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#MoreInMorrilton Info Session To Be Held March 10

The University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton will hold a "#MoreInMorrilton" information session on Saturday, March 10 from 9:30 a.m. to noon in the Fine Arts Auditorium. This event is designed to give community members and prospective students of all educational backgrounds the opportunity to learn more about UACCM. Along with learning about the college's campus, various support and financial aid services, a student panel will give a presentation on "what they wish they had known" during the event. Attendees will also be able to visit with instructors and representatives from the following areas of interest: General Education (Transfer Programs) Air Conditioning, Heating, & Refrigeration Technology Automotive Service Technology Business Collision Repair & Refinishing Technology Computer Information Systems Technology Drafting  Early Childhood Development Education Health Science (Nursing ...

Holocaust Survivor Event Returns To UACCM March 6-7

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The University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton, in cooperation with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington, D.C., is honored to host Peter Gorog at the 10th annual Holocaust Survivor Series event on March 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium on campus. Gorog will speak again March 7 at 9:45 a.m. inside Morrilton High School’s new Devil Dog Arena. The daytime program will be tailored for secondary school students in the six-county service area, but the public is invited to attend both free events. Peter Gorog Credit: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Gorog — born Péter Grünwald on March 10, 1941, in Budapest — was only three months old when his father, Árpád, was taken to a forced labor camp in Hungary. He soon died in 1942 while at a labor battalion in Ukraine. Gorog was then supported by his mother, Olga, a hat-maker. When the German forces invaded Hungary in March 1944, the country’s government ordered the Jews of Budapest to ...

UACCM To Hold Auditions For 'Steel Magnolias'

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Auditions for the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton Theater’s production of “Steel Magnolias” will be held Monday, Feb. 12 and Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium on campus. A total of six women of a variety of ages are needed to fill the required roles. Auditions are open to the public, including those not currently enrolled at or employed by UACCM. The final production will be shown April 12-14 at 7:30 p.m., and April 15 at 2 p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium. For more information, contact UACCM Theatre & Speech Instructor Jim Harris at (501) 977-2118, or at harris@uaccm.edu .