UAMS Names Smith Development Director for College of Health Professions
| LITTLE ROCK – Donna Norvell Smith has been named director of development for the College of Health Professions at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and will lead fundraising efforts in support of the allied health school.
Smith brings skills to the college including donor and guest relations, event coordination and strategic planning. She will work closely with the college’s dean, the advisory board, donors, faculty, staff and alumni in support of the college, which has 21 academic programs across professions ranging from audiology to laboratory sciences to respiratory care.
She previously served as associate director of development for the UAMS College of Medicine. Before that she worked in the development office of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute.
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,275 students, 890 medical residents and fellows, and five dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 12,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.###