News Highlights

Since its launch on August 2nd, over 364 alumni members have logged in and checked out the new Razorback CareerLink. These members have been among the first to use the simple user interface to post resumes and begin searching for new career opportunities. For those members who have not yet logged in, here are some tips for accessing and using Razorback CareerLink.

Congratulations to the Student Affairs Core Group for going Whole Hog. The committee has 100 percent membership in the Arkansas Alumni Association. Your group, whether it’s your book club, business, department or tailgate group, just to name a few ideas, can do the same.

The Student Alumni Board (SAB) and Student Alumni Association (SAA), formerly REAL Razorbacks, are taking on a new look and structure beginning this school year. SAB has served as the primary outreach from the Association to the student body for over 12 years. R.E.A.L. Razorbacks, an open student membership program in the Association was adopted in 2003 and served to connect with students campus wide. After a review of each program’s purpose, intended programs and outcomes, changes were designed to help the Association meet its goals while remaining appealing to current students.

The Capital Chapter of the Arkansas Alumni Association is excited to announce its participation in the second annual RazorRock, Central Arkansas’ week-long Razorback football rally to kick-off the 2010 season. Coach Petrino’s Hogs will play the first Little Rock game against Louisiana-Monroe on Sept. 11 at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock.

Congratulations to the University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of Business Executive Committee for going Whole Hog. The committee has 100 percent membership in the Arkansas Alumni Association. Your group, whether it’s your book club, business, department or tailgate group, just to name a few ideas, can do the same.

RazorRock, which debuted in 2009 as a “Central Arkansas’ weeklong football rally,” will return in 2010 the week of September 6th through the 11th in advance of the Razorback Football Team’s first Little Rock game of the 2010 season. The announcement was made today by Frank Thomas, chairman of the Arkansas River Cities Sports Commission at a 10:00 a.m. news conference at the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Behind every successful person is someone else. Alumnus, alumna, student, teacher or friend, no matter what the title everyone has been helped somehow in their professional careers by someone else. We’d like to know “How have your Arkansas connections helped you succeed?” Here is your chance to share with us and them how important they were in your success.

Although the thermometers say upper 90s, the traffic patterns in and around campus are saying it is fall!

The Arkansas Alumni Association is pleased to announce the launch of a new private-label gourmet coffee program with Bean Bank Coffee. The Arkansas Alumni Coffee Store offers fresh-roasted, gourmet-quality coffee delivered to your door on a schedule you control! The store carries a wide variety of gourmet coffees from the Callao Coffee Company as well as quality teas and specialty drinks from other fine makers. They roast daily and ship within 24-36 hours so you receive your fresh-roasted coffee usually within five days!

The Arkansas Alumni Association is pleased to announce an exciting effort to allow Razorback fans to show their team spirit while practicing sustainability. The Hog Wild habitote® will debut at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium where 50,000 totes will be handed out free to Hog fans prior to the Arkansas vs. Ole Miss game on Saturday, October 23, 2010.