UAMS College of Health Professions to Offer Academic Advisors Workshop on Oct. 2
| LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Health Professions will present an Academic Advisors Workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 2 in the I. Dodd Wilson building, Room 126, on the Little Rock campus.
The workshop for high school guidance counselors and academic advisors will provide an opportunity to learn more about the college’s allied health programs, gain a deeper understanding of prerequisite requirements, explore the Little Rock campus and tour program labs and classrooms.
The deadline to register is Sept. 13, and the college will provide each attendee with a continental breakfast, lunch and snack. Parking will be available in the nearby Parking 2 deck. Register online at: healthprofessions.uams.edu/fall-advisors-meeting-registration/ or call 501-686-5730.
“The College of Health Professions is a vital part of Arkansas’ health care landscape and offers a diverse range of 16 programs in the allied health professions with a strong emphasis on education, service and research,” said the college’s Dean Susan Long, Ed.D. “Within one year of completing their degrees, 100% of our graduates have found jobs.”
Established in 1971 at UAMS, the college now comprises 10 academic departments dedicated to advancing health professions in Arkansas and is the largest college in enrollment of all the colleges at the university.
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.###