Take Note
October 2006
The electronic newsletter of the UA College of Education and Health Professions
Book Details Investigation of Atrocities
Samuel Totten, UA professor and genocide scholar, says black Africans in Darfur are still suffering two years after documentation of killings, rapes of innocent people.
Two years have passed since then-Secretary of State Colin Powell reported to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that genocide was being committed in Darfur, Sudan. Samuel Totten awakes in the middle of the night sometimes and remembers the accounts of rape, torture and slayings that he documented while spending two weeks in 2004 at refugee camps in neighboring Chad. Read More »
Simple Bicycle Ride Lessens Depression Among Elderly
Elderly nursing home residents fondly and vividly recalled their first bike ride decades earlier when given the chance to take a ride on a tandem bicycle with built-in wheelchair. Read More »
Speech-Language Pathology Students at Work
Lac'e Sanderson, left, a first-year master's student in the communication disorders program, tests the hearing of a University of Arkansas student Oct. 12 at a UA student health fair. Students in the program within the Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources and Communication Disorders spent several hours conducting screenings at the Arkansas Union. People were asked to raised one hand as they heard tones through headphones, and they were given an informational pamphlet if they had trouble hearing the sounds. The department operates the UA Speech and Hearing Clinic, which offers evaluation and treatment of communication disorders for children and adults.
Experts to Offer Ideas for Education Reform
Academics from around the country will gather Oct. 20 at the Kauffman Conference Center in Kansas City, Mo., to present their ideas for reforming the nation's education system. They will discuss merit pay for teachers, accountability systems, structural change and early academic intervention.
The conference is sponsored by the Department of Education Reform. Presenters are members of the department's technical board of advisors and faculty members of the department. An edited book of the papers is planned following the conference.
Don't Forget
Doctoral graduates, you can read articles about your fellow graduates of the College of Education and Health Professions and fill out a form to keep the college informed about what you are doing. Read More »
Faculty members, please talk to your students about the multidisciplinary service-learning course and trip to Belize in the spring and summer semesters. Gary Ritter is the college's member of the faculty teaching team. Read More »
Calendar of Events
- Oct. 27 Department of Education Reform lecture series, Cheri Yecke, Florida's chancellor of K-12 education, noon-1:30 p.m., Graduate Education Building auditorium foyer
- Nov. 3 Department of Education Reform lecture series, Sandra Stotsky, adviser to the U.S. Department of Education, noon-1:30 p.m., Graduate Education Building auditorium foyer
- Nov. 6 Communication disorders program public meeting with accreditation site visitors, 4:15-5 p.m., Graduate Education Building Room 309
- Nov. 10 State of the University address by Chancellor John White, 10:30 a.m., Arkansas Union Theatre
Editor's Note: "Take Note" is published bimonthly with information about programs, events and achievements of the faculty, staff and students of the departments, research and service units of the College of Education and Health Professions. Please contact Heidi Stambuck, director of communications, with comments and suggestions.
(479) 575-3138, stambuck@uark.edu