/news-archive/tag/east-scholars/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Mon, 21 May 2018 13:25:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2018/05/21/college-education-health-professions/ Mon, 21 May 2018 13:25:31 +0000 /news/?p=70610 ... College of Education and Health Professions recognizes top students, employees, and friends]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock鈥檚 College of Education and Health Professions recently celebrated it鈥檚 top students, employees, and community supporters at the college鈥檚 annual awards ceremony.聽 Abby Baldwin, of the School of Counseling, Human Performance, and Rehabilitation, received the Outstanding Student Award for a student earning an associate degree. Roger Powell, of the School of Social Work, received the Outstanding Student Award for a bachelor鈥檚 student. Meanwhile, Derenda Alexander, a master鈥檚 student in the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, won the Outstanding Master鈥檚 Student Award. Finally, Hsin-Wei Huang, a doctoral student in the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, won the Outstanding Doctoral Student Award. In faculty and staff awards, Dr. Shannon Collier-Tenison and Dr. Kim Jones, both of the School of Social Work, were honored with the Dean鈥檚 Award. Additionally, Dr. Bruce Smith from the School of Education received the Faculty Above and Beyond Award. Kristy Kidd, program director of the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted and Talented Education, received the Trojan Excellence Award. The college鈥檚 Faculty Excellence Award winners included Dr. Amanda Nolen, School of Education, for public research; Dr. Glenn Anderson, School of Counseling, Human Performance, and Rehabilitation, for service; and Dr. Bruce Smith, School of Education, for teaching. Each of the college鈥檚 academic departments, schools, and centers honored Friends of the College, an individual or organization that is recognized for their outstanding service and commitment to the College of Education and Health Professions. The Friends of the College include:

• Friend of the Audiology and Speech Pathology Department: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 12th Street Clinic and Rev. Gwen Fry of St. Mathew鈥檚 Episcopal Church
• Friend of the School of Counseling, Human Performance, and Rehabilitation: Barrett Allen, director of University District
• Friend of the School of Education: Terese Oliver and Joy Thompson, instructional specialists at Pulaski Heights Middle School
• Friend of the Department of Nursing: Becky Russell of Baptist Health Systems
• Friend of the School of Social Work: Laura Generou
• Friend of the Advising and Support Center: Arkansas Chapter Board and volunteers of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• Friend of the Center for Literacy: Dr. Karen Scott, director of elementary learning and federal programs for Ozark Public Schools
• Friend of EAST Scholars: Ryan Davis of Children International
• Friend of the Jodie Mahony Center: David Hendricks, school performance specialist and legislative advocate, and Empowering and Energizing Education in North Little Rock
• Friend of MidSOUTH: Arkansas Drug Director Kirk Lane
• Friend of STEM Education Center: Jane Hurley of Central Arkansas Water

Dr. Greg Robinson served as chairperson of the College of Education and Health Professions Awards Committee. Drs. Catherine Crisp, Bill Garner, Melissa Reeves, Ann Robinson, Linda Dorn, and Heather Reed also served on the committee.]]> /news-archive/2018/05/09/betsy-van-dusen/ Wed, 09 May 2018 08:35:30 +0000 /news/?p=70511 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock grad savors college experience close to home]]> At North Little Rock High School, Van Dusen had participated and excelled in the Environmental and Spatial Technology (EAST) Initiative. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock had the first and only collegiate level EAST program in the country, and Van Dusen was offered 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 highly competitive full-tuition EAST Scholarship. 鈥淚t was an amazing opportunity,鈥� she said, 鈥渁nd I knew it was the right decision.鈥� Four years later, and Van Dusen will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology on May 12 in the Jack Stephens Center. She has been accepted into the University of Central Arkansas鈥� Clinical Mental Health Counseling program and starts this fall. After the two-and-a-half-year graduate program, Van Dusen will sit for exams to become a licensed professional counselor. 鈥淚 was an anxious kid myself and have a special interest in working with kids and teenagers,鈥� she said. When she started college, Van Dusen thought she wanted to be a teacher. 鈥淔or the first year, I took Intro to Teaching, and I volunteered at a school for an afternoon program,鈥� she said. Then, during her sophomore year, she took Dr. Robert 聽Hines鈥� Cognitive Psychology class. 鈥淚 always looked forward to the class, and realized I was really interested in it. I鈥檝e always been interested in how people interact and why they think the way they do. I decided I can do a lot with this degree.鈥� Van Dusen is also a member of Psi Chi, a national honor society for psychology students. She hadn鈥檛 planned to be a sociology major as well, but after taking several sociology classes, her advisor pointed out that she was three classes shy of having a double major. 鈥淪ome of my hardest classes were in sociology, but I learned so much,鈥� she said. Van Dusen has also had the dual experience of campus living and commuting. For the first two years, she lived in South Hall. 鈥淚t was a good experience to have some freedom,鈥� she said. 鈥淟iving on campus, you can either sit in your dorm and be alone or get out and do stuff. For the EAST program, I was spending a lot of time with the other scholars and met many friends. It definitely made me put myself out there.鈥� As an EAST Scholar, she was required to spend 15 hours per week in the lab, working on projects with other scholars. The Scholars annually exhibited work at the national annual EAST Initiative conference in Hot Springs. During her junior and senior year, Van Dusen chose to live at home to save money. She also has worked various part-time retail and restaurant jobs to ensure that she graduates debt-free. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 a great feeling,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 really have enjoyed 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. I鈥檝e had some great professors and some challenging professors, but they all made it clear that they were here to help me.鈥漖]>