September 15, 2023

College of Health Professions Scholarship Reception Recognizes Students, Donors

Ben Boulden

Justine Bersonda, center, holds certificates for the scholarships she recently received. A member of the Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS) Class of 2023, Bersonda also spoke at the scholarship reception on behalf of the other scholarship recipients. Nathan Johnson, chair of the MLS department, stands left, and Dean Susan Long, right.

The UAMS College of Health Professions at a Sept. 8 reception celebrated dozens of students who recently received scholarships and also brought them together with many of the donors who made those scholarships possible.


September 5, 2023

UAMS Physician Assistant Program Celebrates Class of 2023, 10th Anniversary

Ben Boulden

Physician Assistant Studies faculty members stand and receive applause at the valediction ceremony for the Class of 2023. Edward Williams stands and the lectern, left, as Chancellor Cam Patterson, Dean Susan Long, Ryan Toliver and Tiffany Huitt join in the applause.

The Aug. 25 valediction ceremony for the UAMS Physician Assistant Class of 2023 celebrated the completion of the students’ studies and the end of the first decade of Physician Assistant Studies degree program.


August 31, 2023

White Coats On, Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology Students Start New Academic Journeys

Ben Boulden

Dana Moser speaks and formally begins the Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology White Coat Ceremony in an auditorium of the I. Dodd Wilson Building on the UAMS Little Rock campus.

UAMS College of Health Professions Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology faculty members on Aug. 18 helped students put on their white coats and celebrate the start of their postgraduate studies. At the department’s White Coat Ceremony, each student walked to the front of the auditorium, and two faculty members held up the coats as…


August 30, 2023

Kandy Salter, OTD, Named Director of UA/UAMS Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program

Ben Boulden

Kandy Salter, OTD

Kandy Salter, OTD, has been named the director of the Doctor of Occupational Therapy program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.


August 22, 2023

Charia Hall, Au.D., Chosen as Director of UAMS Doctor of Audiology Program

Ben Boulden

Charia Hall, Au.D.

Charia Hall, Au.D., has been selected to serve as the new director of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Doctor of Audiology degree program.


August 10, 2023

UAMS Meet-and-Greet Event Celebrates Student Summer Researchers

Ben Boulden

Dozens of research students and faculty line up for scoops of Loblolly ice cream in the courtyard of the Biomed 2 building.

On June 21, the longest day of the year and the summer solstice, about 200 student researchers over the course of two hours gathered in the grassy courtyard of the UAMS Biomedical Research II building to share Loblolly Ice Cream and socialize. Mohamed Elasri, Ph.D., UAMS associate vice chancellor for research, attended and said the…


First Students Graduate, Earn Master’s Degrees in Dietetics at UAMS

Ben Boulden

The first UAMS students to graduate from the Master of Science in Dietetics degree program are left to right, back, Abby Benham, Isabella McPherson, Reilly Cline, Sydnie Locascio; left to right, front, Kennedy Kerins, Alexandria Singleton, Hope Snyder and Mary Cris Lebig.

The first nine UAMS students to earn Master of Science degrees in dietetics graduated Aug. 4 in a milestone event for them and for the degree program they had just completed.


June 23, 2023

UAMS Oral Health Clinic Celebrates 10th Anniversary, Expansion

Ben Boulden

Chancellor Cam Patterson addresses the audience at the June 23 celebration of the 10th anniversary of the opening of the UAMS Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation Oral Health Clinic.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today celebrated the 10th anniversary of the opening of its Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation Oral Health Clinic with a ceremony to mark its expansion into a newly remodeled space. The renovated area adds 3,490 square feet to the clinic’s existing footprint. With the…


June 16, 2023

June MVP — April Wurtz

Ben Boulden

June 2023 MVP April Wurtz and Chancellor Cam Patterson

Meet April Wurtz, the MVP for June. April serves as a medical dosimetrist in the UAMS Radiation Oncology Center. In the course of her work, she puts into practice the UAMS values of integrity, respect, diversity and health equity, teamwork, creativity, excellence.


June 7, 2023

Physician Assistant Class of 2025 Dons White Coats

Ben Boulden

After putting on their white coats, physician assistant students in the Class of 2025 recite the Professional Oath.

Despite the speakers telling students about the long days of study and hard work ahead of them, a celebratory spirit was evident May 26 at the white coat ceremony for the physician assistant Class of 2025. The ceremony represents a rite of passage as students enter the 28-month master’s degree physician assistant program that will…



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