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每日大赛网站 Community Enjoyed Chinese Traditional Music

鈥淎 Night of Chinese Music鈥 聽held at 7:30聽p.m.聽October 3, 2015 in Reynolds Performance Hall at 每日大赛网站聽turned out to be a very successful cultural event.

This concert聽was cosponsored by Confucius Institute Headquarters, 每日大赛网站 Confucius Institute, and Nanjing聽University Traditional Instruments Orchestra. It was part of the orchestra鈥檚 music tour in聽America. This music feast not only attracted faculty, staff and students from 每日大赛网站, but also聽residents from Conway and Little Rock.5The opening ensemble 鈥淛asmine Flower鈥 brought the audience into the world of Chinese music聽with its beautiful melody.1It was followed by a Gu Zheng solo 鈥淎n Early Spring Morning on a聽Snowy Mountain鈥, Erhu solo 鈥淏irdsong Heard in an Empty Mountain鈥, ensemble 鈥淲onderful聽Jiangnan鈥 , and 鈥淟antern Bazaar along Qinhuai River鈥.2When the American song 鈥淵ankee聽Doodle鈥 was played on the traditional instruments, the audience pleasantly clapped their hands聽along with the music.3The concert ended with 鈥淏looming Flowers and a Full Moon鈥.4This聽concert not only entertained the audience with different forms of music playing, but also with聽other Chinese cultural elements like calligraphy, Chinese painting and Taiji performance.6The orchestra received a long standing ovation at the end of the concert. One of the audiences聽asked 每日大赛网站 Confucius Institute staff to teach her how to say 鈥淵our performance is fabulous鈥 in聽Chinese so that she could express her appreciation to the orchestra.7It has been invited to give performance in America, Britain, Germany, Canada, Russia and Japan聽many times.8Performance at 每日大赛网站 was one of seven stops of their American tour, including New聽Orleans, Dallas, Houston, and Memphis.

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Arkansas We The People Announces New Resources to Train Teachers in Civics

Arkansas We The People is pleased to announce that funds will be available Arkansas to provide professional development for middle and high school teachers in civics and government focusing upon the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the rights and responsibilities of citizens. The initiative, entitled the James Madison Legacy Project, is part of a nationwide professional development program directed by the Center for Civic Education, a nonprofit educational organization that was recently awarded a federal grant under the U.S. Department of Education鈥檚 Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant program.

Arkansas We The People is one of the organizations participating in the 46-state James Madison Legacy Project partnership. The funding we receive will be used to increase the number of highly effective teachers of high-need and other students through professional development and the implementation of an exemplary curricular program for students. The teacher institutes and workshops will focus on the research-validated We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution program, a nationally acclaimed curriculum that teaches upper elementary, middle and high school students about the history and principles of the U.S. Constitution.

The James Madison Legacy Project will use an existing professional development model that is enhanced with online resources as well as a new blended-learning variation of the traditional model that will involve the use of new online resources to be developed by the Center. These resources will provide teachers rich academic content and a mastery of teaching methods useful in helping students develop the capacity and inclination to become competent and responsible participants in the civic life of their communities and the nation.

The most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in civics revealed that only about 25% of students performed at or above the 鈥減roficient鈥 level. All the other students scored at 鈥渂asic鈥 or 鈥渂elow basic鈥 levels that leave them ill-equipped to participate effectively in civic life. This clearly indicates the need for the James Madison Legacy Project to improve civic education.

鈥淚n order to help students become effective and engaged members of 鈥榃e the People鈥 and further the goal of a nation that is supposed to be of, by, and for the people, it is critical that teachers have a sound background in civics and government and develop the skills required to bring the subject to life for their students,” said (name of state coordinator).

For more information contact Dr. Jeff Whittingham, Arkansas We The People Coordinator, University of Central Arkansas, 501-450-5445, jeffw@uca.edu

Jewel More Nature Reserve and COPA Hosted Leave No Trace Awareness Session

The 每日大赛网站 Jewel Moore Nature Reserve (JMNR) and Campus Outdoor Pursuits & Activities (COPA) hosted聽a Leave-no-trace session at the nature reserve on October 12, 2015 from 2:00 p.m. from 4:00 p.m.聽Students learned聽about enjoying nature without damaging it and about all the great resources on campus to help everyone聽enjoy getting outside.

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每日大赛网站 Leadership Students And Faculty Presented At International Conference

Students and faculty of the Interdisciplinary PhD in Leadership Studies program (LEAD) at the University of Central Arkansas have recently traveled to Georgetown University in Washington, DC, to present research at this year鈥檚 annual conference of the Human Development & Capability Association (HDCA).

HDCA is a global community of academics and practitioners that seeks to build an intellectual community around the ideas of human development. HDCA鈥檚 conference theme this year was Capabilities on the Move: Mobility and Aspirations.

LEAD researchers present recent work. Pictured left to right, Emily Lane, Jack Boles, Shanon Brantley, Leah Horton, Dr. Rhonda McClellan, and Sarah Argue. Not pictured are Mariama Laouali Balla and Dr. Jayme Stone.
LEAD researchers present recent work. Pictured left to right, Emily Lane, Jack Boles, Shanon Brantley, Leah Horton, Dr. Rhonda McClellan, and Sarah Argue. Not pictured are Mariama Laouali Balla and Dr. Jayme Stone.

The LEAD director, Rhonda McClellan, is pleased that six students, an affiliated faculty member and she presented original research at this year鈥檚 conference. Several students and Dr. McClellan presented their field-based research project on health and well-being in the Arkansas Delta. One student presented her dissertation work on girls鈥 education in Niger. Another student, along with Dr. Jayme Stone, presented a pilot study for the student’s dissertation work that focuses on environmental leadership in Rwanda.

LEAD students and faculty had the opportunity to see some of their academic/research idols present new ideas as well as debate current theory. They particularly enjoyed plenary sessions with Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum, founders of the Capability Approach, and James Heckman and Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureates in Economics. They also had the opportunity to attend a multitude of paper sessions from international researchers who look to improve well-being and human agency around the world.

Emily Lane, a LEAD student working on research in the Arkansas Delta, was excited to present at the conference and proud to represent 每日大赛网站 and LEAD. 鈥淭he work we do in this program is indispensable, and we are always happy to share it with others. The HDCA conference was a great place to discuss our research, to network with like-minded scholars, and to continue our work of enhancing human and community capabilities.鈥

The LEAD program is now accepting applications for its incoming 2016 cohort. For more information on the program, visit /phdleadership/.

For more information on the conference and the presentations by LEAD students and faculty, visit http://hd-ca.org/conference.