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The Office of Community Standards and Student Ethics is recruiting graduate students to serve on the All University Conduct Board for the 2010-11 academic year.Posted on 3/29/2010
Three former U.S. surgeons general will be featured on a panel during the Arkansas Minority Health Summit on April 15 at Philander Smith College in Little Rock.Posted on 3/28/2010
All College of Education and Health professions employees are encouraged to nominate classified staff employees in recognition of outstanding service. All regularly appointed classified staff are eligible for nomination and you may nominate an employee from any department.Posted on 3/22/2010
Three University of Arkansas faculty members offer several recommendations to the Arkansas Department of Education and the Arkansas Department of Higher Education concerning the teaching of literature in a new report.Posted on 3/19/2010
In spite of the barrage of anti-testing news, some teachers say tests have not sapped their creativity or hindered collaboration and that they appreciate having useful data, a road map for instruction, and a sense of accountability for all educators.
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April 14 is the deadline to apply to be a student ambassador for the College of Education and Health Professions.Posted on 3/1/2010
Students who want to work as advising assistants this summer must apply by April 1.Posted on 3/1/2010
University of Arkansas staff member Lynne Hehr has taken on another leadership position in science education, this one of international scope.Posted on 2/23/2010
Two University of Arkansas students won events in the ice climbing competition in January at the University of North Iowa.Posted on 2/9/2010
Tamara St. Marthe, a doctoral student, and Chase Stoudenmire, a master's student, received scholarships from The Higher Education Organization (THEO), a registered student organization on the UA campus.Posted on 2/2/2010
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Three students in graduate programs in the College of Education and Health Professions won scholarships recently from the Northwest Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Planning Committee.
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Baseball and softball pitchers of all ages can participate in research at the University of Arkansas that will also provide the pitchers with information that could improve their delivery.
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Students at the University of Arkansas can submit entries in an art contest honoring former Dean Reed Greenwood of the College of Education and Health Professions. The winning entry will be placed on exhibit in the Graduate Education Building, which houses the dean's office of the college, and the winner will receive $1,000.
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The deadline for the UA Libraries to accept orders this year for books is at the end of January.
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Four candidates for the position of dean of the Graduate School and International Education at the University of Arkansas have been selected by the search committee for a campus interview.
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Steve Dittmore, assistant professor of recreation at the University of Arkansas, was back on old stomping grounds recently when he spoke at the second annual Sport Management Recognition Night at Wichita State University.
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Are you looking for a way to jump start your healthy habits in 2010?
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Anyone interested in sustainable practices that mean considerable savings in home heating and cooling could take a lesson from a small nonprofit organization that is helping to build housing for American Indians living within their reservations.Posted on 11/9/2009
Chris Goering, a University of Arkansas professor, recently completed and published his first musical CD titled Where He's Going. The 12-track CD, labeled as Americana or alternative country, features Goering as songwriter, singer, and bassist on the various tracks.
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Dustin Curtis was losing a sense of purpose while serving in the United States Army in Iraq. From Springdale School District publication
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A registered nurse since 1974, Peggy Lee has worked in many different settings. She's been a nursing supervisor at hospitals, an obstetric nurse, a pediatric nurse, a medical-surgical nurse, director of nursing at a nursing home, a clinic nurse for health units, and a home-health and hospice nurse.
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Joseph Agan has several goals in his first teaching position. He joined the communication disorders faculty in the College of Education and Health Professions in August as a visiting assistant professor.
Posted on 10/7/2009
Jennifer Beasley knew from the moment she talked with Marcia Imbeau about the University of Arkansas' Master of Arts in Teaching program that she wanted to be a part of it.
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Have you been thinking about making your health a priority in your life? Don't know where to start? Try Wholesome HAWGs! The Wholesome HAWGs wellness program is an 8-week program for faculty and staff of the University of Arkansas to promote weight loss and encourage behavioral modification.
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Sandra Stotsky, holder of an endowed chair in teacher quality at the University of Arkansas, spoke last month at a Sept. 11 seminar in Washington concerning the "Saudi Infiltration into the American Curriculum."
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Rebecca Williams graduated from law school but then decided that she didn't want to practice law.
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The department of rehabilitation, human resources and communication disorders in the College of Education and Health Professions is sponsoring an international visiting scholar for a third consecutive year.
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Philip Besonen, University of Arkansas professor of secondary education who retired in 2007, died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009.
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Mounir Farah, University of Arkansas professor of curriculum and instruction, delivered the luncheon address at a conference titled "Teaching the Social Studies" on Aug. 6-7 at the University of Central Arkansas.
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Judith Tavano, an adjunct instructor in the College of Education and Health Professions, will present "What HR Professionals Should Know About Generational Diversity and Why" at the third annual Northwest Arkansas Human Resources Association Diversity Conference on Thursday, Sept. 10.
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The University of Arkansas announced Sept. 3 that Janet Walker, a fiscal support analyst in Intramural/Recreational Sports, was named Employee of the Year for 2008-2009.
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Vinson Carter, a clinical instructor of technology education at the University of Arkansas, was named Teacher of the Year during the 2009 Arkansas Career and Technical Education conference.Posted on 8/17/2009
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The Human Performance Laboratory and Intramural Recreational Sports department are sponsoring Wholesome H.A.W.G.s, a new wellness program for employees of the College of Education and Health Professions.
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Online course delivery is no longer the wave of the future – it’s here – and a University of Arkansas faculty-staff team is riding high on that wave.Posted on 5/5/2009
Mounir Farah, University of Arkansas professor of curriculum and instruction, was interviewed by Channel 2 in Saudi Arabia.
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LaVonne Kirkpatrick, assistant professor of elementary education at the University of Arkansas, was elected president of the Arkansas chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society.
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Angie Smith-Nix, clinical assistant professor and coordinator of physical education activity courses at the University of Arkansas, earlier this month received the most prestigious award given by the Arkansas Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
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Jules Beck, clinical assistant professor of workforce development, is the principal investigator and Bart Hammig, assistant professor of health science, both in the College of Education and Health Professions, is the co-principal investigator of a grant awarded for the prevention of tobacco use in minority communities.
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A student employee of the Department of Intramural/Recreational Sports made a CPR rescue and resuscitation recently after dining at Red Lobster in Fayetteville. The student had been certified in CPR and first aid by the department earlier in the spring, according to Brittany Grinstead, facility coordinator/aquatics director for IMRS.
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The National Science Foundation grant at the University of Arkansas for the College Ready Mathematics and Physics Partnership will hold a College Ready Articulation Conference on July 1 and 2 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Fayetteville. View the invitation
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Lepaine Sharp-McHenry, assistant director of the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing at the University of Arkansas, has been selected to participate in the Leadership for Academic Nursing Program sponsored by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
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Bill Buron, University of Arkansas assistant professor of nursing, recently received the Outstanding Future Nurse Leader Award from the College of Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.
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Two University of Arkansas professors were invited to present information at panel discussions during the fourth annual Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference on June 7-9 in Washington.
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Following a successful debut at a regional conference, University of Arkansas academic advisers Amy Koster and Alexis Hurdle will take their presentation about using wikis to the national conference of the National Academic Advising Association in San Antonio this fall.
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Award recipients receive a $1,000 grant as well as the presentation of their project at the 8th Annual Academic Convocation on Sunday, Aug. 23 at 4 p.m. in Bud Walton Arena.
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Patrick J. Wolf, who holds the Twenty-First Century Chair in School Choice, was asked by the office of Sen. Joe Lieberman, Ind-Conn., to speak at a May 13 hearing of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which Lieberman chairs.
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Carole Lee, a doctoral student in curriculum and instruction, was named the Outstanding New Member of the Year by the International Culture Team at the University of Arkansas for 2008-09.
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A report April 21 in the online edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education described research by Ketevan “Kate” Mamiseishvili, an assistant professor of higher education leadership at the University of Arkansas.
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The College of Education and Health Professions will present service awards to faculty and staff members at its spring meeting May 1 on the University of Arkansas campus.
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Kenetheia Reed is an accountant in the College of Education and Health Professions. She is also a mother, a student and an usher for Razorback games.
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Michael Daugherty, University of Arkansas professor of technology education, was recently inducted into the International Technology Education Association Academy of Fellows at the academy’s conference in Louisville, Ky.
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University of Arkansas professor Samuel Totten, an internationally known genocide scholar, has been invited to speak to the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues on Capitol Hill.
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Barbara Gartin, University of Arkansas professor of special education, recently received the Burton Blatt Humanitarian Award from the Council for Exceptional Children’s Division on Developmental Disabilities.
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University of Arkansas graduate Chelsie Shaw was recently named teacher of the year at Austin Middle School where she teaches in Douglasville, Ga.
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A University of Arkansas student and her husband received an unexpected phone call one Friday night recently, inviting them to the White House to meet President Obama.
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Faculty and staff members of the College of Education and Health Professions made presentations at the "What Works in Educational Partnerships" conference at Arizona State University in Phoenix on Feb. 20 and 21.
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Rebecca Newgent, associate professor of counselor education at the University of Arkansas, has accepted an invitation to serve on the editorial board of a new journal of the Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education, a division of the American Counseling Association and Sage Publications.
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Mounir Farah, professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Arkansas, served as a general editor of a volume in a new series of world history encyclopedias published recently by M.E. Sharpe Inc.
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Adults attending higher education institutions in Taiwan have unique perspectives on earning degrees. Some enroll for social reasons to build networks and relationships, while others enroll entirely for the stimulation of graduate education.
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Danette Heckathorn, University of Arkansas employee and graduate student, will preside over the Arkansas Counseling Association in 2011.
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In order to save energy and reduce heating and other costs, the Fayetteville campus of University of Arkansas will be closed, except for essential operations, on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008, re-opening on Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.
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Helen Eaton, a teacher at Holcomb Elementary School in Fayetteville, has been named Arkansas English Elementary Teacher of the Year by the Arkansas Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts.
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Samuel Totten travels all over the world in his efforts to educate people about genocide.
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The department of education reform in the College of Education and Health Professions will offer a doctoral program in education policy, beginning in the fall of 2009.
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Marcia Imbeau, associate professor of special education at the University of Arkansas, received the 2008 AGATE Award of Excellence in February during the annual conference of Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education.
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In a small ceremony on the ground floor of the Graduate Education Building, Sandra Stotsky was honored Jan. 16 as the University of Arkansas’ 59th endowed faculty member.
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The January 2008 edition of The Instructional Leader published by the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators contained two articles about the Arkansas Leadership Academy.Posted on 2/12/2008
Students in the Master of Arts in Teaching program visited Central High School in Little Rock last fall after discussing the school’s historic integration in 1957 and how they may face some of the same issues in today’s classrooms.Posted by Barbara Goodman on 2/12/2008
One of the first and most important things to determine when advising a student on degree requirements is catalog year.Posted on 2/12/2008
University of Arkansas student Debbie Benton of Rogers is a big fan of comedienne Ellen DeGeneresPosted on 2/12/2008
Roy C. Farley, professor of counselor education, was recently elected chairman of the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling.Posted on 1/30/2008
She’s traveled internationally, rubbed shoulders with celebrities, has her name on a wall at the Clinton Presidential Library – and she’s still in her 20s.
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University of Arkansas professor William F. McComas has been named to a national panel to support the development of an exhibition on "Human Origins: What Does it Mean to be Human," under construction at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington.
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Jennifer M. Miles, assistant professor of higher education, has been elected secretary of the national Council for the Advancement of Higher Education Programs.
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Marc Holley, a doctoral fellow who conducts research in the department of education reform in the College of Education and Health Professions, has been honored by Stanford University in its Teacher Tribute Initiative.
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Cheryl Nimmo celebrates 15 years of employment at the University of Arkansas this month.
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Susan Mayes, an instructor in the Department of Health Science, Kinesiology, Recreation and Dance, was recently named 2007 Dance Education Teacher of the Year.
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University of Arkansas faculty and staff members interested in offering professional development opportunities to Arkansas school teachers can now submit applications to an on-campus contact for review.
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The College of Education and Health Professions offers several options to help faculty members communicate with students.
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From the media coverage last week, you might have thought it was only Darren McFadden and Felix Jones who put on costumes.
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He worked as a university faculty member for 18 years before he took an administrative position about three years ago.
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Samuel Totten is honored by the Arkansas Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts.
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He’s the guy you meet in your first day or week on the job when he gets your computer and related equipment set up.
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Debbie Davis was one of 61 people honored by the National Association of Elementary School Principals in Washington, D.C.
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Sandra Stotsky has been advising Computer Services Corp., which operates ERIC, an Internet-based digital library of education research and information, for several years.
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An article by William F. McComas suggests changes in curriculum that would affect the way students learn biology in middle school and high school.
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A section has been added to the Web site of the College of Education and Health Professions with information about the new College Council, the representative body for the college faculty.
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Authors Christopher J. Lucas and John W. Murry Jr. drew on their own experiences and discussions with other faculty members over the years to compile the information for New Faculty: A Practical Guide for Academic Beginners.
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School nurses traveled from as far as Camden, El Dorado and Texarkana to take part in the continuing education opportunity afforded by the annual School Nurse Summer Institute co-sponsored by the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing.
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Alexis Hurdle began work in August as an academic advisor in the Boyer Center for Student Services.
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Information concerning the College Course and Program Committee can now be found on the college's Web site.
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School cultures are unique, which has a lot to do with the unpredictable and sometimes irrational behavior that can occur at the bargaining table.
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Some prognosticators and human rights dilettantes – within the U.S. government and certain nongovernmental organizations – have repeatedly claimed throughout the early months of the summer that the situation in Darfur (where a genocide has raged for the past four years in which the government of Sudan and its Arab cohort, the Janjaweed, have killed upward of at least 250,000 black Africans) is better today than it has been for years.
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For those of you who are new to the University of Arkansas campus -- and those who aren't but never have gotten around to it -- I wanted to be sure you're aware of the opportunity to learn about what's going on across campus by subscribing to Daily Headlines.
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The annual report for the College of Education and Health Professions was recently completed and submitted to Provost Bob Smith.
Posted by Barbara E. Hinton on 8/14/2007
The Governance and Structure Task Force, consisting of a representative from each department, has designed a streamlined and efficient plan, aimed at increasing faculty participation in the governance of academic matters and facilitating communication and collaboration between the college faculty and administration. The Governance Plan details both the advisory responsibilities and governance authority of the faculty.
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At our fall meeting on August 17, we will vote on a new faculty governance plan recommended by the college's Governance and Structure Task Force. Barbara Hinton sent the plan as an e-mail attachment on August 3. Faculty governance takes on increased importance as we face changes as a college.
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Nine medical students and five orthopedic nurses joined students in the University of Arkansas athletic training education program in Fayetteville for a three-hour workshop July 27 on applying splints and casting material.
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Michael T. Miller, professor of higher education at the University of Arkansas, has been elected the 2007-2008 president of the National Society for Shared Governance. His one-year term will begin in November in Memphis, Tenn., at the society's Fifth Annual National Symposium on Shared Governance, where he will succeed Professor Glenn Nelson of the University of Pittsburgh.
Posted by Michael Sturtevant on 8/2/2007
If you are one of the Boyer Center for Student Services staff or the orientation faculty advisors, you've probably been saying this lately. June saw a massive re-vamping of the orientation program, both for the University of Arkansas as a whole, and for the College of Education and Health Professions in particular.
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New faculty and staff members of the College of Education and Health Professions, as well as those who have not had a studio portrait taken in the past few years, are asked to plan to have their photos taken before the Aug. 17 fall faculty/staff meeting in the Graduate Education Building.
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Four College of Education and Health Professions faculty members are part of a team that will receive an award at the fall Academic Convocation for the study abroad experience they designed.
Fran Hagstrom, assistant professor of communication disorders, Charles Riggs, professor of kinesiology, Nan Smith-Blair, assistant professor of nursing, and Barbara Shadden, professor of communication disorders and co-director of the Center for Studies on Aging based in the college, teamed with colleagues in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences to design a study abroad program in which they traveled with five students to Sweden.
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The College of Education and Health Professions completed a reorganization of academic programs effective July 1.
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The College of Education and Health Professions implemented a new, centralized accounting system with the beginning of the new fiscal year on July 1. The change was suggested by several department heads and approved by a unanimous vote during a meeting earlier this year of the executive committee of the college's Administrative Council.
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The College of Education and Health Professions added digital message boards to the college's buildings this summer as another tool to communicate with students, faculty, staff and the public.
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Did you know the name of the college was officially changed on July 1, 1997, to more adequately reflect the broad array and full diversity of its academic and professional programs?