Announcements
September 9, 2021
MVP for September — Kacie Davis
![Kacie Davis](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Davis_Kacie-MVP-featured-150x150.jpg)
The MVP for September is Kacie Davis, who in the course of his job demonstrates UAMS values in action. Kacie is a case coordinator in the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute’s Crisis Stabilization Unit.
UAMS Launches Student Homeownership Promotion Program
UAMS is happy to present the Student Homeownership Promotion Program. The program will include targeted financial educational classes, free tax preparation with savings promotion, and housing/credit counseling through our partner lending institution, Southern Bancorp Community Partners (SBCP).
September 8, 2021
Audiology, Speech Pathology Students Don White Coats
![Students gather for a photo after receiving their white coats. They are members of the in the Master of Science (M.S.) in Communication Sciences in Disorders Class of 2023](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Speech-Pathology-White-Coat-featured-150x150.jpg)
One of the many things the white coat represents for students pursuing degrees in the health care field is a fresh start. For the first-year students in the UAMS Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, the department’s white coat ceremony on Aug. 20 marked the formal beginning of the next phase of their academic lives.
September 2, 2021
Sign Up for Payroll Deduction for Food Service Now Available Online
Employees now can sign up online to use payroll deduction to pay for food from Nutrition Services. All benefit-eligible faculty and staff may elect to sign up for payroll deduction in order to have charging privileges on campus.
Fitness Center’s ‘Shoulder Savers’ Video Available
Watch the Shoulder Savers presentation via YouTube, recorded Sept. 14. Fitness Center Manager Adam Carter’s demonstrates two sources of mild shoulder discomfort and how exercise may improve shoulder health and exercise effectiveness.
August 31, 2021
UAMS Police: Illegal to Park in Front of Public, Private Driveways
The UAMS Police Department wants to remind the Campus Community that according to the Arkansas State Statue it is a violation of the law to park a vehicle in front of a public or private driveway.
Pyxis Supply Station Requests Added to Supply Chain Portal
Starting on Tuesday, Aug. 31, at about 4 p.m., the UAMS Supply Chain portal is adding a way to report and track anything related to Pyxis Supply Stations.
August 27, 2021
College of Medicine Welcomes Diverse Class of 2025
![Faculty advisers from the seven academic houses in the College of Medicine stand behind, from left, James Graham, M.D., executive associate dean for student affairs; Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph. D., dean of the College of Medicine; Sara Tariq, M.D., associate dean of student affairs; and Romona Davis, M.D.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/COM-White-Coat-advisers-150x150.jpg)
Among the 174 students comprising the College of Medicine’s Class of 2025 are the great-great-great granddaughter of UAMS’ founder, P.O. Hooper, M.D., and an Olympic Trials pole vaulter. Others have run their own businesses, labored in construction, edited newspapers and supervised air traffic controllers. Some have received U.S. Army medals or honors in scouting, mathematics,…
August 26, 2021
Graduate School Welcomes New Students
![Campus representatives from areas including the UAMS Library, Student Financial Services, the Student Success Center and the Graduate Student Association visited with the new students at various tables during a recent 90-minute fair.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Grad-School-students-gathering-Mariel-Garcia-150x150.jpg)
As the fall semester began, Robert McGehee, Ph.D., dean of the UAMS Graduate School, and other campus leaders recently welcomed new graduate students with an orientation on the first floor of the I. Dodd Wilson building. It was the first such in-person orientation the Graduate School has held since 2019. Nearly 30 of this year’s…
UAMS Password Policy Changing; Implementation Delayed until Oct. 1
UAMS is updating the network password policy for all users. The result of this change will be to eliminate password expiration, meaning that users will no longer be required to change their passwords every 120 days. We will begin implementing this policy change on Sept. 1, 2021.
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