The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing has received $100,000 to provide primary care services, with an emphasis on mental health, to older Arkansans. Half of the money comes from the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education at the University of Minnesota, where the UAMS College of Nursing was one […]
Claudia Beverly Takes Part in Global Advisory Panel in Africa
Claudia Beverly, PhD, RN, professor in the College of Nursing and director of the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, recently took part in an advisory panel in Africa, convened by Sigma Theta Tau International. The Global Advisory Panel on the Future of Nursing & Midwifery brought leaders from Africa in nursing and midwifery together […]
Dalme-Rickel Distinguished Lectureship Launches with Oncology/Community Health Lecture from Dr. Karen Meneses
Dr. Karen Meneses, Co-leader of the Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program at University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center, was the guest speaker on Aug. 25 at the Frances Dalme-Linda Rickel Distinguished Visiting Lectureship in Oncology/Community Health. The lecture is housed in the UAMS College of Nursing. Dr. Frances Dalme, longtime faculty at […]
Endowed Scholarship Donor Meets Nursing Students
The UAMS College of Nursing recently arranged for the donor of the Cammy Giffin Haynes Endowed Scholarship to meet the two students who received the scholarship this year. Mrs. Darlene Giffin of Little Rock, seated in the center and the donor, met Randi Marshall (left), a BSN student who resides in Maumelle. Randi previously attended […]
Dean Cowan Meets with College Alumni, Friends in Texarkana
Aug. 22, 2016 | Patricia A. Cowan, PhD, RN, dean of the College of Nursing, met with faculty, staff, alumni and friends of UAMS recently at UAMS Southwest in Texarkana. Sondra Bedwell, PhD, RN, an alumna and assistant professor in the College, hosted the event which was held at the Southwest Regional Center. “Our college […]
Patricia Cowan, Ph.D., R.N., Invested in Linda C. Hodges Dean’s Chair
Aug. 9, 2016 | Patricia A. Cowan, Ph.D. R.N., dean of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing, was invested Aug. 4 in the Linda C. Hodges Dean’s Chair. Cowan succeeds Lorraine Frazier, who left UAMS last year, as both the chair and dean. Cowan began at UAMS on Nov. 9, […]
CON Seniors Explore Geriatric Options Through Skelly Externship
Aug. 2, 2016 | A select group of soon-to-be College of Nursing seniors spent part of their summer learning the career opportunities available in geriatric nursing, thanks to a $20,000 grant from the Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable Foundation. The four BSN students, Jeanette Denham Turner, Jennifer Andrade Alvarez, Jonqiuia Barbee and Nicole Cross, are taking […]
We would like to wish a very happy birthday to Dr. Anita Mitchell, a CON alumna and faculty member.
We would like to wish a very happy birthday to Dr. Anita Mitchell, a CON alumna and faculty member. Dr. Mitchell is an associate professor and serves as co-director of our PhD program. She is a member of the class of 1967, which will be recognized soon with the hanging of a class composite in […]
College of Nursing Honors Largest Class at Pinning, Hooding Ceremony
The College of Nursing recognized its class of 2016, the largest class in the college’s history, on May 20 at its pinning and hooding ceremony at the First Pentecostal Church in North Little Rock. With family and friends watching, 313 graduates from the college’s five nursing programs took part in the ceremony, which marks the […]
Dr. Dalme Authors Book
Dr. Frances Dalme, who served as a professor at the UAMS College of Nursing for many years and was instrumental in starting the Master’s program in nursing, is now the author of a hard back book. Dr. Dalme’s book, The Caring Place: Making the Most of the Long Goodbye is a book about services for […]