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Chi Omega Greek Theatre. / 36.06667°N 94.17333°W / 36.06667; -94.17333. The Chi Omega Greek Theatre is a structure on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It was a gift to the university from Chi Omega, and it was completed in 1930. [2] The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
Website. uark.edu. The University of Arkansas ( U of A, UArk, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas. [ 5] It is the flagship [ 6] campus of the University of Arkansas System. Founded as Arkansas Industrial University in 1871, classes were first held in 1872, with its present name adopted in 1899.
09000745 [ 1] Added to NRHP. September 23, 2009 [ 3] The University of Arkansas Campus Historic District is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 23, 2009. The district covers the historic core of the University of Arkansas campus, including 25 buildings. [ 2]
The University of Arkansas–Fort Smith ( UAFS) is a public university in Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States. Part of the University of Arkansas System, UAFS is the sixth-largest university in Arkansas with a fall 2020 enrollment of approximately 6,500 students. The university campus occupies 168 acres (0.68 km 2) of an arboretum that has ...
The History of the University of Arkansas began with its establishment in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in 1871 under the Morrill Act, as the Arkansas Industrial College. Over the period of its nearly 140-year history, the school has grown from two small buildings on a hilltop to a university with diverse colleges and prominent graduate programs.
Calling the Hogs is a tradition of University of Arkansas students, alumni, and sports fans. The origin and date of first use are not known, [ 1] but is said to have started in the 1920s when people attempted to encourage a Razorback football team that was losing. [ 2] The next home game produced a group who repeated the cheer often.
Sid McMath – decorated US Marine, 34th Governor of Arkansas, top personal injury attorney (President, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1977–78); built University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, defeated Dixiecrats in Arkansas and opposed Governor Faubus [116] Edwin L. Mechem – Republican governor of the State of New Mexico [117]
Arkansas Union. The Arkansas Union, (sometimes referred to simply as the union) is at the center of campus and student life.It contains a large computer lab with over 70 computers, a coffee shop (Hill Coffee Co.), the campus multicultural center, movie theater, auditorium, ballroom, food court, bus station, post office, offices for student government and student organizations, a satellite ...