Book Talk and Signing Today Feature Alumnus Charles D. Morgan
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Alumnus Charles D. Morgan will present his new memoir, Matters of Life and Data: The Remarkable Journey of a Big Data Visionary Whose Work Impacted Millions (Including You), at two talks and signings today, Tuesday, April 28, on campus.
At 2:30 p.m. he will offer a book talk in the Special Collections Room of Mullins Library. Morgan is founder of Acxiom Corp. and an entepreneur. Acxiom is a marketing technology and services company, started in Conway but with corporate headquarters in Little Rock now and offices around the world.
From 4:30-6 p.m today, he will make a similar presentation as part of the Arkansas Alumni Association Lifelong Learning Program at the Janelle Y. Hembree Alumni House Sturgis Hall. Please RSVP attendance for the latter talk to 479-575-6368 or jpreddy@uark.edu.
Both talks and book signings were made possible by the Arkansas Alumni Association Lifelong Learning Program.
Contacts
Julie Preddy, associate director, Lifelong Learning
Arkansas Alumni Association
(479) 575-6368,
jpreddy@uark.edu
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