A recruitment video for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences has found a new home on YouTube:
Amy Manning Burns, AHSS Director of Communications and Public Relations, planned the video, with filming and editing aided by UALR Television and students of Dr. Dave Fisher of the Department of Rhetoric and Writing Department. Burns said the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences is using the video at New Student Orientation sessions to highlight a sampling of programs and opportunities at the college.
A similar video is planned which will focus on faculty interviews and programs.
UALR’s Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology (EIT) today welcomes Kelley Bass as its new assistant dean of external affairs, said Dean Mary L. Good.
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Lt. Gov. Bill Halter addressed attendees of the inaugural Arkansas Victim Assistance Academy that opened Sunday for a six-day course providing counselors and advocates skills and training to help the victims of crime.
The academy, from July 13 to 18, will conclude with a graduation ceremony featuring an address by Rep. Dawn Creekmore of Hensley, an active supporter of the program. Creekmore will also lead a discussion on legislative trends in victim rights.
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UALR awarded more degrees this academic year than in any other in the last 30 years, said University number cruncher James R. Lynch, director of Institutional Research.
UALR’s Alumni Association welcomes June’s new members:
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UALR biology students Jeremy Reese of Maumelle and Trent Gephardt of Benton are national bass fishing champions, winning top honors at last week’s Under Armour College Bass National Championship. They beat second-place finishers Texas A&M and third-place winners from Faulkner University in Alabama.
The University of Alabama placed fourth and Auburn University rounded up the top five places. In all, the UALR team beat out teams from 50 universities across the country
Reese and Gephardt brought in five fish totaling 21.4 pounds, nearly four pounds over the second place winner.
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UALR’s Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology (EIT) welcomes Kelley Bass as its new assistant dean of external affairs, Dean Mary L. Good said today.
Bass, who is leaving his position as vice-president of communications and business development for Advanced Cabling Systems in North Little Rock, will be responsible for developing the college’s relationships with external audiences such as advisory groups and donors. He replaces Joe Swaty, who left the college after seven years in a personal move to Colorado Springs.
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Dale Nicholson, president and general manager of ABC-TV affiliate KATV, and Ray Dillon, president and CEO of Deltic Timber Corp., have reached an agreement that will net UALR’s two public radio stations increased operational efficiency and expanded coverage area – an in-kind gift valued at about $2.7 million for the University.
The agreement will allow KATV to build a 1,150-foot tower on Shinall Mountain west of Little Rock, part of Chenal Valley and owned by Deltic Timber. The KATV tower will include antenna space at the 500-foot mark for UALR’s public radio stations KUAR and KLRE.
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Officials of St. Vincent Health System (SVHS) and UALR today announced a new five-year partnership that will help combat the nursing shortage in Arkansas.
After completing his term as the longest-serving dean in the history of the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law, Chuck Goldner will return to one of the places he loves best – the classroom.