UALR’s Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology will celebrate the springtime tradition of the Kentucky Derby with “Jazz and Juleps” from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 25, at the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion, located at 1800 Center Street.

Tickets are $50 and benefit for the Nan Ellen Dickinson East Student Scholarship Fund. For reservations and more information, contact Angela Elizandro at 501-683-7501 or ajelizandro@ualr.edu.

Craig O’Neill of KTHV will preside over the live auction while guests enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and music provided by Bishop, Davies, Jackson and Stone. Attire is business casual.

“We are thrilled to start a scholarship fund in Audiology and Speech Pathology honoring Nan Ellen East,” said Dr. Angie Brenton, dean of the College of Professional Studies. “Nan Ellen has a distinguished record over her lifetime of advocating for children with disabilities.”

East, the daughter of UALR patron H. Tyndall Dickinson and the sister of Haskell Dickinson, is the executive director of the Disability Rights Center, the Arkansas protection and advocacy system for people with disabilities.

“The state of Arkansas has advanced resources and policies because of her tireless work,” Brenton said. “She has been an inspiration to our students and faculty and a driving force behind our Community Development Council, which she has chaired for the past five years.”