This year’s UAMS Graduate School Research Induction White Coat Ceremony was held on Monday, September 28th, at 3:00p.m. in I. Dodd Wilson 126 Lecture Hall. The ceremony was held to honor those Doctor of Philosophy degree students who have successfully passed the Ph.D. qualifying exam, identified their mentor, and are now involved in dissertation research. […]
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Honor’s Class
Five students were chosen for the UAMS College of Nursing BSN Honor’s Program for the 2015-2016 academic year. These senior students were selected based on their academic performance prior to and during their junior year of the nursing program. They will all be matched with research mentors in the college that they will work closely […]
Dr. Kaneshia Bryant Honored
Dr. Kaneshia Bryant (right) recently received the 2015 UAMS Diversity and Inclusion Award of Excellence in the faculty division. Dr. Bryant is assistant professor in our College and is the Principal Investigator for the Growing Our Own in the Delta (GOOD) scholars program. Shown with Dr. Bryant are Hazel Rosson (left), employee award recipient, and […]
Fermin Renteria, CNE !
Fermin Renteria, Assistant Professor at the UAMS College of Nursing, recently became a Certified Nurse Educator, a prestigious designation granted by the National League for Nursing. This certification is held by the top nursing educators in the nation. It is a mark of professionalism for academic nurse educators, establishing nursing education as a specialty area […]
Special Friends Visit College
Dr. Nicholas P. Lang (right) and his wife Helen (left) visited the College of Nursing recently. They received an update on the Nicholas P. Lang, MD, and Helen F. Lang, RN, Professorship that they established earlier this year. The inaugural holder of the Professorship, Dr. Claudia Barone, expressed appreciation to the Langs. Their Professorship is […]
UAMS College of Nursing Welcomes Dr. Patricia Cowan as Dean
LITTLE ROCK —Patricia A. Cowan, Ph.D., R.N., has been named dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and will begin at UAMS on or before Dec. 1. Cowan succeeds Lorraine Frazier, who left UAMS in January. Jean McSweeney, Ph.D., R.N., associate dean for research and director of […]
Signage Makes Us Feel “On Top of the World!”
The College of Nursing feels “on top of the world” with the recent installation of signage on the outside of our building. Now there’s no mistaking where the College of Nursing is located. Now there’s no mistaking that UAMS has a College of Nursing. So to the College of Pharmacy and Fay W. Boozman College […]
College of Nursing Graduate Leads Creation of Heart Failure Clinic
While hospital readmission rates for patients with heart failure are traditionally high, a UAMS College of Nursing graduate played a key role in establishing a nurse-led specialty clinic that has lowered that risk for its patients. Nicole Comstock, M.N.Sc., A.P.R.N., is coordinator for the Heart Failure & Valve Clinic in the Walker Heart Institute Cardiovascular […]
Heba & Tina Honored
Heba Sadaka (left) and Dr. Tina Pettey (right) were saluted with an ice cream reception on June 17 as colleagues at the UAMS College of Nursing bid them farewell. Heba is moving to Houston and will teach at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing. Tina will be teaching at […]
College of Nursing Moves Forward with McSweeney as Interim Dean
Stability, support and the resources the UAMS College of Nursing needs for continued success — that’s what Jean McSweeney, Ph.D., R.N., says she is committed to providing as interim dean. McSweeney, associate dean for research and director of the PhD program, became the college’s interim dean Jan. 17 following the departure of Lorraine Frazier, Ph.D., […]