- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/otmar-varela/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 12 May 2021 21:57:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Launches Leadership Academy to Provide Professional Development Opportunities for Business Community /news-archive/2021/05/12/leadership-academy/ Wed, 12 May 2021 21:57:56 +0000 /news/?p=78896 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Launches Leadership Academy to Provide Professional Development Opportunities for Business Community]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has launched a new Leadership Academy to provide customized and affordable professional development training for local businesses and organizations. The Leadership Academy provides leadership development to support professional growth within the organization. The Leadership Academy offers a variety of training in areas including business decision-making, personnel management, and communication. Courses are offered in person or in hybrid learning. 鈥淭he need for the Leadership Academy came from the industry,鈥 said Dr. Otmar Varela, director of the Leadership Academy and professor of management. 鈥淎fter conducting several focus groups last year with local business experts in leadership development, we realized the need for the academy. We believe this program offers a tremendous opportunity to provide unique training for the business community.鈥 The 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Leadership Academy is a joint effort between the School of Business, the Department of Applied Communication, and the Office of Extended Education. 鈥淚 love that the School of Business and the Department of Applied Communication are teaming up on this venture,鈥 said Dr. April Chatham-Carpenter, chair of the Department of Applied Communication. 鈥淲e both have offered these types of workshops separately for years, but teaming up allows us to expand our offerings and tailor them to the needs of specific businesses in the community.鈥 Training programs are tailor-made for each organization. The Leadership Academy experience begins with a client meeting to understand their specific needs. An expert facilitator will assess the organization and collaborate with the clients to create a custom-learning curriculum that supports the needs and goals of the organization. Clients are able to design their own curriculum and set the schedule and learning method that best fits their organization. Courses are offered in a variety of topics including strategic decision-making, performance management, and public speaking for professionals, as well as diversity management, emotional intelligence, and workforce engagement. The Leadership Academy faculty members will also work with organizations to create a personalized training that adapts to the attributes of participants. 鈥淚 am thrilled that the School of Business and the Department of Applied Communication will be offering the Leadership Academy to Little Rock,鈥 said Dr. Jane Wayland, dean of the College of Business, Health, and Human Services. 鈥淏usinesses will be able to customize the training they need at a reasonable cost. High-quality instruction is assured by using full-time faculty who are experts in their fields.鈥 The faculty instructors in the Leadership Academy include Drs. Naeem Bajwa, Richard Woodridge, and Otmar Varela from the School of Business as well as Drs. April Chatham-Carpenter, Gerald Driskill, Kristen McIntyre, Julien Mirivel, Bailey Oliver, Avinash Thombre, and Carol Thompson from the Department of Applied Communication. Christine Cotton serves as the partner from the Extended Education office. McIntyre, director of 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock’s Communication Skill Center, has collaborated with Varela for many years on offering communication workshops to business students and is excited to see the effort expand to the Leadership Academy. “It’s exciting to see our years of collaboration together formalized in the offering of such a valuable program,鈥 she said. For more information on the Leadership Academy, including a free assessment of your organization鈥檚 training needs, contact Dr. Otmar Varela at oxvarela@ualr.edu or visit the Leadership Academy鈥檚 website.]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock announces college-level Faculty Excellence Award winners /news-archive/2017/03/28/ua-little-rock-faculty-excellence-award-winners/ Tue, 28 Mar 2017 14:31:58 +0000 /news/?p=66672 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock announces college-level Faculty Excellence Award winners]]> “Faculty excellence winners underscore 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 commitment to quality instruction, innovative research, and service to the community. Our faculty鈥檚 dedication to these fundamental principles continue to be the bedrock of our institution,” said Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Dr. Deborah Baldwin. A panel of external judges will review the achievements of the college-level winners and select the university-wide winners in the categories of teaching, research, and public service. The three university-wide winners, who will each receive a cash prize of $5,000, will be announced during the Faculty Excellence Awards ceremony at 5:30 p.m. April 13 in the Engineering and Information Technology Building Auditorium on the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock campus. A reception will follow in the Engineering and Information Technology Building lobby. Since 1989, when the first award was given, the event has provided a way to recognize the great work of 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock faculty and is made possible through the valued contributions of the Office of the Chancellor, the Office of the Provost, and the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Chancellor鈥檚 Circle.聽 The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Office of the Provost at 501.569.3204. The following is a list of college-level winners:

聽Public Service

  • 听听听听听Allison Holland, director of the University Writing Center and senior instructor of rhetoric and writing, College of Social Sciences and Communications
  • 听听听听听Cynthia Johnson, advanced instructor of accounting, College of Business
  • 听听听听听Laura Barrio-Vilar, assistant professor of English, College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences
  • 听听听听听Michael DeAngelis, assistant professor of earth sciences, George W. Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology
  • 听听听听听Suzanne Penn, associate professor of clinical law, William H. Bowen School of Law

Research/Creative Endeavors

  • 听听听听听Mengjun Xie, associate professor of computer science, George W. Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology
  • 听听听听听Michael Flannery, professor of law, William H. Bowen School of Law
  • 听听听听听Tansel Karabacak, associate professor of physics and astronomy, College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences

Teaching

  • 听听听听听J. Lyn Entrikin, professor of law, William H. Bowen School of Law
  • 听听听听听John Talburt, professor of information science and Acxiom Chair of Information Quality, George W. Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology
  • 听听听听听Kathryn King, assistant professor of anthropology, College of Communication and Social Sciences
  • 听听听听听Linda Holzer, professor of music, College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences
  • 听听听听听Linda Stauffer, associate professor of interpreter education and program coordinator of the Interpreter Education Program, College of Education and Health Professions
  • 听听听听听Otmar Varela, associate professor of management, College of Business
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