Women's History Month: Bessie Stringfield
Nicknamed the "Motorcycle Queen of Miami," Bessie Stringfield served as a dispatch rider for the U.S. Army in the 1940s during an era when straddling a motorcycle was considered unladylike. She is also the first African American woman to ride a motorcycle across the lower forty-eight, no small feat especially during the era of Jim Crow. Each year hundreds of women motorcyclists make an annual road trip in her honor.
Read more about Stringfield at the Iron and Air magazine »
Contacts
Charlie Alison, executive editor
University Relations
479-575-6731,
calison@uark.edu
Headlines
PetSmart CEO J.K. Symancyk to Speak at Walton College Commencement
J.K. Symancyk is an alumnus of the Sam M. Walton College of Business and serves on the Dean’s Executive Advisory Board.
Faulkner Center, Arkansas PBS Partner to Screen Documentary 'Gospel'
The Faulkner Performing Arts Center will host a screening of Gospel, a documentary exploring the origin of Black spirituality through sermon and song, in partnership with Arkansas PBS at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2.
UAPD Officers Mills and Edwards Honored With New Roles
Veterans of the U of A Police Department, Matt Mills has been promoted to assistant chief, and Crandall Edwards has been promoted to administrative captain.
Community Design Center's Greenway Urbanism Project Wins LIV Hospitality Design Award
"Greenway Urbanism" is one of six urban strategies proposed under the Framework Plan for Cherokee Village, a project that received funding through an Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Spring Bike Drive Refurbishes Old Bikes for New Students
All donated bikes will be given to Pedal It Forward, a local nonprofit that will refurbish your bike and return it to the U of A campus to be gifted to a student in need. Hundreds of students have already benefited.