College of Education and Wellness Professions Types Dean’s Executive Advisory Board

Maggie Green

The College of Education and Wellness Professions not too long ago formed a Dean’s Executive Advisory Board. The 37 members — like alumni, neighborhood partners and other stakeholders — are education and well being leaders committed to the college’s vitality, improvement and development.

The board will function as an advocacy group for the college and collaborate with Dean Kate Mamiseishvili on extended-variety strategic preparing and identifying service and monetary assistance possibilities.

“I am grateful to have such engaged and passionate board members who are prepared to enable forge a bold new future in the college,” Mamiseishvili stated. “Whilst education and healthcare are extra relevant than ever to sustaining our society, these caring professions continue to encounter unprecedented modifications. This group of volunteers will be a significantly-required hyperlink among our college and the neighborhood, whilst also delivering input that keeps us grounded in the wants of the area, the state and the nation.”

Mamiseishvili, who met with board members in a day-extended occasion on March ten, stated every brings beneficial wisdom and point of view. “The pressures on the qualified fields we represent demand that we present actual-planet, timely education which is very affordable and provided by best educators who are grounded in preparing our students to tackle the profound problems that society faces,” she stated. “This is fascinating operate, and the board’s input and involvement are currently getting a good influence on our college.”

Alumna Ashlie Hilbun, senior vice president and chief method officer at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, was chosen as the inaugural board chair. Hilbun earned an Ed.D. in greater education from the College of Education and Wellness Professions.

The board offered feedback on the college’s 3 strategic priorities:

The advisory board will meet twice a year in the fall and spring. In addition to typical meetings, the chair may perhaps contact particular meetings of the board and its committees. See board member pictures and bios.

The College of Education and Wellness Professions’ six departments prepare students for a variety of careers in education and well being. In addition to its longstanding part of preparing educators and educational leaders, the college also trains nurses, speech-language pathologists, public well being specialists, recreation and sport specialists, counselors, occupational therapists, athletic trainers and human efficiency researchers.