- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/nichola-driver/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fri, 12 Jan 2018 17:49:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock offers unique course choices for spring 2018 /news-archive/2018/01/12/ua-little-rock-offers-unique-course-choices-spring-2018/ Fri, 12 Jan 2018 17:49:40 +0000 /news/?p=68992 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock offers unique course choices for spring 2018]]> Anyone who is on the lookout for an interesting course to take during the spring 2018 semester has many options recommended by the professors of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.聽 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock courses offer students the chance to create innovative products and learn how to market them as well as explore everything from art and architecture in London to how countries rebuild in the aftermath of civil war. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock has courses for students interested in exploring unique career choices such as archaeology, costume design, forensic anthropology, and the military. Check out the following guide for choices that will satisfy an interest in the history of China, France, the U.S. as well as public health policies and the role of women in modern history. On Campus ANTH 3313: Archaeology 12:15-1:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays by Krista Lewis This course is a gateway to so many opportunities to participate in uncovering clues from the past here in Arkansas and around the world. Some students from the class are selected to travel to Oman, where Dr. Lewis has been working on a medieval port city archaeological site. ANTH 4355/5355: Forensic Anthropology 1:40-2:55 p.m. and 3:05-4:20 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays by Kathryn King By examining skeletal characteristics, students will learn to estimate sex, age, and ethnic origin. They will also delve into how trauma, disease, fire, and time affect bones. This course is appropriate for anyone who plans to study anatomy, medicine, animals, and crime. ARHA 4310/5310: Special Topics, London: Art, Artists, and Society 1:40-2:55 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays by Floyd Martin This course focuses on the city of London, its architecture, and visual arts and artists associated with the city, especially in the 18th century. GNST 2300: Intro to Gender Studies 12:15-1:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays by Rohn Muse This course discusses gender and how it is defined by people and societies. It takes a cross-cultural examination of gender identity and cultures in politics, economics, family, health, religion, and multiple other areas. HIST 3328: Modern France 11-11:50 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays by Tom Kaiser France, America鈥檚 oldest ally, shares with the United States a strong republican tradition. Yet, where the U.S. had only one revolution and one constitution since the 18th century, France has had many. What accounts for this instability? 聽This course seeks the answers by tracking competing notions of the French nation since the French Revolution and their impact on French politics. HIST 3342: Modern China 1:40-2:55 p.m. Mondays and Fridays by Jeff Kyong McClain Do you know the story of Hong Xiuquan, self-proclaimed younger brother of Jesus, who started the world’s deadliest civil war? Or how about The Society of Righteous Fists, who could allegedly repel bullets with their mystical arts? This course will explore these and other mysteries of China. HIST 3356: The Gilded Cage, 1876-1900 9:25-10:40 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays by Carl Moneyhon This class examines major economic and demographic developments in the 1870-1900 period that helped to create modern America, industrialization, big business, and urbanization. It also explores the impact of these changes on American society, culture, ideas, politics, and foreign policy. Issues explored include the emergence of the Robber Barons, development of the middle and professional classes, realistic literature, professional politics, foreign adventures, and the Spanish American War. HIST 3358: Recent America 9-9:50 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays by Barclay Key The course will invite students to examine the most important events in U.S. history, from World War II to the present. The course will discuss secret communiqu茅s between Japanese diplomats before the Pearl Harbor attack, the most effective protest strategies of the Civil Rights Movement, and explore the political philosophies of Presidents Ronald Reagan and Lyndon Johnson. Students will also analyze the most significant films and songs since 1940. HIST 4371: Women in World History Taught 11-11:50 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays by Marta Cieslak Have you ever wondered why we talk about “women’s history” but never about “men’s history?鈥 This course explores this question and many other questions that the men who for centuries wrote, studied, and taught history refused to answer or even pose. We will examine how women around the world were exploited, abused, and restricted but also how they resisted, ruled, and controlled their own destiny. A complex network of social, political, and economic factors that shaped women’s experiences will guide this investigation throughout the last five centuries of “women’s history.” IFSC 4302/5302: Strategies for Innovation 6-8:40 p.m. Thursdays by Dan Berleant and Linda Holzer This course examines strategies for developing innovative products. Topics include how to choose promising problems that are ripe for innovative solutions, how to generate multiple ideas for solving these problems, how to select the most promising solutions, and how to sell your solution to potential partners, managers, and investors. MSCI 1101: Leadership 1 and Leadership II 10-11:50 a.m. Wednesdays by Major Eric Weatherman MSCI 1101 Leadership I (10-10:50 a.m.) emphasizes the importance of communication, decision making, and the understanding of human behavior in leadership situations. MSCI 1101 Leadership II (11-11:50 a.m.) is a continuation of Leadership I and focuses on leadership development and basic tactical skills. Both courses are required for students who want to qualify for college scholarships through the ROTC program, but any student can take the courses as one-hour electives. ROTC is a college and university-based program for training commissioned officers of the U.S. Armed Forces.
PHIL 3375: Environmental Philosophy 3:05-4:20 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays by Keith Robinson
This course will examine philosophical accounts of value in the context of the “Anthropocene,” a period in which humans have impacted the climate, species diversity, and the very geology of the planet. We will consider some of the most difficult moral issues that face us today, including population, food, climate change, pollution, and the loss of species life.
PHIL 4388: Truth (Seminar in Metaphysics/Epistemology)
1:40-2:55 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays by Jan Thomas
What does it mean to say that a claim is true? The answer seems straightforward, but it may not be. Do facts presuppose certain points of view? Are there alternative facts? Some suggest that there really is no such thing as truth, or that to say a claim is true is merely redundant, a linguistic shortcut, or a kind of social arm-twisting. This course will examine a variety of theories of truth to attempt to sort out these and other issues. POLS: 4365/INTS 3321: Peace building and Post-Conflict Reconstruction 12:15-1:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays by Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm This course examines the challenges of rebuilding social, political, and economic institutions in the aftermath of civil war. When peace processes are being negotiated or one side emerges victorious, politicians, rebels, activists, victims, and the general public must decide how society is to move on. The international community, too, likely has some interest in the outcome of the conflict. Building peace first requires understanding the factors that gave rise to conflict. The course begins by briefly exploring the literature on the causes of civil war before examining the politics of war-to-peace transitions. From there, discussion will be a range of issues that frequently must be dealt with during the rebuilding process, including disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of fighters; rule of law capacity building; post-conflict justice; and economic reconstruction. Finally, there will be a review of the state-of-the-art in terms of how the international community can play a constructive role in promoting lasting peace in conflict-affected societies. SOCI 4365: Sociology of Organizations 10-10:50 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays by Kinko Ito This course will examine how organized groups, jobs, and environments affect the social world and how people relate to each other. The course will explore intriguing questions many of us have pondered. Why is my boss so incompetent? How is a political party different from a cocktail party? Why do so many instances of ofkaroshi (death from too much work) take place in Japan? This course is important for anyone who exists within an organization, which is all of us. THEA 2310: Costume Techniques 10-11:15 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays by Donald Bolinger The course is aimed at sewing construction for the stage but has practical applications for any beginning sewer. The course consists of two major projects; a sample bag project where numerous machine and hand-sewing techniques are practiced and utilized to realize a finished carry-all bag, and a final garment project where the student uses skills learned in the sample bag process to cut, construct and finish a complete garment of their choice. Online: HHPS 7310: Theoretical Foundations in Health Education This online graduate course taught by Amar Kanekar discusses diverse health behavior change theories and their applications in health education and public health. Weekend: PADM 7331: Public Health Policy Feb. 2-4 and March 2-4 by Nichola Driver This graduate course in public health policy will be taught over two weekends in February and March. The course will review the U.S. healthcare system, its components, the social determinants of health, public health disparities, and other key health policy challenges. It will focus on the major health policy institutions and important issues that cut across institutions, including the federal/state financing programs. ]]> New campus director seeks to advance 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Nonprofit Leadership Studies program /news-archive/2016/10/21/nichola-driver-2016/ Fri, 21 Oct 2016 15:48:02 +0000 /news/?p=65507 ... New campus director seeks to advance 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Nonprofit Leadership Studies program]]> Nonprofit Leadership Studies program at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has used her previous work experience to shape her role as an educator and leader at 糖心Vlog传媒LR. The Nonprofit Leadership Studies program is the only one of its kind in the state of Arkansas. It is a competency-based minor and national certificate program designed to prepare and certify students to work for nonprofit organizations after completing a bachelor鈥檚 degree. Driver, who has held multiple nonprofit and agency positions, is well equipped to handle the role as the program鈥檚 director. Her service learning approach and her dedication to make a difference in the community are just a few reasons why she decided to tackle this position. 鈥淚鈥檓 a lifetime learner,鈥 Driver said. 鈥淚 wanted to return to academia for the dynamic environment that it provides. As campus director of the Nonprofit Leadership Studies, I get to combine my interests, working with students and preparing them to work in agencies.鈥 Driver, an Arkansas native, received her bachelor鈥檚 degree in sociology from the University of Central Arkansas, a master鈥檚 degree in public administration from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and doctorate in sociology from the University of North Texas. While attending the University of North Texas, Driver was awarded the Thesis and Dissertation Fellowship for her study on 鈥淒imensions of Acculturation and Sexual Health Among U.S. Hispanic Youth.鈥 This prestigious award, received by very few students for achieved candidacy in the final year of thesis or dissertation, allowed Driver to focus solely on her studies. With a new found freedom, she and her husband were able to move back to Arkansas to be closer to family. Not long after settling in, Driver was back to work. She became an instructor and student coordinator of the Nonprofit Leadership Studies program at 糖心Vlog传媒LR, and a few months later progressed to visiting assistant professor and campus director of the Nonprofit Leadership Studies program. 鈥淭his program is so important because we are training leaders for the future,鈥 Driver said. 鈥淚鈥檓 so proud of the work that the students have already been able to accomplish.鈥 The program requires students to take three mandatory courses, five hours of electives, complete an internship, participate in leadership and service-learning opportunities, and attend a conference. 鈥淭here are so many components to this program, but that鈥檚 what makes it so rich,鈥 Driver said. 鈥淭hese students are learning outside of the classroom. They鈥檙e doing instead of just observing.鈥 Driver says that she hopes to spread the word about the program all over central Arkansas. She is seeking to revamp the program鈥檚 community advisory board, which consists of nonprofit professionals who are interested in and seek to partner with the program to benefit their organizations as well as the students. To promote the program on campus, Driver will host informational sessions and table events so that students are aware of what the program has to offer. For information about the Nonprofit Leadership Studies program, contact Driver at 501.683.7028 or聽nddriver@ualr.edu or visit the website. ]]>