Now in its 30th year, the Milken Educator Award has been hailed by Teacher magazine as the "Oscars of Teaching." This morning, Kara Davis, a fourth grade teacher at Mathias Elementary School, was surprised with the $25,000 award. She is one of up to 35 in the country who will win the award and the only one to win in Arkansas.

On today's program, what a human geographer can tell us about the changes personal migration can be for a region, including northwest Arkansas. We talk with Emily Mitchell-Eaton about her studies regarding Pacific Islander immigration to the region. We also get a tour of the newly renovated Walton Arts Center in anticipation of its grand reopening to be held this weekend, and pastor Clint Schnekloth gives us a reading suggestion as we move toward winter.