/news-archive/tag/eric-holsomback/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Thu, 03 May 2018 13:18:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2018/05/03/mass-communications-honors/ Thu, 03 May 2018 13:18:03 +0000 /news/?p=70370 ... School of Mass Communication honors award-winning students]]> The 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock School of Mass Communication recognized its top students during the 18th annual awards ceremony on April 12.聽 Eric Holsomback and Joseph Fischer were recognized with the Outstanding Graduating Senior Award, while Brittany Desmuke and Margaret Kealy-Machella were named the Outstanding Graduating Graduate Student Award winners. Students who were inducted into the Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism Honor Society include Daniel Breen, Tracy Courage, Arkayla Jenkins, Margaret Kealy-Machella, Thu Nguyen, Alexis Nalley, Nicholas Popowitch, and Christine Rivera-Kemper. Rivera-Kemper received the Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism Honor Society Top Scholar Award, which recognizes the graduating senior with the highest GPA in the department. Cheryl Hellman, director of 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock TV, was recognized with the Meritorious Service Award. Additional award winners include:聽 Nicholas Popowitch 鈥� Clifton O. Lawhorne Memorial Award Kolton Rutherford 鈥� Judy Danielak Memorial Award Eric Holsomback 鈥� 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock TV Spotlight Award Thu Nguyen 鈥� Outstanding Lab Manager In the upper right photo, Brittany Desmuke receives the Outstanding Graduating Graduate Student Award.聽]]> /news-archive/2018/01/03/world-war-podcasts-arkansas/ Wed, 03 Jan 2018 15:06:52 +0000 /news/?p=68889 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock student create podcasts commemorating history of WWI in Arkansas]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Mass Communication has created seven new podcasts as part of an effort to preserve the history of life in Arkansas during World War I. In 2016, the School of Mass Communication partnered with the to create the podcasts to celebrate the upcoming 100th anniversary of the war. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 contribution is led by Senior Instructor David Weekley. One of his students, Carly Garner, first produced 13 podcasts during the fall 2016 semester. The initial podcasts covered topics as diverse as the role of Arkansas women during the war, a picric acid plant in Little Rock, the influence of World War I on the Elaine Massacre, and the story of one Arkansas soldier during the war. This semester, Eric Holsomback, a senior mass communication major from Alexander, produced the seven podcasts. The project is expected to continue through fall 2018, with new podcasts being produced every semester. 鈥淭his new group of podcasts explores such topics as resistance to the draft, creation of training facilities, WWI pilots and Arkansas forestry professionals who served in the war, including a personal story from State Forester Joe Fox, whose grandfather had an interesting historical link to the men with whom he fought,鈥� said Mark Christ, community outreach director for the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. The seven new podcasts include:

• Dr. Blake Perkins of Williams Baptist College detailing resistance to the draft in Arkansas during World War I
• David Sesser of Henderson State University recalling efforts to build an Arkansas infrastructure to train soldiers during World War I
• Joe Fox of the Arkansas Forestry Commission speaks about his grandfather, who served as a doughboy (an informal term for a member of the U.S. or , especially used to refer to members of the in )
• Don C. Bragg of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service speaks about the role of the fighting foresters of the 20th Engineers Regiment
• Mark K. Christ of the Arkansas WWI Centennial Commemoration Committee talks about a pair of pioneering airmen with Arkansas connections.

For more information, visit the.]]> /news-archive/2018/01/02/information-technology-capstone-projects/ Tue, 02 Jan 2018 16:12:42 +0000 /news/?p=68903 ... Information technology students make a difference with capstone projects]]> University of Arkansas at Little Rock students who are completing a minor in information technology are using their skills to help nonprofit organizations and city governments in central and northwest Arkansas.聽 The class of 23 students completed six projects as part of their capstone project, which, once defended as part of their portfolio, is the final step to earning a minor in information technology. 鈥淭he students were all quite successful at working with professionals in the community to assess their needs and to design and deliver high-quality products to support the missions of these hard-working organizations,鈥� said Chad Garrett, capstone instructor and director of technology and digital initiatives. Participating students include Zatches Allen, Chase Ballard, Jaylen Callahan, Brooke Davis, Ashi Franke, Colby Hamilton, Eric Holsomback, Layne Huddleston, Addy McClenny, Elvis Mull, Jason Nation, Victoria Pearce, Liliane Poirot, Kennedy Quarders, Zachary Randolph, Christina Redmann, McKenzie Self, Christopher Thompson, Matthew Vang, James Watts, Antwane Wilkerson, Tanaya Williams, and John Yankowskas. 鈥淭he course is designed to challenge students to apply the skills they learn in the previous two semesters in a professional setting, complete with ambiguity, frustration, negotiation, problem solving, and ultimately triumph,鈥� Garrett said. 鈥淭hese students now have a unique experience under their belts in which they overcame challenges and created great products as a result of the challenges.鈥� In Little Rock, one team redesigned Little Rock鈥檚 website for the Creative Corridor, an area along Main Street where arts and culture mix in the center of Little Rock. A second team developed a map-based interface prototype website for locating amenities in city parks for Little Rock Parks and Recreation. Kennedy Quarders, a junior math major, led the team that mapped amenities in Little Rock鈥檚 parks. 鈥�Little Rock Parks and Recreation does not have an interactive map that allows park-goers to see where they are and what is near them,鈥� Quarders said. 鈥淔or this project, we mapped three parks: Boyle, Allsopp, and War Memorial. Our mapping included us marking all park amenities with icons, taking pictures, and outlining trails. This project will tremendously help out the park-goers, especially those who are unfamiliar with the park that they are at. Since this was done in a short amount of time, we gave our client working demos, which will eventually be implemented onto the City of Little Rock’s website.鈥� An additional two teams redesigned the city government websites for Jasper, Arkansas, and Berryville, Arkansas. Meanwhile, the final two teams worked with historic preservation nonprofit organizations to create new websites for their organizations, which include, a group dedicated to preserving, restoring, and documenting African-American cemeteries, and Save Hillcrest, a group looking to preserve historic homes in Little Rock鈥檚 Hillcrest neighborhood. Christina Redmann, junior political science major who led the Preservation of African American Cemeteries website project, said the team attended a cemetery clean up and learned how to clean historic headstones as part of the preparation for the website development. 鈥淚t was a lot of fun. We met members of PAAC, toured a cemetery in Little Rock, and learned how to properly clean headstones. It was a great experience and helped us to understand our clients better,鈥� Redmann said. 鈥淥ur main objective was to create a website that served as a resource for individuals who want to work on preserving a cemetery, know more about cemetery preservation, locate a gravesite, become a member of the Arkansas chapter, and many other things.鈥�]]>