- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/arkansas-national-guard/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 21 Jul 2021 16:30:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Partners with 100 Black Men of Greater Little Rock and Community Partners for Summer STEM Program for Teens /news-archive/2021/07/21/ua-little-rock-partners-with-100-black-men-of-greater-little-rock-and-community-partners-for-summer-stem-program-for-teens/ Wed, 21 Jul 2021 16:30:10 +0000 /news/?p=79357 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Partners with 100 Black Men of Greater Little Rock and Community Partners for Summer STEM Program for Teens]]> The H20 Leadership Institute is a co-ed collaboration with 100 SMART Academy mentees and Ambitious Girls Inc. mentees. Fifteen students in grades 7-12 from eight schools took part in the summer program that was held July 12-16 in partner locations around central Arkansas. 鈥淲e know our community needs to provide skill development for the next generation of leaders and the H2O Leadership Institute is a gateway for life-changing exposure,鈥 said Wendell Scales Jr., vice president of 100 Black Men of Greater Little Rock and a 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock alumnus. 鈥淲e believe this could be the very piece our organization was missing to advance economic development with a commitment to our youth.鈥 The program goals focus on providing career access, regional exposure, skill development, and networking opportunities to H20 participants. According to studies from the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, the STEM workforce is recession-proof. 鈥淭here are plenty of programs for exceptional students, but there are limited opportunities for other students who do not have perfect ACT scores and 4.0 GPA,鈥 said Vernard Henley, assistant dean of the Donaghey College of STEM at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. 鈥淭his program is unique in providing academic and leadership opportunities to academically capable students who are often overlooked.鈥 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock served as a host site for some of the program鈥檚 events, including an excursion to Coleman Creek for water testing, a chemistry class, and a mentoring lunch at the Jack Stephens Center with Leadership Greater Little Rock Class XXXV. Jordan Grice, a 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock sophomore and Chancellor鈥檚 Leadership Corps Scholar, served as a peer leader for the program. Program participants also visited other sites around central Arkansas, including Camp Robinson, Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority, Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, and Maumelle River Field Station. 鈥淚 am very excited to show young women and men in our communities how much we care for our environment,鈥 said Camp Robinson liaison Lt. Col. Will Phillips. 鈥淭hey will have the opportunity to see that the military does more things than just fly planes and drive tanks.鈥 ]]> Bowen grad plans to utilize legal skills for JAG career /news-archive/2020/05/20/jason-cline-commencement-2020/ Wed, 20 May 2020 12:44:01 +0000 /news/?p=76956 ... Bowen grad plans to utilize legal skills for JAG career]]> A University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law graduate has plans to put his legal skills to use in a career as a Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer.听 Jason Cline, of North Little Rock, will graduate this month from Bowen. Cline said he鈥檚 a completely different person since he began law school during Bowen鈥檚 part-time program in 2015.听 Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, which includes a few summers working as a commercial fisherman, Cline moved to Arkansas in 2011 to work on political campaigns for a strategic communications firm. In November 2014, Cline and his then-girlfriend, Janelle Cline, an anchor for KATV, took on the challenge of law school together. They took the LSAT (Law School Admission Test) after only four weeks of study, and were both accepted to Bowen鈥檚 part-time law school program, the only program of its kind in the state, on a full ride. 鈥淭he benefit of the part-time program is that law school can be part of your life. It doesn鈥檛 have to dominate your life,鈥 Cline said. 鈥淲hile we were in law school, we were able to buy a house and have a kid and participate in the Army training that I鈥檓 passionate about. Taking time off for Infantry Officers School and Air Assault School added to these challenges, and law school was a major commitment, but the part-time program allowed us to do all those things we wanted to accomplish. Janelle just got the top bar score in the state, so obviously there was nothing missing from her education by doing the night program.鈥 Overall, 2015 proved to be an eventful year for Cline. He started law school, became a registered yoga instructor, and began his lifelong goal of entering the military and joined the Arkansas National Guard. 鈥淚鈥檝e got a lot of family in the military,鈥 Cline said. 鈥淢y father, brother, and uncle have all served. After college, I moved around a lot and traveled for work. I kept thinking that the older I got, the harder it will be to join. It鈥檚 always something I saw myself doing. I went to basic training when I was 28, when most of the other soldiers there are fresh out of high school.鈥
Jason Cline

Jason Cline

The Clines got engaged and married in 2017 and welcomed their son, Luke, in 2018, the timing of which caused the Clines to have to reschedule and shuffle some final exams. 鈥淚t was good to have a spouse with you in law school,鈥 Cline said. 鈥淛anelle and I put ourselves through the ringer. We had a kid in spring 2018. We both had finals with a newborn. Kids change your priorities completely. Having a kid while working full time and going to law school at night was difficult. I lost my dad while I was in law school right around the same time our son Luke was born. My dad passed from complications from Agent Orange contact from his deployments in Vietnam. Janelle and I experienced and fought through so much during law school that we are different people than we were when we started this journey.鈥 At Bowen, Cline was able to gain practical legal knowledge through work opportunities. He externed with the Pulaski County Prosecutor鈥檚 Office and served as a student attorney at Bowen鈥檚 Business Innovations Clinic.听 鈥淚 took part in the Business Innovations Clinic that was funded by a grant from the Arkansas Attorney General鈥檚 Office,鈥 he said. 鈥淚 got to work with a great startup based out of Little Rock and North Carolina. They provide transitional assistance for veterans who are leaving the service to get careers in the tech industry. I鈥檓 very passionate about helping service members and veterans, and getting to use my legal experience to do that is one experience that I am very appreciative of from law school.鈥 He鈥檚 thankful to Cody Hiland, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, for serving as his mentor during law school. 鈥淚 had an existing friendship with Cody Hiland. He was a great mentor my first year,鈥 Cline said. 鈥淚 got to observe him during his workday and meet with his trial team. It was great to see him grow from a local prosecutor to a federal prosecutor, and we鈥檝e maintained a good relationship through law school.鈥 Once Cline passes the bar exam, he plans to combine his passion for law and the military by pursuing a career as a JAG officer with the Army. In the end, he鈥檚 grateful he and his wife chose Bowen鈥檚 part-time program, because it鈥檚 allowed them to live the life they wanted while earning a law degree at the same time. 鈥淚鈥檓 a big advocate for Bowen,鈥 Cline said. 鈥淭he part-time program was fantastic. My wife and I will have law degrees and be able to practice law without having to give up three or four years of earning. We were able to still live our lives and get a great education at the same time. I鈥檝e enjoyed the professors and made relationships I鈥檒l keep up the rest of my life.鈥]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock nursing student recounts journey to becoming a successful RN /news-archive/2020/05/05/steve-seo-nursing-alum/ Tue, 05 May 2020 16:57:41 +0000 /news/?p=76801 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock nursing student recounts journey to becoming a successful RN]]> Hong 鈥淪teve鈥 Seo, a 2019 graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and current BSN student, joined the Arkansas National Guard while he was still a student at Central High School. It was his work with medical evacuation units that inspired him to become a nurse. After his high school graduation in 2011, Seo spent the next eight years working as a flight operations sergeant with the National Guard. 鈥淚 started at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in 2014,鈥 he said. 鈥淚 was originally an undeclared major. After my associate degree in general studies, I decided to do nursing. I spent the last three years of my military career in a medevac unit with flight medics, pilots, and nurses. I wanted to help people and save lives. That鈥檚 why I went into the medical field.鈥 During his time as a nursing major, Seo said that his knowledgeable instructors did a great job of preparing him for his future career. 鈥淚 really enjoy the nursing program,鈥 Seo said. 鈥淎ll the instructors are very helpful. They are all experienced nurses and very knowledgeable. They did a good job of setting us up for success. You can tell that they really cared about the students.鈥 Something else that helped prepare him for success in the medical field is the six months he spent working as a student nurse technician at Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System during his last year in the associate degree program at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. 鈥淚t is a good job to have as a nursing student working to become a nurse,鈥 Seo said. 鈥淵ou work very closely with the nurses. That job gave me more practical experience compared to other students who didn鈥檛 have a medical or healthcare related job.鈥 After he graduated with his associate degree in nursing in May 2019, Seo began work as a registered nurse in a cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit in Little Rock. He is currently continuing his education in the BSN program at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. 鈥淣ow that I am a nurse, I feel a combination of having the work experience and everything I learned during the nursing program at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock helped me to be a success. The nursing program did a very good job of teaching me things that I needed to know and preparing me to be a nurse. All of the instructors were great. I鈥檓 confident that they are still doing a good job of preparing future nurses.鈥 For all of his fellow nurses who are celebrating Nurses Week, Seo has the following message. 鈥淣ursing is a challenging profession,鈥 he said. 鈥淎lways remember the reasons why you wanted to be a nurse and how hard you worked to get there. I am both thankful and proud of you all.鈥]]>