UALR

September 10-16, 2012

Free food, drinks, music, lots of folks and plenty of fun was on hand as the 2012 fall semester kicked off with UALR’s Burgers at Bailey. It was a great day as alumni, faculty, staff, and students connected and reconnected at the Bailey Alumni Center on the main campus at UALR.

Christian O’Neal, director of the UALR Alumni Association, said the official head count for the event was 1,500.   

“Burgers at Bailey has earned it’s popularity because it draws UALR alumni to campus for a great time with our students, faculty and staff,” O’Neal said. “More alumni attended this year’s event, served as volunteers, and enjoyed tours of the sprawling campus, making the atmosphere very festive. We have undertaken an impressive growth spurt with additions of several new facilities on campus that are the finest around.  It is a proud occasion to host so many alumni on campus and to highlight the reason why we support UALR, and that’s to support our students, and promote the University that’s given so much to us.”

Jason Irby, who first enrolled at UALR in 1981 and earned a B.A. and M.A, was at the picnic, signing copies of his new book, “Love Within Life: A Book of Life’s Shared Experiences.”

Irby is donating a portion of the proceeds from the book to a scholarship he established in 2003 for a graduate student in the Radio, Television, Film Department. His Steve Stephens Scholarship, which helped Irby complete his studies, inspired him. 

“UALR has been my home, heart and future for the last 30 years,” he said. “I’ve always wanted to give back to the students.”

2012 Burgers at Bailey Host Committee -

Sandra Bates-Slaughter ’01, UALR Dept of Construction Mgmt

Anthony W. Black ’08, Dept of Information Systems                

Mary Cantrell ’84 ’99, UAMS    

Lisa Cornwell ’00, Founder and Co-host SEC Sports Pass           

Ginger Daril ’90, Verizon Wireless                                 

Thomas Dickinson ’07, McGeorge Contracting Company                              

Tamika Edwards ’05, Southern Good Faith Fund                                                 

April Findlay ’93, Allied Wireless  

Joe Fox, Community Bakery                                  

Sean Glancy ’80, Irwin Partners                           

Malcolm Glover ’07, KUAR-Public Radio                              

Scott Gordon ’77, AR Children’s Hospital 

Jay Hartman ’99, Entergy   

Delen Hurst, Mitchell Williams Law Firm                                                                     

Joe Kilpatrick ’67, UALR Alumni Board of Directors         

Mark Leggett ’91, Keller Williams Realty                          

Wonder Lowe ’98, Hope Credit Union                     

GG Millard ’95, Fairway Independent Mortgage             

Paul Nolte ’67, Election Consulting Corp.         

Don Riggin ’62, UALR Alumni Board of Directors  

Marjorie Rogers ’05, James Law Firm

Chance Schanzlin ’96 ’98, Acxiom                                                                            

Scott Schuh ’77, LSC Marketing                                            

Frank Scott ’09, First Security Bank                                        

Rick Sellars ’74 ’77, Bailey, Trimble, Lowe, Sellars & Thomas                            

Eileen Sotomora ’90, Mgr, Ricardo Sotomora M.D.                

Angela Thomas ’04 ’11, AY Magazine                                                          

Rebecca Ward ’79, President, Alumni Board of Directors                                                   

Sherry Wilkins Wortsmith ’67, UALR Alumni Board of Directors          

Judge Herb Wright ’86, Sixth Judicial Circuit