University of Arkansas

The University of Arkansas Speech and Debate Society finished the 2024-25 season on a high note as sixth overall, fifth in the Scholastic Division, sixth in the Founders Division and first in the state of Arkansas for the fourth consecutive year.

Student journalists from the University of Arkansas earned top honors and professional recognition at the 2025 Society of Professional Journalists Diamond Awards. Students representing UATV and The Arkansas Traveler were honored in both student and professional divisions across multiple categories.

The University of Arkansas honored its most recent graduating class with a series of spring commencement ceremonies. Recordings of ceremonies are available on the U of A YouTube channel, and printed program books are available online. For more information, please visit commencement.uark.edu.

Main Hill Media, the student-run advertising agency at the University of Arkansas, won eight awards from the Associated Collegiate Press, and Hill Magazine, the student-published feature magazine, was second nationally in best of show.

University of Arkansas debate team members Hadley Adkison, Carter Stainton, Daisy Rehbock, Hannah Morris, Jaci Sabatini, Jonas Lansford, Matthew Cook and Megan Dial brought home four awards from a virtual tournament in late February.

The Mid-America Arts Alliance announced the 2023 Artist 360 Awards and the University of Arkansas School of Art in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences celebrates the art graduate students and an alumna undergraduate student as grant recipients and student grants. Recipients include graduate students Ana Buitrago, Melissa Loney, Larissa Ramey, Jocelyn Reid and recent alumna Augusta Zuerker, who graduated with an art history and studio art degree.

In November 2023, 14 students from the University of Arkansas competed at the International Model United Nations conference held in Erfurt, Germany, and left with five top honors. The students, mainly from the Sam M. Walton College of Business and the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, are majoring in economics, international studies, political science and biochemistry. At the conference, the Arkansas teams represented the United Kingdom and Bolivia delegations and competed with 40 other colleges and universities with some 450 students from around the world.