LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (May 7, 2012) – Educators in several UALR colleges are working together to recruit more science, technology, engineering, and mathematics  (STEM) undergraduate students into teacher prep programs so they can teach in these critical areas in public schools.

This UALR initiative got a boost last week when the Governor's Workforce Group selected UALR to receive $216,000 to support participation in the national UTeach program. Other state universities selected in the program were the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and University of Central Arkansas.

Dr. Michael Gealt, dean of the College of Science and Mathematics, and Dr. Angela Sewall, dean of the College of Education, worked with several UALR faculty in both of their colleges to write a grant proposal to the UTeach Institute to support the UALRTeach initiative on campus.

Pulaski Technical College’s commencement will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 10, at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock.

 More than 2,400 students are completing associate degrees, technical certificates and certificates of proficiency this academic year. Of those, nearly 600 students plan to participate in commencement exercises.

Toby Daughtery, a 2009 graduate of Pulaski Technical College and graduating senior at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will deliver the commencement address. Daughtery delivered the first student address at the Achieving the Dream Strategy Institute conference last year and has become a sought-after speaker at colleges and universities throughout the nation. He grew up in North Little Rock and happily shares his story of how his troubled youth was transformed by his pursuit of education.

LITTLE ROCK, AR (April 27, 2012) ---- The Philander Smith College board of trustees announced Friday that Dr. Johnny Moore has been chosen as the 13th president of the college.

A native of Old Washington, Ark., and a 1989 graduate of Philander Smith College, Moore currently serves as Executive Vice President-Student Affairs at Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas.  

After earning a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Philander, Moore completed a master’s degree at Arkansas State University, and his doctorate in mathematics education at Florida Institute of Technology.  Moore served as Vice President of Student Affairs at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, Fla., where he was a tenured professor before joining the administration.

Moore will replace Dr. Walter Kimbrough who has served as president of Philander Smith for the past seven years.