University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions http://coehp.uark.edu/ en-us News from the University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions Morris Funds Five Access Arkansas Need-Based Scholarships Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:30:00 EST John Morris has given $250,000 to support scholarships in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education and Health Professions and the Sam M. Walton College of Business.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7611.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7611.htm Five Candidates to Interview on Campus for Dean of College of Education and Health Professions Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:30:00 EST Five candidates for the position of dean of the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas have been selected by the search committee for a campus interview.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7593.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7593.htm C-SPAN Book TV to Broadcast 'Judging Bush' Talk on Nov. 21 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:30:00 EST Judging Bush, published by Stanford University Press. ]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7509.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7509.htm Research Finds Licensure Tests for Special Education Teachers Lacking Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:30:00 EST http://coehp.uark.edu/7504.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7504.htm Researchers Find Special Education Voucher Programs Ensure Better Services, Outcomes for Students Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:30:00 EST In a feature article for the winter 2010 issue of Education Next, education researchers Jay P. Greene and Stuart Buck of the University of Arkansas, drawing on extensive previous research on the effects of special education vouchers, dispel several common myths about these programs and show how they have benefited handicapped children in states where they have been enacted, including those not in private placements.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7482.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7482.htm University of Arkansas Calls on Faculty, Staff, Students to Log 1,000 Miles on Oct. 9 14:30:00 EST Attention University of Arkansas faculty, staff and students: bring your running or walking shoes to work on Friday, Oct. 9. Intramural/Recreational Sports wants your help in logging 1,000 miles that day.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7466.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7466.htm Rehabilitation Program Garners Funds to Support Students Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:30:00 EST The nationally ranked rehabilitation counseling program at the University of Arkansas will once again be able to fund graduate students' education through a traineeship award from the Rehabilitation Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Education.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7447.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7447.htm Research Investigates Rebuilding Identity When Communication Is Impaired Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:30:00 EST In Neurogenic Communication Disorders: Life Stories and the Narrative Self, University of Arkansas researchers challenge readers to explore “the messy but powerful relationships between communication impairment and maintenance of a viable sense of self.”

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7443.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7443.htm Biomechanics Research Gives Insight Into Preventing Baseball, Softball Pitching Injuries Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:30:00 EST Gretchen Oliver and four of her students presented their research on the athletic performance of pitchers in August at an international conference on the biomechanics of sports.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7432.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7432.htm Eleanor Mann School of Nursing, Washington Regional Recognize Clinical Nurse Specialists Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:30:00 EST http://coehp.uark.edu/7431.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7431.htm University, Northwest Arkansas Communities Join for First 'One Book' Reading Program Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:30:00 EST University of Arkansas students, faculty and staff are joining reading groups across northwest Arkansas for the first "One Book, One Community" project, which is planned as an annual event intended to focus local attention on the themes and issues raised in a single book.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7399.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7399.htm New Museum Opens With Exhibit on Rocks, Rivers, Roadcuts Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:30:00 EST While she may have seemed cool and calm as she prepared for the opening of a new museum at the University of Arkansas, the little girl in Lynne Hehr was jumping up and down with excitement.

Hehr's stock in trade is hands-on learning in science and math, and the new museum, the University of Arkansas Discovery Zone, opening this month in Fayetteville in partnership with the Arkansas Discovery Network, enhances her mission of providing such learning experiences for K-12 students and teachers.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7393.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7393.htm Arkansas Leadership Academy Introduces New Logo Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:30:00 EST The Arkansas Leadership Academy based in the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas unveiled a new logo this fall. The academy offers professional development opportunities for the state's educators.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7392.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7392.htm Kinesiology Professor Competes in Decathlon Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:30:00 EST In his job as a clinical associate professor of kinesiology, Jack Kern teaches physical education courses to University of Arkansas students studying to be teachers. He's been pretty physically active most of his life, too.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7391.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7391.htm Author's Books Hard to Keep on Shelf Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:30:00 EST University of Arkansas professor Christian Goering invited booing from the audience when he introduced Chris Crutcher, an author of young adult literature, at the Fayetteville Public Library this summer.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7390.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7390.htm University of Arkansas to Open New Museum With Exhibit on Rocks, Rivers, Roadcuts Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:30:00 EST http://coehp.uark.edu/7388.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7388.htm How Buildings Affect Student Achievement to Be Focus of First Lecture in 2009-10 Series Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:30:00 EST The fall’s first speaker in an education reform lecture series at the University of Arkansas will address whether money spent on school buildings tends to affect student achievement.

]]> http://coehp.uark.edu/7387.htm http://coehp.uark.edu/7387.htm Research Examines Fairness in Olympic Funding and Support for Amateur Athletics Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:30:00 EST In the first study to examine resource allocation in Olympic sport, research led by Stephen W. Dittmore of the University of Arkansas revealed a gap between what administrators of U.S. National Governing Bodies thought was fair and how they believed funding would be distributed by the U.S. Olympic Committee.

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