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Student with Triple Major Selected for Fulbright Grant to Teach in Spain
05/07/2021 JONESBORO – Arkansas State University student Rachel French has been offered a grant from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to teach in Spain during the next academic year.The Collierville, Tenn., student is...
A-State Splits Doubleheader To Take Series Over Georgia Southern
Next Game: at Arkansas 5/11/2021 | 6:30 PM SEC Network+ 95.3 The Ticket JONESBORO, Ark. (5/8/21) – Pitching dominated the day on Saturday at Tomlinson Stadium-Kell Field, as the Arkansas State baseball team got a pair of quality starts in a doubleheader split versus...
Time to Modernize Telehealth Policy
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched policy improvements to remove barriers to some telehealth services. The public health emergency has made it clear more must be done to improve and expand access to...
Ellis Library Lighting for Graduating Students Continues A-State Commencement Tradition
05/07/2021 JONESBORO – As dusk falls on the Arkansas State University campus Saturday evening, scarlet lighting will bathe the clock tower of the Dean B. Ellis Library.In continuation of one of the A-State community’s newer traditions, the tower will be lighted...
Hudson Deals Gem, A-State Wins Opener Versus Georgia Southern
Next Game: Georgia Southern 5/8/2021 | 3:00 PM 95.3 The Ticket JONESBORO, Ark. (5/7/21) – Brandon Hudson scattered six hits in a career-high seven innings to help the Arkansas State baseball team to a 6-1 victory over (RV) Georgia Southern to open a three-game Sun...
U.S. Justice Department Indicts Four Former Minneapolis Police Officers on Federal Charges for George Floyd’s Death
The U.S. Department of Justice, lead by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, has indicted four former Minneapolis police officers in connection with the killing of George Floyd. The charges allege the officers violated Floyd’s constitutional rights, according...
Boozman, Kaine, Tillis Push Bill Supporting Military Families
WASHINGTON – Today, on Military Spouse Appreciation Day, U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) announced the reintroduction of the Jobs and Childcare for Military Families Act to address military spouse unemployment and access to affordable...
Mary Miller Named Hemingway-Pfeiffer Writer-in-Residence Summer 2021
05/06/2021 PIGGOTT — Mary Miller of Oxford, Miss., has been selected as the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum & Educational Center 2021 Writer-in-Residence. The residency that runs July 6 – Aug. 2 this summer was announced by Director of Heritage Sites at Arkansas State...
A-State To Play Saturday Doubleheader Versus Georgia Southern
Story Links JONESBORO, Ark. (5/7/21) – Due to impending stormy weather on Sunday in Jonesboro, the Arkansas State baseball team will now play a Saturday doubleheader to close out its home series versus Georgia Southern at Tomlinson Stadium. The first game of the...
Florida, Texas Republicans Sign Bills Restricting Voting Access
White House Correspondent Ebony Morris is a native Washingtonian and University of South Carolina alumna. Her passion is mentoring young adults by teaching community empowerment and media education. She is an NAB member and board member of the Thurgood Marshall Center...
San Francisco Mayor London Breed Redirects $3.75 Million from Law Enforcement to Black Businesses as Part of Dream Keeper Initiative
San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed announced yesterday the awarding of $3.75 million to serve San Francisco’s Black and African American small business community. This investment by the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) and the San Francisco Human...
Jonathan Adams Jr. Presented With Proclamation
AState graduate and recent NFL contract recipient Jonathan Adams Jr. stopped by today, and was presented a proclamation from the City and a City medallion from Mayor Copenhaver. The mayor wished Adams the best in his future — with the Detroit Lions and Original...