Dinah Mande, a UALR graduate student in information quality, recently demonstrated her brains in several scholarly papers published with Dr. Rolf Wigand and was named second runner-up at the annual Miss Francophie Amérique Pageant last week.

The beauty contest is designed to develop and promote a shared character and leadership among young women who are native French speaking and will serve as goodwill ambassadors for social works in the world and particularly in French-speaking countries. Mande is a native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.