/news-archive/tag/sayra-crandall/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 02 May 2018 13:49:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2018/05/02/applied-communication/ Wed, 02 May 2018 13:49:53 +0000 /news/?p=70359 ... Applied Communication Department honors top students, alumni, and community partners]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of Applied Communications honored its top students during the department鈥檚 annual awards ceremony on April 19.聽 The award winners include Desiree Doyle and Sayra Crandall as winners of the Distinguished Student Scholar Award. This annual award honors a graduating senior and a graduating master鈥檚 student in the department who have reached the level of distinguished student scholar in applied communication by participating in applied scholarship or creative work, which fosters the co-creation of better social worlds through positive communication. 聽 Lauren Sanders and Krista Woods Calvin received the Student Making a Difference Award, which recognizes undergraduate and graduate students who have made a difference in their community in the area of applied communication. Derrick Newby received a $1,000 scholarship from the Angela Laird Brenton Endowed Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship was started in 2015 in memory of Dr. Angie Laird Brenton, who was a faculty member in the Department of Applied Communications as well as a former dean of the College of Professional Studies. Additionally, Bruce Trimble, director of business development at BridgeWay Hospital in North Little Rock, was honored with the Alumni Making a Difference Award, which recognizes the outstanding contributions of an alumnus who has been instrumental in their community to foster the co-creation of better social worlds through positive communication. The department also recognized the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (糖心Vlog传媒MS) Center for Health Literacy and the 糖心Vlog传媒MS Patient and Family-Centered Care department with the Community Partner Awards. The award recognizes organizations who have partnered with the department to provide high-impact experiences for students, including internships, research projects, and job training. In the upper right photo,聽Dr. April Chatham-Carpenter (left) presents Lauren Sanders (right) with the Student Making a Difference Award.聽]]> /news-archive/2017/02/10/communication-skills-center-2017/ Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:18:51 +0000 /news/?p=66208 ... Communication Skills Center opens satellite location]]> Located in the Ottenheimer Library student computer lab, the skills center provides the center the opportunity to reach more students and build awareness of the organization鈥檚 resources. 鈥淲e鈥檙e here to assist students with any aspect of the presentation process,鈥� said Sayra Crandall, assistant director of the skills center. The satellite location is open to all students from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Students can set up appointments for help with numerous topics, including brainstorming ideas, organizing content, creating effective presentations, and learning how to adapt messages to audiences. 鈥淥ur goal is to always provide ethical feedback,鈥� Crandall said. 鈥淲e want students to leave us knowing that there are trusted people who want to help them do their very best.鈥� Interns and assistants in the primary skills center were excited about the new location, as the first time this was attempted, it didn鈥檛 go as well as planned. 鈥淲hen we tried this last semester, it was unsuccessful,鈥� Crandall said. 鈥淭here wasn鈥檛 much advertising done, and we were located in a back room of the computer lab, so no one knew we were there.鈥� Although there was talk about giving up on the idea, Crandall took on the project as her own, determined to find a way to reach students. 鈥淚 got excited about the project and promoted it as much as I could,鈥� Crandall said. 鈥淚 knew that we needed to be in a visible location. Now, I can tell students what we have to offer as they come through the door, whether they need us or not.鈥� Crandall says that only time will tell how successful the new location will be. For more information, contact Crandall at secrandall@ualr.edu or .]]>