/news-archive/tag/service-learning/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:10:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2019/01/16/service-learning-gift-college-social-sciences-communication/ Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:10:53 +0000 /news/?p=73111 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock receives gift to encourage service learning in College of Social Sciences and Communication]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $37,500 gift to promote the importance of service learning in college education.聽 John and Shannon Chamberlin of Little Rock have made the gift to create the Champions for Service Learning Fund that will benefit the College of Social Sciences and Communication at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. 鈥淥ur interest in service learning stems originally from service-learning experiences Shannon had in college,鈥� John Chamberlin said. 鈥淏ecause those experiences had such a transformative effect on her personally, she wanted the same for her students, so she assigned service learning in the writing courses she taught at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. Her doctoral dissertation research centered on interviews with university faculty regarding their experiences with service learning. We hope that support from this fund will address some of the needs revealed through that research.鈥� Shannon Chamberlin spent two summers during college working with the Dayton Urban Summer Project, living in a neighborhood settlement house in a distressed neighborhood. There were so many families living together in some of the neighboring houses that children had to sleep four to a bed in four-hour shifts. Children were turned out in the night to fend for themselves when it wasn’t their turn in the bed. Shannon’s assignment was to keep the children occupied and safe.” 鈥�My eyes were opened to the difficult lives some folks live, and I wanted to help make that better,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 also wanted to help bring others to that same realization and commitment. When I taught classes, I assigned service learning to encourage students to find ways to help others and to reflect upon and write about their experiences.鈥� The fund will cover the cost of travel and conference fees for at least two faculty members a year from the College of Social Sciences and Communication to attend a service learning conference. 鈥淥ur hope for this fund is to encourage and support faculty who aim to expand service-learning opportunities for 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students,鈥� the Chamberlins said. 鈥�Over time, we hope new Champions and those already assigning service learning will form a supportive learning community and that service learning will spread throughout 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock campus culture. The more service-learning opportunities students have, the better for them, for 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, and for our community.鈥� Additionally, the gift will provide funding for 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Public Radio stations K糖心Vlog传媒R and KLRE to run spots to showcase service-learning projects and to share learning outcomes with faculty and students. 鈥�Spots on K糖心Vlog传媒R radio will spotlight service-learning projects, faculty research in the field, and accomplishments of students and their community partners,鈥� the Chamberlins said. 鈥淲e hope these spots will act as encouragement by recognizing and valuing those involved and will also be regarded as models for others who might want to get engaged.鈥� The Chamberlins, both former instructors at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, serve as inaugural members of the College of Social Sciences and Communication Dean鈥檚 Community Advisory Council. Additionally, Shannon also served on the Writing Council, Ottenheimer Library Board, Community Engagement Council, and is a lifetime member of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Alumni Association. Dr. Julien Mirivel, interim dean of the College of Social Sciences and Communication, said the gift will make an important impact on faculty and students. 鈥淚n CSSC, we believe that the most important part of an education is deep learning. Faculty can make a tremendous difference in students鈥� lives by connecting the material of their discipline with service in the community,鈥� Mirivel said. 鈥淪tudents can learn about the criminal justice system while mentoring young people and listening to their stories. In applied communication, students can learn to give an effective presentation about their community engagement with a non-profit. The gift will support the professional development of two CSSC faculty per year for the next five years so that they can deepen their teaching methods and incorporate service learning. In turn, they will improve the structure of their course with a service-learning component and create better learning for our students. This gift supports our mission to be excellent teachers who are also improving the community around us.鈥� ]]> /news-archive/2017/03/14/ua-little-rock-service-learning-academy/ Tue, 14 Mar 2017 16:24:29 +0000 /news/?p=66587 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock accepting applications for Service-Learning Academy]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Community Connection Center will hold a Service-Learning Academy for 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock faculty members and instructors interested in integrating service learning into their courses.聽 Service learning is a teaching strategy that combines community service with classroom instruction. Service learning teaches students civic responsibility and provides a practical application of the skills learned in the classroom. The workshop will run from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday through Thursday June 5-8, in the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock University District Building. Full-time faculty members and instructors will have the chance to earn a $1,000 stipend for successful completion of the workshop and a service-learning course. Led by Dr. Kristen McIntyre, director of the Communication Skill Center, the academy will cover all aspects of adapting a class into a service-learning course, including learning outcomes and assessment, relationships with community partners, reflection activities, and liability and access issues. Dr. Laura Barrio-Vilar, assistant professor of English and graduate of the academy, said the academy is a must for those interested in service learning. 鈥淣ot only will you learn the theoretical and practical approaches to service learning, but you will enjoy being part of a community of individuals with a passion for teaching and learning,鈥� Barrio-Vilar said. 鈥淭he most enriching aspects of the academy are interacting with members of other disciplines, and learning best practices from the experts.” Full-time faculty and instructors who participate in all academy sessions and complete a course syllabus and teaching plan will receive a $500 stipend. They will be given an additional $500 stipend after teaching a service-learning course and providing feedback. Applications are due Monday, March 27. Fill out the to apply for the Service-Learning Academy. For more information, contact Betsy Hart at edhart@ualr.edu or 501.569.3424. In the upper right photo is聽Dr. Kristen McIntyre. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III/糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Communications.聽]]> /news-archive/2016/05/24/service-learning-academy/ Tue, 24 May 2016 21:14:42 +0000 /news/?p=64445 ... Community Connection Center to hold Service-Learning Academy]]> The workshop will run from 9 to 11 a.m. June 6-9 in the 糖心Vlog传媒LR University District Building. Full-time faculty members and instructors will have the chance to earn a $1,000 stipend for successful completion of the workshop and a service-learning course. Led by Dr. Kristen McIntyre, director of the Communication Skill Center, the academy will cover all aspects of adapting a course into a service-learning course, including learning outcomes and assessment, working with community partners, reflection activities, and liability and access issues. Full-time faculty and instructors who participate in all academy sessions and complete a course syllabus and teaching plan will receive a $500 stipend. They will be given an additional $500 stipend after teaching a service-learning course and providing feedback. For more information, contact Betsy Hart at edhart@ualr.edu or 501.569.3424.    ]]> /news-archive/2012/10/15/students-to-remember-classmate-with-memorials/ /news-archive/2012/10/15/students-to-remember-classmate-with-memorials/#respond Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:58:20 +0000 https://ualrprd.wpengine.com/news-archive/?p=36512 ... Students to Remember Classmate with Memorials]]> Members of 糖心Vlog传媒LR’s chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the Spanish honor society, are collaborating with Guardado’s classmates, many of whom are enrolled in Dr. Erin Finzer鈥檚 service learning seminar on violence in Latin American literature, to remember her life this month. Students set up an altar in Guardado鈥檚 honor Oct. 5, and will maintain it through Nov. 3 in observance of the Mexican Day of the Dead. The altar is located on the second floor of the Donaghey Student Center to allow students and community members the opportunity to celebrate Guardado鈥檚 life. On display at the altar is a handmade book crafted and written by Guardado鈥檚 classmates last fall. Modeled on the artists鈥� books of the Latin American cartonera movement, the book also addresses issues of safety within the 糖心Vlog传媒LR community, as well as violence against women as a global epidemic. At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, students will host a candlelight vigil in the mall area in front of 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Donaghey Student Center. The event is open to the public and will commemorate the life of Guardado and other women who have been victims of violence. At both events, donations are being accepted in Guardado鈥檚 memory for Safe Places, a Little Rock nonprofit that provides services to individuals and families hurt by sexual and family violence and abuse, human trafficking, homicide, and other violent crimes. Students in Finzer’s seminar are volunteering for Safe Places as part of their service-learning requirement in various capacities, including leading support groups for victims and prevention education in Spanish. On Oct. 12, 2011, Guardado’s car was found in a private parking lot across the street from the 糖心Vlog传媒LR campus. She didn’t show up for class that day, and family members later reported her missing. Her body was found in a pond near Sweet Home four days later on Oct. 16. On the day she went missing, Guardado was expected to show up for Finzer鈥檚 Latin American Cultures class, which was studying the femicides on the US-Mexico border and Guatemala. For more information, contact Erin Finzer at 501.569.3272.]]> /news-archive/2012/10/15/students-to-remember-classmate-with-memorials/feed/ 0 /news-archive/2011/10/27/project-raises-4600-for-race-for-the-cure/ /news-archive/2011/10/27/project-raises-4600-for-race-for-the-cure/#respond Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:56:43 +0000 https://ualrprd.wpengine.com/news-archive/?p=28073 ... Project Raises $4,600 for Race for the Cure]]> 鈥淥ur students showed up in full force this past Saturday, and they were motivated, organized and active participants of the event,鈥� said Academic Advisor Kim Tran. 聽 鈥淭hey were especially proud to represent 糖心Vlog传媒LR to our community and understand the importance of this.鈥� The first-year colloquium is part of 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 effort to transform divergent strangers into a cohesive class of students connected to the campus and the community. That early connection is a key to academic success. Colloquium members organized participation in the race, including students, faculty, and staff. The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Rock for the Cure team numbered more than 139. 鈥淲e would not have been able to do this without the efforts of our many freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, master’s, and doctoral students, our faculty, our staff, and our many 糖心Vlog传媒LR family and friends,鈥� Tran said. Many of the freshmen organizing the effort said it was their first exposure to working on a project of this magnitud,e and for some it was their first social outing off campus. 鈥淭his is a win that our students will carry on for life,鈥� Tran said. 鈥淲e are also thankful for the efforts of 聽Dr. Joel E. Anderson, 糖心Vlog传媒LR chancellor; Dr. Daryl Rice,聽associate dean for academic affairs in the Academic Affairs/Student Success office; and the freshman students of the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Class of 2015.鈥� Other organizations participating in the success of the effort were Undergraduate Academic Advising, the Bachelor of Social Work Student Organization, the Little Rock student chapter of the International Association for Information and Data Quality, the Department of Counseling, Adult and Rehabilitation Education (CARE), the Office of Campus Life, and the Purchasing Department. 鈥淲e especially thank our in-kind sponsors, Wild Wear Inc. of Little Rock, Jimmy John’s, Starbucks, Rally’s, and Ken Johnson Parking Services, and are ecstatic to have the support of our business community for such an important cause,鈥� Tran said.]]> /news-archive/2011/10/27/project-raises-4600-for-race-for-the-cure/feed/ 0 /news-archive/2011/05/24/10-sophomores-picked-as-friday-fellows/ /news-archive/2011/05/24/10-sophomores-picked-as-friday-fellows/#respond Tue, 24 May 2011 21:32:50 +0000 https://ualrprd.wpengine.com/news-archive/?p=24740 ... 10 Sophomores Picked as Friday Fellows]]> Friday Fellows, the university鈥檚 elite service-learning program aimed at developing future leaders. Selected to the two-year program are:

• Jordan Benedict of Benton, majoring in dance.
• Shadeed Dawkins of Manchester, Jamaica; majoring in political science.
• Craig Hartaway of North Little Rock, double majoring in professional and technical writing and speech communication.
• Ed Hernandez of Glenwood, majoring in biology.
• Regina Lewis of Monticello, majoring in chemistry.
• Brittney Mitchell of Heber Springs, majoring in psychology.
• Dariane Mull of Little Rock, double majoring in theatre arts and English.
• Meredith Rideout of Fort Smith, majoring in dance performance.
• Tiffany Thompson of Wake Village, Texas, with an undeclared major.
• Catherine Vanlandingham of Bryant, majoring in nursing.

The new group of Fellows will take a leadership and service course each semester and participate in a service project connected to the course. Friday Fellows receive a stipend that can be used for tuition, housing, books, or other expenses. 聽A travel stipend may be available for students interested in travel domestically or abroad after they have completed the first two years of the program. Students will be required to keep a 3.25 grade point average to remain in the program. Application to the program begins in the spring semester. 聽For more information, please contact Betsy Hart at 501-569-3424.]]> /news-archive/2011/05/24/10-sophomores-picked-as-friday-fellows/feed/ 0 /news-archive/2011/04/18/students-improve-fishing-in-broadmoor-lake/ /news-archive/2011/04/18/students-improve-fishing-in-broadmoor-lake/#respond Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:16:13 +0000 https://ualrprd.wpengine.com/news-archive/?p=23960 ... Students Improve Fishing in Broadmoor Lake]]> A group of students in Dr. Forrest Payne鈥檚 limnology class enthusiastically undertook the project last fall, led by biology student Nicole Freeman, investigating the water quality in the lake. Limnology is the study of inland waters. Freeman will graduate this summer with a master鈥檚 degree. Other graduate students on the project were Melanie VanSon, Andrew Cornell, and M.C. Somers, all of Little Rock. The group proposed a service learning project to determine how the aquatic habitat can improve the health of the lake, as well as enhancing the quality of life for the residents of Broadmoor Estates, one of Little Rock鈥檚 first post-war subdivisions that forms the western border of the University District. The students worked closely with Rhiannon Morgan, the research compliance officer in 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Graduate School, who also lives in the Broadmoor neighborhood. She facilitated meetings with members of the to hear their concerns about the lake. 鈥淚t was decided that the students would collect baseline data for the parameters, temperature, conductivity, pH, and dissolved oxygen in the lake,鈥� Payne said. 鈥淪ome phytoplankton samples were also collected. There were fish in the lake before the study, but the population appeared to be imbalanced.鈥� The data was compiled into tables and figures that were presented, along with a written report that contained the team’s conclusions, to the neighborhood group for review. The data indicated fairly typical conditions for a small, shallow lake found in a temperate environment. Limited algal data indicated good water quality. 聽The question is whether the fishing experience has declined because the fish community is out of balance 鈥� too many small fish 鈥� deteriorating spawning habitat, or both. The data collected by the 糖心Vlog传媒LR students gave members the information needed to stock the lake properly. In February, Broadmoor resident and avid fisherman Keith Gillen helped stock the lake with blue gill and bream. 鈥淚 am so proud of the efforts of Nicole and the other students, and thankful for the very helpful service the students and Dr. Payne provided,鈥� said Morgan, who now is a member of the Broadmoor Property Owners Association Board.]]> /news-archive/2011/04/18/students-improve-fishing-in-broadmoor-lake/feed/ 0