Donaghey Funding of UALR
Through carefully stewarded investments and partnerships, the Foundation continues to evolve while staying true to its original purpose: empowering Arkansans through education, leadership, and visionary philanthropy.
Donaghey Scholars Program
The Donaghey Scholars Honors Program is UA Little Rock’s University-wide honors program. Its interdisciplinary curriculum promotes critical thinking and active learning. Scholars’ classes demand wide reading and extensive writing leading to vigorous discussions and frequent independent study.
Chancellor’s Leadership Corps (CLC)
Is the University’s largest and most diverse scholarship program, providing students with academic support, leadership development, and service-learning opportunities. CLC scholars complete required courses for their first three semesters, are required to complete service hours, and other leadership components.
Student Success and Leadership Development
A first generation and underrepresented student mentorship program with leadership and mentorship initiatives.
The Signature Experience program
Pairs undergraduates with faculty mentors in producing original research and culminates in a one-day research expo in the spring. Students receive small research grants to help them with the expenses of the research itself and may also be used to present their results at conferences.
Internship Expansion Program
UA Little Rock strongly encourages all students to do an internship before graduation regardless of major. Internships provide valuable real-world experience in one’s chosen field as well as important connections to potential employers after graduation. Not all disciplines have paid internship opportunities or may not have enough to meet demand, so this program provides 20 paid internships annually.
Trojan Works
Designed to provide year-round work study opportunities for 50 students who did not qualify for the federal work study program. This is a student retention initiative based on several studies that show university students persist to graduation at a higher rate if they are actively engaged in campus life, including on-campus employment.
Donaghey College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Initiative
Provides a wide variety of extracurricular learning opportunities for both current and prospective students. It also uses these funds for outreach and recruitment of students in critical STEM need areas.
Student Organization Enhancement
To reinvigorate student organizations after years of declining funding from a combination of decreases in fee revenue and general budget cuts. Research shows that participation in student organizations enhances student retention and graduation rates.
Career Services
Provides individualized assistance and mentoring for career preparation. The Career Services unit is critical in helping students develop connections and experiences that will ensure their success after graduation.
Graduate Recruitment Program
Encourages more local students to consider a graduate education at UA Little Rock. Helps 50 first-time graduate students with the cost of entry while they acclimate to advanced study.
Student Affairs Enrollment Initiatives
Includes funding for critical recruitment software systems, student yield improvement services, Corporate Partnership programs, community engagement-oriented recruiter, and the Trojan Transfer Hub, a new tool which allows the university to work with prospective transfer students much more effectively.
Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History Dr. John Kirk
Is nationally recognized as a race scholar and specializes in Arkansas civil rights history.
Donaghey Distinguished Professor of Information Science Dr. Nitin Agarwal
Director of the COSMOS research center making news with his research and bringing in millions of dollars in grants every year.
Donaghey Distinguished Professor of Science Dr. Alex Biris
Director of the Nanotechnology research center making news with his research and bringing in millions of dollars in grants every year.
Emerging Analytics Center Donaghey Fellows
Research support for two Donaghey Faculty fellows to retain top talent at the pre-tenure level to advance the applied research mission.
Nanotechnology Center Research Catalyst Program
Continues to be known for its bone regeneration research. The Center brings in grant funds for specific projects but getting new projects off the ground requires resources outside of its established grant projects. This funding provides stipends for three graduate students to work on developing the new projects.
Student Affairs Enrollment Initiatives
Includes funding for critical recruitment software systems, student yield improvement services, Corporate Partnership programs, community engagement-oriented recruiter, and the Trojan Transfer Hub, a new tool which allows the university to work with prospective transfer students much more effectively.
New buildings, centers and promenades were large projects with funding outside the normal annual Chancellor requests. In most cases these were projects the Chancellors felt were vital to the UA Little Rock campus vitality and were generally funded over a five year period.
- Donaghey Student Center
- George W. Donaghey EIT Building
- George W. Donaghey Emerging Analytics Center
- Downtown Office Space and Joe Jones mural
- Trojan Way & Ottenheimer Library Plaza (Campus Promenade)
Other Contributions from the Legacy of George W. Donaghey
Although not funded by the Donaghey Foundation, these are significant contributions directly associated with the legacy of George W. Donaghey
Other Notable Contributions
Although not funded by the Donaghey Foundation, these are significant contributions directly associated with the legacy of George W. Donaghey
