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Cave Region Review Journal Submissions Requested

  Cave Region Review, a journal of visual and literary arts, published by North Arkansas College, invites writers and artists in the Ozark region to submit fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, art, one-act plays, and essays for the spring issue. Deadline for submissions is March 15, 2010. 

  Please limit submissions to your five BEST works (any combination of mediums listed above). However, please submit only one each of the following: plays, short stories, and essays (you may send up to five poems or five pieces of art work but only send one of each of the longer genres).

  Artwork must be submitted in digital format either by e-mail or CD-ROM. If artwork is selected for publication, high quality digital images will be requested (minimum resolution 300 dpi) JPEG or TIFF.

  When submitting, please include a cover letter containing name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and title(s) of submission(s).  A short bio paragraph would also be helpful.  Bio should include any pertinent experience and previous publications. Mail submissions to: Cave Region Review, c/o North Arkansas College, 1515 Pioneer Drive, Harrison, AR 72601.

  Submissions can also be made via e-mail. Send cover letter and submissions as separate attachments to info@caveregionreview.com, or visit our website at www.caveregionreview.com. 

   All published contributors will receive a complimentary copy of the spring issue.

 

Rotary Four-Way Speech Contest Participants

Students from local high schools recently participated in the annual Rotary Four-way Test Speech Contest.  Each student was presented a scholarship to North Arkansas College in recognition of their participation by Dr. Jeff Olson, president.  Shown from left to right are:  Jessica Lira from Alpena, John Horton from Valley Springs – Second Place, Olivia Iske from Omaha – First Place,  Jordan Cecil from Harrison, Kayla Powers from Bergman, Amanda Anderson from Lead Hill – Third Place, and Dr. Jeff Olson, president of North Arkansas College.

 

220 Students Named to Northark Dean’s List 

  A total of 220 students have been named to the Dean’s List at North Arkansas College in Harrison for the 2009 fall semester. That number includes 167 students who were named to the Dean’s List for full-time students and 53 students who made the Dean’s List for part-time students.

  In order to qualify for the full-time Dean’s List, a student must complete 12 or more semester hours with a grade point average of 3.7 or higher for the semester.  To make the part-time Dean’s List, a student must post a GPA of 3.7 or higher for six to 11 hours during the semester and must have accumulated 12 or more hours with a GPA of 3.7 or above.

  Of the students on the Dean’s List, 160 posted a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the fall semester.  That number includes 110 full-time students and 50 part-time students.

Full-Time Student's Dean List
Part-Time Student's Dean List

 

Dr. Michael Pakko Speaks at Northark Economic Update Breakfast

  According to the economic forecast, the recession has ended.  The formal announcement is expected to be released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics within the next few weeks.  Data suggests the end date of the recession will be pinpointed to June 2009.

  Dr. Michael Pakko, Chief Economist and State Economic Forecaster at the Institute for Economic Advancement at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, spoke to a crowd of business people during the second of a series of Economic Update Breakfasts hosted by Northark in the L.E. “Gene” Durand Center and sponsored by Centurion Financial Services and Porterfield Killingsworth CPA.

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NAPHE Awarded Grant to Address Chronic Disease

  North Arkansas Partnership for Health Education (NAPHE) has received a grant to implement a project that will impact the health status of residents in Boone and Newton County. The Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas is proud to provide NAPHE an award of $117,371 to implement the project entitled, “North Arkansas Chronic Disease Self Management Initiative”....... Read the full story

 

 

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