- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/emily-bell/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Mon, 03 Oct 2022 13:13:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October /news-archive/2022/10/03/domestic-violence-awareness/ Mon, 03 Oct 2022 13:13:51 +0000 /news/?p=82312 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October]]> In acknowledgement of DVAM, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock has increased programming to bring awareness to resources on campus that prevent and respond to domestic and dating violence. There will be a resource table stationed in the Donaghey Student Center Foyer from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 3, and from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 11. The 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Title IX director, Emily Bell, will be available to talk about Title IX and other campus resources that help protect against domestic violence. Bell will host 鈥淭itle IX Talks: Title IX at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock” on Oct. 4, at 12:30 p.m. via Zoom. She will provide general information about Title IX and answer any questions about the university鈥檚 Title IX policies and procedures. She will host another online conversation entitled 鈥淭itle IX Talks: Title IX Reporting and Training鈥 on Oct. 12, at 2 p.m. She will discuss how to report Title IX policy violations, along with the importance of campus-wide training in Safe Colleges. The resource table will be stationed in the Reynolds Business Building Atrium from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 13. It will also be stationed at the table under the stairs in the Bowen Law School from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 17, and in the EIT Lobby from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 18. People will get the chance to meet the director on Oct. 19, from 2-3 p.m. in the Multicultural Center on the second floor of Ottenheimer Library. In 鈥淭itle IX Talks: Meet the Director of Title IX at the MCC,鈥 she will discuss navigating the Title IX process and answer questions about Title IX at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. On Oct. 20, students and faculty can wear purple to honor the victims of domestic violence. People can also get domestic violence and Title IX resources from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Donaghey Student Center Solicitation Area. The film Escalation, which tells the story of an abusive relationship, will show Oct. 20, from 2:30-4 p.m. in the Donaghey Student Center Meeting Room D. This will be the last event of the month recognizing DVAM. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Campus Living is acknowledging DVAM as well by gathering personal care and hygiene products to share with domestic violence shelters and the Trojan Food Pantry. Items needed include bar soap, shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, body wash, ethnic hair and skin products, shaving cream, razors, makeup remover wipes, facial cleanser, toothpaste, toothbrushes, kids bath products, mouth wash, feminine hygiene products, washcloths, individually-wrapped snacks, water flavor and hydration packets, and first aid supplies. Campus Living has also made an for the project. The products will be shipped directly to Campus Living. For more information about Title IX, contact the Director of Title IX at 916-5716 or titleix@ualr.edu or visit the website at ualr.edu/titleix.]]> Learn how studying abroad can be part of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Experience /news-archive/2019/09/04/study-abroad/ Wed, 04 Sep 2019 17:00:37 +0000 /news/?p=75006 ... Learn how studying abroad can be part of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Experience]]> Students can learn about the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Study Abroad program at the fall Study Abroad Fair to be held 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, in Donaghey Student Center Ledbetter Hall.听 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock offers more than 500 study abroad programs in cooperation with five affiliate and two exchange partners. Representatives from study abroad partners will share information about their programs at the fair. The Office of Study Abroad will also provide information on scholarships and welcome students with door prizes and snacks. Students who have studied abroad will share some of their experiences and answer questions.听 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock also offers international internships. The Office of Study Abroad will host an information session on international internships from noon-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, in Donaghey Student Center room 205D.听 Ever wondered about what it would be like to live, work, or study abroad in Spain? Curious students are encouraged to attend a roundtable question and answer session from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in Donaghey Student Center room 205D.听The Office of Study Abroad will host the discussion in collaboration with students who have studied abroad or participated in an internship in Spain.听 For more information, contact the Office of Study Abroad at studyabroad@ualr.edu or 501-569-3376.]]> Record number of 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students receive study abroad Gilman Scholarships /news-archive/2019/05/06/gilman/ Mon, 06 May 2019 21:59:58 +0000 /news/?p=74228 ... Record number of 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students receive study abroad Gilman Scholarships]]> The U.S. Department of State鈥檚 has been awarded to three University of Arkansas at Little Rock students who will study or work abroad this summer. This is a record number of scholarship recipients for 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in a single application cycle. The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, was the only other Arkansas college or university with Gilman Scholarship recipients. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock student winners include:
  • Madeline (Maddie) Burke of Little Rock will work in Spain. She is an international studies major with a minor in legal studies and will graduate in December.
  • Ryan Bourgoin of Sherwood, a sophomore political science major, will study in Cuba. He serves as editor of The Forum and will graduate in 2021.
  • Solomon Ra’phael Davis will study abroad in the Netherlands. He is a junior double majoring in philosophy and international studies. He will graduate in May 2020.
All three of this year鈥檚 recipients are Donaghey Scholars. 鈥淭his is the first time that 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock has had three Gilman winners in one term, which is amazing, considering the competitive nature of the scholarship,鈥 said Emily Bell, Director of Study Abroad. 鈥淭his summer cycle, there were 5,000 students who applied and only 1,000 were given scholarships, so that speaks to the quality of the scholarship essays these three students produced.鈥 Including this summer鈥檚 recipients, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock has had 17 winners in the past five years who have received $61,000 in scholarship funding for study abroad programs. Burke leaves for Spain on May 19 and will intern at Attittud, a business consultant firm, where she will assist in the management and organization of consulting projects. She will return July 27. 鈥淭his will be my first internship, so I want to use this opportunity to gain a better sense of what sort of career I want after graduation,鈥 she said. 鈥淚 also want to use this opportunity to network with other people around the world and further develop my professional skills.鈥 Burke also has intermediate Spanish-speaking skills and hopes to improve her skills while she is in Spain. 鈥淚 chose to intern abroad in Spain to learn more about the history and culture. Several people I know have studied abroad in Spain and told me about their experiences, so my decision was also slightly influenced by their stories,鈥 she said. Bourgoin leaves for Cuba on June 2 and returns July 20. He will take two courses – one in Latin American politics and another in Latin American social revolutions – at the Instituto de Filosofia in Havana. 鈥淚 wanted a study abroad experience that would be radically different from what I was used to at home, and given Cuba’s political situation and the nation’s prevailing values, I thought that this would be the best place to go,鈥 Bourgoin said. 鈥淎lso, as a student of political science, I figured that such an insular and idiosyncratic state would be the most interesting destination, especially since Cuba has only recently opened up relations with the U.S. and transitioned out of the Castro era. Also, I wanted to immerse myself in the Spanish language and decided that Cuba’s alienation from the English-speaking world would make it a good place to do this.鈥 Bourgoin will stay in Vedado, a student neighborhood in Havana’s business district. While he鈥檚 there, he plans to tour southern Cuba to visit historic sites such as Playa Gir贸n (a major landing site for the Bay of Pigs Invasion) and the Terrazas, a nature reserve reserve and reclamation of nature. 鈥淢y main career interest is writing novels, essays, and short stories about philosophy and politics, so I think experience abroad is invaluable,鈥 he said. 鈥淩eceiving the Gilman award will open up new opportunities for experience abroad by connecting me to an extensive alumni network and making me more competitive for programs hosted by Fulbright and the Peace Corps, a factor that also might play into getting my work noticed.鈥 鈥淎dditionally, the Gilman award has helped make it possible for me to explore the unique political climate of an insular socialist nation and allow me to study at one of its institutions of learning,鈥 he said. 鈥淏oth of these are great opportunities to step outside the assumptions of the given place and time in which I happened to be born and broaden my perspective of the world. It’s not every day you get to go to Cuba, so I think the Gilman award will help me develop a unique voice and worldview.鈥 Davis leaves June 20 for a seven-week stay in the Netherlands where he will take classes in law and politics at Maastricht University. 鈥淚 wanted to spend time in the Netherlands to learn the language and learn about law and politics at the hub of international law,鈥 he said. 鈥淭his opportunity plays into my career path by making me a more competitive applicant for law school and Ph.D. in political science programs. It also helps prepare me to work in the internationally connected world that we live in. It will also connect me with diplomats that may do the kind of work I am interested in professionally.鈥 In addition to being a Donaghey Scholar, Davis is president of the the International听Honor Society of Philosophy; president of 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 International Studies Association for Undergrads; and president of the Ethics Bowl Debate Team. The Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship is a congressionally funded program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. State Department. The award was named after the late congressman Benjamin A. Gilman, who served 30 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. The scholarship鈥檚 mission is to broaden and diversify the student population that studies and interns abroad. 鈥淚 am very excited that the time and effort Maddie, Ra’phael, and Ryan dedicated to applying for the scholarship paid off,鈥 Bell added. 鈥淭hey spent extensive time planning for their unique study abroad experiences, and I know with the help of the Gilman scholarship, their time abroad will be even more meaningful. I’m proud that these three will be representing our campus internationally, and we look forward to hearing about their experiences upon their return to campus in the fall.鈥 Photo top right: Maddie Burke,听Ra’phael Davis, and Ryan Bourgoin received Gilman Scholarships to study or work abroad this summer. Photo by Benjamin Krain    ]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock student wins scholarship to intern abroad /news-archive/2018/04/25/taemora-williams-study-abroad/ Wed, 25 Apr 2018 13:18:56 +0000 /news/?p=70262 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock student wins scholarship to intern abroad]]> As a member of the Spanish Worship Team at Faith Builders Church in Little Rock, Taemora Williams makes songs understandable in two languages at the bilingual church.听 While she takes pride in helping more people worship, Williams, a Donaghey Scholar and business management major at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, feels that she is missing out by not having a better understanding of conversational Spanish. 鈥淚 lead people in worship, and then I get off the stage, and I can鈥檛 converse with people,鈥 she said. 鈥淚 am missing out on beautiful relationships.鈥 Williams plans to improve her language skills and gain professional experience by interning at a nonprofit organization promoting children鈥檚 film in Valencia, Spain, this summer. To help pay for the trip, Williams received a scholarship from the Fund for Education Abroad. The fund contains 100 scholarships totaling $335,000, which are awarded to U.S. students who are consistently underrepresented in study abroad programs. The students come from a variety of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. The 2018 Fund for Education Abroad winners were selected from a pool of over 2,300 applicants from 517 colleges and universities across the country. Williams received $3,750 from the Steckley-Weitzel Family Scholarship. She is the first student from the state of Arkansas to be selected for a scholarship from the Fund for Education Abroad.
Taemora Williams. Photo by Ben Krain.

Taemora Williams. Photo by Ben Krain.

鈥淚 will have a new experience, a new way of thinking, a new world view, and a new language that I will eventually pass on to my children,鈥 Williams said. 鈥淚 am blessed to have this opportunity from the Steckley-Weitzel Family. I am glad they know the value of giving to help someone else鈥檚 life and the impact that gift has on future generations. The Office of Study Abroad staff, including Director Emily Bell and Michelle Foley, senior program coordinator from FEA, was truly gracious and they worked with me to apply for this scholarship.鈥 Williams will leave for Spain on May 12 and return to Arkansas on Aug. 4. She will spend the first two weeks taking language classes at AIP Language Institute and spend the rest of the time as an event management intern at Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil Valenciano (International Children鈥檚 Film Festival of Valencia). The organization is a nonprofit cultural association, which promotes the children鈥檚 cinema made in Valencia. 鈥淎 lot of people are doing internships instead of traditional study abroad programs,鈥 Williams said. 鈥淚 want to get the most of my experience abroad, and I have always focused on academics, so I wanted to do something where I can cultivate and grow personally and professionally in a different way. This will really force me to grasp the culture instead of staying in a university setting most of the time. I am so excited for this experience.鈥 Williams, who is minoring in nonprofit leadership studies and public relations, will graduate from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in 2019 and plans to become an external fundraiser in the nonprofit sector. Williams will post journal entries of her study abroad experience that can be. 听 For more information about study or interning abroad opportunities, contact the Office of Study Abroad at 501-569-3376 or studyabroad@ualr.edu. ]]>