College of Pharmacy
February 6, 2019
National Association CEO Praises Arkansas Pharmacy Leadership
Feb. 6, 2019 | What makes Arkansas and Arkansas pharmacy unique among all other states are the personal and professional relationships that make up its strong social networks, said Doug Hoey, MBA. “You have familial-like connections between the school, the state board, the state association and the national association,” he said. “You don’t necessarily have…
January 15, 2019
Schwanda Flowers, Pharm. D., Appointed UAMS College of Pharmacy Interim Dean
Schwanda Flowers, Pharm. D., has been named interim dean of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy. She is the college’s associate dean for administrative and academic affairs.
September 10, 2018
College of Pharmacy Class of 2022 Dons White Coats
Sept. 10, 2018 | The first year at the College of Pharmacy presents challenges beyond rigorous schoolwork. It begins the process of choosing between multiple career paths in the profession, Melanie Reinhardt, Pharm.D., said Aug. 24 at the White Coat Ceremony for the UAMS College of Pharmacy Class of 2022. An assistant professor in the…
September 7, 2018
Passion, Dedication Still Evident for Graduates at Alumni Weekend 2018
Sept. 7, 2018 | Although the decades may have separated them, UAMS graduates from all specialties arrived Aug. 17-18 for Alumni Weekend and caught up as if the years didn’t matter.
August 7, 2018
Pharmacy Dean, Professor Visit to Bolivia, Plan for Exchange Program
Aug. 2, 2018 | Before a meaningful exchange can take place between people, connections must be made, and earlier this summer, the UAMS College of Pharmacy made them in Bolivia. Both the college’s Dean Keith Olsen, Pharm.D., and Cesar Compadre, Ph.D., professor in the college’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, traveled to Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and stayed…
July 2, 2018
Pharmacy Students Create Drug-Counseling Videos for YouTube
July 2, 2018 | It all started with a visit to a local pharmacy.
Seth Heldenbrand, Pharm.D., the College of Pharmacy’s associate dean of experiential education and an associate professor, was picking up a new prescription and noticed that with a simple click of a box he had opted out of drug counseling by the pharmacist.
June 25, 2018
Camp Shows Undergraduates Diversity of Pharmacy Career Paths
June 25, 2018 | For a dozen years, Pharmacy Camp at the UAMS College of Pharmacy has been creating uncommon experiences for 17- and 18-year-olds and efficiently compressing them all into a few days. “I could’ve spent the whole summer shadowing pharmacists here and there, but this put everything into one week and I was…
April 24, 2018
UAMS College of Pharmacy Professor First Arkansan to Serve as American Pharmacists Association President
Nicki Hilliard, Pharm. D., a pharmacy professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently became the first Arkansan to serve as president of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), the largest pharmacy professional organization, for the 2018-2019 term. Hilliard is a professor in the College of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy Practice. After serving…