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American Legion Post 27 sponsors 26 local students for Arkansas Boys State
Twenty-six students from Northwest Arkansas will spend a week at Arkansas Boys State at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) thanks to the support of the American Legion Post 27. These locals will join more than 500 of the state's brightest young...
May 23, 2023, 11:26am EDT
Arkansas Boys State appoints Wilson, Warren to new positions
Arkansas Boys State, which is sponsored by the American Legion, has appointed DeKevious Wilson and Coleman Warren to new positions to support the program, which has transformed the lives of young men throughout the state and beyond since 1940. Wilson ...
Jan 16, 2023, 3:25pm EST
Arkansas's DeKevious M. Wilson Selected as Class of 2022-2023 Obama Foundation Scholar
Today, the Obama Foundation announced that DeKevious Wilson will be part of its fifth cohort of Obama Scholars, made up of 30 emerging leaders from around the world who will study at either Columbia University or the University of Chicago for the 2022-...
Sep 18, 2022, 2:07pm EDT
Brodsky appointed to Arkansas Boys State leadership
Arkansas Boys State has named Andrew Brodsky as Director of Staff for the program, which has transformed the lives of young men throughout the state and beyond since 1940. Brodsky has been part of Arkansas Boys State since his delegate year in 2013, i...
Sep 18, 2022, 1:39pm EDT
Arkansas Boys State returns to UCA, kicks off Sunday
Arkansas Boys State, the civic engagement and leadership program that has produced alumni such as Pres. Bill Clinton and Sen. Tom Cotton, kicks off its 2022 session Sunday, May 29 and runs through Friday, June 3. The upcoming session, which is sponsor...
May 27, 2022, 2:17pm EDT