JUNE 17, 2002 | Bank of America City President Donald J. Cook greeted school teachers, counselors, and nurses from around Arkansas this morning at a day-long class on educational technology.

The bank sponsored the class, part of a series by the Partners in Health Sciences (PIHS) program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

"I am appreciative of the time you give [and] the job you do," Mr. Cook told the participants. "It's our pleasure to sponsor this. We have always been a supporter of UAMS," he said.

Bank of America Foundation has been a strong supporter of UAMS programs, including the Arkansas Cancer Research Center, and is a member of the UAMS Society of the Double Helix, an honorary society for philanthropists who have made gifts of $100,000 or more to UAMS. Bank of America is the first corporate supporter to sponsor a PIHS class.

There was a waiting list for space in the class, "Making Educational Technology Work for Teachers." Faculty and staff of the UAMS Library planned to teach three sessions about using digital still cameras, digital video cameras, and Internet publishing, with participants rotating through all three sessions.

E. Robert Burns, M.D., a professor of anatomy in the UAMS College of Medicine, is director of K-12 educational programs in the college. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) funds PIHS through Science Education Partnership Awards. The College of Medicine at UAMS is the only college 
in the nation to have two Science