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Classes will begin on Jan. 11, with Jan. 8 being the last day to register before late fees are applied. Spring break is scheduled for March 22-26.

This year, due to COVID-19, the event will be drive-through-only. More than 40 student organizations will hand out treats along Henderson Street.

Henderson Foundation is offering approximately $400,000 in scholarships to new and returning Henderson students for the 2021-2022 academic year. The BGC scholarship is one of 300 open for applications at hsu.academicworks.com.

As part of National Public Lands Day and in partnership with Keep Arkansas Beautiful, Arkansas State Parks, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the HSU/HPER Collegiate Recreation Society, (C.R.S.), participated in the 42nd annual Shoreline Cleanup on Saturday, September 26. The mission of the C.R.S. Student Organization is to promote the professional field of Recreation and its focus areas of Natural Resource Management, Leisure Services Management, Sport Management, and Hospitality and Tourism through servant leadership, community engagement, socialization, and professional development. Check out the HSU Collegiate Recreation Society on Facebook!

Dr. Nita Unruh, who majored in recreation management, is a full professor and department chair of the Kinesiology and Sport Sciences Department at the University of Nebraska-Kearney.

Three performances of "Welcome to the Moon and Other Plays" will be presented outdoors at the entrance to Arkansas Hall Sept. 24, 25, and 26.

Dr. Brandon Thurston serves as chancellor of a pre-k through 5th-grade elementary campus of about 350 students in the Midland Independent School District in Texas.

ABET is the recognized accreditor of college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology. ABET accreditation demonstrates a program’s commitment to providing its students with a quality education.

Each summer Henderson honors faculty members who have worked at the university based on every five years.

The NCLEX exam is a standardized exam that each state board of nursing uses to determine whether or not a candidate is prepared for entry-level nursing practice after completing an accredited nursing degree.

Caver brings more than 30 years of Fortune 500 technology company experience with executive roles in sales, marketing, and strategic planning.

Henderson’s dietetics program serves students who wish to become Registered Dietitians and work in a variety of related settings.

The Comics Studies Society annual conference was going to be held on the HSU campus in August, and Arkansas cartoonist Gustav Carlson was going to be a featured speaker. But COVID.

My family has been going to Henderson since the early 1930s. My grandfather, Olin (Nunny) Hardman, played Reddie football, and my grandmother, Virginia Louise Pilkington, majored in Education and was salutatorian of her class. Numerous uncles, aunts and cousins also graduated from HSU over the years. It’s a proud family tradition.

A native Arkansan with 15 years of experience teaching in secondary and post secondary settings, Barranco comes to Henderson from Texas Tech University where he completed his D.M.A. in choral conducting.