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Windgate gift brings STEAM education chair to UofA

KUAF·Oct 22, 2026 · 3:34 PM CT
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The University of Arkansas is getting a new endowed faculty position focused on STEAM, the version of STEM education that adds an A for the arts.

The Windgate Endowed Chair in STEAM Education, housed in the College of Education and Health Professions, is funded by a $1.5 million endowment from the Windgate Foundation.

Dean Kate Mamiseishvili told KUAF the A represents "creativity, imagination, innovation, ingenuity." She described it as a way to teach complicated STEM concepts in a more integrated, collaborative and engaging way, and said the arts can help some children ease into harder subjects.

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