The Windgate Foundation’s $6.24 million package — the largest gift in UAM Foundation history — endowments need-based scholarships plus nursing and teacher-education faculty, labs and student aid.
The Arkansas Retired Teachers Association is accepting 2026 applications for $2,000 Parsons-Burnett and Mitchell-Fair grants helping certified and classified school staff advance degrees or earn teaching licenses.
Forward Arkansas awarded Warren School District a $9,500 Spark Grant to join its District Contract Accelerator, redesigning provider partnerships around measurable student results.
At its July 20 meeting, Bradley County Quorum Court heard resident concerns on a proposed DRA mill truck route, recognized BCMC’s American Heart Association ED awards, and advanced landfill, prosecutor-office and Homeland Security jail-grant items.
At its March meeting, Warren City Council approved a new two-year boom-truck lease, adopted Resolution A711 endorsing the Bradley County Hazard Mitigation Plan, and heard city sales-tax collections up 5% year over year.
UAM and Phillips Community College UA announced a partnership letting Delta students finish UAM bachelor’s degrees in elementary education and business on PCCUA campuses, with a planned nursing pathway and Ridge Runner Transfer Scholarship.
At the Aug. 17 Quorum Court meeting, Judge Klay McKinney reported a $187,000 state generator grant for courthouse backup power requiring about $47,000 in-kind match, alongside DRA truck-route and road updates.
