'Alternative Spring Break' to Honduras an Eye-Opener for Student

Jillian Knox, a 19-year-old from Mountain Home, Ark., had never been out of the United States without her parents before and it took a bit of convincing for them to allow her to go to Honduras last March.

The University of Arkansas student chose to spend her spring break as part of a Catholic student group that volunteers each year with Mission Honduras International. Read more »

Jillian Knox, center, a childhood education major, and Theresa Cronan, who recently retired as a University of Arkansas instructor of childhood education, help children at the Guadalupe Center for Girls in El Conejo, Comayagua, Honduras.

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Teachers Can Make Impact by Instructing Students to 'Leave No Trace'

Physical education teachers across the nation are lessening the emphasis on competitive sports in which only a few students participate fully and instead moving toward noncompetitive recreational activities that involve all students. This concept also introduces children to various recreational activities they can enjoy for life. At the same time, the public is more focused than ever before on going green – adopting sustainable practices to protect the environment. Read more »

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Teens Learn of Guaranteed Job Opportunities in Nursing

In today's down job market, Lepaine Sharp-McHenry's words were striking: "In this profession, it is pretty much guaranteed that you can find a job anywhere in the United States."

Sharp-McHenry is a clinical instructor and assistant director of the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing at the University of Arkansas. She was telling a group of 13 teenagers from Springdale schools about the varied careers they could have in the field of nursing. Read more »

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Childhood Education Instructor Brings Spark to Social Studies by Diving Into Genealogy

Casey Patterson has caught her college instructor's passion – that is, the passion Susan Riggs has both for teaching and for genealogy.

Riggs has taught literacy and methods courses at the University of Arkansas since 1987. Before that, she taught English and language arts in Texas public schools. Read more »

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Blogging Presents Challenge for Sport Organizations, Dittmore Finds

Sport organizations are grappling with what to do about bloggers, according to research by a University of Arkansas professor. Issues center on whether to grant access to bloggers and what requirements to set to grant credentials for this new media form.

Stephen W. Dittmore, an assistant professor of recreation who specializes in sport management, recently presented an analysis of how sport organizations approach bloggers and blogging. Read more »

Aslin Adds National Award for Advising to His Honors

Larry Aslin, an instructor of communication disorders at the University of Arkansas, won three awards for advising this year, most recently the Outstanding Advising Award for 2009 in the faculty category from the National Academic Advising Association.

The National Academic Advising Association, which has more than 10,000 members, promotes the quality of academic advising in institutions of higher education. Aslin will receive the award at the association's annual conference this fall in San Antonio. Read more »

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College Students Teach Teens to Tutor Elementary Pupils

University of Arkansas students helped "light the way" this past school year, building leadership skills of bilingual teens and improving literacy of elementary students.

The "Bilingual Teens as Teachers and Tutors" program was also dubbed "Light the Way" by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association. It was made possible through a partnership grant with the Rogers Public Schools, the Rogers Public Library and the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas. Read more »

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Honors Convocation 2009

The College of Education and Health Professions honored students who won awards and scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year at the annual Honors Convocation on April 16 at the Center for Continuing Education in Fayetteville. See photos

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