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How often do you misplace your phone? For some people, that may never happen considering how often they are texting, checking email, tweeting, taking a selfie or maybe — just maybe — using it for a phone call.

As a student at Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn., this fall, Meagan Brazier (’14) plans to study anthropology, the study of humans, including their cultural characteristics, customs and social relationships.

Mechanical engineer. Fireman. Riverboat worker.

If you happen to see a roadside vegetable stand this summer in Conway that is donating its proceeds to ASMSA, don’t be surprised if you see Diana Arms hawking the extra tomatoes and other vegetables she will grow in her garden.

When ASMSA computer science instructor Carl Frank received his invitation to be inducted into the Arkansas Academy of Computing, he wasn’t sure if he would be able to accept.

One day, Teresa Hall was standing in line at a grocery store waiting to check out. In front of her was a couple speaking to each other.
“They said ‘It smells like birthday cake,’ ” Hall said.

Sergei Lupashin (’01) has what some may consider an unusual use for a retractable dog leash.

Prominently displayed on one of the walls of the Administration Building’s lobby is an exhibit we call Dolphin Echoes. It features photos and brief bios of a few of our more than 2,000 alumni in Arkansas and beyond who are carrying ASMSA forward into the broader world.

Corey Alderdice, director of the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts, was named to the Arkansas Business 40 Under 40 Class of 2014.

This is the 21st year the weekly business journal has honored business and political leaders under 40 years old. Honorees are nominated by readers and chosen by the editors of Arkansas Business. The publication released the list of this year’s honorees Monday.

Alderdice, 32, was appointed as ASMSA’s director in May 2012. Before coming to ASMSA, Alderdice was a core figure in the planning and the realization of the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science, a school similar to ASMSA located on the Western Kentucky University campus in Bowling Green, Ky. Between 2007 and 2012, he served as the assistant director for admissions and public relations of the Gatton Academy.