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University of Arkansas Little Rock
Motto:	A Difference of Degree
Established	1927
Type:	Public University
Chancellor:	Joel Anderson
Students:	12,000
Location	34°43′21″N 92°20′26″W / 34.722472, -92.340650
Campus:	Urban
Nickname:	UALR Trojans [1]
Website:	www.ualr.edu

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University of Arkansas at Little Rock is the third largest university, by enrollment, in Arkansas, USA.

UALR is the state's only metropolitan university. Approximately 12,000 full- and part-time students attend classes in one of the University's colleges:

• College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
• College of Business
• College of Education
• Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology
• College of Professional Studies
• College of Science and Mathematics
• William H. Bowen School of Law

Established as Little Rock Junior College by the Little Rock School District in 1927, it became a private four-year institution, called Little Rock University, in 1957. It returned to public status in 1969 when it was merged into the University of Arkansas System under its present name. The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) is a metropolitan university with a student population of 12,000 full and part-time students, and has a large number of non-traditional (e.g., part-time and commuting) students. Because of the school's location in the state capital, UALR students may benefit from close contact with leaders in government, business, industry, medicine, and information technology.

As part of its mission as a metropolitan university and as a member of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, UALR is committed to responding to the needs of the community by creating active links between the campus, community, and commerce.

• James Richard Cheek — U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia (1985-1988), Sudan (1989-1992) and Argentina (1993-1996)
• Charlie Daniels — Arkansas Secretary of State
• Derek Fisher — NBA player
• Mary Mel French — White House Chief of Protocol (Clinton)
• Max W. Hooper — Co-founder of Equity Broadcasting.
• Lynda Hull — Poet
• Stewart Isbell — Photographer
• Koby Koomson — Ghana Ambassador to the U.S. (1997-2001)
• Jerry Maulden — CEO of Entergy Corporation
• Pete Myers — NBA player
• Robert Palmer — Writer, musicologist, musician and blues producer (author of Deep Blues)
• Wesley Pruden — Editor-in-chief of The Washington Times
• Mike Ross — U.S. Congressman
• Bob Stokes — Meteorologist for the The Weather Channel

• University of Arkansas at Little Rock
• Development Information Network of Arkansas, a project of UALR's Institute for Economic Advancement
• UALR Trojans official university athletics department website
• Theta Eta Chapter of Kappa Sigma - UALR's first and largest fraternity
• LittleRockTrojans.com a fan-based athletics website and forum (not affiliated with nor operated by UALR athletics)
• Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities