March 7, 2024
PA Students Raise $6,500 to Fight Hunger, Present Check to Arkansas Food Bank
In a short ceremony March 4 at UAMS, students in the Class of 2024 presented a large, mock check to representatives of the Arkansas Food Bank. That ceremonial prop was a stand-in for the students’ very real contribution of $6,500 to the Food Bank. Through its Heroes Against Hunger 5K Race in 2023, the Kelly-Rahn-Turnage…
March 5, 2024
March MVP — Mercedes Williams
Meet Mercedes Williams, the MVP for March 2024. Mercedes is a care management assistant in UAMS Inpatient Care Management.
January 11, 2024
UAMS, Western Piedmont Community College Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Student Transfers
Western Piedmont Community College and the UAMS College of Health Professions signed an agreement to help qualified graduates of the community college transfer to the Medical Laboratory Sciences program in the university’s Department of Laboratory Sciences.
January 5, 2024
January MVP — Angela Ward
Meet Angela Ward, a registered nurse in the UAMS East Family Medical Center in Helena-West Helena, and the university’s MVP for January 2024. In the course of her work, she puts into practice the UAMS values of integrity, respect, diversity and health equity, teamwork, creativity, excellence and safety. Please read what one of her nominators…
January 2, 2024
Medical Laboratory Sciences Students Graduate into Strong Job Market
On Dec. 18, graduates of the Medical Laboratory Sciences program in the Department of Laboratory Sciences celebrated some good news: They successfully had completed a challenging program of study, and their job prospects look bright.
December 27, 2023
The Year in Review, 2023: UAMS Opens Several New Buildings, Expands Clinical Programs
The spring and summer of 2023 brought growth to UAMS as the university opened several new facilities including a new hospital on the Little Rock campus and broke ground on a new sports performance center in Northwest Arkansas.
December 19, 2023
Labor & Delivery Nurse Reva Martin Honored with Willow Award
After losing two babies in two years, Dylan and Skye Billingsley returned to UAMS on Dec. 6 to surprise and thank the nurse who helped them to emotionally survive those experiences.
December 15, 2023
UAMS Receives Delta Dental Grant to Support Patient Care
Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation recently renewed a $30,000 grant to the UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center to help pay for additional dental care for patients seen first at the free clinic.
November 27, 2023
UAMS Honors Legislators at Chancellor’s Town Hall
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, recognized Arkansas state legislators with newly created awards at a Nov. 14 town hall. In his opening remarks, Patterson said the chief goal of the university’s strategic plan is to make Arkansas the healthiest state in the region by 2029. “It cannot be…
November 20, 2023
‘Meet the Leaders’ Event Seeks to Match Nursing Graduates with Patient Care Units
By putting UAMS nursing students who will graduate in 2024 together with the leaders who manage patient units hiring nurses, the organizers of the “Meet the Leaders” event on Nov. 13 hope to save time for both groups.
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