- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/tom-cotton/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fri, 29 Sep 2017 18:52:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Bowen alum Cody Hiland confirmed as U.S. Attorney /news-archive/2017/09/29/cody-hiland-bowen/ Fri, 29 Sep 2017 18:52:40 +0000 /news/?p=68127 ... Bowen alum Cody Hiland confirmed as U.S. Attorney]]> A graduate of the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas.聽 Cody Hiland, of Conway, serves as the 20th Judicial prosecuting attorney, which serves Faulkner, Van Buren, and Searcy counties. President Donald Trump nominated Hiland after receiving recommendations by Sen. John Boozman and Sen. Tom Cotton. Hiland was on Sept. 28 to serve a four-year term as U.S. Attorney. 鈥淚 am pleased that the Senate confirmed Cody, who I am confident will be an excellent U.S. Attorney,鈥 Boozman said in a press release. 鈥淗e has the commitment, experience, and expertise necessary to tackle the challenges he will face in this new role. I congratulate Cody and look forward to working with him to help make our communities safer.鈥 Hiland graduated from Bowen in 1998. He is a former partner at Hiland, Thomas & Cox, PLLC in Conway. He also previously served as staff attorney and rural and community liaison for the Arkansas Public Service Commission; program director for the Arkansas Transitional Employment Board; and legislative liaison and aide to Gov. Mike Huckabee. The U.S. Attorney鈥檚 Office Eastern District of Arkansas includes five divisions and 41 counties in the state. It is responsible for representing the federal government in virtually all litigation for this district. This includes criminal prosecutions for violations of federal law, civil lawsuits by and against the government, and actions to collect judgments and restitution on behalf of victims and taxpayers. ]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students represent Somalia in National Model Arab League /news-archive/2017/04/17/national-model-arab-league/ Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:25:37 +0000 /news/?p=66835 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students represent Somalia in National Model Arab League]]> The Model Arab League is a student leadership development program created by the. It is a simulation of an international organization, the League of Arab States, which has 22 member countries. While visiting Washington, D.C., the students met with Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and sat in on a Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Model Arab Leagues members include Andrea Elias, Shelby Shelton, Emmanuel Onochie, Jalen Stevenson, Vanessa Griffin, Jonathan Nwosu, Austin Robinson, Makell Swinney, Brian Gregory, Eliza Akhoudas, Nathan Davis, Mariam Bouzihay, Anet Rosas, Emily Powell, Kevin Shatley, Paige Topping, Heidi Davis, and Austin Soulsby.
糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students visit Sen. Tom Cotton during a trip to the National Model Arab League in Washington, D.C. Pictured (L-R) Back row: Jalen Stevenson, Vanessa Griffin, Nathan Davis, Heidi Davis, Austin Soulsby, Kevin Shatley, and Brian Gregory. Front row: Shelby Shelton, Andrea Elias, Makell Swinney, Eliza Akhoudas, Anet Rosas, Paige Topping, Emily Powell, Mariam Bouzihay, Austin Robinson, Emmanuel Onochie, Jonathan Nwosu, and Dr. Rebecca Glazier.

糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students visit Sen. Tom Cotton during a trip to the National Model Arab League in Washington, D.C. Pictured (L-R) Back row: Jalen Stevenson, Vanessa Griffin, Nathan Davis, Heidi Davis, Austin Soulsby, Kevin Shatley, and Brian Gregory. Front row: Shelby Shelton, Andrea Elias, Makell Swinney, Eliza Akhoudas, Anet Rosas, Paige Topping, Emily Powell, Mariam Bouzihay, Austin Robinson, Emmanuel Onochie, Jonathan Nwosu, and Dr. Rebecca Glazier.

More than 400 students participated in the conference March 29 to April 2. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock team members represented Somalia, a country located on the Horn of Africa with a population of about 11 million people. 鈥淭he students conducted simulated diplomatic negotiations on a variety of important issues 鈥 聽from the refugee crisis to water scarcity to combating terrorism,鈥 said Dr. Rebecca Glazier, faculty adviser of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Model Arab League and associate professor in the School of Public Affairs. In the upper right photo,聽糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students visit Washington, D.C. during a trip to the National Model Arab League. Pictured (L-R) Nathan Davis, Heidi Davis, Makell Swinney, Brian Gregory, Jalen Stevenson, Emmanuel Onochie, Paige Topping, Jonathan Nwosu, and Austin Robinson.]]> Dean Whitman meets with Arkansas lawmakers in Washington /news-archive/2017/02/16/dean-whitman-meets-with-arkansas-lawmakers-in-washington/ Thu, 16 Feb 2017 18:41:56 +0000 /news/?p=66316 ... Dean Whitman meets with Arkansas lawmakers in Washington]]> Dr. Lawrence Whitman, dean of the George W. Donaghey College of Engineering and Technology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, traveled to Washington, D.C. Feb. 6-8 to meet with members of the Arkansas congressional delegation.聽 Whitman was joined by University of Arkansas College of Engineering Dean John English, Arkansas State University College of Engineering Associate Dean Paul Mixon, and Arkansas Technical University College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean Neal Barlow. The deans, along with engineering deans from across the country who are members of the Engineering Deans Council of the, heard from U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, who is also an engineer. The group also met with U.S. Sen. John Boozman, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, U.S. Rep. French Hill, and the staff of U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford and U.S. Rep. Steve Womack. During the trip, the group thanked the congressmen for their support of federal research dollars for Arkansas educators and researchers, and described how research impacts the state and country. Whitman pointed out and provided examples as to how that research improves the classes that students take for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. The group also discussed upcoming legislation, K-12 education, the federal budget, and federal funding for research and development, Whitman said. In the upper right photo, Dean Whitman and three Arkansas engineering deans meet with U.S. Rep. French Hill. Pictured from left to right are Dean English, Associate Dean Paul Mixon, U.S. Rep. French Hill, Dean Lawrence Whitman, and Dean Neal Barlow.]]>