Professor Julien Mirivel attends the Heifer 12 Cornerstones training with alumnus Marc Gray and students Olivia Petrides and and Lizzy Petrides.

UA Little Rock Group Learn Power of Heifer International Training

Ever since Michelle Malone learned about Heifer International after moving to Arkansas in 2007, she has been interested in their philosophy of how “teaching a person to fish” will “feed them for a lifetime” and the work they were doing to assist those who were challenged. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Group Learn Power of Heifer International Training” →

Dr. Gerald Driskill, center, received a national grant to study foster care collaborative networks in Arkansas. Dr. Gerald worked with two graduate students, Chantel Ceaser, left, and Michelle Malone, right, in the M.A. in Applied Communication Studies to conduct in depth interviews.

UA Little Research Study Finds How Collaborative Networks in Arkansas Work Together to Help Foster Children and Families

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock research team is investigating how a successful collaborative foster care network is run in Arkansas. The goal of the study is for the lessons learned in Arkansas to be used to help other foster care networks across the country.

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