College of Professional Studies

The Arkansas Economic Development Commission will be presenting television producer Harry Thomason the first “Arkansas Oscar” at the Friday, April 8, gala at the Governor’s Mansion, celebrating the 10th anniversary of UALR’s School of Mass Communication.

Dr. Robert Ulmer, professor and chair of the UALR Department of Speech Communications, discussed ethics and crisis communication to 500 faculty, student, alumni, and business leaders at the Freeman School of Business at Tulane University in New Orleans.

UALR Public Radio and the Hot Springs Music Festival will host international jazz artist Amir Gwirtzman of Tel Aviv, Israel, for a 7 p.m. Feb. 19, performance at Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in UALR’s Fine Arts Building.

AETN and UALR Public Radio/KUAR FM 89 invite the public to a free Community Cinema screening of “For Once in My Life” at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31, at Roosevelt Thompson Library in Little Rock.

Dr. Thomas Guyette, chair of UALR’s Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, has been appointed editor of the Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. Guyette, who earned his Ph.D. in speech pathology at the University of Kansas, focuses his research and teaching interests to speech physiology, articulation and phonological disorders, and craniofacial speech disorders.

UALR Professor Robert R. Ulmer literally wrote the book on how to communicate in a crisis. So it was no wonder that when the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history erupted this summer, directors of the Unified Command responding to the BP oil gusher came calling on him.

“Theory to Practice: How Southwestern Educators Impact the Field of Criminal Justice” is the theme of the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice Conference opening Oct. 7 at the Wyndham Riverfront Hotel in North Little Rock.

Dr. Jamie Byrne, associate professor and director of the School of Mass Communication, has received the Appreciation Award from the Girl Scouts of America for her work on the organization’s Council Realignment Committee. The panel worked for more than a year to combine the five legacy councils — all their own corporations — into a … Girls Scouts Honor Byrne

Prior to the November election, UALR and three organizational partners will provide an opportunity for members of the community to talk with each other about race and ethnicity in an atmosphere free of partisanship. The first gathering is Oct. 5.