ACHIEVEMENTS ◊
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The College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences became
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Recognizing that this year’s freshmen are next year’s
a new college on July 1, 2020 — with nine departments
sophomores, and acknowledging that rising sophomores will
and one school: Art & Design; English; Film, Theatre, and
need post-pandemic support in order to avoid the “sophomore
Creative Writing; Languages, Linguistics, Literatures, and
slump,” Housing & Residence Life and Learning Communities
Cultures; Music; Philosophy & Religion; Political Science;
partnered to create a new program: The Sophomore Year
Sociology, Criminology, and Anthropology; and the School of
Experience (SYE) Living & Learning Community (L&LC). Roughly
Communication.
200 SYE L&LC students live in Bear Hall beginning fall 2021.
“United: The Acorn Project,” a ceramic ground mural produced
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Kristy Bentley, Stephanie Boger, Kimberly Burges, and Miranda
by 600+ community members, was on view at Alumni Circle
Kent, all graduate students in the Department of Teaching
and the rotunda at the Arkansas State Capitol.
and Learning, co-authored a paper titled, “Mind Brain and
The Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall continued service
Education Dialogue: Elevating Practitioner Perspectives.” Faculty member Jason Trumble led the work, which appeared
to students and the community during the pandemic. It also
in the ArATE Online Journal.
offered its first sensory-friendly performance to children with disabilities.
SERVICE AWARDS The University of Central Arkansas honored several faculty members with Faculty Excellence Awards on August 19 at the 2020 Faculty Convocation. Due to COVID-19, the event took place via Zoom.
Public Service
Research, Scholarship, and
Teaching Excellence
Mary Ruth Marotte
Creative Activity
Donna Bowman
Department of English
Arijit Mukherjee
Schedler Honors College
Department of Biology
Diversity and Inclusive
External Funding Impact
Nonclassified
Classified Employee
Excellence
Tansel Halic
Employee of the Year
of the Year
Amy Hawkins
Department of
Billie Hill
Nancy Bond
Center for Teaching Excellence
Computer Science
Division of Outreach and
Department of Physical Therapy
Community Engagement
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