With the upcoming end of the With You fundraising campaign, on behalf of the cast, crew, and production team, we wanted to thank each and every one of the viewers that have contributed and helped make this film possible. There are less than 8 days left to donate, so please feel free to go to the indiegogo link to view the teaser trailer and the campaign. Also, please do not forget to like the "With You" facebook page, and help support the making of this film. All support is appreciated, and this film will be submitted to film festivals all over the United States, which means more publicity and recognition for the actors and crew of whom have made it possible to tell this cute, quirky romantic comedy, as well as the Arkansans of whom have made it possible with their support (in all ways). Again, please view the With You campaign with less than 8 days remaining, and many, many thanks to all who have made this wild venture possible.

The Thea Foundation and Arkansas A+ Schools are pleased to announce that Melanie Landrum has joined our staff as the Executive Director of the Arkansas A+ Schools program.  Landrum has served as the principal of Pike View Elementary School, an A+ school in the North Little Rock School District, for the past two and a half years of her four-year career in the district.  Her professional experience also includes serving as a curriculum consultant for Literacy and Leadership Cluster Leader America’s Choice Inc. and the “Voices of Love and Freedom” School Design Model; serving as an adjunct professor of Instruction and Curriculum Leadership and Educational Psychology at the University of Memphis; and working as a principal, teacher and curriculum consultant in Memphis, Tenn., for over twenty-five years.

Dr. Calvin White, Jr., chair of African American Studies at the University of Arkansas, will be the keynote speaker for Pulaski Technical College’s 13th annual Black History Month Banquet on Friday, Feb. 21.

The banquet begins at 6 p.m. in the college’s Campus Center Grand Hall, located on the Main campus at 3000 West Scenic Drive, North Little Rock.

Tickets cost $13 per person and can be purchased in advance by contacting Dianne Butler at (501) 812-2284 or e-mailing her at dbutler@pulaskitech.edu.

The theme of this year’s banquet theme is “Transitions: The Past, Present and Future.” Genine Perez, a Pulaski Tech adjunct instructor for Academic Success, will provide musical entertainment. The program also includes highlights of student support programs and presentations of Outstanding Student Awards and the PTC Diversity Award.