Greenway Equipment supports students, two colleges with gift

Greenway Equipment of Weiner is contributing $250,000 to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville to benefit students in the Sam M. Walton College of Business and the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences.

The Greenway Leadership in Business Scholarship Fund will be established with $100,000 and benefit two Fleischer Spirit Scholars in the Walton College. The Fleischer Spirit Scholarship Program was established by Morton H. Fleischer, co-founder and chair of Store Capital Corp., to reach low-income, first-generation college students living in Arkansas who are interested in pursuing degrees in business.

Another $25,000 will be allocated to the Greenway East Arkansas Excellence Fund to provide support for students from east Arkansas in the areas of recruiting, retention, programming, admissions, financial aid counseling and relationship building in the Walton College.

The Greenway Agricultural Leadership Scholarship will be created with the remaining $125,000 and will benefit two Bumpers College undergraduate students per academic year for up to five years. Preference will be given to those majoring in agricultural education or communications and technology with a concentration in agricultural leadership.

Marshall Stewart, president of Greenway Equipment, and alumnus John L. Conner Jr. of Newport were catalysts for the company’s investment.

Stewart serves on the Bumpers College Dean’s Executive Advisory Board. His son, Carson, is a student at the university, and his daughter, Maddison, is a 2015 graduate of Bumpers College.

Conner holds a bachelor of science in business administration from Walton College and is president of Holden-Conner Company. He is a life member of the Arkansas Alumni Association and is a member of the Walton College Campaign Arkansas committee and Dean’s Executive Advisory Board. He and his wife, Andrea, are also included in the Towers of Old Main, the giving society for the university’s most generous benefactors.

Campaign Arkansas is the ongoing capital campaign for the University of Arkansas to raise private gift support for the university’s academic mission and other key priorities. The campaign’s goal is to raise $1 billion to support academic and need-based scholarships, technology enhancements, new and renovated facilities, undergraduate, graduate and faculty research, study abroad opportunities and other innovative programs. The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in a wide spectrum of disciplines as it works to fulfill its public landgrant mission to serve Arkansas and beyond as a partner, resource and catalyst.