Higher ed briefs

Fayetteville High senior wins Merit Scholarship

Three Arkansas high school seniors are among more than 1,000 students to win corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards this spring.

The Arkansans are Abby C. Hollis, Fayetteville High School, whose scholarship is sponsored by Teradata; Karina Y. Bao, Little Rock Central High, whose scholarship is sponsored by the PPG Foundation of Pittsburgh, and Mitchell A. Harvey, North Little Rock High School, whose scholarship is sponsored by Northrop Grumman Corp., based in Los Angeles.

Forward Arkansas announces UA gift

Forward Arkansas, a partnership of the Arkansas Board of Education, the Walton Family Foundation and the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, is giving $75,000 to the University of Arkansas for students who are pursuing a teaching license in the computer science field.

The scholarships that are made possible by the gift will be administered by UAteach, a program that combines science or math bachelor degree programs with teacher preparation for work in grades seven through 12.

Scholarship recipients must commit to teaching in a school district in one of Forward Arkansas's five communities -- Crossett, Independence County, Marianna, Pea Ridge or Springdale. That is meant to help fulfill the organization's vision that every Arkansas student will graduate prepared for success in college and the workplace.

More information on the UAteach program is available by emailing [email protected].

NW News on 04/22/2017

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