Leach Receives Regional Award
Alison Leach, assistant director of parent and family programs in First Year Experience, was selected for the 2012 Region IV Outstanding New Professional Award by the National Orientation Directors Association during its Region IV Conference recently held in Oklahoma City.
Students and staff members from colleges and universities in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas attend this annual conference to share best practices and research in the areas of orientation, transition and retention programs.
The Outstanding New Professional Award recognizes new orientation, retention and retention professionals who have demonstrated service to the association and the profession.
In her role, Leach serves as the primary liaison to parents and family members and coordinates programs including the Parent Partnership Association, Family Weekend and Spring Family Reunion. Leach received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Auburn University followed by a Master of Arts degree from the University of Alabama. She is also serving the National Orientation Directors Association as a member of the 2013 Annual Conference Planning Committee and will serve as co-host of the 2013 Region IV Conference in Little Rock next February.
Contacts
Quincy Spencer, director
First Year Experience, Division of Student Affairs
479-575-5002,
qspencer@uark.edu
Headlines
PetSmart CEO J.K. Symancyk to Speak at Walton College Commencement
J.K. Symancyk is an alumnus of the Sam M. Walton College of Business and serves on the Dean’s Executive Advisory Board.
Faulkner Center, Arkansas PBS Partner to Screen Documentary 'Gospel'
The Faulkner Performing Arts Center will host a screening of Gospel, a documentary exploring the origin of Black spirituality through sermon and song, in partnership with Arkansas PBS at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2.
UAPD Officers Mills and Edwards Honored With New Roles
Veterans of the U of A Police Department, Matt Mills has been promoted to assistant chief, and Crandall Edwards has been promoted to administrative captain.
Community Design Center's Greenway Urbanism Project Wins LIV Hospitality Design Award
"Greenway Urbanism" is one of six urban strategies proposed under the Framework Plan for Cherokee Village, a project that received funding through an Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Spring Bike Drive Refurbishes Old Bikes for New Students
All donated bikes will be given to Pedal It Forward, a local nonprofit that will refurbish your bike and return it to the U of A campus to be gifted to a student in need. Hundreds of students have already benefited.