Author: Donnie Sewell

Spring Break — two words that when put together may bring many images to mind. Perhaps it’s the sun reflecting off the water during a trip to a local lake or to the beach. Maybe it’s that your dad acted silly with a cartoon character during a family vacation. Or it’s just the shadows in your room caused by the midday sun as you wake up from a blissful morning of sleeping in after a late night of hanging out with friends.

How often do you misplace your phone? For some people, that may never happen considering how often they are texting, checking email, tweeting, taking a selfie or maybe — just maybe — using it for a phone call.

As a student at Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn., this fall, Meagan Brazier (’14) plans to study anthropology, the study of humans, including their cultural characteristics, customs and social relationships.

Mechanical engineer. Fireman. Riverboat worker.

If you happen to see a roadside vegetable stand this summer in Conway that is donating its proceeds to ASMSA, don’t be surprised if you see Diana Arms hawking the extra tomatoes and other vegetables she will grow in her garden.

When ASMSA computer science instructor Carl Frank received his invitation to be inducted into the Arkansas Academy of Computing, he wasn’t sure if he would be able to accept.

One day, Teresa Hall was standing in line at a grocery store waiting to check out. In front of her was a couple speaking to each other.
“They said ‘It smells like birthday cake,’ ” Hall said.

Sergei Lupashin (’01) has what some may consider an unusual use for a retractable dog leash.

Prominently displayed on one of the walls of the Administration Building’s lobby is an exhibit we call Dolphin Echoes. It features photos and brief bios of a few of our more than 2,000 alumni in Arkansas and beyond who are carrying ASMSA forward into the broader world.