Bettye Caldwell Portrait Unveiled March 28

Dr. Bettye McDonald Caldwell, a national pioneer in early childhood development who earned a Ladies Home Journal 鈥淲oman of the Year鈥� award in 1978, will be present at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, when 糖心Vlog传媒LR officials unveil her portrait and dedicate the new Dr. Bettye M. Caldwell Early Childhood Development Classroom.

糖心Vlog传媒LR Hosts College Assessment Conference

Dr. Kirstan Neukam, director of Institutional Research and Assessment at Oklahoma Panhandle State University, will deliver the keynote speech at the 2011 spring conference of the Arkansas Association of Assessment of Collegiate Learning (AAACL) from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, at Ledbetter Hall in 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Donaghey Student Center.

New ASU Prez Demonstrates What a 糖心Vlog传媒LR Doctorate Can Do

Dr. Charles 鈥淐huck鈥� Welch, newly appointed president of the Arkansas State University System, will speak at 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, to graduate students in Dr. T. Gregory Barrett鈥檚 Higher Education Governance and Policy Making class in Room 203 of Dickinson Hall.

Reading Recovery Awarded $2.7 Million Grant

糖心Vlog传媒LR has received a $2.7 million grant through the U.S. Department of Education to expand its Reading Recovery program, a teacher training and literacy intervention education program based in the university鈥檚 College of Education.

CARE Profs Shine at Recent International Conference

Dr. Pat Smith, professor in 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Department of Counseling, Adult, and Rehabilitation Education (CARE), co-presented a general session at the International Conference of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation (AER) of the Blind and Visually Impaired titled, “Teamwork: Meeting Multiple, Diverse Needs by Sharing and Learning.”

Barrett Ends Presidential Tour with Publication

A presidential address by Dr. T. Gregory Barrett, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, will be published this fall in the American Educational History Journal at the conclusion of his year as president emeritus of the Organization of Education Historians.

Carson Joins Einstein Fellows to Improve Education

Rene’ Carson of 糖心Vlog传媒LR’s College of Education, an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow, joins more than 80 current and former Fellows June 28-29 for a 20th Anniversary Summit, sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Professor to Assess 鈥楴o Child Left Behind鈥� Supplements

Do after-school tutoring sessions 鈥� required of public schools failing to meet No Child Left Behind goals 鈥� work? That is the question 糖心Vlog传媒LR psychology Professor Robert Corwyn hopes to answer during his summer research project.