When Dr. Connie Barber started a new faculty position this year, she found the University Faculty Mentoring Program to be an invaluable guide to learning the ropes at UA Little Rock. Continue reading “Faculty Mentoring Program Helps UA Little Rock Faculty Members Succeed”
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is home to a professional faculty development unit that promotes instructional excellence and student learning success for hundreds of hard-working faculty members every year. Continue reading “Academy of Teaching and Learning Excellence Promotes Faculty Excellence and Learning Success at UA Little Rock”
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has been awarded a nearly $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to enhance teaching and learning and to promote student success in undergraduate STEM education. This is the largest grant UA Little Rock has ever received from the National Science Foundation. Continue reading “Largest NSF Grant Awarded to UA Little Rock Will Support Ongoing Undergraduate STEM Education Efforts”
More than 25 UA Little Rock faculty members and graduate students learned valuable teaching skills in active learning through the 2022 Mobile Institute on Scientific Teaching (MIST). Continue reading “UA Little Rock Faculty, Graduate Students Learn Important Teaching Skills at Mobile Institute on Scientific Teaching”
The Duckett Family has made a donation to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to create an endowed student support fund in honor of UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law alumna Stacy Duckett. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Receives Donation to Create Endowed Student Support Fund in Honor of Stacy Duckett”
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is getting back to tradition with the university’s first in-person commencement ceremony since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Continue reading “UA Little Rock to Celebrate In-Person Commencement Ceremony Dec. 18”
Dr. David Briscoe, a professor of sociology, has the distinction of being the first UA Little Rock faculty member appointed the honorific title of university professor. Continue reading “Briscoe Named University Professor at UA Little Rock”
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has selected Drs. David Briscoe, Nitin Agarwal, and Bronwyn MacFarlane as the 2021 winners of the Faculty Excellence Awards. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Honors Briscoe, Agarwal, and MacFarlane as Top Professors of 2021”
The UA Little Rock College of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, and Education (CHASSE) has selected Drs. David Briscoe, Bronwyn MacFarlane, and Ed Anson as its 2021 Faculty Excellence winners. Continue reading “Briscoe, MacFarlane, and Anson receive Faculty Excellence Awards from CHASSE”
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host a virtual Mobile Winter Institute on Scientific Teaching (MoSI) for all faculty from 2-4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 11-14. Continue reading “Mobile Winter Institute on Scientific Teaching to offer faculty immersive training in transformative teaching techniques in any environment”