Classes begin at new campus

Official: Scholarships make education possible for many at UACCH-Texarkana

By: Marie Martin - Texarkana Gazette

Staff photo by Adam Sacasa Kyle Smith, left, and Dakota Easley, both freshmen from Fouke, Ark., talk Monday in the commons area at the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope-Texarkana on the first day of class. Thirty-one classes will be available at the new Texarkana campus.

Staff photo by Adam Sacasa Tomaya Kelly, left, and Lashay Purifoy, both freshmen from Texarkana, Ark., talk Monday outside the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope-Texarkana campus on the first day of class.

Many students attending the first day of school Monday at University of Arkansas Community College at Hope-Texarkana can thank the state’s lottery and its Academic Challenge Scholarships.

Chancellor Chris Thomason said in years past, Miller County ranked 75 out of 75 counties in Arkan...

Published: 08/21/2012