Fashion trends may come and go, but not the Single Parent Style Show ! Garland County volunteers hosted the annual luncheon on April 25 in Hot Springs and raised nearly $17,000. Check out photos from the fun event below. …
High above the whir of speeding cars and the rippling of the Arkansas River, Athena crouches on a steel girder while welding atop Little Rock’s I-30 bridge. Stinger in hand, she fuses angle iron to red iron. “I’m doing what I’ve always wanted to do. It’s crazy!” said the 33-year-old from Van Buren County. “Arkansas … Read more
Jenn started May 6 as Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund’s third executive director. The Arkansas native has over 17 years of experience in fundraising, marketing, communications, and public relations. Get to know our new leader in this Q&A! Hometown: Pocahontas Current City: Conway Family: Jenn and her husband, Jeremy, are raising two children Education: Last position: … Read more
Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund has been recognized with the 2024 Community Impact Award for its commitment to empowering single parents through education. The accolade was presented at the Small Business Impact Awards luncheon hosted by the Little Rock Regional Chamber on May 8 at the Robinson Center. The event celebrated five awards and 15 … Read more
Opening Doors weaves through everything we do at ASPSF. As you’ll see in this report, our successful scholarship program is opening doors to higher education, financial literacy, and higher incomes. Just as important, we’re helping individual recipients open very personal doors to greater confidence, elevated self-esteem, and a sense of dignity and self-worth that can … Read more
December 14, 2023 – The Gilman Program is pleased to announce the inaugural recipients of the Gilman Changemaker Award. Funded by IIE’s Board of Trustees, recipients of the Changemaker Award received grants of up to $10,000. These small grants enable Gilman alumni to positively impact their local communities in the United States. Through their projects, the Gilman … Read more
December 6, 2023 – The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announced that it has awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to approximately 1,700 American undergraduate students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico who applied in the October 2023 cycle. It includes recipients of … Read more
The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program is proud to announce that 77 Gilman alumni are represented in the most recent application round of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program partners with over 140 countries to foster cross-cultural dialogue, international exchange, professional development, and to create meaningful connections in a complex … Read more
Call for Proposals: Fall 2024 Symposium Iowa Law Review is now accepting proposals for the Fall 2024 Symposium. Proposal Requirements:Proposals should be submitted via email to ilr@uiowa.edu. Proposals must include (1) a topic, including a description of the likely appeal to the Iowa Law Review’s reading constituencies and an analysis of the relationship between the … Read more
Call for Speakers: Animal Welfare and Climate Change: Intersections and Parallels Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Northwestern’s Program on Food and Animal Law and Sustainability, and Northwestern’s Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center are issuing an open Call for Speakers for a conference, Animal Welfare and Climate Change: Intersections and Parallels, on Friday, March 29, … Read more