LITTLE ROCK — Professor of Year
teaches at UCA
CONWAY - Stephanie Vanderslice, who teaches writing at the University of Central Arkansas, has been named the 2012 Arkansas Professor of the Year.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education chose Vanderslice, a native of the New York City area.
Vanderslice, who joined UCA in 1997, has taught composition, creative writing and writing for children. She was instrumental in developing the National Writing Project of Central Arkansas and has been published in many book collections and journals.
UCA President Tom Courtway called the honor “a tribute to her excellent teaching, research and dedication to her students and profession.”
“It’s a really big honor,” Vanderslice said in a statement. “Arkansas didn’t have a winner last year and it’s the first time UCA has had one in about 14 years.”
A state Professor of the Year was recognized this year in 30 states and the District of Columbia.
UCA administrator takes Hendrix job
CONWAY - Kevin Braswell will become Hendrix College’s vice president of development in January.
Braswell now is assistant vice president of advancement at the University of Central Arkansas.
Braswell has previously served as senior associate director in planned giving at Washington University in St. Louis and as a major gifts coordinator and development officer at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Hendrix said in a news release.
In his new job, Braswell will lead private Hendrix College’s development efforts, with responsibility for gifts and foundation relations. He also will oversee the college’s Advancement Services area, which supports research and data-management for the division.
Braswell will succeed Mike Hutchison, who recently was named vice president for advancement at Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss.
Tech: Build new,
raze Bryan Hall?
RUSSELLVILLE - Trustees of Arkansas Tech University have approved a proposal to look into constructing a four-story building on the site now occupied by Bryan Hall.
The school will begin by looking for an architectural firm, the board of trustees decided during a meeting Thursday.
The university had been considering an expansion of the Doc Bryan Student Services Building, which is a separate facility from Bryan Hall.
But David Moseley, senior vice president for administration and finance, said in a memorandum that officials had since realized that the Doc Bryan building would be “very difficult to expand and still not adequately satisfy all of our operating requirements.”
If the new plan develops, Bryan Hall, which was constructed in 1955, would be demolished. Though originally a residence hall, it now houses administrative offices.
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