Twenty-Five New Faculty Members Recognized With Rapport Badge From Faculty Support Center

Paula Lawrence and the Walton College Creative Services Department

2023 Rapport Badge from the Cordes Teaching and Faculty Support Center

The Cordes Teaching and Faculty Support Center is pleased to recognize 25 new faculty members with the Rapport Badge. In October, new faculty, defined as faculty within their first two years at the U of A, had the opportunity to participate in programming on campus offered by the center, submit a reflection and be recognized with an electronic badge.

The program that qualified for the badge was the new faculty luncheon event featuring Lorraine Brewer from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences that was held in early October.

The Rapport Badge was designed to help increase connections between professors and students. Connections between faculty and students can help foster a sense of belonging to the U of A community for both faculty and students. It is also designed to provide recognition to new faculty who are committed to the development of their teaching skills early in their careers at the U of A. Faculty awarded the rapport badge were:

Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

• Sarah Hixson, School of Environmental Sciences
• Austin Jones, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
• Rupesh Kariyat, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
• Grace Vehige, Department of Agricultural Education Communications and Technology

College of Education and Health Professions

• Cynthia Covington, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
• Natalie Edwards, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
• Julie Hill, Department of Counseling, Leadership and Research Methods
• Jennifer Muriithi, Department of Communications Disorders and Occupational Therapy
• Wyann Stanton, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

College of Engineering

• Chris Farnell, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Maria de Lourdes Carreon Garciduenas, Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering

Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

• Jiahui Chen, Department of Mathematical Sciences
• Amnee Elkhalid, Department of Communication
• Rachel Fredrickson, Department of Music
• Taylor Hermes, Department of Anthropology
• Olivia Kline, Department of Biological Sciences
• Cameron Mailhot, Department of Political Science
• Brian McGowan, Department of History
• Milad Odabaei, Department of Anthropology
• James Roddy, Department of Mathematical Sciences
• Lin Tan, Department of Psychological Sciences
• Laura Mancheno Yates, Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures

School of Law

• Amelia McGowan

Sam M. Walton College of Business

• Flint Harris, Department of Marketing
• David Reavis, Department of Information Systems

For more information on programming offered by the Cordes Teaching and Faculty Support Center, use the following resources:  teaching.uark.edu, Wally Cordes Teaching and Faculty Support Center on Linked In or contact us at tfsc@uark.edu.