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��Vlog��ý Little Rock Move-In Day set for Aug. 15

Ajani Oyindamola — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:37:11 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will be abuzz with activity on Thursday, Aug. 15, as excited students and their families arrive on campus for Move-In Day. ��Vlog��ý Little Rock is looking for faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community volunteers to assist students and their families who will be moving in from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Volunteers are invaluable to the Move-In Day experience by welcoming new students and their families to campus, unloading cars, controlling traffic, serving as guides, and preparing lunch and refreshments. “The first day of move-in is always full of excitement and anxiety for new students,” said Patti Light, director of campus living. “Volunteers help give a personal touch to settling in on campus. We will have hundreds of students and guests on Aug. 15, looking to make ��Vlog��ý Little Rock connections. We really need those helpful hands and faces to make those connections.” Check-in for students with last names A-L will be from 8 a.m. to noon while students with last names M-Z can check in between 1-5 p.m. Students can learn about what to bring and what not bring to college at this website. Check-in locations include the first-floor lobbies of West Hall and East Hall, the Commons Theater for North Hall and South Hall, and the University Village Clubhouse. A cookout will take place outside the University Commons building from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. followed by a farewell reception from 3-5 p.m. in the Commons Great Room. The Office of Campus Living will host a cooling station with snow cones, water, and Gatorade from 11:30-3 p.m.�� In the Student Commons building, a one-stop shop will be set up from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., where students can register their vehicle and request a mailbox. New students are encouraged to meet their neighbors and resident assistants during a floor meeting taking place on every floor of the residence halls from 7-8 p.m. To sign up to volunteer, fill out the. Campus police will direct traffic. All trailers and U-hauls must be parked in parking lot 15, not in the residence hall parking lots. Only vehicles may be unloaded in the residence hall parking lots.�� For more information, contact the Office of Campus Living at 501-661-1743 or campusliving@ualr.edu.

Move-In Day set for Aug. 16

Ajani Oyindamola — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 14:21:21 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will be abuzz with activity on Thursday, Aug. 16, as students and their families arrive on campus for Move-In Day.�� Vlog��ý Little Rock is seeking employees, students, alumni, and community volunteers to assist students and their families who will be moving in from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Volunteers are invaluable to the Move-In Day experience by welcoming new students and their families to campus, unloading cars, controlling traffic, and preparing lunch. “The first day of move-in is always full of excitement and anxiety for new students,” said Patti Light, director of campus living. “Volunteers help give a personal touch to settling in on campus. We will have hundreds of students and guests on Aug. 16, looking to make ��Vlog��ý Little Rock connections. We really need those helpful hands and faces to make those connections.” Check-in for students with last names A-L will be from 8 a.m. to noon while students with last names M-Z can check in between 1-5 p.m. Check-in locations include the first-floor lobbies of West Hall and East Hall, the Commons Great Room for North Hall and South Hall, and the University Village Clubhouse. A free lunch of hamburgers, hotdogs, chips, and water will be available outside the Trojan Grill from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. In the Student Commons building, a one-stop shop will be set up from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., where students can get their Trojan identification card, register their vehicle, and request a mailbox. To sign up to volunteer, fill out the . Campus police will direct traffic. Trailers and U-hauls are not allowed on campus during Move-In Day. For more information, contact the Office of Campus Living at 501-661-1743 or campusliving@ualr.edu or visit the website.

Move-in-Day unloading routes

Help save a life during Halloween Blood Drive

Ajani Oyindamola — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:17:48 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock community has the chance to save lives by participating in a Halloween Blood Drive.�� ’s Staff Senate will host the blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, in the Commons Great Room. All ��Vlog��ýLR employees and students are invited. The American Red Cross has an . More than 100 blood drives throughout the southeastern United States were canceled due to Hurricane Matthew. The first 25 people to sign up to give blood will receive a goodie bag. All donors will be entered into a drawing for two tickets to any Trojans basketball game in December and a stainless steel insulated tumbler provided by and the ��Vlog��ýLR Alumni Association. All participants are invited to dress up for the costume contest. The Office of Campus Living will host a pizza party for the dormitory floor with the most donors. To schedule an appointment, visit and enter sponsor code: ��Vlog��ýLR; email Dara Goad at dkgoad@ualr.edu; or use the new . In order to reduce waiting time by up to 15 minutes, complete all pre-appointment reading and donation questions online by visiting the on the day of the drive. ��Vlog��ýLR Staff Senate partners with the American Red Cross, the nation’s largest blood bank. All the blood donations at the ��Vlog��ýLR drive are earmarked for Pulaski County hospitals. However, the blood will be available to those throughout Arkansas and the nation should the need arise. For more information about the blood drive, contact the Staff Senate at staffsenate@ualr.edu. For more information about the American Red Cross and blood donation, visit the .�� In the upper right photo, a University of Arkansas at Little Rock student donates blood during a Staff Senate Blood Drive. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III/��Vlog��ýLR Communications.��

Nearly 900 students arrive during move-in day

Ajani Oyindamola — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 13:41:55 +0000

Nearly 900 students moved on campus Saturday, Aug. 13, during what one organizer called one of the smoothest move-in days in ��Vlog��ýLR history. The day went well thanks to the hard work of the Office of Campus Living staff and a high number of volunteers, according to Marc Glidden, ��Vlog��ýLR director of campus living. “We got a lot of feedback about how things were running so smoothly, and that it was one of the best move-in day we have had in a while,” Glidden said. “That is especially thanks to our staff who stayed out so late the night before to get things ready and the many volunteers who came to help the students and their families.” Campus living staff stayed on campus until 2 a.m. the night before move-in day. The staff was back and ready for action at 7 a.m. They were going strong until the last student checked in at 9 p.m. In addition to the staff, more than 150 volunteers arrived on campus despite the rainy weather. Some of the largest groups of volunteers came from organizations such as Chi Alpha, the Chancellor’s Leadership Corps, and the university’s Greek community. Mark Harris, acting director of the Missionary Baptist Student Fellowship, brought several members of the organization to volunteer Saturday. While the rain kept some people away, the weather was not about to keep Harris from volunteering. “The rain dampened a whole lot of response,” Harris said. “As a parent of two college students, I have been on the receiving end of that kind of help. When you bring a carload to a college campus, it sure is nice when there is a gang of people to help carry stuff to the dormitories.” At lunchtime, Dr. Brad Patterson, vice provost for student affairs and dean of students, manned the grill, cooking hot dogs and hamburgers for the masses of hungry students and their families eating a free lunch at the Trojan Grill. ��Vlog��ýLR Dining Services provided the food for the cookout. ��Vlog��ýLR staff had an elevator maintenance person on site, who was quickly able to repair an elevator in North Hall, thus saving students, parents, and volunteers the hardship of many extra trips up the stairs. The ��Vlog��ýLR Department of Public Safety was also prepared with an extra 10 officers on duty. On social media, move-in day was a popular topic on Snapchat. A Snapchat geofilter created by a campus living staff member had more than 18,000 views on Aug. 13. In the upper right photo, two ��Vlog��ýLR students move into the residential halls during move-in day Saturday, August 13. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III/��Vlog��ýLR Communications.��

Glidden named new director of campus living

Ajani Oyindamola — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 13:24:25 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has named Marc Glidden its new director of campus living and assistant dean of students. “This position plays a vital role in the student affairs team,” Glidden said. “I am grateful for the campus living staff as they have been through many changes within the past year. I believe that having a well-rounded staff that supports each other and remembers to keep our students at the heart of our policies and processes is the key to being successful.” Glidden also thanked Rikki Turner, assistant vice provost for student affairs, and Dr. Brad Patterson, vice provost for student affairs, for the support he has received during his transition. In his new role, Glidden oversees the Office of Campus Living, including the Campus Living Leadership Team, and manages a budget of nearly $9 million. He plans to design and implement a strategic plan, which includes initiatives from resident learning outcomes to large scale facilities projects. “Campus living strives to create a positive and meaningful experience for our residents,” he said. “We strive to integrate faculty and staff from outside of our office into the residence halls to bridge the gap between learning and living. I believe that ��Vlog��ýLR is a growing community of on-campus students and I am excited about the future of the Office of Campus Living here at ��Vlog��ýLR.”

Marc Glidden

The ability to work with students as they come in for orientation and watch them graduate four years later is the reason that Glidden enjoys working in student affairs, he said. In 2014, Glidden started at ��Vlog��ýLR as the assistant director of student housing, where he oversaw ��’s University Village apartment complex. Prior to ��Vlog��ýLR, he served as a resident advisor at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, and a residence hall director at McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois. He earned a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice from East Carolina University and a Master of Arts in higher education administrative services from McKendree University. He is also pursuing a doctorate in criminal justice from ��Vlog��ýLR. Glidden is also an instructor in the ��Vlog��ýLR Department of Criminal Justice, a member of the Southwest Association of College and University Housing Officers, and recipient of the Arkansas Student Affairs Association 2015 Charles W. Donaldson Outstanding New Professional Award. In the upper right photo, Marc Glidden, the new director of campus living, demonstrates the use of a fire extinguisher during a training session at ��Vlog��ýLR’s West Hall. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III/��Vlog��ýLR Communications.��

Turner named assistant vice provost for student affairs

Ajani Oyindamola — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 14:55:40 +0000

As someone who has spent the past decade working in student housing, Rikki Turner could write a book about the strange, late-night phone calls she receives in the middle of the night. Turner, the newly promoted assistant vice provost for student affairs – auxiliary services at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has heard it all. One of Turner’s most memorable experience is what she calls the “When Frisbees Attack!” incident. An errant Frisbee thrown by a student in April set off the sprinklers, causing several floors of a men’s residence hall to flood. “I’m on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” she said. “I never know what any day will be like. Nothing surprises me, but when you get called because someone threw a Frisbee, flooded three floors of West Hall, and you have to reassign all those students in the middle of the night, that’s something.” After working as a residence coordinator at the University of Central Arkansas, Turner joined ��Vlog��ýLR as a hall director and student development specialist in 2008. She was promoted to assistant director for residence life in 2011 and interim executive director of student housing and associate dean of students in 2015. In her new position, Turner oversees the Campus Living Department, which includes the residence halls. She also has oversight of campus dining, Donaghey Student Center, recreational facilities, as well as the campus bookstore. She also serves as the senior budget officer for the Division of Student Affairs. “Money usually scares people,” Turner said. “Having oversight over the budget, I get to ensure that we are being good stewards of the students’ money and creating a better experience for the student.” Turner has many ideas to improve the student experience at ��Vlog��ýLR. She plans to explore adding family and Greek housing to campus, expanding campus dining options, and updating recreational facilities. The Division of Student Affairs is also conducting a feasibility study to identify areas of improvements for the university. “Everything that is under my purview has a direct impact on students,” Turner said. “I know when students live on campus, they are dramatically affected by that experience and much more likely to graduate. I like to affect the student experience in a positive way and make a direct impact in their lives.” Turner earned a Bachelor of Science in speech communication and a Master of Science in college student personnel services and administration from the University of Central Arkansas. She is pursuing a doctorate in higher education administration from ��Vlog��ýLR. She and her husband, Justin, have a 6-year-old son, Samuel.

Volunteers needed for ��Vlog��ýLR move-in day

Ajani Oyindamola — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 13:30:15 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock campus will be abuzz with activity as students and their families return Saturday, Aug. 13, for move-in day. The Office of Campus Living (formerly Student Housing) is seeking ��Vlog��ýLR student and employee volunteers to assist the 1,400 students who will move in that day. Marc Glidden, director of campus living, said it is important for students and parents to remain flexible during the move-in process. “We have 1,400 students moving in on one day, so it can be confusing. If everyone can be flexible, parents can sit back and enjoy the experience of their students going to college,” Glidden said. “If you forget to buy something, there is no need to panic. There are plenty of stores nearby to get those last-minute items for your student.” Check-in for students with last names A-L will be from 8 a.m. to noon, while students with last names M-Z can check in 1-5 p.m. Food and refreshments will be available outside the Trojan Grill. Campus police will direct traffic. Campus Living staff members are also building maps that will guide traffic flow and instruct families where they can drop off belongings as close as possible to the student’s assigned building. Check-in locations include the first floor lobbies of West Hall and East Hall, the Commons Great Room for North Hall or South Hall, and the University Village Clubhouse. A free dinner for parents will be held at 5 p.m. in the Diamond Café in the Donaghey Student Center with a raffle for box tickets to the Homecoming and Parents’ Day basketball games. Parents can for the free dinner or pick up tickets at check-in locations. To sign up to volunteer, fill out the move-in day . For more information, contact the Office of Campus Living at 501.661.1743 or housing@ualr.edu. In the upper right photo, volunteers carry containers during ��Vlog��ýLR’s Move-In Day on Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III/��Vlog��ýLR Communications.��

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����Vlog��ý Little Rock Move-In Day set for Aug. 15