- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/hendrix-college/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Thu, 21 Nov 2019 19:24:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Retirement celebration for Judy Williams to be held Dec. 2 /news-archive/2019/11/21/judy-williams-retirement/ Thu, 21 Nov 2019 19:24:35 +0000 /news/?p=75817 ... Retirement celebration for Judy Williams to be held Dec. 2]]> Judy Williams, associate vice chancellor of Communications and Marketing at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, has announced her retirement, effective in January. Her final day on campus will be Dec. 19.听 Williams came to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in 2007, having previously served as director of media relations at Hendrix College, senior public relations account executive at Stone Ward advertising agency in Little Rock, and marketing director for Doctors Hospital. She started her career as a newspaper journalist. She expanded 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 communications and marketing department to include a digital division with a greater focus on web and social media and strategic communications and the staff addition of a photographer/videographer. She oversaw the university鈥檚 website redesigns, conversions from print to electronic newsletters, the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock name rollout, and collaborated with the Athletics Department on rebranding Trojan Athletics to Little Rock鈥檚 Team. During her tenure at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, Williams oversaw print publications, advertising and marketing, media relations, and internal and external communications, including crisis and emergency communications. She was creative director for several marketing campaigns, including Difference of Degree, My Future@Work, Grads@Work, and Unlimited Pathways campaigns.
Judy Williams (left) and Klansee Tozer (right) from the Office of Communications and Marketing celebrate their 10-year work anniversaries at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock.

Judy Williams (left) and Klansee Tozer (right) from the Office of Communications and Marketing celebrate their 10-year work anniversaries at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock.

Williams also led the team in winning a number of awards, including Council for Advancement and Support of Education awards, International Association of Business Communicators Arkansas Chapter Bronze Quill Awards, a first-place Prism award from the Public Relations Society of America Arkansas Award for the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Grads@Work campaign, and two national Telly Awards.听 鈥淚t will be hard to replace the great energy Judy brought to this role,鈥 said Christian O鈥橬eal, vice chancellor for university advancement. 鈥淪he is known for having established a superb organization, hiring top communications professionals, and executing her job and duties flawlessly.鈥 Williams said, 鈥淚鈥檓 so fortunate to be able to retire from a career in journalism, healthcare, and higher education鈥攊nstitutions that serve people. I got a chance to do what I loved in all of these jobs and meet wonderful people who serve others. The students, faculty, and staff, and colleagues in communications and marketing will always hold a special place in my heart.鈥澨 Williams is a former member of the board of directors for the Arkansas chapter of Public Relations Society of America, a past president of the Arkansas chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators and a recipient of the chapter鈥檚 President鈥檚 Award in Communications Excellence. She currently serves on the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Institutional Effectiveness Committee, the Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Steering Committee, and the Retention Committee. Her colleagues and friends are invited to a reception in her honor from 1-3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2, in Donaghey Student Center Ledbetter B.
Judy Williams was honored by Kappa Delta sorority as their staff person of the month in April.

Judy Williams was honored by Kappa Delta sorority as their staff person of the month in April. Photo by Ben Krain.

]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock hires art outreach specialist /news-archive/2019/07/17/art-outreach-specialist/ Wed, 17 Jul 2019 14:23:06 +0000 /news/?p=74743 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock hires art outreach specialist]]> Andrea M. 鈥淎nDi鈥 Tompkins has been hired as the inaugural Windgate Center of Art and Design art outreach specialist.

In her new role, effective July 1, Tompkins will build department community, recruit art students from Arkansas and the contiguous states to attend 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. She will coordinate summer and year-long programming geared toward junior high and high school students and their teachers, and she will manage department scholarships for current and first-time students.

鈥淲e鈥檙e excited to have AnDi join us,鈥 said Tom Clifton, chair of 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 Department of Art and Design. 鈥淲ith AnDi鈥檚 experience in the visual arts, I鈥檓 sure she鈥檒l have a tremendous positive impact on the department and our students.鈥

Tompkins is a native Arkansan, having grown up in Hot Springs. She has a B.A. with distinction in art from Hendrix College and a Master of Science in education with a focus on educational leadership from Northwest Missouri State University. She has also completed two years of graduate course work and passed the comprehensive exam at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock toward a Master of Art in art history.

Tompkins has more than 20 years of experience in specialized residential high schools and collegiate programs, including Arkansas Governor鈥檚 School; Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts; and the Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics, and Computing. She has a broad background in Student Services, including staff supervision, office and facilities management, budget management, and extensive experience in developing educational programming for gifted adolescents.

For the past 12 years, Tompkins has served as the manager for the Arkansas Arts Center鈥檚 Museum School, where she supervised 50 art instructors, oversaw the daily operation of the community art school for nearly 2,400 students per year, aided in the development of art class curricula, and managed the school鈥檚 budget.

Tompkins lives in Bryant with her husband, Joe Harvey, and their daughter, Maryn.

Andrea Tompkins is 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock’s new art outreach specialist. Photo by Benjamin Krain

]]> Photographers learn historic 19th-century photographic process at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/2019/07/10/photographic-processes/ Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:54:56 +0000 /news/?p=74701 ... Photographers learn historic 19th-century photographic process at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock]]> Erasto Carrananza, a photographer since 1989, has been studying historic photographic processes for more than 15 years.听 鈥淚鈥檓 in the middle of my master鈥檚 degree in visual arts, and this is one of the four historic photographic processes that I want to use in my final project,鈥 Carrananza said. 鈥淭hat is why I am here to learn this process.鈥 The former architect traveled from his home in Monterey, Mexico, to learn how print photographers use the chemical cyanotype process, a non-toxic, historical light-based printing process discovered in 1842. Joli Livaudais, assistant professor of photography, taught a week-long workshop on the process June 10-14 in the Windgate Center of Art and Design. The workshop is part of 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 artWORKS Artist Workshops Series, which provides a learning community dedicated to creativity and growth through the making and understanding of the visual arts.听 鈥This simple and inexpensive technique yields gorgeous handmade prints in Prussian blue and has many options for toning and manipulation of the final print,鈥 Livaudais said. Carrananza鈥檚 desire to learn historic photographic processes stems from his desire to preserve these dying arts for the next generation.听 鈥淚n 2000, digital photography took flight,鈥 he said. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 like digital photography because I like to use film. At that time, I started to seek printing processes back in the early days of photography. The main reason to learn these processes is to reach the younger generation and not lose the information over time. If just one student learns the process, it鈥檚 a win.鈥 Melissa Gill, a professor of drawing and printmaking at Hendrix College, was inspired to learn the chemical cyanotype process after seeing her students use it.
Workshop participants develop photographs in a darkroom at the Windgate Center of Art and Design using a 19th-century photographic process. Photo by Ben Krain.

Workshop participants develop photographs in a darkroom at the Windgate Center of Art and Design using a 19th-century photographic process. Photo by Ben Krain.

鈥淚鈥檝e seen my students use this process at Hendrix, and I thought it was so beautiful that I wanted to learn it,鈥 Gill said. 鈥淭his is working with layers of color, and that is exactly how a printmaker works. I wanted to see how this process could inform my work. Now that I know how it works, I can better advise my students who do this work.鈥 Dave Erickson, a commercial photographer and drone pilot from Milwaukee, traveled from Wisconsin with a friend to attend the workshop. The two have plans to set up a darkroom when they get back to explore the chemical cyanotype process as a hobby.听 鈥淚鈥檝e always had a varied, robust interest in photography,鈥 Erickson said. 鈥淚 have a lot of respect for people who have mastered this process. There is a lot of artistry involved. It鈥檚 not as clean cut as just developing a photograph. It takes a lot of patience.鈥澨 In the upper right photo, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock professor Joli Livaudais, left, works with participants of a week-long art workshop on the chemical cyanotype process. Photo by Ben Krain.]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to feature pianist Norman Boehm April 8 /news-archive/2018/03/28/pianist-norman-boehm-april-8/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:56:26 +0000 /news/?p=69847 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to feature pianist Norman Boehm April 8]]> Pianist Norman Boehm, professor of music at Hendrix College, will star in a recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 8, in the Fine Arts Building鈥檚 Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall.听 The performance, which is free and open to the public, will feature Frederick Delius鈥檚 鈥淭he Walk to the Paradise Garden,鈥 Boehm鈥檚 Sonata in F major, Robert Boury鈥檚 鈥淭hree Lost Waltzes,鈥 Frederic Chopin鈥檚 Barcarolle, Op. 60, as well as Two Poems, Op. 32 by Alexander Scriabin and Robert Schumann鈥檚 Fantasy in C major, Op. 17. Boehm holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree and master鈥檚 degree from the University of Michigan and a doctorate from the Eastman School of Music. As a pianist, he has performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician in Europe, South Africa, and the United States. He specializes in music from the late 19th and early 20th centuries and has performed a number of single-composer recitals, featuring the music of Faure, Scriabin, Medtner, Ireland, and Grainger. In addition to original composition, he has concentrated in recent years on arranging large-scale symphonic works for chamber ensembles, including the eighth and ninth symphonies of Bruckner and the first symphony of Elgar. For more information, contact the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Department of Music at 501-569-3294.]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to feature Norman Boehm and Hal Grossman in Oct. 30 performance /news-archive/2017/10/23/norman-boehm-hal-grossman/ Mon, 23 Oct 2017 17:33:27 +0000 /news/?p=68358 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to feature Norman Boehm and Hal Grossman in Oct. 30 performance]]> Pianist Norman Boehm, professor of music at Hendrix College, and violinist Hal Grossman, professor of violin at the University of Oklahoma, will star in a dual recital at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Monday, Oct. 30.听 The performance, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Building on the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock campus. Boehm has performed in Europe and South Africa as well as in the United States. He specializes in music from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In addition to performing as soloist and chamber musician, he is also a composer, arranger, and conductor. Grossman has served as professor of violin at the Interlochen Arts Academy, Miami University, and is on the summer faculties at the Aria International Music Academy and Marrowstone Music Festival. He is the founder and creator of The Grossman Method, a pedagogy course for healthy string playing. For more information, contact the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Department of Music at 501-569-3294. ]]>