College of Education and Health Professions honors top faculty, staff, and students
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Dr. Raymond Ortega, assistant professor in the School of Counseling, Human Performance and Rehabilitation, was recognized for his outstanding service to the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.聽
Ortega received the Faculty Above and Beyond award at the college鈥檚 annual awards ceremony April 7 in Dickinson Hall.In addition to teaching four classes and coordinating the second-largest graduate program on campus, Ortega took on additional administrative responsibilities due to the departure of the program support person.鈥淒r. Ortega is extremely humble and has continued to go above and beyond for his students, peers, the program, the college, and 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock,鈥� Jason Kushner, professor of counselor education, wrote in his nomination letter. 鈥淗e is highly regarded as a motivated, professional, detail-oriented, inspiring professor who uses his extensive knowledge of the field of rehabilitation in informing the next generation of practitioners in the area of disability students and rehabilitation.鈥�Linda Stauffer, associate professor of interpreter education and program coordinator of the Interpreter Education Program, received the Faculty Excellence in Teaching award for the college.鈥淒r. Stauffer鈥檚 commendable record of teaching exemplifies the caliber and type of individuals many universities desire among faculty members,鈥� said Dr. Glenn Anderson, Stauffer鈥檚 co-worker and assistant professor of the American Sign Language and English Interpreter Education program.Cari Reeves, director of the Environmental and Spatial Technology program, received the Trojan Excellence Award, which goes to an outstanding College of Education and Health Professions staff member.Sara Fruechting, assistant professor of nursing, and Catherine Crisp, associate professor of social work, were the recipients of the Dean鈥檚 Awards.The student award winners include:
听听听听听Outstanding Associates Degree Seeking Student: Dawn Moline, nursing major
听听听听听Outstanding Bachelors Degree Seeking Student: Josh Gray, interpreting major
听听听听听Outstanding Master’s Degree Seeking Student: Suzanne Rogers, communications and speech disorders major
听听听听听Outstanding Doctoral Degree Seeking Student: Lindsey Sloan, audiology major
At the ceremony, departmental friends were recognized for their outstanding service and commitment to the College of Education and Health Professions, including:
听听听听听Friend of the Audiology and Speech Pathology Department: Little Rock School District
听听听听听Friend of the School of Counseling, Human Performance and Rehabilitation: Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
听听听听听Friend of the School of Education: Dr. Danyell Crutchfield Cummings, director of testing and evaluation at Little Rock School District
听听听听听Friend of the Jodie Mahony Center: Family of Martha Gaunt Bass
听听听听听Friend of the School of Social Work: Dave Hoffpauir
听听听听听Friend of MidSouth: Shelia Garrett, cessation section chief for the Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program at the Arkansas Department of Health
聽 聽 Friend of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Speech and Hearing Clinic: Martha Alman
