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September 16, 2024

College of Health Professions Celebrates Students, Donors at Scholarship Reception

Ben Boulden

College of Health Professions students hold certificates of scholarship while gathering on the lobby stairs in the Rahn Education Building after a scholarship reception that recognized scholarship donors and student recipients.

The UAMS College of Health Professions brought together and celebrated both the students who recently received scholarships and many of the donors who support them. At the Sept. 5 reception, College of Health Professions Dean Susan Long, Ed.D., said the average debt of an in-state undergraduate student is $35,000, while an in-state graduate student’s debt…


September 4, 2024

UAMS Physician Assistant Studies Celebrates Class of 2024

Ben Boulden

On Aug. 23, the Class of 2024 in the Physician Assistant Studies Program stood for one final group photo together after a valediction ceremony.

Joined by family, friends and faculty at an Aug. 23 valediction ceremony, the Physician Assistant Class of 2024 celebrated the completion of their degrees and prepared themselves for the start of their careers in health care.


June 7, 2024

Pharmacy ASHP-SSHP Chapter Honored with Award for Professionalism

Benjamin Waldrum

COP SSHP students

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) recently recognized the UAMS College of Pharmacy’s Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SSHP) chapter with an Outstanding Professional Development Award for the 2023-2024 academic year. The UAMS chapter was one of only 20 chapters nationwide to receive the honor. “I am so proud of our SSHP chapter and…


June 4, 2024

UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center Receives Gold Star Rating

Linda Satter

Steven Webber, M.D., dean of the College of Medicine and UAMS executive vice chancellor, and Elizabeth Gath, M.D., listen to students present on a patient at the 12th Street Health & Wellness Center.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 12th Street Health & Wellness Center, a student-run, interprofessional free clinic that serves its neighbors while educating students, has again earned a Gold Star rating from the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NAFC). The rating is the highest awarded by the NAFC, whose mission is…


June 3, 2024

Physician Assistant Class of 2026 Dons White Coats

Ben Boulden

The 40 members of the Physician Assistant Studies Class of 2024 gather on stage in Smith Auditorium for group portrait.

The smiles of audience members were almost as bright as the new, white coats being put on by students in the Class of 2026 during the Physician Assistant White Coat Ceremony on May 24 at UAMS.


May 30, 2024

College of Medicine Class of 2024 Reminded to ‘Calm Down’ as they Move Forward

Linda Satter

The UAMS College of Medicine Class of 2024 recites the Hippocratic Oath with Dean Steven Webber, M.D.

The 168 members of the College of Medicine Class of 2024 donned their doctoral hoods and jointly recited the Hippocratic Oath after being showered with words of wisdom at their May 17 honors convocation. The following day, after receiving their degrees at a campus-wide commencement ceremony, they became the latest group of physicians from the…


Graduate School Commencement Brunch Celebration Focuses on the Road Ahead

Nathan Tidwell

Alisha Crump

A popular Commencement Day custom continued May 18, as the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Graduate School hosted its annual brunch. Faculty, family, staff and students gathered at the Four Points by Sheraton in Little Rock to recognize the Class of 2024 prior to UAMS’ commencement later in the day. Sean Taverna, Ph.D.,…


May 29, 2024

Hooding and Pinning Ceremony Honors 170 Graduates in UAMS College of Nursing

Chris Carmody

A graduate dons her hood during the UAMS College of Nursing’s hooding and pinning ceremony.

Friends and family members packed the sanctuary of the First Pentecostal Church in North Little Rock on May 17 as the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing welcomed 170 graduates to the nursing profession. The College of Nursing’s hooding and pinning ceremony, held each year on commencement weekend, recognizes the graduates’…


May 28, 2024

UAMS College of Public Health Celebrates Student Accomplishments at Convocation

Kev' Moye

Convocation

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health hosted its 2024 convocation at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts and recognized the accomplishments of the college’s graduating students. “You have been trained to critically think,” Ben Amick, Ph.D., associate dean for research, told the graduates. “You’ve been trained…


May 24, 2024

College of Health Professions Students, Families Celebrate with Brunch, Hooding Ceremonies

Ben Boulden

College of Health Professions students graduating with Master of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Doctor of Audiology, Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition, Master of Science in Genetic Counseling, Doctor of Physical Therapy and Master of Physician Assistant Studies degrees were invested with hoods. May 17 in North Little Rock.

Hundreds of UAMS College of Health Professions students and their families joined faculty and staff May 17 to celebrate their pending graduation, first with an informal brunch and later with an afternoon hooding ceremony.



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