Baby goats look on as people participate in yoga Saturday during Keep Van Buren Beautiful s fourth annual Earth Day Festival in historic downtown Van Buren. More than 40 vendors of food, crafts, plants and clothing products, as well as civic groups, local farmers and recycling services, were on hand for the six-block family event. Other notable exhibits included a butterfly experience tent and goat yoga. Visit rivervalleydemocratgazette.com/photo for today s photo gallery.
Hannah Jumper (left), a first-year doctor of osteopathic medicine student at the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education, holds her son Logan Jumper, 3, while tossing two pairs of medical scrubs into a fire pit, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, at a ceremony on the ACHE campus in Fort Smith. Several first-year D.O. students carried on the tradition of celebrating the completion of their final anatomy course, a subject which all students at ACHE are required to take, by cheerfully burning the scrubs, shoes and other items of clothing they wore while taking the challenging courses. They also used the opportunity to make s mores, cook hot dogs and listen to music to celebrate the accomplishment. Visit rivervalleydemocratgazette.com/photo for today s photo gallery.
Hannah Jumper (left), a first-year doctor of osteopathic medicine student at the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education, holds her son Logan Jumper, 3, while tossing two pairs of medical scrubs into a fire pit, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, at a ceremony on the ACHE campus in Fort Smith. Several first-year D.O. students carried on the tradition of celebrating the completion of their final anatomy course, a subject which all students at ACHE are required to take, by cheerfully burning the scrubs, shoes and other items of clothing they wore while taking the challenging courses. They also used the opportunity to make s mores, cook hot dogs and listen to music to celebrate the accomplishment. Visit rivervalleydemocratgazette.com/photo for today s photo gallery.
Jane Sargent (right), head coach of the University of Arkasas-Fort Smith volleyball team, hands out free food to Dr. Lee E. Krehbiel, vice chancellor for enrollment management and student affairs and others Tuesday during a campus cookout as part of homecoming week inside the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center on the UAFS campus in Fort Smith. The university kicked off the week of homecoming activities, the theme for which is "Where Memories Roar," with a prep rally Monday night. The festivities continue today with an intramural championship, women s and men s basketball games against St. Edward s on Thursday, and a dance on Friday evening. Homecoming will cap off Saturday with a lunch tailgate, followed by the Lady Lions and Lions hosting St. Mary s. A crowning ceremony will take place at halftime of the men s game. Visit rivervalleydemocratgazette.com/photo for today s photo gallery.
Jane Sargent (right), head coach of the University of Arkasas-Fort Smith volleyball team, hands out free food to Dr. Lee E. Krehbiel, vice chancellor for enrollment management and student affairs and others Tuesday during a campus cookout as part of homecoming week inside the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center on the UAFS campus in Fort Smith. The university kicked off the week of homecoming activities, the theme for which is "Where Memories Roar," with a prep rally Monday night. The festivities continue today with an intramural championship, women s and men s basketball games against St. Edward s on Thursday, and a dance on Friday evening. Homecoming will cap off Saturday with a lunch tailgate, followed by the Lady Lions and Lions hosting St. Mary s. A crowning ceremony will take place at halftime of the men s game. Visit rivervalleydemocratgazette.com/photo for today s photo gallery.