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unusual facts about University of Arkansas, Fayetteville shooting



American Football League Rookies of the Year

Arkansas' Bobby Burnett had a combined total of 1,185 yards rushing and receiving at the halfback position, with over 12 yards per catch and 4 touchdowns on 34 receptions, and 766 yards on 187 rushes, with 4 rushing touchdowns.

Arkansas Highway 23

The route has a strong connection with the University of Arkansas Razorbacks, connecting fans in Central Arkansas with the Northwest Arkansas area.

Bay Islands Voice

Founded by Thomas Tomczyk (Bachelor of Architecture, University of Arkansas; MA in Journalism, University of Missouri; author Roatan Magic Hidden Jewel of the Western Caribbean, ISBN 0-9829714-0-0).

Boyce Courtney Williams

She received several honorary Ph.Ds from various universities and colleges including Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Virginia Union University, University of Arkansas, Stillman College, Lincoln University of Missouri and Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) (2009).

Brian Wellman

Wellman competed collegiately for the University of Arkansas where he won two NCAA Outdoor triple jump titles.

Calvin Davis

Davis competed collegiately for the University of Arkansas, primarily as a flat 400 meter sprinter, not learning the hurdles until later.

Chris Roy, Jr.

Had he sought a second term in the state House, Roy would have faced two Republicans in the October 22 nonpartisan blanket primary, Lance Harris and Barett Byrd of Woodworth in south Rapides Parish, a graduate of the University of Arkansas and a retired colonel in the United States Marine Corps.

Daniel C. Gerould

Gerould began his teaching career at the University of Arkansas (1949–1951) and earned a Diplôme in French Literature from the Sorbonne in 1955 and a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Chicago in 1959.

Danny Ford

Joe Kines brought Ford to the University of Arkansas in 1992 to help with the clean-up following Frank Broyles' firing of Jack Crowe (Ford's former offensive coordinator at Clemson) after a loss to the Citadel.

Downtown Bentonville

In the early 2000s, Bentonville adopted a University of Arkansas study that outlined a renovation of the downtown area.

Dwight Stewart

Dwight Stewart is a former American professional basketball player and a member of the University of Arkansas Razorbacks 1994 NCAA champion men's basketball team.

Esther McCoy

She attended the Central College for Women, a preparatory school in Lexington, Missouri, prior to a college career which took her from Baker University, to the University of Arkansas, then to Washington University, and finally the University of Michigan.

Jenny Eakin Delony

From 1897 to 1900, Rice was the first Director of Art for Arkansas Industrial University, which became during her tenure the University of Arkansas (UA) in Fayetteville (Washington County).

Jess Todd

From the University of Arkansas, he was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in second round (82nd overall) of the 2007 amateur entry draft.

Joe Kines

He spent most of his coaching career as an assistant in college football ranks, twice serving as an interim head coach: in 1992 at the University of Arkansas after the firing of Jack Crowe and in 2006 at the University of Alabama after the dismissal of Mike Shula.

Kines returned to college coaching in 1991 as the defensive coordinator at the University of Arkansas and was promoted to head coach of the Razorbacks in 1992 when Jack Crowe was fired following a season-opening loss to The Citadel.

John David Crow

Later that year, after Arkansas left the Southwest Conference, Crow and DeLoss Dodds, the athletic director at the University of Texas, met with officials from the Pac-10 Conference about aligning with that conference.

KBFC

KBFC broadcasts Arkansas Razorbacks football and men's basketball games.

Keli McGregor

He was as an associate athletic director at the University of Arkansas for four years, and then assistant football coach for two years at the University of Florida from 1988–89, where he earned a Master's degree in education with an emphasis on athletic administration.

KUAF

The station is owned by the University of Arkansas, with studios near the school's campus in Fayetteville.

Lee Tomboulian

He was born in New York City and studied Composition and Music Theater at the University of Arkansas.

MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base

Directed by Dr. Brent Smith (University of Arkansas) and Dr. Kelly Damphousse, the ATS is a database of individuals and groups indicted by the United States government as the result of an official FBI terrorism investigation.

Rayonnoceras

Recently, an eight-foot-long specimen of Rayonnoceras solidiforme was found in Arkansas, believed to be the largest of its kind ever found, is now housed at the University of Arkansas Museum.

Sarah Schwald

After winning the 1500 meters at the 1989 USA Junior Championships, Schwald enrolled at the University of Arkansas where she ran both cross county and track.

Seymour W. Terry

Terry was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity from the fraternity's first chapter at the University of Arkansas.

Sharif Karie

For a brief period Karie went to Lindenwood University, but would develop his collegiate track career with University of Arkansas, which was again becoming a recognized track school in the era of coach John McDonnell.

Speer Morgan

Morgan attended the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, from 1964 to 1966, as well as the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, where he received a BA in 1968.

Steve Stern

He went on to study writing in the graduate program at the University of Arkansas, at a time when it included several notable writers who've since become prominent, including poet C.D. Wright and fiction writers Ellen Gilchrist, Lewis Nordan, Lee K. Abbott and Jack Butler.

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville shooting

A SWAT team was then activated and approximately an hour after the first officers arrived, police entered the office and found the bodies of Locke and Kelly with a handgun on the floor between them.


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