Woman reflects on day Arkansas State University came to be
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January 22, 2017
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — As a 16-year-old, Sandra Green Hawkins was only allowed to drive from Stallings Lane to Arkansas State University to pick up her mother.
She has yet to forget the day — exactly 50 years ago Tuesday — that she arrived to find tears streaming down her mother's face.
The sight initially alarmed Hawkins, but she said she knew it was good news by the "giant wonderful smile" on her mother's face. It was Jan. 17, 1967 — the day then-Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller signed legislation changing the name of Arkansas State College to Arkansas State University.
"I still get emotional about...
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