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