Announcements
June 21, 2021
UAMS Project SEARCH Interns Complete Program, Many Find Jobs
![This year's Project SEARCH graduates hold their diplomas after the ceremony at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church in Little Rock. They are, left to right, Donna Pelle, Unard Bush, Marshall Neal, Jodarious Riggins, Matthew Henley Greenwalt, Joe Randall and Molly Stump.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Project-SEARCH-Grad-featured-150x150.jpg)
Even masks and social distancing couldn’t conceal the powerful, positive emotions June 15 among the family and friends at St. Andrews United Methodist Church attending the graduation of seven young adults from Project SEARCH at UAMS.
COVID-19, Cancer Institute’s Growth among Topics at June Town Hall
![Chancellor Cam Patterson, right, responds to a question asked by Michael Manley, left, who fielded questions from the online audience.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Townhall-06162021-featured-150x150.jpg)
UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, at the virtual Town Hall meeting June 16 introduced five speakers who each addressed a variety of subjects from COVID-19 research to recruitment, clinical volumes and construction.
June 18, 2021
Wellness Week Returns and Succeeds for Residents
![Wellness Week in late May included pet therapy, a food drive and a week-long, online contest using the Goose Chase app.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ResidentCouncilWellnessWeek2021-150x150.jpg)
With the resumption of wellness week events, both in-person and virtual, attention returned to the well-being of UAMS residents who are themselves deeply committed to the wellness of others. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of Wellness Week 2020 for residents in the UAMS Graduate Medical Education (GME) program, and it put already hard-working residents…
June 16, 2021
Physician Assistant Class of 2023 Dons White Coats
![Tiffany Huitt, Ph.D., left, reads off the names of the 40 members of the Physician Assistant Class of 2023 as each in turn puts on their white coat during a partly virtual white coat ceremony.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/PA-White-Coat-Ceremony-featured-150x150.jpg)
May often brings graduations and happy endings to the studies of many types of student. But for the Class of 2023 in the UAMS Department of Physician Studies, the month and the department’s white coat ceremony May 28 marked the formal beginning of the next phase of their academic lives.
June 8, 2021
College of Pharmacy Inducts 19 Students and Faculty Members into Prestigious National Honor Society
![Third-year student and Beta Iota chapter president Madison Green delivers welcome to initiates and attendees during The Rho Chi Society induction ceremony held virtually April 9, 2021.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Megan-Smith-150x150.png)
The College of Pharmacy inducted 17 students and two faculty members into The Rho Chi National Honor Society during a virtual ceremony April 9. Membership into The Rho Chi Society is the highest academic achievement in pharmacy and recognizes students in the top 20% of their entering class, in addition to faculty members selected by…
June 7, 2021
Two UAMS Doctoral Nursing Students Named Jonas Scholars
![Vivian White and Rachel Pascoe](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CON-Jonas-White-L-and-Pascoe-R-V3-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — Two students in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing have been awarded grants totaling $30,000 from Jonas Philanthropies, a leading national philanthropic funder of graduate nursing education.
June 3, 2021
June MVP — Camille Hart
![Camille Hart -- June 2021 MVP of the Month](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CamilleHartMVPJune2021-featured-150x150.jpg)
Congratulations to Camille Hart, our June MVP of the month. Camille is a program manager in the UAMS College of Public Health’s Department of Health Behavior and Health Education. Here is what her nominator wrote: Camille Hart is the epitome of going above and beyond her job description to improve health in Arkansas.
UAMS Portal Gives Access to About 3,200 Policies and Procedures
UAMS currently has about 3,200 active policies and procedures across the institution that are accessible in Compliance 360, our centralized policy management software application. In order for us to ensure the standards we hold ourselves accountable to, we steadfastly insist that all employees, physicians, volunteers, trainees, faculty and students are aware of our formal policies.
May 31, 2021
June S.A.F.E. Newsletter Available
The June S.A.F.E. newsletter is available. The subject is The Joint Commission Survey Readiness. UAMS is in the window for The Joint Commission Survey. Here are some reminders for Team UAMS of some actions and procedures which we need to do every day regardless of whether or not The Joint Commission is here
May 28, 2021
UAMS Student Moriah Hollaway Receives Prominent Award from U.S. Public Health Service
![Moriah Hollaway](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/For-Web-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — Moriah Hollaway, a senior at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been selected to receive a 2021 Excellence in Public Health Award from the U.S. Public Health Service Physician Professional Advisory Committee. The national award is given to medical students who are public health champions advancing the U.S. Public…
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