Free classes for 6th – 10th grade students

ASMSA will host a free Science and Engineering Institute giving students in sixth-10th grades the opportunity to learn about genetics, the flow of rivers, the spread of epidemics, and to get a first-hand look at the rocks and thermal water that give the city of Hot Springs its name.

The classes will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Sept. 15 on the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts campus, located at 200 Whittington Avenue in downtown Hot Springs.

Students may choose to attend two of the following sessions, which will be taught by ASMSA faculty:

LITTLE ROCK - University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt will recommend Corey Alderdice, assistant director for admissions and public relations at the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Bowling Green, Ky., to be the new director of the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts.

Alderdice was identified through a national search conducted by Bobbitt and an advisory committee of faculty, staff, parents and other supporters of ASMSA. Bobbitt will recommend the hiring of Alderdice to the UA Board of Trustees at its meeting on May 24 at ASMSA.

“Corey Alderdice’s experience and leadership skills stood out among a strong group of applicants,” Bobbitt said. “His background in secondary mathematics and science education and administration of a residential high school is the right fit for ASMSA. I believe he can continue to build on the quality educational experience already provided by the school.”

PINE BLUFF, Ark. – As part of the 139th Founders’ Celebration at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), Caldwell Hall auditorium will be named the Cross-Phipps Lecture Hall in honor of Harry Cross and Della Phipps. The free, public event will take place Friday, April 27 at 4:30 p.m. in Caldwell Hall.

Harry L. Cross was born and reared in Camden, Arkansas where he attended the Camden Colored School from elementary through high school.  Having developed an appreciation for education early in life, Cross graduated as co-valedictorian of his high school class before moving to Pine Bluff to attend Arkansas Mechanical and Normal College (AM&N College).  While on campus, Cross was an active member of numerous campus organizations including the Vesper Choir and the Marching Band and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated.