- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/thv11/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Thu, 18 Oct 2018 13:20:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Little Rock mayoral candidates vie for voters in THV11 debate at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/2018/10/18/mayoral-forum-thv11/ Thu, 18 Oct 2018 13:20:41 +0000 /news/?p=72360 ... Little Rock mayoral candidates vie for voters in THV11 debate at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock]]> The five men hoping to come out on top at the polls on Nov. 6 in Little Rock鈥檚 mayoral election took to the stage at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock鈥檚 Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall on Oct. 16 to tackle a variety of tough questions on crime, education, jobs, the economy, legalizing marijuana, and more.聽 partnered with 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to host the mayoral forum in front of a packed and enthusiastic crowd at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. THV11鈥檚 Amanda Jaeger and Arkansas Business鈥檚 Lance Turner hosted the event. Mayoral candidates Frank Scott Jr., Warwick Sabin, Baker Kurrus, Vincent Tolliver, and Glen Schwarz answered 25 questions submitted to THV11 through an online survey and social media. The questions were divided into five categories, including 鈥淥n The Streets,鈥 鈥淣ot Politics,鈥 鈥淏etter Together,鈥 鈥淩eport Card,鈥 and 鈥淪erve and Protect.鈥 THV11 aired the mayoral forum live on air and on Facebook Live. The entire forum can be. For a quick recap, there is also an . ]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, THV11 to host 鈥楲ittle Rock, Big Choice鈥 mayoral forum Oct. 17 /news-archive/2018/10/17/ua-little-rock-thv11-to-host-little-rock-big-choice-mayoral-forum-oct-17/ Wed, 17 Oct 2018 13:46:16 +0000 /news/?p=72160 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, THV11 to host 鈥楲ittle Rock, Big Choice鈥 mayoral forum Oct. 17]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is partnering with THV11 to host the 鈥淟ittle Rock, Big Choice鈥 mayoral forum in THV11鈥檚 primetime lineup on Wednesday, Oct. 17.聽 Broadcasted live from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, 鈥淟ittle Rock, Big Choice鈥 is a unique mayoral forum that will give the people of Little Rock a chance to write in their questions via social media for the 2018 mayoral candidates. The event will begin at 8 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Building on the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock campus. The forum will be aired on THV11, thv11.com, and on Facebook Live. People who are interested in submitting questions to the forum anonymously may to share questions and topics of interest for this year鈥檚 mayoral candidates.]]> Event raises nearly $55k for audiology and speech pathology students; recent grad gets unexpected surprise /news-archive/2017/06/14/jazz-and-juleps/ Wed, 14 Jun 2017 15:27:34 +0000 /news/?p=67308 ... Event raises nearly $55k for audiology and speech pathology students; recent grad gets unexpected surprise]]> The May 25 event, which was held at the Clinton Presidential Center, honored Cassandra Steele, director of special programs for the and a 1988 graduate of 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. All funds raised from the event will go toward an endowed scholarship fund in Steele鈥檚 name. In her role at Little Rock School District, Steele oversees nearly 60 speech pathologists and more than 200 special education teachers. They provide services to about 2,700 students who receive special education lessons within the district. During her speech, Steele gave one recent graduate of the joint 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock-University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences audiology and speech pathology graduate program the surprise of a lifetime.
Cassandra Steele (left) celebrates Madison White's (right) acceptance of a job offer as a speech-language pathologist with the Little Rock School District. Photo by Nelson Cheanault.

Cassandra Steele (left) celebrates Madison White’s (right) acceptance of a job offer as a speech-language pathologist with the Little Rock School District. Photo by Nelson Cheanault.

During the 2016-17 academic year, Steele helped establish a partnership in which 10 audiology and speech pathology graduate students from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock and 糖心Vlog传媒MS earned professional experience and stipends by serving as interns with Little Rock School District. Steele asked one of the interns, Madison White, to come to the stage during Jazz and Juleps. Believing that she was there to tell the crowd about her experiences as an intern, White was quite surprised when Steele offered her a job as a speech-language pathologist with Little Rock School District. 鈥淎s I walked to the front and stood next to her, I was thinking about what I would say about my intern experience,鈥 White said. 鈥淪o I was completely caught off guard when she offered me a job. I was overwhelmed by the immediate amount of support and encouragement I received from everyone at the event, and I was so flattered that she would honor me in that way during her speech as the event honoree.鈥 After congratulating White, Steele encouraged 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock alumni to find ways to give back. 鈥淲hen you graduate from the department, you know that you are equipped to be the best in the profession,鈥 Steele said. 鈥淎s you delve into life after school, never pass on an opportunity to teach, mentor, or to serve. Together, we can accomplish so much for those with speech and hearing difficulties.鈥 In the upper right photo, celebrity auctioneer Craig O’Neill takes pictures with the upbeat crowd at the 8th annual Jazz and Juleps event at the Clinton Presidential Center. Photo by Nelson Chenault.聽]]>