De Queen, AR- Legacy Initiatives announced its partnership with the National Alliance for Hispanic Health (the Alliance) to host the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Journey, a traveling, hands-on exhibit that raises awareness about the All of Us Research Program. All of Us is an unprecedented effort to gather genetic, biological, environmental, health and lifestyle data from 1 million or more volunteer participants living in the United States. The program’s ultimate goal is to accelerate research and improve health.
“We are bringing the All of Us Research Program directly to people all across the country
to continue our work to increase the inclusion of all communities in clinical and biomedical
research. Through the Journey traveling exhibit we will increase the participation of diverse
communities in All of Us to help build the foundation for a new era of health care where
medicine is tailored to each person,” said Dr. Jane L. Delgado, President and CEO of the
National Alliance for Hispanic Health.
All of Us seeks to transform the relationship between researchers and participants,
bringing them together as partners to inform the program’s directions, goals and
responsible return of research information. One of those partners is the National Alliance
for Hispanic Health who through their Todos Juntos effort is partnering with organizations
across the country, including Legacy Initiatives, to provide information on All of Us and demonstrate the central role Hispanic communities must play to usher in the future of health.
“Legacy Initiatives is excited to partner with the National Institute of Health (NIH) to bring to our community the All of Us research program. We want to see our community grow healthier and believe this is just one step we can take to do our part in impacting positive change in our community” - Dr. Jason Lofton, board member of Legacy Initiatives.
All of Us aims to reflect the rich diversity of the U.S. to help ensure that each community is
included in studies that lead to improved health for future generations. Participants will be
able to access their own health information, summary data about the entire participant community and information about studies and findings that come from All of Us.
De Queen’s community can visit the All of Us Journey from October 29th to 31st:
Tuesday October 29, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sevier County Court House
115 N 3rd St. De Queen, AR 71832 (west side, across from the post office)
Wednesday & Thursday October 30-31, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
UA Cossatot
183 College Dr., De Queen, AR 71832
To learn more about the program, please visit JoinAllofUs.org/juntos.
Daniel Martinez and Callie Miller of the De Queen Sevier County Chamber of Commerce
Daniel Martinez and Callie Miller of the De Queen Sevier County Chamber of Commerce were special guests on the Tuesday Ed-ition of the Morning Show. They talked about the Chamber's Halloween schedule of events and this weekend's Tour De Queen.
Red Ribbon Week at UA Cossatot
Red Ribbon Week activities at UA Cossatot include a mock traffic stop at the Skilled Trades Building in De Queen. Thank you Sgt Wayne Baker of the De Queen PD for conducting the mock stop.
Greetings from Washington, DC!
Pictured left to right: Congressman Bruce Westerman, Dusty Kesterson, Kelli Harris, Kinley Wright, and Rep. Jason Smith
I just wanted to share a little bit about our trip with everyone. Yesterday the conference opened and we’ve heard from representatives at the National Science Foundation and the American Association of Community Colleges. The best part of yesterday was our night tour of the Capitol with Representative Bruce Westerman. It was a truly amazing experience. We walked onto the Senate Floor and the House Floor. Congressman Westerman and Representative Jason Smith from Missouri shared many amazing facts and stories with us. There were several areas that we were not allowed to take pictures, but I’m sure it’s something we’ll never forget.
Angel Tree Applications to Lockesburg Lions Club
Innovation in Youth Programming Award
Jean Ince, Howard County Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Extension Agent, was honored recently at the National Extension Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS) 85th annual session, whose theme was “Nurturing the Richness of Lifelong Learning”. She was a member of a team of neighboring county FCS agents that received the First Place National and First Place Southern Region for the NEAFCS Innovation in Youth Programming Award at the conference held September 30 - October 3, 2019 in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
In receiving the award, Ince and teammates were recognized for planning and implementing a program focused on teaching students practical food preparation skills, learning to read and follow a recipe, hands-on cooking and clean up, table setting and etiquette. Of course, the team taught MyPlate and Dietary Guidelines each day to stress the importance of choosing a healthy diet.
The Innovation in Youth Programming Awards was established in 2019 to recognize innovation and accomplishment in the design and implementation of a Family and Consumer Sciences program for a youth target audience. The award was sponsored this year by the NEAFCS membership and awards fund. Ince‘s commitment to meeting the needs of individuals, families and communities is exemplary.
Coach Lance Weeks Speaker at Tuesday's Lions Club in De Queen
Coach Lance Weeks was the guest speaker at today’s Lions Club meeting in De Queen. Coach Weeks is the head coach of Lady Leopard basketball and De Queen golf coach.
Sophie Jackson and Lexi Powell from Acorn High School
Children's Tumor Foundation Fall Fun Fest and Little Heroes 5k
Children's Tumor Foundation Fall Fun Fest and Little Heroes 5k was Saturday at Herman Dierks Park in De Queen.
UA Cossatot Recognizes Physical Therapy Month
Photo: (from left to right) first row: Luis Herrera, Kayla Mills, Abby Clark, Katherine Malca, Braley Turner, Allie Anderson, and Tiffany Wise.
Second row: Alondra Galvez, Samantha Henderson, Myka Lemley, Riley House, Ashley Thompson, Caleb Befeld, and Drew Sikes.
October is an extremely important month when it comes to raising awareness for great causes and great educational programs and UA Cossatot’s Physical Therapy program is busy this October recognizing and raising awareness of the great benefits physical therapy provides. Physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapist assistants (PTAs) play a vital role in helping individuals improve function, mobility, and pain relief. In addition, PTs and PTAs encourage individuals to play an active role in their own care.
This semester, UA Cossatot students are learning many foundational concepts in preparation for building on future knowledge needed for therapeutic exercise. This semester as part of their learning, UA Cossatot students are building the muscles of the body on a skeleton in order to provide physical and visual learning of the location of these muscles and how they assist in everyday movement.
UA Cossatot began the Physical Therapist Assistant program in 2018. In August, the PTA program admitted its second cohort. If you want learn more about UA Cossatot’s PTA program during Physical Therapy month, or anytime, please contact UA Cossatot Medical Education Advisors, Christina Cooper or Maranda Reynolds at 870-584-1147.
Meet the Colts and UA Cossatot Chili Supper and Bingo Night October 29th
UA Cossatot will be hosting a Chili Supper on Tuesday, October 29 beginning at 6:00 P.M. at the UA Cossatot Bank of Lockesburg Gymnasium. Everyone is invited to come to this event and support UA Cossatot’s student athletes.
The Chili Supper is a fundraiser to support UA Cossatot’s basketball program, but it is also an opportunity to meet the basketball players who will be representing UA Cossatot.
Colts and Lady Colts players will be present to meet local community members while serving chili. Colts gear, t-shirts, and season passes will be available for purchase at the event as well.
For anyone that purchases a season pass or can show that they have already done so, will receive free chili the night of the chili supper. Chili alone can be purchased for $5.
This event will also be an open house occasion for UA Cossatot Colt’s fans to view the new refinished gym floor at the UA Cossatot Bank of Lockesburg Gymnasium.
This past month, the court was refinished to meet NJCAA standards. The court will be available for people to view two nights before the first home game of the season.
The UA Cossatot Pep Band will also be performing at the Chili Supper to provide musical entertainment for the evening.
At 7:30 P.M. a Bingo night will take place at UA Cossatot’s Lockesburg Campus for anyone who would like to participate. Prizes will be given. All proceeds raised during Bingo will go to support UA Cossatot’s basketball program.
UA Cossatot Spring Registration is Open
On Monday, October 28, 2019, UA Cossatot’s spring registration for classes will be available. Students will be able to enroll in courses by contacting a Student Services Advisor to begin or continue their education at UA Cossatot.
The college’s Student Services department has Admissions and Recruitment Specialists at the Ashdown, Nashville, and De Queen Campuses. To sign up for classes or to learn about educational opportunities, they can be reached at 870-584-4471 or studentservices@cccua.edu. Walk-in visits are welcome from 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Monday through Friday.
The Spring 2020 semester includes available courses in general studies, student personal development, accounting, biology, business, child development, fine arts, criminal justice, health and safety, political science, Spanish, English, and sociology, to name a few.
The college also offers courses in specific programs, including nursing, welding, radio-television broadcasting, industrial electricity and technology, automotive services, diesel technology, cosmetology, the physical therapist assistant program, and the occupational therapy assistant program. Medical pre-requisites are available to take, and UA Cossatot will also be offering EMT classes this upcoming semester at the Nashville Campus.
UA Cossatot has four campuses and will be offering classes for students to take in-class, online, during the day and evening. The college also provides AV courses.
Students are encouraged to sign up as soon as possible to enroll in the courses they need. The final day to register for the spring 2020 semester is January 14. Spring 2020 classes begin at UA Cossatot on January 13.
UA Cossatot Spring Registration is Open
On Monday, October 28, 2019, UA Cossatot's spring registration for classes will be available. Students will be able to enroll in courses by contacting a Student Services Advisor to begin or continue their education at UA Cossatot. The college's Student Services department has Admissions and Recruitment Specialists at the Ashdown, Nashville, and De Queen Campuses.
Weekly Update from State Representative DeAnn Vaught
On average, an Arkansan with a bachelor’s degree will earn $700,000 more in a 30 year career than those who drop out of college. The gap climbs to $1.5 million for those with a doctorate.
This information is included in the 2018 Economic Security Report which was presented this week to the Arkansas Legislative Council Higher Education Sub-Committee.
The report makes clear that the cost to obtain any certificates or degrees at an Arkansas public postsecondary institution is significantly lower than the hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in additional average career earnings.
Not including living expenses, the estimated cost in Arkansas for an associate’s degree is $10,000. The estimated cost for a bachelor’s degree $30,000.
Each level of educational achievement provides a boost in earnings power. In fact, the report shows a significant difference in earnings just the first year. On average, first year earnings for Arkansans with a bachelor’s degree are $31,800. Average first year earnings for high school graduates are $11,900.
Employment rates are also impacted by levels of education. First year full-time employment rates for college dropouts is 29%. The rates climb to 44% for Arkansans with a Certificate of Proficiency and 58% for those with an associate’s degree.
In most cases, what you study matters more than where you study. For those with an associate’s degree, science technology and health professionals make the most in average first year earnings. For those with bachelor’s degrees, engineering students make the most in average first year earnings.
Studies of health professions are the most popular over all degree areas in Arkansas as well as being the most popular choice for Certificates of Proficiency, Technical Certificates, and First Professional degrees. The most common Bachelor’s degree programs are in Business, Management, and Marketing.
Although each graduate’s success will reflect a variety of factors such as the local job market, where they choose to live, and what area they chose to study, the Economic Report provides valuable information as students and parents consider education and career choices. We have posted the report on our website: www.arkansashouse.org.
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Colt Drawdown Friday Night from Lockesburg
UA Cossatot Agricultural Students are Headed to Washington, D.C.
UA Cossatot students Dusty Kesterson and Kinley Wright along with UA Cossatot agriculture faculty, Kelli Harris, will be in the nation’s Capitol October 22 -25 attending the 26th National ATE Principal Investigators' Conference. Kinley and Dusty were selected to present information about their GIS (Geographic Information System) projects in agriculture at the conference.
This conference is held by the American Association of Community Colleges, with the support of the National Science Foundation (NSF), at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. The conference is by invitation only and will bring together NSF ATE grantees and their project partners to focus on issues related to advanced technological education. Conference attendees represent community colleges, industry, secondary education, and 4-year colleges covering projects in a variety of areas, such as information technology, nanotechnologies, biotechnology, and more.
UA Cossatot has been a part of an NSF ATE grant called OPENGATE (Opening Pathways to Employment through Nontraditional Geospatial Applications in Technical Education) for the past three years. This grant is a collaboration between four community colleges in the University of Arkansas system with the University of Arkansas Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, or CAST, serving as a technical resource. The goal of this grant is to increase access to education in location-based technologies to prepare students for employment in a wide variety of industries. As part of the grant, GIS technology and training has been integrated into the curriculum of the agriculture program at UA Cossatot.
Kelli Harris was able to nominate two students from UA Cossatot to apply to attend the conference. Dusty and Kinley were involved in numerous GIS projects in their agriculture classes at UA Cossatot. Both students have also attended and presented at the ArcGIS Users’ Forum in Little Rock, and Kinley attended additional training provided by Hanna Ford and Malcom Williamson from CAST this summer. After being nominated by Ms. Harris, the students submitted an application with the OPENGATE team. Only two students from all of the community colleges participating in the grant would be selected to apply to represent OPENGATE at the 2019 ATE conference in Washington, D.C., and Kesterson and Wright made it through both rounds of the selection process.
At the conference, the students will present a poster about their projects. This will allow them to highlight their program of study and the opportunities to use GIS technology in agriculture. On October 25, Dusty and Kinley will be recognized by the National Science Foundation for their achievement in ATE programs.
Dusty Kesterson's poster is about a project created in his Natural Resources class using a Survey123 app called "Naturally Fun in Sevier County". The app collects data about recreational activities that involve natural resources in Sevier County. Data was collected about the location of hiking trails, boat ramps, swim beaches, public hunting areas, and much more. Dusty's poster will show how the data was collected and analyzed. The Natural Resources class is also developing a partnership with the Sevier County Economic Development Commission to use the data collected to help promote tourism in Sevier County, Arkansas.
Kinley Wright's poster will describe a Survey123 app she developed called “Just Show It” that collects information from livestock exhibitors about their awards. The data can be used by livestock exhibitors, agricultural teachers, and 4-H leaders to organize, analyze, and display that information.
UA Cossatot instructor, Kelli Harris said, “I am very excited about the opportunity these students have to visit Washington D.C. and represent UA Cossatot at the ATE Conference. They have worked very hard on their projects and I know they will make us proud.”
Tour de Queen November 2nd
Upcoming Harvest Festival in Horatio
Special guests on the Friday Ed-ition of the Morning Show with Loren were Christina Willis and Emilee Vaught in to tell us all about the upcoming Harvest Festival in Horatio.
Health Fair Happening in De Queen and Nashville at UA Cossatot
The University of Arkansas Cossatot Center for Student Success will host a free health fair on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at the UA Cossatot De Queen Campus. This event will take place in the Skilled Trades Building from 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. Another free health fair will also take place at UA Cossatot’s Nashville Campus in the atrium from 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. on Wednesday, October 30, 2019.
The UA Cossatot Health Fair is an annual event held at the college to promote healthy living in our local area. At the fair, free flu shots, glucose monitoring, blood pressure readings, and body mass index (BMI) calculations will be available.
This event is open to the public, students, and UA Cossatot employees and is in partnership with the Arkansas Department of Health.
For more information, please contact the Center for Student Success Coordinator, Erika Buenrrostro at 870-584-1133 or ebuenrrostro@cccua.edu.
Lockesburg Lions Club and UAC Foundation Raises Money at Trade Days
On September 27 and 28, the Lockesburg Lions Club and the UA Cossatot Foundation hosted the third annual Blue Darter Trade Days. The two-day event raised over $2,000 to help support the organizations’ projects.
Blue Darter Trade Days is an event that invites vendors from Southwest Arkansas and the surrounding area to sell unique merchandise. In addition, event festivities included a fish fry, a pumpkin patch, and Bingo.
“It was great partnering up with the UA Cossatot Foundation to not only raise funds for each of our organizations, but also provide a fun community event for people in Southwest Arkansas,” said Zebbie Launius, Lockesburg Lion’s Club Member.
The UA Cossatot Foundation hosted a fish fry from 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. on Friday and Saturday. UA Cossatot Chancellor, Dr. Steve Cole and Sevier County Judge, Greg Ray fried the fish. Proceeds went to benefit the Colt’s Basketball teams.
UA Cossatot Student Ambassadors hosted fall festival games and sold pumpkins for the community to purchase. UA Cossatot’s student organization, Rotaract also participated in the event by providing a concession stand.
The Lockesburg Lion’s Club hosted Bingo at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, September 28. The proceeds will fund an upcoming beautification project in the city of Lockesburg.
The fourth annual Blue Darter Trade Days is set to take place in September 2020.
Noah Reed Student of the Month at De Queen Lions Club Meeting
Noah Reed was recognized as Lions Club “Student of the Month” at Tuesday’s meeting in De Queen. Noah is a senior at De Queen High, the National Honor Society President, Quiz Bowl Captain, MVP and State Champ in Quiz Bowl, and Fellowship of Christian Students President. Lion President Bryan Blackwood presented Reed with a certificate for Student of the Month.