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The Arkansas Department of Higher Education (ADHE) notified
Academic Challenge
Scholarship applicants who submitted incomplete applications that they have
until September 30, 2010, to submit all required documentation in order
to be considered for a Fall 2010 award. Students receiving electronic
notification from ADHE should log in to their ADHE YOUniversal account at
www.adhe.edu to see what documentation is needed to complete their
application.
Hamburg Schools
The Hamburg School District offers a comprehensive website that allows you to access all areas of school information and policy. Click the link to go directly to this site:
http://www.hsdlions.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectionid=1
UAM
The School of Education at the University of Arkansas at
Monticello has received a No Child Left Behind
Grant to help teachers acquaint students in grades 6 through 10 with
the concepts of algebra.
The grant, which totals $58,621, will be used in
part to finance a summer workshop for public school mathematics
teachers July 6-16 on the UAM campus. The workshop and follow-up
sessions are designed to foster a greater understanding of algebra and algebraic
concepts in students before they reach the eighth and ninth grades, the
grades where the first formal algebra courses are taught. The workshop will also
provide teachers with strategies to continue developing the understanding of
algebraic concepts in older students.
"By understanding the best methods to
enhance students' understanding of algebra, we can better prepare them to
succeed in mathematics as they progress through high school and college," said
Dr. Peggy Doss, dean of the School of Education.
The grant application was
written by Dr. Donna Hunnicutt of the UAM education faculty.
The workshop and
follow-up sessions will result in 60 hours of professional development for
participating teachers. The on-campus workshop will meet each day from 8:30 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. in the UAM Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Center.
There is a $100 registration fee per teacher. Additional expenses such as
substitutes, travel and meals are the responsibility of the respective school
districts. Each participant will receive a $600 stipend for the summer session
and a $200 stipend for follow-up sessions. Two textbooks and other support
materials will be provided.
For more information, contact the UAM School of Education
at (870)
460-1062.
SouthArk Community College
South Arkansas Community College is
seeking the names and contact information of living graduates of El Dorado Junior College for recognition at an
upcoming event.
The junior college was in operation in the 1920s,
1930s and early 1940s before closing during World War II.
Send
pertinent information to marketing and communications coordinator Heath Waldrop
at hwaldrop@southark.edu.
South Arkansas Community College is seeking the names
and contact information of living graduates of El Dorado Junior College for recognition at an
upcoming event.
The junior college was in operation in the 1920s, 1930s and
early 1940s before closing during World War II.
Send pertinent information to
marketing and communications coordinator Heath Waldrop at hwaldrop@southark.edu. Thousands in cash and prizes will be
awarded to the winners of two contests, part of the 12th South Arkansas Community
College Outdoor Expo at the SouthArk East Campus on Sept.
11.
The Herring Furniture-Amerigas Propane-Holland Grill Rib Cook-Off, open
to individuals or teams, will award $1,000 to the judges’ selection for top
entrant, with $750 to second and $500 to third. Cash prizes also will be awarded
to the cooker’s top three choices ($200 for first, $100 for second, $50 for
third) and to the top three team themes ($125 for first, $75 for second, $50 for
third).
The entry fee is $50. The deadline for entry is
Monday.
Ribs also may be pre-purchased for $15 a slab.
Call (870) 864-7106
or
e-mail creyna@southark.edu
for more information.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Duck-Calling
Contest, in which contestants will call and work a simulated flock of ducks, is
open to adult teams, adult individuals and youth. Adult winners will receive
$200 for first place, $100 for second and $50 for third; youth winners will
receive prizes.
The entry
fee is $25 for adult individuals, $40 for adult teams and $5 for youth. The
deadline for entry is Sept. 8.
Call (870)
818-6378 or larogers@agfc.state.ar.us for
more information.
The
SouthArk Outdoor Expo will have as its special guests national award-winning
Bassmaster angler Lucy Mize and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Steve
“Wildman” Wilson. Featured activities include model aviation, bladesmithing,
snake safety, rodeo roping, archery, simulated rock climbing, chainsaw
woodcarving, bait casting and activities for kids.
Booth space still is
available for exhibitors. To register, contact Cynthia Reyna at (870) 864-7130 or
creyna@southark.edu.
For additional information about the Outdoor Expo, log
on to www.southark.edu/expo.
Those
who love the outdoors are
being
summoned to the 12th SouthArk Outdoor Expo, hosted by the South Arkansas Community College
Foundation, on Sept. 11.
Demonstrations, games, food,
contests and other attractions will be spread across the college’s East Campus at 3696 E. Main in El Dorado.
This year’s headliner is Lucy Mize, a national
award-winning Bassmaster angler. The first woman to weigh in on the
Bassmaster Classic stage, she has fished professionally for 25 years all across
the United States. She is a four-time national champion and a three-time Angler
of the Year.
"Lucy's the complete package: she's got charisma, a real talent
for knowing where the fish are and what they'll bite, and a hell of a
competitive instinct,” tournament angler and friend Jay Yelas said. “I've fished
with her in tournaments where she'll just bear down and not miss a cast all day.
You don't find that kind of mental toughness in many anglers, man
or woman."
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission public-affairs coordinator Steve
“Wildman” Wilson will be the Outdoor Expo’s master of ceremonies. Wilson’s nickname originated when
he became the Commission’s coordinator of Project WILD—Wildlife in Learning
Design—a conservation education
program.
He began his career with Game and Fish as a hunting safety
training officer in 1978, and later was named chief of the Information and
Education Division. Along the way, he received the Game and Fish Employee of the
Year Award twice, and was the Arkansas Wildlife Federation’s Conservation
Communicator of the Year in 1998 and 2009.
Wilson is the host and co-producer
of “Talkin’ Outdoors at the Corner Café,” a 30-minute weekly TV program. He’s
also the host and producer of “Outdoor Report,” a weekly statewide radio
broadcast.
Both guests will be on hand to present seminars and
demonstrations, answer questions about fishing and hunting, sign autographs and
meet with Expo visitors.
Outdoor Expo activities and demonstrations will
include bladesmithing, rodeo roping, chainsaw wood carving, model aviation,
archery, simulated rock climbing, BB-gun shooting and bait casting, face painting, sidewalk chalk art and others.
Exhibits include the El Dorado
Police Department’s robot bomb removal system, David Joyner’s Snake
Safety Challenge, Arkansas State
Parks’ woodland creatures, Fishers of Men’s fish weigh-in and Ducks
Unlimited’s wood duck boxes. A Lifeshare Bloodmobile also will be on hand for
a blood drive.
South Arkansas
Community College students will sell a variety of breakfast foods,
desserts and cold drinks and employees will sell brisket plate lunches. Limited
space is available for more vendors and exhibitors; contact Cynthia Reyna at
(870)
864-7130
, 1-800-955-2289
or creyna@southark.edu for more information.
Back to the
Outdoor Expo is the Herring Furniture-Amerigas Propane-Holland Grill Rib
Cook-off. Cash prizes and trophies will be awarded to winners, including the top
prize of $1,000 to the first-place team. Deadline for team registrations is Aug.
23. For more information, contact Reyna.
The Arkansas Game and Fish
Commission is sponsoring a duck-calling contest for youth, adults and adult
teams with the top prize of $200 to first place. Registration deadline is Sept.
8. For more information, contact Laura Rogers at (870)
818-6378
or larogers@agfc.state.ar.us.
This year’s SouthArk Outdoor
Expo will be dedicated to the nearly 3,000 people who perished in the terrorist
attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and in honor of all U.S. armed-service personnel,
both past and present.
The event will begin at 9 a.m. Admission is $5 for
ages 18 and up, $3 for for ages 12 to 17 and free for anyone under 12. The
family rate is $15.
Proceeds from the Outdoor Expo benefit educational
opportunities for students and general operations of the SouthArk Foundation.
More information about the SouthArk Outdoor Expo may be found at www.southark.edu/expo.
The Fairytale Tea Party for girls
ages 4 and up is from 10 a.m. to noon on Sept. 18 in Room 121 of the Center for
Workforce Development on the East Campus of South Arkansas Community College.
Party leader Marta Langston will
direct a morning of cooking and crafts. Participants are encouraged to dress as
princesses.
The cost is $10 total for each participant and her escort—a
mother, grandmother, aunt or someone else. For more information call (870)
864-7192
or e-mail ce@southark.edu.
Learn how to save money and become
more environmentally-friendly through Make Your Own Household Cleaners,
a one-hour non-credit class at 9 a.m. on Sept. 18 in Room 138 of the Center for
Workforce Development on the East Campus of South Arkansas Community College.
The cost is $5,
plus supplies. Call (870)
864-7192
for more
information.
South
Arkansas Community College
is seeking input from the community on potential menu items for the
El Dorado Conference
Center.
The facility will host functions that will
require a selection of catering options and will be home to the South Arkansas Community College
student center, which will include a cafe. The public will have
access to the facility and the cafe will be open to the public.
“We are still
in the planning stage of menu design, but didn’t want to move forward until we
received some opinions from our student, faculty and staff here at the college,
and from the community,” new Conference Center
manager Ginny Garner said. “We need to identify some trends on what will be
successful.”
The brief survey is available at www.southark.edu/conference.
The
South Arkansas Community College
STARS (Support Through Alliance,
Resources and Spirit) organization has collected recipes from college
staff and faculty and compiled them into a keepsake cookbook, now
available. The cookbook contains 522 recipes including appetizers,
vegetables, main dishes and desserts.
Profits
from cookbook sales will be used for charitable donations to
community
organizations that support families, children, the elderly and
those with special needs. The book also features original artwork by
SouthArk instructor Dinah VanHook and her art students.
The cookbooks are $15
and may be purchased by contacting Diana Hunt at (870) 864-8475
dhunt@southark.edu.