when it was merged into the University of Arkansas System under its present name. The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) is a metropolitan university with a student population of 12,000 full and part-time students, and has a large number of non-traditional (e.g., part-time and commuting) students. Because of the school's location in the state capital, UALR students may benefit from close contact with leaders in government, business, industry, medicine, and information technology.
Located on 150 acres in urban Little Rock, UALR resides in forty buildings, including a university library which contains 400,000 volumes, 700,000 microform items, 8,300 audiovisual forms and CDs, and subscribes to 2,625 periodicals; special learning facilities that include a learning resource center, art galleries, radio station, television station, Cyber Café, and a wireless network that is being expanded to the rest of the campus, and speech and hearing clinic.
As part of its mission as a metropolitan university and as a member of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, UALR is committed to responding to the needs of the community by creating active links between the campus, community, and commerce.
[edit] Athletics
The UALR Trojans is the name by which the athletic teams of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock are known. The Trojans are a non-football member of the Sun Belt Conference.
For the 2005-2006 basketball season, the Trojans moved into the $25 million Jack Stephens Center. This new facility almost doubled the seating capacity of the old UALR gym, with 5,600 seats and 149,000 square feet of space.
[edit] Notable graduates
- James Richard Cheek — U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia (1985-1988), Sudan (1989-1992) and Argentina (1993-1996)
- Charlie Daniels — Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands (1985-2003); Arkansas Secretary of State (2003-Present)
- Derek Fisher — NBA player
- Mary Mel French — White House Chief of Protocol (Clinton)
- Max W. Hooper — Co-founder of Equity Broadcasting.
- Lynda Hull — Poet
- Stewart Isbell — Photographer
- Koby Koomson — Ghana Ambassador to the U.S. (1997-2001)
- Jerry Maulden — Retired CEO of Entergy Arkansas Corporation
- Pete Myers — NBA player
- Robert Palmer — Writer, musicologist, musician and blues producer (author of Deep Blues)
- Wesley Pruden — Editor-in-chief of The Washington Times
- Mike Ross — U.S. Congressman
- Bob Stokes — Meteorologist for the The Weather Channel
- Andrew Bromick — CEO EnergTech Solutions
- Pacovelli-- Renowned Indie Recording Artist
[edit] External links
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock
- Development Information Network of Arkansas, a project of UALR's Institute for Economic Advancement
- UALR Trojans official university athletics department website
- Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities
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