- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/taemora-williams/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Mon, 06 May 2019 22:12:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Donaghey Scholars to present final projects May 7-9 /news-archive/2019/05/06/donaghey-scholars-projects/ Mon, 06 May 2019 22:12:02 +0000 /news/?p=74231 ... Donaghey Scholars to present final projects May 7-9]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 Donaghey Scholars spring graduates will present their final project presentations May 7-9. The 45-minute presentations will take place in Dickinson Hall Room 209 and will showcase the projects the honors students have worked on the past year.聽The final projects are an integral part of the Donaghey Scholars curriculum. 鈥淭hey must be a substantial piece of individual work, and as such are a crucial component to Scholars life after college. They aren鈥檛 just learning about how to do things; they are doing them, and that makes them competitive to employers and graduate schools,鈥 said Simon Hawkins, director of the Donaghey Scholars program. 鈥The range is always staggering, from chemistry research to novel drafts to political analyses to important work for community groups. It is particularly pleasing to see so many projects have a community focus.鈥 Historically, about a third of the projects have been centered on the community. Many projects are research-oriented, such as examining the water quality in Fourche Creek or studying the soil in different enclosures at the Little Rock Zoo, while other students have gathered data specifically for community organizations, such as the Historic Arkansas Museum. Still others provide direct services for community groups, designing web pages for schools and developing fundraising programs for nonprofits. Over the years, several 聽entrepreneurial students have turned their final projects into thriving businesses, Hawkins said. The presentation schedule is as follows: Tuesday, May 7 10-10:45 聽Luke Tyhurst – Rykos: Interactive Problem Solving for the Modern World 11-11:45 聽Julie O’Hara – The Effects of Elite Discourses on Secessionist Movements 12-12:45 聽Ingrid Helgestad – The Evolution of a Novel Medical Device: Solving the Problem of Unplanned Extubations in ICUs 1-1:45 p.m. 聽Jessica Morris – Evaluating Variations in Soil Composition Among Enclosures at the Little Rock Zoo 2-2:45 p.m. 聽Nicole Ursin – Understanding Museum Demographics: Historic Arkansas Museum Wednesday, May 8 12-12:45 聽Willow Moyer – Gibbs Elementary Website Project and Web Portfolio 1-1:45 聽Alex Palmer – Medical Marijuana and Federalism 3-3:45 聽Grishma KC – Characterization of a Novel Multi-Copper Cyanobacterial Laccase 4-4:45 聽Taemora Williams – Grassroots Fundraising: A Sustainable Development Plan for Partners in Knowledge Thursday, May 9 9-9:45 a.m. 聽Mirah Dievernich – Cell Phone Use in the Neonatal 聽Intensive Care Unit 10-10:45 a.m. Abigail Resendiz – Vascugenix Business Plan: Bringing a Medical Device to Market 11-11:45 a.m. Maxwell Campbell – Potential Impacts of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds on the Fourche Creek Ecosystem 12-12:45 p.m. 聽Arooba Ilyas – Purification of Water Using Different Adsorbents 3-3:45 p.m. 聽Tyler Maxwell – De Novo Biosynthesis of Resveratrol in Metabolically-Engineered Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803  ]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Downtown to open Jan. 16 /news-archive/2019/01/08/ua-little-rock-downtown/ Tue, 08 Jan 2019 15:30:34 +0000 /news/?p=73040 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Downtown to open Jan. 16]]> The university will hold a ribbon cutting and reception at noon with Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott and 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Chancellor Andrew Rogerson, followed by a program at 6 p.m. The program, 鈥淚ntroducing The Struggle in the South, a Joe Jones Mural,鈥 will be moderated by Sen. Joyce Elliott and will feature Brad Cushman, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Department of Art and Design gallery director and curator; author Guy Lancaster; Dr. Brian Mitchell, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock history professor; Dr. Bobby L. Roberts, former 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock archivist and former Central Arkansas Library System executive director; and 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock student Taemora Williams. Both events are free and open to the public, but attendees are encouraged to RSVP for the evening panel by calling 501-683-5239 or emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu. 鈥淭his new downtown facility will serve as a bridge to our main campus and as a center for showcasing the best of 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock,鈥澛 Dr. Rogerson said. 鈥淚t will offer easy access to university resources, recruitment information, lectures and panel discussions for students, faculty, supporters and guests.鈥 The downtown location will feature Joe Jones鈥 1935 mural, The Struggle in the South, which was originally painted in the dining hall at Commonwealth College near Mena, Ark. The artwork includes vibrant and provocative depictions of struggling sharecroppers, coal miners under the watch of an overlord, and a black family in fear and agony of a lynching. Recently restored with a $500,000 grant from the , the 44-by-9 foot mural spans two sides of the reflection room. 鈥淭his extraordinary work of art will inspire new generations to study, discuss and create their own legacy of social justice and equality,鈥 Cushman said. 鈥淎s viewers take in this mural and its compelling imagery, we hope they will reflect on their civic responsibility to one another.鈥 Ross Owyong will serve as director of the new center. A graduate of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, Owyong will oversee the use of spaces for meetings, workshops, training sessions and events. For more information about availability or rates, contact Owyoung at rlowyoung@ualr.edu or visit 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Downtown .  ]]> Metro BCM Team wins Reach 13,000 Dodgeball Tournament /news-archive/2018/08/31/reach-13000-dodgeball-tournament/ Fri, 31 Aug 2018 19:39:46 +0000 /news/?p=71673 ... Metro BCM Team wins Reach 13,000 Dodgeball Tournament]]> The 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Reach 13,000 Campaign kicked off with a dodgeball tournament that ended in an all-out battle between two campus ministry teams.聽 The tournament finale came down to a showdown between (Baptist Collegiate Ministry) Team #1 and Metro BCM Team No. 2. Metro BCM Team No. 1 came out on top as the winner. Amber Wolf, coordinator of the Chancellor鈥檚 Leadership Corps, which sponsors the Reach 13,000 Campaign, would argue that everyone came out a winner in the end. The winning team members include Chyna Dial, Anthony Freeman, Hunter Hobby, Sam Jordan, Lucee Lugo, Logan Snapp, Nia Washington, Mat Wheeler, and Taemora Williams. 鈥淲e had 23 great teams that came out and participated in our second annual dodgeball tournament,鈥 she said. 鈥淭he battle was intense, but everyone had a great time. In the end, we received more than 2,900 donations for the Reach 13,000 Campaign, which is almost double what we collected last year. That will greatly benefit three community organizations that help a lot of people.鈥 The hosts four events to raise support for the Reach 13,000 campaign. These donations are given to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Trojan Food Pantry, Staff Senate Helping Hands Committee, and the 12th Street Clinic. The next event is Constitution Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 17, with a voter registration drive, free Constitution handouts, and a bake sale, followed by the Fall Festival and kickball tournament in October and the annual Battle of the Talents on Nov. 8. An additional element of the campaign is a campus wide competition to see which 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock student organization and department collects the most items for the food drive. At the end of the campaign, the winners will receive a trophy in honor of their dedication to fighting hunger. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock departments and organizations can request a food drive donation box by. The most needed items include children鈥檚 books and coloring books, crayons, markers, toothbrushes, toothpaste, personal hygiene products, corn, cornbread mix, rice, pasta, Kool-Aid, peanut butter, jelly, cereal, Ramen noodles, and bottled water, as well as cans of green beans, beans, chicken, tuna, potatoes, fruit, pasta sauce, and soups. For more information, contact Amber Wolf at clc@ualr.edu. In the upper right photo, Metro BCM Team No. 1 came out on top in the 23-team dodgeball tournament that raised nearly 3,000 donations for the Reach 13,000 Campaign.聽]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock student wins scholarship to intern abroad /news-archive/2018/04/25/taemora-williams-study-abroad/ Wed, 25 Apr 2018 13:18:56 +0000 /news/?p=70262 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock student wins scholarship to intern abroad]]> As a member of the Spanish Worship Team at Faith Builders Church in Little Rock, Taemora Williams makes songs understandable in two languages at the bilingual church.聽 While she takes pride in helping more people worship, Williams, a Donaghey Scholar and business management major at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, feels that she is missing out by not having a better understanding of conversational Spanish. 鈥淚 lead people in worship, and then I get off the stage, and I can鈥檛 converse with people,鈥 she said. 鈥淚 am missing out on beautiful relationships.鈥 Williams plans to improve her language skills and gain professional experience by interning at a nonprofit organization promoting children鈥檚 film in Valencia, Spain, this summer. To help pay for the trip, Williams received a scholarship from the Fund for Education Abroad. The fund contains 100 scholarships totaling $335,000, which are awarded to U.S. students who are consistently underrepresented in study abroad programs. The students come from a variety of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. The 2018 Fund for Education Abroad winners were selected from a pool of over 2,300 applicants from 517 colleges and universities across the country. Williams received $3,750 from the Steckley-Weitzel Family Scholarship. She is the first student from the state of Arkansas to be selected for a scholarship from the Fund for Education Abroad.
Taemora Williams. Photo by Ben Krain.

Taemora Williams. Photo by Ben Krain.

鈥淚 will have a new experience, a new way of thinking, a new world view, and a new language that I will eventually pass on to my children,鈥 Williams said. 鈥淚 am blessed to have this opportunity from the Steckley-Weitzel Family. I am glad they know the value of giving to help someone else鈥檚 life and the impact that gift has on future generations. The Office of Study Abroad staff, including Director Emily Bell and Michelle Foley, senior program coordinator from FEA, was truly gracious and they worked with me to apply for this scholarship.鈥 Williams will leave for Spain on May 12 and return to Arkansas on Aug. 4. She will spend the first two weeks taking language classes at AIP Language Institute and spend the rest of the time as an event management intern at Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil Valenciano (International Children鈥檚 Film Festival of Valencia). The organization is a nonprofit cultural association, which promotes the children鈥檚 cinema made in Valencia. 鈥淎 lot of people are doing internships instead of traditional study abroad programs,鈥 Williams said. 鈥淚 want to get the most of my experience abroad, and I have always focused on academics, so I wanted to do something where I can cultivate and grow personally and professionally in a different way. This will really force me to grasp the culture instead of staying in a university setting most of the time. I am so excited for this experience.鈥 Williams, who is minoring in nonprofit leadership studies and public relations, will graduate from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in 2019 and plans to become an external fundraiser in the nonprofit sector. Williams will post journal entries of her study abroad experience that can be. 聽 For more information about study or interning abroad opportunities, contact the Office of Study Abroad at 501-569-3376 or studyabroad@ualr.edu. ]]>