News from the Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources and Communication Disorders
Counselor Education Students to Assist At-Risk Students in Area High Schools
A new Northwest Arkansas Career and College Coaches Program will start as a pilot project in Benton and Washington counties next year. The program based at the University of Arkansas is modeled after Gov. Mike Beebe’s “Arkansas Works” program. Continue reading
Higher Education Program Marks Half Century
Fifty years ago, the higher education program at the University of Arkansas awarded its first doctoral degree. Continue reading
Collier Continues Family Tradition in Education
Marta Gwyn Collier says education is the family business. Continue reading
Research Frontiers Video Features Professor's Work on Universal Design
Brent Williams, an associate professor of rehabilitation education in the College of Education and Health Professions, co-authored a book called The Universal Design Handbook published by McGraw-Hill. Continue reading
Study Examines Life Without Limbs for Women Military Veterans
Many Americans don't realize that women in the military face exactly the same dangers as men, but Janet Cater set out to change that with a groundbreaking study of six women who lost arms and legs while serving their country. Continue reading
Gymnastics Coach, Former Hog Basketball Player Earn Doctorates
Rene Cook, co-coach of the Arkansas women's gymnastics team, and Jonathon Modica, a former Razorback basketball player, each earned doctoral degrees in higher education this spring from the College of Education and Health Professions. Continue reading
University, Employer Join Forces to Help Bentonville Man Excel
Jacob Ott of Bentonville was a junior psychology major at the University of Arkansas when recovery from knee surgery kept him off campus for more than a month. Continue reading
Osceola Woman Enjoys Pace of Family, School, Work, Community Activism
If you talk with Sandra Mitchell for a little while, she'll probably use the word madness when describing her life. But there's a method to the madness; Mitchell wants to make an impact on the lives of others, particularly young people. Continue reading
Degree Program Furthers Restaurateur's Professional Goals
A resident of Houston, Joshua Paul was planning to enroll at a local university so that he could earn a bachelor's degree while he continued to work as a store manager for Chik-fil-A. Instead, he found admissions closed at the school close to home. Continue reading
Program Allows Working Adults to Advance Careers, Fulfill Dreams
The University of Arkansas human resource development bachelor's degree-completion program opens the door to more opportunities for promotion in almost any career and prepares employees for leadership positions in a wide range of companies. Continue reading
Personal Tragedies Part of Student's Strength, Motivation
Denise Myers has experienced sad events in her life that many people would not be able to imagine. Continue reading
Alumna Helps Ensure Students Engage with Professional Associations
University of Arkansas presentations made up nearly one-third of the offerings for counseling practitioners and students during a three-day state conference last fall, on topics such as self-injury, teen dating violence and dangers of technology use for adolescents. Continue reading
Rehabilitation Counseling Program Keeps Top-20 Status in U.S. News List
The rehabilitation counseling program in the College of Education and Health Professions is ranked at No. 16 in U.S. News and World Report's best graduate programs for 2012. Continue reading
Alumnus Co-Edits Book on Perspectives of African Americans at UA
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Remembrances in Black: Personal Perspectives of the African American Experience at the University of Arkansas, 1940s-2000s, edited by Charles F. Robinson and Lonnie R. Williams, has been published by the University of Arkansas Press. Continue reading
Emeritus Professor Wins Third National Award in Rehabilitation Field
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Richard T. Roessler, University Professor emeritus of rehabilitation education and research at the University of Arkansas, has been awarded the National Distinguished Service Award from the National Rehabilitation Counseling Association. Continue reading
Grant to Prepare University of Arkansas Students for Careers in Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Lynn Koch, professor of rehabilitation education and research, and Kristin Higgins, assistant professor of counselor education, were awarded a federal grant of $500,000 to prepare students to work as psychiatric vocational rehabilitation specialists. The grant will pay tuition, fees and stipends for a total of 25 master's level students. Continue reading
Rehabilitation Professor Lends Expertise to Architectural Design Field
Brent Williams has spent the past eight years training rehabilitation counselors, and he believes his work this year hits people where they live. Continue reading
Helping People with Disabilities Binds Interdisciplinary Department
People around the nation celebrated the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act in July. Every day, the rehabilitation education and research program at the University of Arkansas helps people with disabilities improve their lives. Continue reading
CURRENTS Staff Dedicated to Training Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals
When Jeanne Miller decided to get a master's degree in rehabilitation counseling, she wanted to attend Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., a school that serves mostly deaf students. She does not have a hearing impairment herself, but she wanted to experience what it would feel like to be in a minority group. Continue reading
Independent Living Agency, University to Sponsor Celebration of Americans with Disabilities Act
Sources for Community Independent Living Services in Fayetteville and the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas are planning a weeklong celebration July 26-30 of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Continue reading
Fulbright Award to Take Student to Professor’s Home Country of Georgia
Professors are usually pretty happy when a student wants to follow in their footsteps. Ketevan Mamiseishvili was delighted to learn one of her students had decided to retrace her footsteps to work and study in the Republic of Georgia. Continue reading
Rehabilitation, Human Resources and Communication Disorders Students Honored at Award Ceremony
Tom Smith, the dean of the College of Education and Health Professions, announced the 2009-10 student award winners in the college. The students were honored at a ceremony April 14 at the Fayetteville Town Center.
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Williams Serves Students with Spirit Fostered by African American Pioneers
Lonnie Williams' dad wanted him to attend college in nearby Southern State College (now Southern Arkansas University at Magnolia) so that he could attend school half a day and work at home the other half of the day. Continue reading
International Faculty Stand Out in Research
A quantitative study by Kate Mamiseishvili and a colleague provides a more comprehensive examination of the work roles of foreign-born faculty at U.S. research universities. Continue reading
Academic Transition Course Helps Student-Athletes
University of Arkansas counseling education faculty have developed and taught an academic transition course for freshman male student-athletes that addresses the unique challenges that such students face. Continue reading
Professors Edit Book: Students First, Athletes Second
A new book, College Student-Athletes: Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Implications, examines a little-studied subpopulation of college students – student-athletes – and begins a discussion about student-athletes from the perspective of “students first, athletes second.” Continue reading
Higher Education Alumnus Reaches Out to Students of Color
Fred Bonner has two job titles at Texas A&M. But being a teacher and an administrator, along with conducting research and speaking around the country, isn't enough for Bonner. Continue reading
Higher Education Student Enjoys Graduate School Ambassador Role
Chase Stoudenmire, a student ambassador for the University of Arkansas Graduate School, is only one year removed from being a new graduate student at the University of Arkansas himself. Continue reading
Video: Modica Pursues Doctorate in Higher Education
Former Arkansas basketball player Jonathon Modica returns to the classroom to pursue his doctorate in higher education. Continue reading
Community Developer Puts Principles She Learned to Work
Jacinda Welch may be a perfect example of the impact the University of Arkansas hoped its human resource development bachelor's degree-completion program would have on people and communities. Continue reading
Advising Brings Honors: Personal Attention for Students Top Priority for Instructor
Advising students is more than checking boxes on a form or signing a class schedule. That's what Larry Aslin believes, and the instructor of communication disorders must be doing a lot right considering he won three awards for academic advising. Continue reading
Bilingual Counselor Helps Students Face Teen Challenges
Two boys stop at the doorway of school counselor Toni Thorn's office and she laughs heartily with them as they tell a story about trouble with a locker and a forgotten combination. A few minutes pass by and a small, slim girl with long dark hair appears, crying as she relates a disagreement with another girl. Thorn hugs her. Later, two more girls giggle as they chat with Thorn about their summer plans. Continue reading
Student Puts Rehabilitation Counseling Program's Tenets to Work at Local Church
When Lisa Westman left Fayetteville last May, she took with her a master's degree in vocational rehabilitation counseling from the University of Arkansas, but she left behind work that will continue to have an impact on the community for years to come. Continue reading
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