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Where You Stand Is Where You Sit
An Academic Administrator’s Handbook

Robert V. Smith

This handbook addresses the three key responsibilities of academic officers: inspiration, evaluation, and representation. Throughout this valuable handbook, Smith offers background, advice, and examples that will interest both the novice and seasoned administrator as he takes us on a tour of success stories, challenges, and foibles. (more …)

Beyond Winning
National Scholarship Competitions and the Student Experience

Edited by Suzanne McCray

The twelve essays in this collection from the 2003 National Association of Fellowships Advisors Conference held at the University of Denver. Essays by the heads of the Rhodes, Marshall, Gates, and Truman Scholarship foundations provide a sense of the philosophy and direction of their programs. The essays provide information on new initiatives, insights into the history and significance of the programs, and insider tips for application and interview preparation. (more …)

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The University of Arkansas Razorback Band
A History, 1874–2004

T. T. Tyler Thompson

A chronicle of the soundtrack for the University of Arkansas.

This book documents the distinguished 130-year history of the band from its humble beginnings in 1874 as an adjunct to the military cadet squad to the major college organization that it is today. (more …)

October 2004
7" x 10"
306 pages, 532 photographs
$29.95, cloth (s)
1-55728-779-1
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The Razorbacks: A Story of Arkansas Football The Razorbacks
A Story of Arkansas Football

Orville Henry and Jim Bailey, with a Foreword by J. William Fulbright

From the humble beginnings in 1894, to the great programs of Frank Broyles, the National Championship in 1964, and Lou Holtz's Orange Bowl victory over Oklahoma in 1978, and then to Arkansas's recent re-entry into the national rankings with bowl invitations—the whole spectrum of Hog football is covered in this lively chronicle.

1996
$45.00 cloth (s), 1-55728-429-6
$24.95 paper, 1-55728-430-X

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The Edge of Campus
A Journal of the Black Experience at the University of Arkansas

Gordon D. Morgan and Izola Preston

Written by the first black faculty member employed at the University and his wife, a longtime research assistant, this book chronicles the setbacks and triumphs in their attempts to bring true integration to the University of Arkansas.

1990, 247 pages
$22.00 cloth (s), 1-55728-117-3
$16.95 paper (s), 1-55728-118-1

Lyon College
Perseverance
and Promise of
an Arkansas
College

Image and Reflection
A Pictorial History of the University of Arkansas

Ethel C. Simpson

A yearbook of yearbooks celebrating the connection between the old and new, the 522 photographs in Image and Reflection stir the memories of every past and present member of the University community, from its beginning at William McIlroy's farm to today's bustling campus.

1990, 532 pages
$50.00 cloth (s), 1-55728-134-3
$39.95 paper (s), 1-55728-135-1