June 1, 2023
Brunch, Hooding Ceremonies Mark Crossroads for College of Health Professions Students
![A student stands center stage May 26 in the CHARTS Theater as two members of the College of Health Professions faculty place her academic hood on her shoulders.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CHP-Hooding-Convocation-featured-150x150.jpg)
At an informal brunch in the late morning and an afternoon hooding ceremony, both on May 19, hundreds of College of Health Professions students celebrated the successful conclusion of their formal, professional education and the beginning of their careers.
May 31, 2023
UAMS Plays Key Role in New State Legislation for Physician Assistants
![State Sen. Aaron Pilkington, left, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and Edward Williams on May 5 just after the official signing of Act 303.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Arkansas-Act-303-Signing-featured-150x150.jpg)
Because of a UAMS team effort, the Arkansas Legislature passed, and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on May 5 signed into law Arkansas Act 303, allowing physician assistants to be enrolled in Medicaid as “rendering providers.”
May 19, 2023
UAMS, Project SEARCH Celebrate Decade of Partnership, 10th Graduating Class
![UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, third from right, stands with UAMS Project SEARCH 2023 graduates, left: Colby Fountain, Jakiyah Williams, Courtney Carroll, Carson Patty, Chase Caterbury, Patterson, Ranal Freeman II and Abby Bogoslavsky](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Project-Search-Graduation-2023-featured-150x150.jpg)
Along with the 10th class of students to graduate from Project SEARCH on May 16, UAMS and Project SEARCH also reached a milestone – 10 years of working together for the benefit of those students.
April 1, 2023
April MVP — Libby Grobmyer
![Libby Grobmyer, MVP for UAMS, April 2023](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Grobmyer_Libby-MVP-April2023-post-150x150.jpg)
Meet Libby Grobmyer, the MVP for April. Libby serves as a clinical chaplain in the UAMS Medical Center.
March 14, 2023
PA Students Raise Their Second Highest Dollar Total Ever to Fight Hunger
![Samantha Lawson, left, Michelle Hill, Ryan Toliver and Spencer Hughes present a mock check celebrating the $11,786 that PA students raised last year for the Arkansas Food Bank.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/HeroesAgainstHunger-2023-featured-150x150.jpg)
Through its Heroes Against Hunger 5K Race in 2022, the Kelly-Rahn-Turnage Fellowship of Physician Assistant Students raised $11,786 for the Arkansas Food Bank, which is the second highest annual total in the race’s history. In a short ceremony March 6 at UAMS, the students presented an oversize, mock check to Michelle Hill, corporate relations manager…
March 6, 2023
March MVP — Wade Talley
![Wade Talley, March 2023 MVP](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MVP-Wade-Talley-2ndPost-150x150.jpg)
Meet Wade Talley, the MVP for March. Wade serves UAMS as a maintenance supervisor in UAMS Move Asset Management. In the course of his work, he puts into practice the UAMS values of being polite, friendly, respectful, thoughtful, optimistic and compassionate. Please read what his nominator wrote about how he does that: This nomination is…
March 2, 2023
Two PT Alums Achieve Rare Perfect Scores on National Exam
![Shortly after graduating in 2022, Antonio Martinez, left, and Rush Hemphill achieved perfect scores on the national physical therapy examination.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CHP-Perfect-Scores-Martinez-Hemphill-150x150.jpg)
Rush Hemphill and Antonio Martinez had to pass the National Physical Therapy Examination to start their careers, and in the summer of 2022, they aced it, earning perfect 800 scores. Both graduated in May with Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degrees after three years of study in the UAMS College of Health Professions Department of…
February 27, 2023
Chambers Wins Irby Award for Early Career Faculty
![Shaneika Chambers](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Shaneika-Chambers-IrbyAward-150x150.jpg)
Sometimes doing your job well and with passion makes a big difference. For Shaneika Chambers, MHA, MLS, it is also what earned her the Edith Irby Jones Award for Early Career Faculty. Chambers first worked in the UAMS clinical lab for three years. She has been an instructor since July 2021 in the Department of…
Three Programs Get New Leadership
![Left to right, Natalie Benafield, Summer Khairi and Shayla Stinnett.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ThreeDeptHeads-150x150.jpg)
This fall, the College of Health Professions saw new leaders take the helms of three of its degree programs: Nuclear Medicine Imaging Sciences, Cytotechnology and Audiology. Summer Khairi, MBA, CNMT, succeeded Arthur Maune, M.Ed., CNMT, as program director of the Nuclear Medicine Imaging Sciences program, following his retirement after 20 years at UAMS. In addition…
Respiratory Care Department Earns Apex Award
![Apex 2023-2024 recipient](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AARC-Apex2023-CHP-150x150.jpg)
The American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) recently recognized the College of Health Professions Department of Respiratory Care program with its Apex Award for 2023-2024. With its Apex Awards, the association seeks to honor institutions for their commitment to excellence in professional development, evidence-based care, patient safety, patient satisfaction and quality improvement. “We are one…
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