February 2022

Apprentices on Apprenticeships Insights and advice from members of the ‘Class of ’21’ WE DIDN’T SET out to make this the “training issue” of the ACDS newsletter. But once we settled on Dr. Donald Walker as this month’s Q & A, it just seemed natural to also include a handful of Registered Apprentices talking about […]

Dr. Donald S. Walker, Lt Col, USAF (ret), Director of Training, Arkansas Center for Data Sciences AT ACDS, WE often characterize our work as something of a “three-legged stool,” one that forms a sturdy balance between the tech needs of Arkansas employers and the skillsets of Arkansas tech talent. The all-important third leg is the

IT TAKES A VILLAGE When it comes to data science education, we can’t stop at the students Stephen Addison, Ph.D., Professor of Physics, Dean, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics University of Central Arkansas LAST MONTH IN this newsletter, Dr. Karl Schubert of the University of Arkansas spoke about the DART (for “Data Analytics that

IT’S NO COINCIDENCE that Black History Month includes the birthdates of Abraham Lincoln (February 12) and that of Frederick Douglass (February 14). Black communities in the U.S. have celebrated those leaders together since the late 19th century. At ACDS, Access and equity are two of our core values, and I know that means we must