/news-archive/tag/barbara-leplattenier/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fri, 20 Sep 2019 18:03:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2019/09/20/dc-internships/ Fri, 20 Sep 2019 18:03:53 +0000 /news/?p=75235 ... Students invited to apply for D.C. internships through The Washington Center]]> Representatives from The Washington Center will be on the University of Arkansas at Little Rock campus on Tuesday, Sept. 24, to visit with students about internship opportunities in Washington, D.C. (TWC) arranges internships appropriate to students鈥� areas of study with businesses, nonprofits, and governmental agencies in Washington, D.C. The internships are open to all majors. The center has a working relationship with more than 600 businesses, government entities, and nonprofit organizations. 鈥淎 college experience is not just about spending semesters learning in the classroom. At , we believe that experience transforms,鈥� said TWC recruiter Rachelle Bernadel. 鈥淏y spending a spring semester in Washington, D.C., students can gain valuable experience in an internship matched to their interests, network with professionals in their intended field, and live in one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world.鈥� Students can earn six credits for a summer internship or up to 15 credits while completing a fall internship. Financial aid is available, and TWC provides assistance with internship placement, coursework, programming, housing and student services. Students also take part in a semester-long professional development program and learn about topics like entrepreneurship, nonprofit leadership, and international relations. The deadline application for spring 2020 is Oct. 9, while the deadline for a summer 2020 internship is March 13. Scholarships for Arkansas state residents and are available. 听 Two information sessions are planned on Sept. 24:

• 1:30-2:30 p.m. 鈥� Donaghey Student Center Meeting Room D
• 5:30-6:30 p.m. 鈥� University Commons, second floor classroom

For more information, contact Barbara L鈥橢plattenier at sfl@ualr.edu.]]> /news-archive/2019/08/14/downtown-center-classes/ Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:40:33 +0000 /news/?p=74882 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Downtown offers first for-credit courses]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Downtown has reached another milestone with the addition of the center鈥檚 first for-credit class offerings for the fall 2019 semester.听 Aspiring writers should flock to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Downtown, located at 333 President Clinton Ave., which will offer two three-credit courses from the Department of Rhetoric and Writing this fall.听 Prof. Barbara L鈥檈plattenier will teach Grant Writing from 6-9 p.m. on Mondays, beginning Aug. 19. Students will learn about every stage of the grant-writing process, discover the resources available in the philanthropic community in Little Rock, and complete at least one grant application before the end of the class. The class focuses on non-profit grant writing. 鈥淪tudents in my grant-writing classes have raised $535,519 for non-profits in local communities over the past 17 years,鈥� L鈥檈plattenier said. 鈥淎lumni of the class have continued on to successful grant writing careers, both as grant writers and grant managers. People of all experience levels have taken this class.鈥� On Tuesdays, Greg Graham, professor and director of the Little Rock Writing Project, will offer a Memoir class from 6-8:40 p.m. from Sept. 10 to Nov. 5. This course introduces students to the study and practice of memoir as a genre with an emphasis on narrative structures, techniques, and research methods appropriate to extended nonfiction. 鈥淪tudents will join a community of writers at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Downtown on nine Tuesday nights and receive coaching from a professor who will engage with your story and respond according to your level of experience,鈥� Graham said. 鈥淲e鈥檒l read published memoirs, and we鈥檒l read about the memoir-writing process, but mostly we鈥檒l write and respond to one another鈥檚 writing.鈥� ]]> /news-archive/2018/03/02/ua-little-rock-student-earns-1500-grant-cabot-based-nonprofit/ Fri, 02 Mar 2018 14:06:01 +0000 /news/?p=69616 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock student earns $1,500 grant for Cabot-based nonprofit]]> Belinda White, a graduate student in the professional and technical writing program at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, experienced first-hand the benefits of engaging with the community while being inside the classroom. During the spring 2017 semester, White took Dr. Barbara L’eplattenier鈥檚 grant writing course and composed a grant proposal for A Veteran鈥檚 Best Friend in Cabot, Arkansas. White recently got word that her proposal was accepted, and the non-profit organization received $1,500 in funding from the Petco Foundation. According to White, A Veteran鈥檚 Best Friend provides veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder with dogs trained to assist them in their daily activities. Many of the dogs come from local animal shelters, and others from the Paws in Prison program. 鈥淚 wrote the proposal last spring, so I鈥檇 kind of think about it every once in a while going, 鈥榃ell, I guess maybe that didn鈥檛 work out,鈥� because I never heard anything else about it,鈥� White explained, 鈥渁nd then all of a sudden I did, and it was like, 鈥榳ow.鈥欌�� For an assignment in L’eplattenier鈥檚 grant writing course, White was tasked with locating a non-profit organization that would assist in providing the details necessary for drafting a thorough grant proposal. After surveying her options, White was sold on working with A Veteran鈥檚 Best Friend. 鈥淚 love dogs,鈥� she said, 鈥渁nd mental health doesn鈥檛 seem to get enough attention, so when I was looking around for what I could do, I found that organization and thought working with it would be worthwhile.鈥� After deciding on the organization, White worked with the Veteran’s Best Friend team to identify areas where financial assistance was most needed. Because the foundation was fairly new and had only been in existence for a couple of years, there were more than a few areas that were worthy of aid and improvement. 听 Ultimately, the foundation decided on using the potential funds to pursue Assistance Dog International (ADI) certification, a certificate that sets the standard for the assistance dog industry, ensuring that dogs are treated humanely, clients are treated with respect and dignity, and training is delivered in a professional way at all times. 鈥淚n order to be ADI certified, the foundation needs to have handicapped ramps and the doors need to be widened for wheelchair accessibility, so they were looking forward to doing some of these things to be able to get that certification,鈥� White said. Now that White has seen her in-class assignment take root in the real world, she encourages other students to seek the same experience. 鈥淚 can鈥檛 say enough about this grant writing class,鈥� White exclaimed. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a great course for anybody, regardless of what their major is. You never know how grant writing could be beneficial for you, whether it鈥檚 in your work or a charity that you鈥檙e passionate about. The process of understanding and having a grant proposal funded is an eye opening experience.鈥� White said that this success has motivated her to want to write more grant proposals in the future. White is expected to graduate from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock with her master鈥檚 degree in summer 2019.]]>