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Tell-Hall receives ��Ƶlogo Nine Endowed Scholarship

Ajani Oyindamola — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 18:26:47 +0000

A University of Arkansas at ��Ƶlogo student with a passion for history has received a $5,000 scholarship from the Department of History for her inspirational civil rights research.�� Nancy Tell-Hall, a graduate student in public history, received the department’s ��Ƶlogo Nine Endowed Scholarship, which is awarded to a graduate student focused on race relations and community development.�� “It took me a very long time to return to school, so I greatly appreciate this scholarship,” Tell-Hall said. “I am humbled by it. I have worked very hard. However, I enjoy studying history so I don’t consider it work.” Tell-Hall dropped out of college as a single parent in 1979. She left college to concentrate on raising her son, who graduated from UA ��Ƶlogo in 2017. After three additional children, and earning her associate degree in 2014, Tell-Hall joined UA ��Ƶlogo and achieved her ultimate goal of earning a bachelor’s degree in history in 2017. “Nancy is a departmental stalwart, and she exemplifies the great students of UA ��Ƶlogo History,” said Dr. Jess Porter, chair of the Department of History. “Nancy has made herself a part of the departmental fabric from her participation and leadership in our honor society, Phi Alpha Theta, to her service learning research in association with Dr. Brian Mitchell.” Tell-Hall recalls something a professor told her that inspired her to pursue a master’s degree in public history. His words opened opportunities for her to investigate the histories of marginalized people. “When I came back to school, I decided to do something I always wanted to do, which was to study history,” Tell-Hall said. “In class, Dr. Carl Moneyhon said that history had been written by certain people and that certain people’s narratives weren’t a part of America’s public record. It just made sense to me. My mother’s family had a rich oral history. I knew my great-grandmother was 15 when the Emancipation Proclamation was enacted. We knew nothing of my father’s history. I found out from my mother he possibly had Native American blood. It took me six years of research to confirm it, and in 2012, I became a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.” While at UA ��Ƶlogo, Tell-Hall has worked as a graduate assistant with the Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity, interned with the City of ��Ƶlogo Planning and Development Department and the Sequoyah National Research Center, and volunteered with the National Register of Historic Places. Porter said that her list of accolades and hard work made her a perfect choice for the scholarship. “Her smiling face is always a welcome sight in the halls of the department. The ��Ƶlogo Nine Endowed Scholarship is a fitting honor for Nancy to receive,” Porter said. “Her research and career goals align with the mission of the scholarship to improve race relations and enhance community development. We look forward to watching Ms. Tell-Hall positively impact the ��Ƶlogo community.” Tell-Hall plans to graduate in December. She is spending the semester completing her thesis, “PROJECT ARK-4: Urban Renewal, Forced Relocation, and Possible Reparations: The Demise of West Rock, Arkansas, 1884–1960.” West Rock, located in what is presently known as the Riverdale area, eventually became a vibrant all African-American community that provided affordable housing and accessibility to many domestic, service, and labor jobs located in the nearby Pulaski Heights neighborhood. “The ��Ƶlogo Housing Authority and city leaders had all of them removed by 1960,” Tell-Hall said. “The plan to remove West Rock�� started in 1926 because the city needed to open the westward corridor, and they knew the property would be very valuable one day.” In the new year, Tell-Hall and her husband, Jeffrey, of 37 years plan to move to Okmulgee, Oklahoma, the capital of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. There, she plans to put her history research skills to work at the historic Creek Council House Museum which was the capital of the Nation from 1878 through 1907.�� “I’m living the dream at 58,” Tell-Hall said. “My husband and I have 14 grandchildren, and the thought of building a home with lots of land where they can all run around is exciting. My plan is to travel around the country and to get some of our artifacts back for the Muscogee Nation.”

Moneyhon to give lecture on the end of Reconstruction Era

Ajani Oyindamola — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 19:01:52 +0000

Dr. Carl Moneyhon, a University of Arkansas at ��Ƶlogo history professor and Civil War expert, will give a lecture on the end of the Reconstruction Era in the South on April 2. The Evenings with History lecture, “The End of Reconstruction and the Long-Term Cost of Conservative Redemption,” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, at Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St. in ��Ƶlogo. Refreshments will be served at 7 p.m. “Progressive and bi-racial governments created following Congressional intervention in the Reconstruction of the South in 1867 all came to end in the period 1870 to 1875,” Moneyhon said. This talk examines how Conservative and Democratic opponents of these governments used a variety of tactics that included violence, appeals to racial hatred, and charges of government corruption to achieve this end. It also considers the long-term social and economic impact of such tactics on the history of the South and the rest of the nation. The, sponsored by the University History Institute, features presentations by UA ��Ƶlogo faculty members sharing their current research. Admission to the series is by subscription to the, although visitors to individual talks are welcome to attend for free. UA ��Ƶlogo students may attend free of charge. For more information, contact Dr. Jess Porter, chair of the UA ��Ƶlogo Department of History, at jcporter@ualr.edu or 501-569-3236.

Alumnus names Yale scholarships in honor of inspiring professors

Ajani Oyindamola — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 14:43:15 +0000

When Dr. Carl Moneyhon first taught Tod Kersten in the early 1980s, he knew his student was headed for an Ivy League education.�� “Tod Kersten took World Civilization from me,” said Moneyhon, professor of history at the University of Arkansas at ��Ƶlogo. “He was one of the brightest students I have ever come across at the university. He had incredible potential, and we encouraged him to go to Yale to finish his education. We encouraged him to believe that he could succeed at anything he wanted to succeed at.” Kersten, who attended UA ��Ƶlogo from 1979 to 1981, did indeed transfer to Yale University and graduated in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in evolutionary biology, though he ended up pursuing a successful career in finance and banking. “Studying Darwinian selection turned out to be excellent preparation for life as an investment banker,” Kersten said. He now works as the managing director of DC Advisory Investment Banking in Warsaw, Poland. He has also worked as a managing director at Lazard in London and served in the U.S. Department of Treasury, where he was the U.S. Treasury advisor to two different ministers of finance in central Europe. In recent years, Kersten has named three Yale scholarships, two of them after the UA ��Ƶlogo professors who encouraged him to complete his education. Yale alumni who donate $10,000 or more to the Alumni Association may name a one-year scholarship in honor of a person of their choosing. “I don’t know how to thank the university,” Kersten said. “UA ��Ƶlogo was really good to me and got me off to a great start as a 17-year-old freshman. I had some really great teachers, especially Carl Moneyhon and Roger Webb. It was a very nice, safe, and friendly place to get started.” In 2016, Kersten named one the Professor Roger Webb Ph.D. Scholarship in honor of the UA ��Ƶlogo professor emeritus of psychology who also attended Yale University. In 2017, Kersten named another scholarship the Professor Carl Moneyhon Ph.D. Scholarship.��

Tod Kersten

“Carl Moneyhon and Roger Webb made a big impression on me,” Kersten said. “To me, they are only coincidentally professors of history and psychology, although they are at the top of their fields. For me, they were professors of life. In all my varied travels, I never met anyone who was more civilized or more dedicated to helping others.” Moneyhon, meanwhile, was humbled that his former student and friend would honor him in such a meaningful way. “It was a totally unexpected thing,” Moneyhon said. “I am retiring next year, and he was one of my very first students. I’m very honored that he thought of us. You work 43 years teaching everything from freshmen to graduate students, and the vast majority go through your life and you never know what happened to them. This lets me know that my teaching has had an impact after all these years. It makes you realize what a remarkable opportunity being a university educator is.”

UA ��Ƶlogo offers unique course choices for spring 2018

Ajani Oyindamola — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 17:49:40 +0000

Anyone who is on the lookout for an interesting course to take during the spring 2018 semester has many options recommended by the professors of the University of Arkansas at ��Ƶlogo.�� UA ��Ƶlogo courses offer students the chance to create innovative products and learn how to market them as well as explore everything from art and architecture in London to how countries rebuild in the aftermath of civil war. UA ��Ƶlogo has courses for students interested in exploring unique career choices such as archaeology, costume design, forensic anthropology, and the military. Check out the following guide for choices that will satisfy an interest in the history of China, France, the U.S. as well as public health policies and the role of women in modern history. On Campus ANTH 3313: Archaeology 12:15-1:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays by Krista Lewis This course is a gateway to so many opportunities to participate in uncovering clues from the past here in Arkansas and around the world. Some students from the class are selected to travel to Oman, where Dr. Lewis has been working on a medieval port city archaeological site. ANTH 4355/5355: Forensic Anthropology 1:40-2:55 p.m. and 3:05-4:20 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays by Kathryn King By examining skeletal characteristics, students will learn to estimate sex, age, and ethnic origin. They will also delve into how trauma, disease, fire, and time affect bones. This course is appropriate for anyone who plans to study anatomy, medicine, animals, and crime. ARHA 4310/5310: Special Topics, London: Art, Artists, and Society 1:40-2:55 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays by Floyd Martin This course focuses on the city of London, its architecture, and visual arts and artists associated with the city, especially in the 18th century. GNST 2300: Intro to Gender Studies 12:15-1:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays by Rohn Muse This course discusses gender and how it is defined by people and societies. It takes a cross-cultural examination of gender identity and cultures in politics, economics, family, health, religion, and multiple other areas. HIST 3328: Modern France 11-11:50 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays by Tom Kaiser France, America’s oldest ally, shares with the United States a strong republican tradition. Yet, where the U.S. had only one revolution and one constitution since the 18th century, France has had many. What accounts for this instability? ��This course seeks the answers by tracking competing notions of the French nation since the French Revolution and their impact on French politics. HIST 3342: Modern China 1:40-2:55 p.m. Mondays and Fridays by Jeff Kyong McClain Do you know the story of Hong Xiuquan, self-proclaimed younger brother of Jesus, who started the world’s deadliest civil war? Or how about The Society of Righteous Fists, who could allegedly repel bullets with their mystical arts? This course will explore these and other mysteries of China. HIST 3356: The Gilded Cage, 1876-1900 9:25-10:40 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays by Carl Moneyhon This class examines major economic and demographic developments in the 1870-1900 period that helped to create modern America, industrialization, big business, and urbanization. It also explores the impact of these changes on American society, culture, ideas, politics, and foreign policy. Issues explored include the emergence of the Robber Barons, development of the middle and professional classes, realistic literature, professional politics, foreign adventures, and the Spanish American War. HIST 3358: Recent America 9-9:50 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays by Barclay Key The course will invite students to examine the most important events in U.S. history, from World War II to the present. The course will discuss secret communiqués between Japanese diplomats before the Pearl Harbor attack, the most effective protest strategies of the Civil Rights Movement, and explore the political philosophies of Presidents Ronald Reagan and Lyndon Johnson. Students will also analyze the most significant films and songs since 1940. HIST 4371: Women in World History Taught 11-11:50 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays by Marta Cieslak Have you ever wondered why we talk about “women’s history” but never about “men’s history?” This course explores this question and many other questions that the men who for centuries wrote, studied, and taught history refused to answer or even pose. We will examine how women around the world were exploited, abused, and restricted but also how they resisted, ruled, and controlled their own destiny. A complex network of social, political, and economic factors that shaped women’s experiences will guide this investigation throughout the last five centuries of “women’s history.” IFSC 4302/5302: Strategies for Innovation 6-8:40 p.m. Thursdays by Dan Berleant and Linda Holzer This course examines strategies for developing innovative products. Topics include how to choose promising problems that are ripe for innovative solutions, how to generate multiple ideas for solving these problems, how to select the most promising solutions, and how to sell your solution to potential partners, managers, and investors. MSCI 1101: Leadership 1 and Leadership II 10-11:50 a.m. Wednesdays by Major Eric Weatherman MSCI 1101 Leadership I (10-10:50 a.m.) emphasizes the importance of communication, decision making, and the understanding of human behavior in leadership situations. MSCI 1101 Leadership II (11-11:50 a.m.) is a continuation of Leadership I and focuses on leadership development and basic tactical skills. Both courses are required for students who want to qualify for college scholarships through the ROTC program, but any student can take the courses as one-hour electives. ROTC is a college and university-based program for training commissioned officers of the U.S. Armed Forces.

PHIL 3375: Environmental Philosophy 3:05-4:20 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays by Keith Robinson

This course will examine philosophical accounts of value in the context of the “Anthropocene,” a period in which humans have impacted the climate, species diversity, and the very geology of the planet. We will consider some of the most difficult moral issues that face us today, including population, food, climate change, pollution, and the loss of species life.

PHIL 4388: Truth (Seminar in Metaphysics/Epistemology)

1:40-2:55 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays by Jan Thomas

What does it mean to say that a claim is true? The answer seems straightforward, but it may not be. Do facts presuppose certain points of view? Are there alternative facts? Some suggest that there really is no such thing as truth, or that to say a claim is true is merely redundant, a linguistic shortcut, or a kind of social arm-twisting. This course will examine a variety of theories of truth to attempt to sort out these and other issues. POLS: 4365/INTS 3321: Peace building and Post-Conflict Reconstruction 12:15-1:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays by Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm This course examines the challenges of rebuilding social, political, and economic institutions in the aftermath of civil war. When peace processes are being negotiated or one side emerges victorious, politicians, rebels, activists, victims, and the general public must decide how society is to move on. The international community, too, likely has some interest in the outcome of the conflict. Building peace first requires understanding the factors that gave rise to conflict. The course begins by briefly exploring the literature on the causes of civil war before examining the politics of war-to-peace transitions. From there, discussion will be a range of issues that frequently must be dealt with during the rebuilding process, including disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of fighters; rule of law capacity building; post-conflict justice; and economic reconstruction. Finally, there will be a review of the state-of-the-art in terms of how the international community can play a constructive role in promoting lasting peace in conflict-affected societies. SOCI 4365: Sociology of Organizations 10-10:50 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays by Kinko Ito This course will examine how organized groups, jobs, and environments affect the social world and how people relate to each other. The course will explore intriguing questions many of us have pondered. Why is my boss so incompetent? How is a political party different from a cocktail party? Why do so many instances of ofkaroshi (death from too much work) take place in Japan? This course is important for anyone who exists within an organization, which is all of us. THEA 2310: Costume Techniques 10-11:15 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays by Donald Bolinger The course is aimed at sewing construction for the stage but has practical applications for any beginning sewer. The course consists of two major projects; a sample bag project where numerous machine and hand-sewing techniques are practiced and utilized to realize a finished carry-all bag, and a final garment project where the student uses skills learned in the sample bag process to cut, construct and finish a complete garment of their choice. Online: HHPS 7310: Theoretical Foundations in Health Education This online graduate course taught by Amar Kanekar discusses diverse health behavior change theories and their applications in health education and public health. Weekend: PADM 7331: Public Health Policy Feb. 2-4 and March 2-4 by Nichola Driver This graduate course in public health policy will be taught over two weekends in February and March. The course will review the U.S. healthcare system, its components, the social determinants of health, public health disparities, and other key health policy challenges. It will focus on the major health policy institutions and important issues that cut across institutions, including the federal/state financing programs.

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Tell-Hall receives ������Ƶlogo Nine Endowed Scholarship

Moneyhon to give lecture on the end of Reconstruction Era

Alumnus names Yale scholarships in honor of inspiring professors

UA ������Ƶlogo offers unique course choices for spring 2018

- University News Archive - UA ��Ƶlogo

Tell-Hall receives ��Ƶlogo Nine Endowed Scholarship

UA ��Ƶlogo offers unique course choices for spring 2018