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Dr. Robert D. Engelken of Jonesboro served on the engineering faculty for 33 years, from 1982 until retirement in 2015.

The Dixon, McDonald and Turnbow Sisterhood Endowed Enrichment Fund will provide annual financial assistance for full-time vocal music education majors who participate in professional development experiences such as regional or national conferences...

Monroe Crossing will perform a concert of bluegrass music at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 26, at the Collins Theatre, 120 West Emerson St. in Paragould. The concert is part of the KASU’s Bluegrass Monday concert series, presented by KASU 91.9 FM.

Twenty professionals from counties across Northeast Arkansas have been selected to be part of the first class of the NEA Regional Leadership Accelerator Academy.

Celebrations to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be held at Arkansas State University and throughout the Jonesboro community in the days surrounding the holiday.

The 24th annual Arkansas Delta Byways Awards will be held on Friday, Feb. 6, at Cooper Alumni Center, located at 2600 Alumni Blvd., on the campus of Arkansas State University.

Area high school students interested in a future in creative media are encouraged to participate in the upcoming competition hosted by Arkansas State University’s School of Media and Journalism.

The eighth annual Living Legends Awards will be presented Saturday, Feb. 28, at Arkansas State University. This awards event began in 2019 and over the past several years, more than 30 individuals have been honored.

The 28th annual Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference is set for Wednesday, Jan. 14, in the Reng Student Union auditorium at Arkansas State University.

The Bradbury Art Museum (BAM) at Arkansas State University has named a new director. Julia Wintner, whose work bridges global contemporary art, community-engaged museum practice, and academic leadership, has been selected to serve as director.