Career Connections Staff Members Awarded at Arkansas Colleges and Employers Conference
Robert Ellis, Robyn Williams and Nakell Baker, who were awarded at the AACE spring conference.
Several representatives from the Offices of Career Connections recently attended the Arkansas Association of Colleges and Employers spring conference. This conference provided opportunities for higher education career services, industry members and workforce development organizations to network and collaborate in the interest of a successful college-educated workforce. The conference was held in Hot Springs on May 17-19.
Notably, Career Connections staff not only participated in the conference but were also active leaders, and several staff members were awarded for their contributions.
Career Connections staff who received awards include:
- Robert Ellis, Arkansas Star Award
- Robyn Williams, Diversity and Inclusion Award
- Nakell Baker, New Professional Award
Many Career Connections staff have also played important leadership roles on the AACE Board of Directors. Individuals who served in this capacity for the 2022-2023 term include:
- Robert Ellis, president
- Margot Purdy, four-year college director
- Robyn Williams, historian and content director
- Madelyn Jones, secretary
- Debbie Ritter, secretary after Jones' departure from the university.
For the 2023-2024 term, Purdy has been elected as the student relations director, and Ritter as the historian and content director. Ellis will serve in an advisory capacity as immediate past president.
This high level of involvement and recognition demonstrates Career Connections' commitment to advancing the success of students and alumni through comprehensive, innovative and inclusive career services.
Topics
Contacts
Ty Beringer, marketing communications specialist
Offices of Career Connections
479-575-4075,
tjbering@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.