Dr. Leonard Seawood, dean of Academic Outreach, has been elected to serve on the University Continuing Education Association’s South Region Board of Commissioners for 2011-2012. UCEA’s regions provide opportunities to reward excellence, examine issues of importance to continuing higher education professionals, and to network with regional colleagues. Organized into six distinct geographic areas, the regions reflect the specific interests and relationships unique to the members of the association in their respective areas. The regions serve to expand the services of the association to its members through the development of innovative programs, opportunities for the wide participation and in-service training of all levels of member staff personnel, improved inter-institutional communications and exchange of ideas, and establishment of consortia and inter-institutional cooperative efforts in the development of programs and projects designed to meet regional educational needs.The membership of each region is composed of the members of the association that are located in that respective geographic area. The South region include the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennesee, Virigina and the territories of Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.
The Community Development Institute Central was nominated for the University Continuing Education Association’s Outreach and Engagement Community of Practice Award. This award recognizes members who have originated or enhanced successful outreach and engagement programs. According to the UCEA website, “Outreach and Engagement is the mutual exchange of intellectual resources and expertise between the university and its much broader external community of government agencies, businesses, nonprofit organizations, community groups, and individuals.” CDI is located in the Division of Academic Outreach and Extended Programs, and has been training community and economic development professionals since 1987. This year’s institute will be held Aug. 2-6 in the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center. For more information about CDI, please visit www.uca.edu/cdi.
Academic Outreach is offering the following community education classes: Intermediate Bridge, Feb. 27, 1:45- 4:45 p.m.; Smart, Sensible Spending and Saving, March 3, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.; Become A Super Saver, March 4, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.; Boaters’ Education, March 6, 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.; Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People, March 10, 6 – 9:30 p.m.; Discovering Your Family History, March 17, 6:15 – 8 p.m.; Retirement Planning Today, I March 20, 9 a.m. – 12 noon; Retirement Planning Today II, March 23, 6 – 9 p.m.; Computer Cleanup Workshop, March, 23, 7 – 9 p.m.; Photography: Advance Your Skills, March 24, 6 – 7:30 p.m.; and Become A Super Saver!!!, March 25, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. For more information, contact Academic Outreach at (501) 450-3118 or at Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center, Suite. 102.