Phi Beta Lambda Wins 12 Awards at Virtual National Leadership Conference
07/02/2021
ONESBORO Students representing Arkansas State University’s Phi Beta Lambda chapter won 12 awards at the 2021 Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) National Leadership Conference held virtually last weekend. Because of the pandemic, it marked the second consecutive year for registrants to convene online.
“Our numbers were down a little this year with the conference being virtual again,” said Dr. Philip Tew, adviser for A-State’s PBL chapter, state adviser of the Arkansas chapter, and associate professor of finance. “Even with what is a ‘down’ year by A-State’s PBL’s previous standards, the students did an incredible job and finished with 12 national awards.”
Students learn life lessons with Teddy Bear program
Students teach teddy bears life lessons By Adam Jones | January 21, 2021 at 5:42 PM CST - Updated January 21 at 7:14 PM
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - First-grade students at Jonesboro Micro Society Elementary School are learning life lessons in a unique way.
The program, Teaching Teddy, is where students learn about positive self-talk through a teddy bear.
The lessons the students are learning are how to be organized, self-motivated, and plan for the future.
Elementary teacher Haley Jones believes this hands-on experience will help shape the students’ future moving forward.
“I love it. I think it’s so important. The students made so many connections through teaching teddy just by saying it and then internalize it. I know it’s helping them be successful and motivated,” says Jones.