Bowles will present 鈥淟ast Place Isn鈥檛 good Enough – The Importance of High-Speed Internet to Furtureproofing the Economy” at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Downtown, 333 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock on Tuesday, Nov. 14. The event will open with a reception at 5:30 p.m. and will be followed by the lecture at 6 p.m.

Bowles graduated from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in 1989 with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in international studies. She was able to attend 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock with a full scholarship through the Donaghey Scholars Honors Program and studied abroad in Europe.

Bowles returned to Arkansas in 2000 to join Aristotle Internet Access, the company co-founded by her father, Dixon Bowles. When Dixon Bowles passed in 2010, Bowles took over as the chair of the board. In 2018, Bowles split off the broadband division of Aristotle Internet Access into its own company, Aristotle Unified Communications, so that she could focus on serving broadband customers in communities that are underserved.

“We are always eager to bring a nationally prominent figure to speak to students and the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock community. That Elizabeth Bowles is an alumna makes her presentation all the more powerful, as she demonstrates the great things our students are capable of achieving. Her work on improving broadband access illustrates the importance of a wide ranging education that pushes people to understand the technical, social, political, and economic complexities of the challenges we face,鈥� said Dr. Simon Hawkins, head of the Donaghey Scholars Program at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock.

For more information, contact the Donaghey Scholars Honors Program at 516-916-3389 or dsp@ualr.edu.

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Bowles鈥� lecture, 鈥淟ast Place Isn鈥檛 Good Enough: The Importance of High-Speed Internet to Futureproofing the Economy,” will begin with a reception at 5:30 p.m. followed by the lecture at 6 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Downtown, 333 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock.

Bowles graduated summa cum laude from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in 1989 with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in international studies. She is an alumna of the Donaghey Scholars Honors Program, which provided her a full scholarship and the opportunity to study in Europe.

鈥淭he Donaghey Scholars Program provided excellent preparation for a career in the legal profession,鈥� Bowles said. 鈥淭he Socratic teaching methods, the debates with teachers, and the small class sizes all prepared me for law school. I think 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock gave me exactly what I needed to be successful at Vanderbilt Law School, and in fact, I graduated first in my law school class.鈥�

After Vanderbilt, Bowles clerked for the Hon. Judge Richard Arnold, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and worked for five years at the law firm of Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C. She moved back to Arkansas in 2000 to join Aristotle Internet Access, the company her father, Dixon Bowles, co-founded.

When Dixon Bowles passed away in 2010, Bowles took over as chair of the board. In 2018, Bowles spun out Aristotle鈥檚 broadband division, Aristotle Unified Communications, into its own company so that she could focus on delivering broadband to unserved and underserved communities in historically overlooked areas of the state. Since 2017, she has served as chair of the FCC鈥檚 Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee.

The C. Earl and Kathy Ramsey Lecture Series was created in honor of Dr. Earl Ramsey, director emeritus for the Donaghey Scholars Honors Program, and endowed by a generous gift from Earl and Kathy Ramsey in addition to many individual donations from Donaghey Scholars alumni.

For more information, contact the Donaghey Scholars Honors Program at 516-916-3389 or dsp@ualr.edu.

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Bowles鈥� donation of $250,000 will create the W.D. Bowles Endowed Professorship in Music in the School of Literary and Performing Arts. The professorship is named in honor of her father, Walter 鈥淒ixon鈥� Bowles, who was the leader of the Dan Blocker Singers, a popular folk music choir in the late 1960s from Odessa, Texas.

鈥淢y father was passionate about education and passionate about helping people,鈥� Bowles said. 鈥淚 thought that honoring him with this endowment would be fitting because he cared deeply about the power of music and was a gifted choir director. I wanted to honor his roots.鈥�

While living in Hollywood, the Dan Blocker Singers performed on 鈥淭he Milton Berle Show鈥� and 鈥淭he Lucille Ball Show.鈥� By 1968, however, the members of the Dan Blocker Singers had grown disenchanted with Hollywood.

鈥淎s he was driving to a screen test in Hollywood one day, my father realized he didn鈥檛 want a life in show business,鈥� Bowles said. 鈥淢y father was being hailed as the next James Dean, but that鈥檚 not the life he wanted.鈥�

At the invitation of a local minister, several members of the Dan Blocker Singers relocated to Big Piney, Arkansas, where they opened a dinner theater and ran the minister鈥檚 guest ranch. Dixon Bowles spent the rest of his life in Arkansas, where he went on to become a successful entrepreneur.

Dixon Bowles co-founded Aristotle, the Little Rock-based Internet service provider and web design company in 1995. Previously, he had founded The Group, Inc., an intentional community that managed the Lodge at Mount Magazine in the early 鈥�70s and opened popular dinner theaters in Greers Ferry, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee, in the late 鈥�70s.

鈥淭hroughout every iteration of my father鈥檚 entrepreneurial journey, music always remained important to him, as it is to me,鈥� Bowles notes. 鈥淚 was a member of the youth choir my father directed, and in law school, I performed with the school鈥檚 acapella choir.鈥�

The endowed professorship will attract and recruit highly qualified individuals to the position of professor, supplement university support for outstanding faculty, and provide the holder with the resources to make contributions in teaching, research, and public service.

鈥淒r. Kris McAbee and I are so grateful for Ms. Bowles’s recognition and support of the choral program at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock,鈥� said Stacy Pendergraft, co-director of the School of Literary and Performing Arts. 鈥淯nder the leadership of Dr. Lorissa Mason, director of choral activities, the program has flourished. Dr. Mason’s expertise and artistry, along with her ceaseless efforts to provide student professionalization opportunities, are making tremendous strides towards putting the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock choral program on the map.鈥�

Bowles graduated summa cum laude from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in 1989 with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in international studies. She is an alumna of the Donaghey Scholars Honors Program, which provided her a full scholarship and the opportunity to study in Europe.

鈥淭he Donaghey Scholars Program provided excellent preparation for a career in the legal profession,鈥� Bowles said. 鈥淭he Socratic teaching methods, the debates with teachers, and the small class sizes all prepared me for law school. I think 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock gave me exactly what I needed to be successful at Vanderbilt Law School, and in fact, I graduated first in my law school class.鈥�

After Vanderbilt, Bowles clerked for the Hon. Judge Richard Arnold, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and worked for five years at the law firm of Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C. She moved back to Arkansas in 2000 to join Aristotle Internet Access, the company her father co-founded. When Dixon Bowles passed away in 2010, Bowles took over as chair of the board. In 2018, Bowles spun out Aristotle鈥檚 broadband division, , into its own company so that she could focus on delivering broadband to unserved and underserved communities in historically overlooked areas of the state.

With this gift, Bowles hopes to provide other students with the same opportunities she had as a 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock student.

鈥淚 hope the donation helps the school attract a fantastic choral professor and that, as a result, other students get to have the type of experience at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock that I did,鈥� Bowles said.

You can find out more about how transformational gifts like this are making an impact at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock by visiting the Centennial Campaign website.

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