Education

Matt Holden, a biology teacher at Fayetteville High School, will embark on two expeditions this summer: one to the Pacific Ocean and another to Kenya. He has been chosen as a 2025 Science Communication Fellow by the Ocean Exploration Trust. Yesterday, he discussed the upcoming trips and the fellowship with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams.

Matt Holden’s “what I did this summer” essay for 2025 should be interesting. On today's show, we hear that the Fayetteville teacher’s summer will include trips into the Pacific Ocean and to Africa. This summer also means the inaugural Ozark Music Festival all around northwest Arkansas, so we'll provide a glimpse of what's to come. Also, the city of Fayetteville named this year's Amazing Tree, but what makes it so special?

Last year, students in the Mena School District took part in a No-Code Hackathon, using the AI-driven platform Nyx No-Code to create promotional materials for the new mountain bike trail system, Trails at Mena, without coding. Karen Kilroy, a software engineer and founder of Nyx No-Code, recently discussed the Hackathon's outcome and future plans with Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis.

The second annual Arkansas Math Discovery Day is tomorrow, April 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Fayetteville Public Library. Robots, art, your birthday and more are all part of the free event.

On today's show, a day devoted to math discovery is open to everyone for the second year in a row. Also, the economic squeeze is on local coffee entrepreneurs. Plus, Michael Tilley returns with headlines from the River Valley.

About one in five public school districts in Arkansas have implemented a four day school week schedule. House Bill 1864 may make that impossible.

On April 3, John Brown University President Chip Pollard announced that the university will begin offering a Bachelor of Science in professional flight in fall 2025.

Amid federal budget cuts, the Fulbright Scholarship Program - funded the the U.S. State Department - is facing cuts nearly 80 years after it was established.

The school district’s Board of Education made the recommendations last night.

Kyle Kellams speaks to the founding director and the current director discuss the 20th anniversary of the NWACC honors program.