- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/josy-nduku/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fri, 06 May 2022 13:00:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Nursing Professor Honored for Excellence in Teaching and Research /news-archive/2022/05/06/josy-nduku/ Fri, 06 May 2022 13:00:31 +0000 /news/?p=81525 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Nursing Professor Honored for Excellence in Teaching and Research]]> In her first award, the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock College of Business, Health, and Human Services awarded Nduku the Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching. Nduku serves as the RN-BSN online program coordinator, where she helps hundreds of working registered nurses complete their bachelor鈥檚 degrees. Colleagues describe Nduku鈥檚 leadership and teaching style as empowering and supportive. She inspires others to reach their full potential through setting clear goals and expectations. Aaron Baxter, a 2021 graduate of 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in nursing, said that Nduku exemplified superior leadership and professionalism in and out of the classroom. 鈥淲hether it was behind the podium or at the bedside, she invited her students to engage in the process of learning; promoting and encouraging critical-thinking skills that would later be the fundamental principle which separates good nurses from exceptional ones,鈥 Baxter said. 鈥淎s her student, I could always count on Dr. Nduku to maintain high expectations of her students, understanding that we would one day require high expectations of ourselves to provide the safest and best of care for our patients.鈥 Nduku believes that her passion to impart knowledge to students is what makes her a good teacher. 鈥淚 want to produce students who are better than me and can practice at a higher level,鈥 she said. 鈥淚 want to inspire them to be their best selves. I also have to take into accounts the standards of practice and make sure that my teaching aligns with those in accordance with my philosophy for education.鈥 In her second award of the spring, Nduku received the Outstanding Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Research Award for her presentation at the 2022 Arkansas Nursing Research Conference held at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (糖心Vlog传媒MS). Her presentation was on the 鈥淚mpact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Course Performance of Registered Nurses Enrolled in an Online RN-BSN Program at a Metropolitan University鈥 with collaborators Carolyn Hunter Layne and Dr. Lakeisha Falls. The research project investigated the challenges online nursing students faced while completing their bachelor鈥檚 degrees during the pandemic. 鈥淚 wanted to understand how the pandemic impacted our nursing students and what else we needed to do to help our students,鈥 Nduku said. 鈥淲e found that students were having a hard time implementing projects at a place of employment because they had so many COVID restrictions in the hospitals. Students also found it difficult to meet in person and implement the projects.鈥 A native of Cameroon, Africa, Nduku received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing, and Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Central Arkansas.]]> Nduku, McElwee, Hendon Named 2022 Faculty Excellence Winners for College of Business, Health, and Human Services /news-archive/2022/03/30/nduku-mcelwee-hendon-cbhhs/ Wed, 30 Mar 2022 14:51:48 +0000 /news/?p=81209 ... Nduku, McElwee, Hendon Named 2022 Faculty Excellence Winners for College of Business, Health, and Human Services]]> Nduku, assistant professor of nursing, has received CBHHS鈥檚 Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, while McElwee has received the Faculty Excellence in Research and Creative Endeavors Award. Hendon, a senior instructor, has been honored with the Faculty Excellence in Public Service Award. More information about the winners:

Faculty Excellence Award for Public Service

Hendon is a 24-year veteran of 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock and serves as a senior instructor in the Department of Management and Human Resources. He served as a board member for the Small Business Institute from 2012 to 2017. He also served in a number of executive positions over the years, including vice president of programs, president-elect, and president. He continues to serve as a mentor and fellow. He also holds the title of Small Business Institute Fellow, which is the highest honor the organization bestows on its members. This honor goes to those who have significant and noteworthy accomplishments in teaching, research, and service involving small businesses. One of his major accomplishments is creating a link between traditional large organization human resources research and small business/entrepreneurial research. Hendon also serves as a member of the Central High School Technology Committee. His service to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock includes being on the Institutional Effectiveness Committee and several terms on the Faculty Senate. 鈥淒uring his time here, he has routinely gone above and beyond in his efforts to serve, amplify, and promote our university,鈥 said Joseph Bell, professor of entrepreneurship. 鈥淗e is quick to assist others in the college while at the same time shuns personal credit. His significant corporate knowledge of the university and willingness to share that information with others makes our job easier. His extensive volunteerism is a significant illustration of John鈥檚 devotion to our institution, while also demonstrating his competency and tenacity.鈥

Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching

Josy Nduku

Josy Nduku

Nduku also serves as the RN-BSN online program coordinator. She earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree and master鈥檚 degree in nursing and a Doctor of Nursing Practice, all from the University of Central Arkansas. Since taking on a leadership role in the School Nursing, Nduku has also become a mentor to new faculty members and is instrumental to the program through curriculum revisions, policy updates, recruitment, and research endeavors. 鈥淭he School of Nursing is fortunate to have Dr. Nduku as a leader on our team that educates over 800 nursing students every year,鈥 said Dr. Sloan Davidson, director of the School of Nursing. 鈥淪he embodies the description for the Excellence in Teaching Award and is an outstanding representative of everything our school stands for, particularly our vision of inspiring excellence, transforming care, and creating leaders.鈥

Faculty Excellence Award for Research and Creative Endeavors

McElwee has an impressive research agenda that has resulted in 20 peer-reviewed publications, four manuscripts under review, and four book reviews.
Tracey McElwee

Tracey McElwee

鈥淭racey has maintained a commitment to students and service, all while maintaining a stellar publication record that rivals those at R1 institutions,鈥 said Dr. Laura Danforth, assistant professor of social work. 鈥淒r. McElwee is a scholar and master researcher, and is always pursuing her goal of adding to the literature in the field of social work. She has demonstrated a passion and commitment to her research agenda, loves challenges, and is one of the most perceptive and prolific researchers in our department and field.鈥 Her research agenda includes being a part of a team of researchers, led by Dr. Taren Swindle, who received a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to complete a seven-year project to address early habits in early childcare and education settings with the goal of reducing cancer. The project will reach 5,000 children and 500 teachers across Arkansas and Louisiana. McElwee is also studying the results of a research study conducted with a $10,000 grant from the Council on Social Work Education鈥檚 Policy Practice in Field Initiative through the New York Community Trust. Approximately 125 students participated in this high-impact learning experience embedded in social work and political science courses at Philander Smith College and 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. In 2017, McElwee and her students assessed the state of campus food insecurity at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock after the creation of the Trojan Food Pantry. This project led to her next research endeavor involving a partnership with the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance and exploration regarding how reduction in SNAP funding would affect SNAP recipients. McElwee and students in her policy course called grocery stores, food pantries, farmers markets, and SNAP recipients across all 75 Arkansas counties. In 2018, McElwee was invited to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. to present findings from this study.]]>