University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Dr. Robert Ulmer, associate professor and chair of the UALR Department of Speech Communication presented a program on crisis communication at the July meeting of the Public Relations Society of America’s Arkansas chapter.

Ulmer spoke on July 17, 2009 PRSA meeting at the Little Rock Club. His talk will help participants re-conceptualize how they view crisis, address misconceptions about crisis communication and provide a framework for communicating more effectively.

A native of Canada who received his Ph.D in communication from Wayne State University in Detroit. Ulmer is co-author of four books on risk management adn crisis communication.

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The College of Professional Studies would like to congratulate our college winners of faculty excellence awards:

Dr. David Montague, Criminal Justice, Teaching

Dr. Avinash Thombre, Speech Communication, Research

Dr. Bruce Plopper, Mass Communication, Service

They will be honored at our college brunch on April 28, 2009 and at the university faculty excellence award dinner on May 1, 2009.

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The Voice and Voice Therapy, which Dr. Richard Zraick was invited to co-author in May 2007 has just been published (on schedule) by Pearson Education. This is the leading text in the field of voice disorders and currently commands 65% of the market. Dr. Zraick is an expert in voice disorders and neurologically-based communication disorders such as those caused by strokes. Dr. Zraick joined the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology in 1997 and has a joint appointment between UALR and UAMS.

The Arkansas chapter of the Public Relations Society of America has awarded a National Assembly grant to Kevin Crumpler, treasurer of the student chapter at UALR. The grant will allow Mr. Crumpler to atend teh PRSA’s national convention in New Orleans this spring.

 

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Dr. Kwasi Boating, Assistant Professor in the School of Mass Communication has authored a book titled “Telecommunications Policies and the Internet in Ghana”. It identifies three models of Internet deployment in Ghana: private-corporate, social-development, and regional-system provider. Dr. Boating’s book, published by Verlag Dr. Muller, a German publishing company, is a political economic analysis of the policy and regulartory environment of Internet deployment in Ghana.

Congratulations Dr. Boating! 

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Tre Day will be honored as one of the “Top 30 broadcasters, under 30 years old”, by Edison Media Research and Radio & Records Magazine, June 28, 2008, in Minneapolis, MN. He is the first Arkansan to be recognized with this honor.

Congratulations!

The annual Tre Day Birthday Bash Bow-A-Thon to benefit the Tre Day Scholarship project for the School of Mass Communication will be held Saturday, July 19, 2008 at the Millenium Bowl in North Little Rock. Registration starts at 2 p.m. with bowling beginning at 3p.m. Come on out and cheer on the SMC teams!

Kinsey Daven, A UALR Master of Public Administration student has been selected, by Mayor Stodola, to serve on the Sustainability Committee in Little Rock. The committee will examine and advise the City on policy areas decitons pertaining to sustainability, including the links between environment, economy and equity.

 Congratulations Kinsey!

Dr. John Miller has been selected as a Fellow for the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research summer workshop. The award is $1,000.00 dollars. The primary objective for the center is to mentor early career researchers that are vested in African American research. Dr. Miller will be attending the workshop in June 2008.

 

Congratulations!

Dr. Nancy harm received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Social Workers North Central Branch, on Friday, March 29, 2008. Dr. Nancy Harm founded and administered the domestic violence program in Illinois. She is also a member of the Little Rock Domestic Violence Commission and a member of the National Association of Social Workers. Dr. Harm joined the faculty at UALR in 1990.

 

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