| State Tipoffs Involving Arkansas Newsletter for Wednesday December 18, 2024 ( 3 items ) |
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Ark. Gov. Sanders Announces Colonel Robert A. Ator II as Secretary of Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Dec. 18 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024:
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today announced that Colonel (Ret) Robert A. Ator II will serve as Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs. Ator is replacing Secretary Kendall Penn, who announced his retirement last month.
"Colonel Ator is a rare breed: he speaks the language of government, the military, and the private sector, which explains his succe
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ATU's Cranor Earns Spot on Amazon's Best Books of '24
RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 18 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news:
Amazon Editors' Best Books of 2024 list includes Eli Cranor's "Broiler" among the 20 best mysteries, thrillers and suspense books of the year.
Cranor is in his second academic year as writer in residence and instructor in the Arkansas Tech University College of Arts and Humanities and the ATU Department of English and World Languages.
"Broiler" is a crime fiction novel published by Soho Crime. The Minneapol
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In memoriam: Wolter 'Wolt' J. Fabrycky, John L. Lawrence professor emeritus, industrial and systems engineering
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 17 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
Wolter "Wolt" J. Fabrycky, an esteemed researcher, professor, and pioneer in the field of systems engineering, passed away in Blacksburg on Nov. 6. He was 91 years old.
Fabrycky graduated from Wichita State University with a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering in 1957 and went on to earn a master's degree in 1958 from the University of Arkansas. In 1962, he earned his Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University, where
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