WGC in the Media

The University of Arkansas’s Eleanor Mann School of Nursing, in partnership with the U of A Athletic Department, will set up the Tiny Tusks Breastfeeding and Infant Support Tent a couple hours before each home game. Listen to story…

August 23, 2019

Summer Camps Provide Science and Engineering Experiences to Students Across Arkansas

More than 450 students across Arkansas participated in College of Engineering summer camps as the program expanded to 25 camps in eight locations.

August 16, 2019

U of A School of Nursing to Set Up ‘Tiny Tusks’ Breastfeeding Support Tent at Home Football Games

This service is made possible thanks to a grant from the Women’s Giving Circle.

May 20, 2019

Arkansas High Schools Pilot Social Innovation Initiative

Twenty-one students from partner schools around the state visited the University of Arkansas to showcase social innovation projects they conducted with community partners.

January 30, 2019

Clarinet Studio Take Two-Day Tour With Music75

The University of Arkansas Clarinet Studio, consisting of 19 undergraduate and graduate clarinetists, took a two-day tour on Jan. 22-23 as a part of the Music75 Initiative in the Department of Music.

2018

October 22, 2018

Women’s Giving Circle Celebrates ‘Sweet 16’ Funding Year

A total of $100,000 was awarded to 11 university programs, including support for healthcare, design, engineering and research.

August 29, 2018

Fay Jones School’s Summer Design Camp Sees Record Attendance in Four Locations

Each June, the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design hosts weeklong Design Camps in several cities across the state to engage youth in the design professions.

August 1, 2018

Summer Camps Provide Science and Engineering Experiences to Students Across the State

More than 300 students attended summer science and engineering camps hosted by the College of Engineering at sites across Arkansas.

April 6, 2018

Tuba Quartet on Tour for Music75

Cody Hutchison, Jordan Alimena, Nicholas Liebl and David Gonzalez planned to give workshops and performances throughout northeast Arkansas.

2017

November 14, 2017

Music75 Campaign Continues to Find Success

Last spring, the Department of Music kicked off Music75, an ambitious outreach project to reach all 75 counties in Arkansas through music.

June 13, 2017

Summer Camps Provide Science and Engineering Experiences to Students Across the State

The College of Engineering has expanded its summer camp offerings to reach more kids across Arkansas.

June 5, 2017

Ten Scholarships Available to Female Teens Exploring Jobs in Skilled Trades

Ten scholarships are available for a four-day camp for young women ages 14-19, which will introduce them to career options in vocational and skilled trades.

2016

November 30, 2016

Arkansas Teachers Corps Expands Impact With New Staff

The Arkansas Teachers Corps, a University of Arkansas program, is in its fifth year of recruiting and training new teachers to work in economically disadvantaged schools in the state.

October 10, 2016

Women’s Giving Circle Announces 2016 Grant Recipients, New Scholarship

$90,000 in funding will benefit seven U of A programs and a newly established scholarship in honor of the circle’s founding members.

July 28, 2016

Latino Youth Visit Campus, Hone Spanish and English Language Skills

Middle school students visited the U of A campus last month as part of La Oficina Latina’s Latino Youth Biliteracy Project.

2015

December 8, 2015

U of A Kicks Off ‘Wash Time Is Talk Time’

Laundromat patrons received three free children’s books each, including Red Socks, a story for young children that encourages parents and children to talk together while doing laundry.

October 26, 2015

Women’s Giving Circle Awards Record Amount of Funding; Reaches Milestone

U of A programs receive over $142,000 in grant funding as organization surpasses $1 million mark in amount given back to campus.

September 28, 2015

‘Arkansas Reads’ Program Delivers Books to Delta Elementary School

The Arkansas Reads program, which received funding from the Women’s Giving Circle, delivered more than 5,000 books to C.B. Partee Elementary in Brinkley, Arkansas, this fall.

July 7, 2015

More Local Schools Getting Help to Address Teacher Shortages

The Arkansas Teacher Corps, which has received funding for several years from the Women’s Giving Circle, announced its third group of Fellows.

July 1, 2015

Arkansas Teacher Corps Fellow Brings in Third Teacher of the Year Honors

Emilianne Slamons was the third Arkansas Teacher Corps Fellow to receive teacher of the year awards in their school districts. The Arkansas Teacher Corps program receives funding from the Women’s Giving Circle.

May 7, 2015

Second Arkansas Teacher Corps Fellow Receives Teacher of the Year Honor

Randi Curtis, an Arkansas Teacher Corps Fellow, was named Educator of the Year for the Prescott School District and honored at the Prescott Nevada County Chamber of Commerce annual banquet.

April 1, 2015

Short Takes Video Highlights Women’s Giving Circle

The Women’s Giving Circle was chosen as a featured episode in the Arkansas Short Takes series at the University of Arkansas.

2014

October 27, 2014

Women’s Giving Circle Awards Record Amount of Funding for U of A Programs

The Women’s Giving Circle awarded $140,000 to nine University of Arkansas programs at its annual voting event on Friday, October 24, 2014.

October 24, 2014

Alumna Impacts Three Programs With $600,000 Gift

Alumna Denise Henderson of Hot Springs made a $600,000 planned gift that benefited the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences; the Women’s Giving Circle; and the Arkansas Alumni Association.

July 21, 2014

Research Will Help Clinicians Attack Hidden Metastatic Tumors

Researchers at the University of Arkansas will receive $1.5 million over five years from the National Cancer Institute to develop new molecules and biopharmaceuticals that enhance immune response against tumors.

2013

October 25, 2013

Dream B.I.G. Fall Break Day of Service at Marvell-Elaine High School

Over 50 University of Arkansas students, alumni, faculty and staff participated in the fall break day of service at Marvell-Elaine High School on Monday, Oct. 21.

October 2, 2013

Women’s Giving Circle Meets Challenge, Awards $130,000 in Grant Funding

The Women’s Giving Circle received a $50,000 matching gift from Chancellor G. David Gearhart and awarded a record $130,000 to nine programs.

January 25, 2013

Using the Law to Feed the Hungry: Food Recovery Information Project to Connect Businesses, Non-Profits

An estimated 28.6 percent of Arkansas children are “food insecure.” Yet at the same time, an estimated 250 pounds of food per person per year is wasted in the United States and other industrialized countries. With the financial support of $12,000 from the University of Arkansas Women’s Giving Circle, University of Arkansas School of Law Professor Susan Schneider and her team are working on solutions through the “Food Recovery Information Project.”

2012

October 23, 2012

Women’s Giving Circle Celebrates 10th Anniversary by Granting Record $100,000 in Awards

Women’s Giving Circle receives $50,000 matching gift from Chancellor Gearhart and awards record $100,000 to eight programs.

October 18, 2012

UA Women’s Giving Circle Awards Eight Grants

Arkansas First Lady Ginger Beebe helped hand out more than $100,000 to eight grant winners Thursday (Oct. 18) on the University of Arkansas campus.

2011

October 5, 2011

Women’s Giving Circle Celebrates Milestone

Women’s Giving Circle receives matching gift from Chancellor Gearhart and awards $40,000 to new programs.

August 25, 2011

Engineering Summer Camps Promote STEM Education

This is the second year the College of Engineering has offered all of these summer programs.

June 23, 2011

iCiencia Program Welcomes Hispanic Teens to Campus

Funded in part by the Women’s Giving Circle, iCiencia is a four-day residential academic summer program for Hispanic teenage girls that was hosted by the university’s College Access Initiative.

June 23, 2011

College of Engineering Summer Programs Engage Middle, Junior High and High School Students

Middle, junior high and high school students get to experience engineering first-hand at the University of Arkansas College of Engineering’s summer programs.

January 24, 2011

Noted Composer Serves as McIlroy Visiting Professor

Famed composer and teacher Augusta Read Thomas, McIlroy Family Visiting Professor in Performing and Visual Arts, is working with students and composing an original piece exclusively for the University of Arkansas.

2010

July 1, 2010

Teens Learn Fundamentals of Design in Summer Academy at Fay Jones School of Architecture

Equipped with drawing pencils, sketchbooks and an interest in design, 29 teenage girls recently spent a week learning about architecture and landscape architecture at the University of Arkansas.

May 3, 2010

Grant Money Supports Projects to Improve the Lives of Girls and Women

Six initiatives on the University of Arkansas campus were awarded grant money totaling $55,100 from the university’s Women’s Giving Circle April 16.

2009

November 23, 2009

Community Design Center Project Among Winners of Top American Architecture Award

Porchscapes, a joint project by the University of Arkansas Community Design Center, the Ecological Engineering Group and McClelland Consulting Engineers Inc., is a winner of a 2009 American Architecture Award.

July 7, 2009

New Book Explores History and Future of Rail in Northwest Arkansas

Thanks to funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the University of Arkansas Women’s Giving Circle and the provost’s office, 2,300 copies of the book will be distributed for free to business leaders, government officials and anyone in the area who is interested in sustainable development.

May 4, 2009

Women’s Giving Circle Grants Focus on Finance, Breast Cancer, Student Safety, Transportation

Six initiatives on the University of Arkansas campus were awarded grant money totaling more than $56,000 from the university’s Women’s Giving Circle April 17. Members of the circle consider funding proposals for campus projects on an annual basis, and every member of the circle has the opportunity to vote on which project or projects will receive funding for the current year.

January 22, 2009

‘Green’ Habitat Neighborhood Garners More National Honors

The University of Arkansas Community Design Center has won three national awards for a sustainable neighborhood, called Porchscapes, that they designed for the Washington County chapter of Habitat for Humanity.

2008

May 5, 2008

Women’s Giving Circle Awards $60,000 to Campus Projects

Six initiatives on the University of Arkansas campus were awarded grant money totaling $60,000 from the university’s Women’s Giving Circle April 18. Members of the circle consider funding proposals for campus projects on an annual basis and every member of the circle votes on which project or projects will receive funding for the current year.

April 23, 2008

‘Green’ Habitat Neighborhood Wins National Award

The University of Arkansas Community Design Center develops a new vision of neighborhood: no sidewalks, no curbs, no gutters and no flooding, even after torrential rain.

2007

May 01, 2007

Giving Circle Grants Near $70,000

The University of Arkansas Women’s Giving Circle voted to award $69,575 in grants to support five new initiatives that will focus on important issues on and off campus. The awards were presented April 13.

April 10, 2007

Money at Work, Changing Lives

Every year, the Women’s Giving Circle at the University of Arkansas presents grants to help fund new programs proposed by university faculty and staff. Last spring, the circle awarded $70,000 in grants to support five new initiatives. Since that time, this money has been making a big difference around the state.

2006

April 24, 2006

UA Women’s Circle Gives $70,000

The University of Arkansas Women’s Giving Circle recently awarded $70,000 in grants to support five new initiatives that will impact the UA campus, the northwest Arkansas community and the state of Arkansas. The awards were presented on March 31.

2005

June 28, 2005

Architecture Students Setting Stage at Camp Aldersgate

UA architecture students are creating a new place for magic to happen at Camp Aldersgate, a Little Rock camp that serves children with special needs.

April 29, 2005

Women’s Giving Circle Awards $70,000 in Third Year

The University of Arkansas Women’s Giving Circle awarded $70,000 in grants to support programs on the UA campus, focusing on those that enhance the lives of women. The third annual grant awards were presented April 9 at a symposium and brunch featuring retired gymnast Mary Lou Retton.

2003

March 24, 2003

WOMEN’S GIVING CIRCLE AWARDS $34,000 IN GRANTS TO CAMPUS PROJECTS

The University of Arkansas Women’s Giving Circle recently voted to award the College of Education and Health Professions and the School of Architecture a total of $34,587 in grants to support research in osteoporosis and physical accessibility in architecture. The money was raised by members of the Women’s Giving Circle during their first year of operation.