Announcements


October 22, 2019

Team UAMS Turns Out in Force for First Health Fair

Yavonda Chase

Mande Corbett tells fair attendees about the Stocked & Reddie food pantry.

Nearly 1,300 members of Team UAMS turned out Oct. 15 for the first UAMS Employee, Student Health Fair.


October 17, 2019

College Celebrates Students, Donors at Annual Scholarship Ceremony

Yavonda Chase

Scholarship recipient Erin McKinney (center) with Pat Hurst (second from right) and other members of the Ann Bowers Hurst family.

The College of Health Professions celebrated student achievement and donor generosity at its Annual Scholarship Program.


October 15, 2019

Students Explore Biomedical Sciences Options at Career Day

News Staff

Rep talking to student at booth

A graduate degree in biomedical science serves as preparation for many different careers, but how do students decide which one might be the right fit? The 19th annual Career Day for Biomedical Sciences gave graduate and undergraduate students a chance to think about just that, and to hear about the different types of careers directly…


October 14, 2019

Innovation is Focus of Storied Faculty Development Program

Spencer Watson

Teaching Scholars gather for the first meeting of the nine-month program in September.

A storied, 24-year-old program in the UAMS Office of Educational Development (OED), Division of Academic Affairs, is taking steps to help faculty members become better teachers and scholars as they themselves become students and embrace innovative instructional methods in a professional development program called Teaching Scholars. “Teaching Scholars has a great tradition of advancing the…


October 10, 2019

2019 Employee Service Awards — The Honorees

Yavonda Chase

Thank You

Twenty-three UAMS employees are being honored this year for their four decades or more of service. We want to thank them for their years of dedication to improving the health and well-being of all Arkansans.


October 4, 2019

Celebrations Showcase Parade of Cultures at UAMS

Spencer Watson

International Fest included tables with cultural items, food by UAMS Catering and demonstrations, such as a traditional Filipino dance with candles.

Hundreds of members of the campus community recently packed the ground floor concourse of the UAMS Education II building to travel the world. About a dozen countries were represented at International Fest, the Sept. 27 culminating celebration of Diversity Month, organized by the UAMS Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and co-sponsored by the Chancellor’s…


October 3, 2019

College of Medicine Students Get into Spirit at Academic House Olympics

News Staff

Students cheering

Medical school isn’t always about books and biology. Sometimes it’s about Baggo and bragging rights. Such is the case at the Academic House Olympics, an annual event where students, faculty and their families put aside the hard work of medical school for an afternoon to have a little fun. This year’s festivities were held in…


Arkansas Increases Career Service Bonus Amounts

Yavonda Chase

During the legislative session, the State of Arkansas passed Act 914 to amend the annual career service recognition payments for state employees. The new bonus amounts for UAMS staff went into effect July 25, 2019.


October 2019

Yavonda Chase

October 2019


Employee Accolades — October 2019

Yavonda Chase

Lakeisha Carroll, an access coordinator in the Cancer Institute’s seventh-floor clinics, received the Golden Mug for September as the staff member at the Cancer Institute whose work deserves special recognition.



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