Kumpuris will deliver her talk, “Reach Out and Touch: Connecting High-Quality Educational and Storytelling Audiences through Video-Based Content,” at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 27 via Zoom.

In this lecture, Kumpuris will discuss strategies to effectively engage, inspire, and educate audiences through video-based content creation, including storytelling, language, on-camera talent, engagement, and understanding of the viewing audience.

Since joining Arkansas PBS in 2019, Kumpuris has led several initiatives in partnership with the Arkansas Department of Education, including the summer learning series, Rise and Shine, Arkansas AMI, and Arkansas IDEAS, which produces video resources. She has led storytelling initiatives at Arkansas PBS including the documentary, “7 Days – The Opioid Crisis.” Currently, she is producing the station’s first narrative kids’ television series, “Mystery League,” with 20 episodes filmed entirely in Arkansas. She has been nominated for four regional Emmy awards, winning one for her work on Arkansas AMI. She is also a school board member for the Excel Center at Goodwill Industries of Arkansas.

In 2022, Kumpuris was selected to serve on the National PBS Station Leadership Committee for Children’s Media and Education. For 18 years, she led a national business training network as a broadcast producer and on-camera talent at Dillard’s corporate in Little Rock. In 2011, she freelanced as a producer and received three Telly awards for her work. She received a Master of Arts degree in Applied Communication from ����Vlog��ý Little Rock in 2020, and her graduate work focused on opioid education in Arkansas.

The Leadership Lecture Series features presentations by faculty and graduates of the Department of Applied Communication at ����Vlog��ý Little Rock in the areas of communication, management, and leadership.

The lecture is free and open to the public. You may sign up for the virtual lectures via this online form.

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����Vlog��ý Little Rock is hosting a variety of summer camps in writing, engineering, coding, cybersecurity, athletics, as well as the ever-popular Summer Laureate University for Youth (SLUFY) for gifted and talented students.

Check out our comprehensive list of summer camps below to find the right fit for your family!

Young Writers Camp

Dates: July 24-28, 8 a.m. to noon. Grades 3-5
Cost: $150
Contact: Greg Graham, gxgraham@ualr.edu

Summer Laureate University for Youth (SLUFY)

Dates: July 10-21
Time: 12:30-5:30 p.m. Monday – Friday
Cost: $325

Arkansas GenCyber Strength Training Program

Dates: June 19-22, June 26-29, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Grades: 7-12
Cost: Free thanks to a grant from National Security Agency

MT Stage: Expressions

Dates: June 26-30
Grades: 7-9
Cost: Free thanks to a grant from the Arkansas Department of Education

Theater Makers Workshop

Dates: June 12-16
Ages: 9-13
Cost: $275

Piano Ensemble Workshop

Dates: June 12-16, June 19-23
Ages: 9-13
Cost: $275

Engineering Scholars Program

Dates: June 11-17
For: Current 8th-11th graders interested in engineering.
Cost: Free
Applications are due April 30.

Transportation Engineering Institute

Dates: June 11-23
For: Current 8th-11th graders who are Arkansas residents and have at least a 2.5 GPA
Cost: Free
Applications are due April 30.

Windstream Girls CODE

Dates: July 16-21
For: Current 7th & 8th graders (males and females)
Cost: Free
Applications are due April 30.

Dates: July 31- Aug. 4
For: Rising 7-12th Graders
Cost: $125

Trojan Athletics Summer Camps

July 12-15, Grades: 7-12.
Camp costs $285 for commuters and $385 for those who stay on campus.

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