Arkansas education leaders celebrate groundbreaking of STEM-focused university at former Walmart HQ
Arkansas officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new STEM-focused university located at the former Walmart headquarters in Bentonville. The project was initiated by the grandsons of Walmart founder Sam Walton.
A new STEM-focused university being built on the site of Walmart’s former headquarters in Bentonville aims to create a new model of higher education, officials announced during a groundbreaking ceremony Friday. Steuart and Tom Walton, grandsons of Walmart founder Sam Walton, announced plans for the university focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics last year. […]
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