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Student Wellness Hosted a Holiday Nutrition Program With Healthy Holiday Recipes

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Student wellness and development, in collaboration with UCA’s dietician Janet Dance, hosted a Holiday Nutrition program on November 24th.

Students were offered a variety of samples from healthier holiday recipes including Pineapple Cheese ball, Pumpkin bread, and Pumpkin pie.

Substitutions such as fat free cream cheese, Splenda, egg whites, and whole wheat flour made the recipes healthier and half the calories.

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This was the 4th year for the program. UCA student, Rachel Sanders said she “enjoyed the program because it showed that healthier doesn’t have to compromise taste.”

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The recipes were featured so that students could snap pictures of their favorite samples.

KPED Faculty Reach Out to At-Risk High School Student Athletes

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The UCADepartment of Kinesiology and Physical Education faculty arranged an outreach visit for the Covenant Keepers Charter School inaugural volleyball team to the UCA campus.

The visit occurred November 13, 2014 and was to encourage “at-risk” student athletes to seek higher education. The UCA volleyball team and coaching staff have requested to form a permanent relationship with the Covenant Keepers student athletes to leverage sport as a pathway to education.

The visit was arranged by KPED faculty Dr. Mitchum B. Parker and Ms. Bree Clayton, and the Covenant Keepers team coach, J Keith. Facilitators of the visit were David McFatrich, John Newberry, Brittany Newberry, Marvin Williams, Jim Nabors, Julia Winden Fey, Leigh Ann DenHartog, Natalie Shock, Brad Smith, TJ McDonald, Latisha Standokes, Darell Walsh, and the UCA Sugarbear Volleyball Team.

UCA Professor Co-Authored Textbook

Mike Gallagher, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, is a co-author on a textbook that was recently published by Springer.

The book, entitled Perceived Exertion Laboratory Manual: From Standard Practice to Contemporary Application, is a proactive learning resource for health psychologists, exercise physiologists, and health-fitness professionals seeking to further the health education of clients, and can also be used in the professional development of students and in-service practitioners.

Assisting in the development of the exercise experiments included in the book were undergraduate students Haley Frerichs, Caroline Proctor, and Curtiss Scroggins.

UCA Student Council For Exceptional Children Continue Involvement

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The UCA student chapter of the Council for Exceptional Children continues an active role in community service and professional development as evidenced in the activities such as the following.

For 13 years the organization has sponsored an Angel Tree for families in need with a child(ren) who has a disability. They provide the list of items for the members of the COE to purchase and the UCA SCEC students deliver the gifts to the parents/guardians so they can provide a Christmas celebration for their children.

For the last 2 years, the UCA Student Council for Exceptional Children has provided 3 fun nights for a group of children and families involved in a group called Friday Night Friends. This group gets together once a month to provide a place and activities for teens with developmental disabilities.

Students in the organization currently in the special education block attended a technology and assistive technology workshop provided by Bryan Ayers of Easter Seals Arkansas-Outreach. The students participated in hands-on learning to help them integrate technology in their future classrooms. The PD lasted for 6 hours and was held at Easter Seals.

College Of Education Special Education Students Attend State CEC Conference

UCA was well represented at the 2014 Annual Arkansas Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children Conference when 33 students from the Department of Elementary, Literacy and Special Education attended the conference in Hot Springs in mid-November. The conference includes approximately 400 attendees, and has been a tradition with special education majors for 15 years.

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Thirty-three students from the Department of Elementary, Literacy and Special Education presented poster presentations and facilitated sessions at the Annual CEC Conference in Hot Springs. The students attended both days of the conference and learned many new innovative strategies for teaching children with diverse learning needs. They were also included in networking activities and were able to meet leaders in the field of special education. The student raised over $1,400 to attend the conference with t-shirt sales, a soup luncheon and silent auction. They were also awarded $450 from UCA SGA.

Student Tiffanee Miller attended the conference and had this to share, “The state CEC conference was by far the most informative professional conference I have attended. I met leaders in the field of special education and learned new ideas to help me in my future classroom. I especially enjoyed the time spent with my fellow classmates and the UCA faculty. It made me proud to be a part of such a magnificent teacher training program.”

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