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16, 2003 | The College of Nursing at the University of
Arkansas for
Medical Sciences (UAMS) celebrated its 50th
anniversary last weekend with several gala
events.
The college honored the Little Rock
Departmental Club for its advocacy for
creation of the college in the 1940s and
presented Alumni Awards to10 alumni and
“honorary alumni” awards to 20 faculty
members, staff members, and supporters for
their efforts on behalf of the college.
”Fifty years after those first brave
students enrolled at the University of
Arkansas to launch their careers with a
baccalaureate degree in nursing, we look
back on incredible change in the
profession, UAMS and our College of
Nursing,” Dean Linda C. Hodges, Ed.D.,
R.N., told supporters and alumni at a
banquet April 12 in Little Rock.
Dean Hodges presented medals to recipients
of Alumni Awards: Cindy Crone, MNSc, APN, executive director of
Arkansas CARES at UAMS, for
entrepreneurial leadership; Dr. Susan
Patton, of East Arkansas Children’s
Clinic (Forrest City, Arkansas) for
clinical nursing practice; Jean Hayes of
North Little Rock, Arkansas, a longtime
nursing director at UAMS Medical Center,
for service to UAMS; Deborah Carman of Sherwood,
Arkansas, the first Arkansan to serve on
the National Board of Governors of the
American Red Cross, for organizational
leadership; Claudia Beverly, Ph.D., R.N.,
director of the Hartford Center of
Geriatric Nursing Excellence in the
College of Nursing and associate director
of the Donald W. Reynolds Center on Aging
at UAMS, for leadership in health policy;
Joni Yarnell of Little Rock, the first
certified nurse-midwife to obtain hospital
privileges at UAMS Medical Center, for
community health service;
Michael Carter, D.N.Sc., of Heber
Springs, Arkansas, for nursing education;
Louanne Lawson, Ph.D., of Little
Rock, an authority on forensic nursing,
for leadership in health law; Kathy
Richards, Ph.D., Little Rock, an associate
professor in the college and one of only a
few nurses in the nation with board
certification in sleep medicine, for
nursing research; and Keitha Griffith of
El Dorado, Arkansas, a recent fellow in
the Johnson and Johnson Wharton Fellows
Program in Management for Nurse
Executives, for leadership in health care
administration.
JoAnn Smith (Class of 1963) presented
plaques to recipients of Honorary Alumni
Awards: Dr. Cornelia Beck of Little Rock;
Dr. Pegge Bell of Aventura, Florida; Dr.
Carolyn Cason of Arlington, Texas; UAMS
Vice Chancellor Charles Cranford; Dr.
Frances Dalme of Hot Springs, Arkansas;
Bob Donaldson of Little Rock; Dr. Elois
Field of Arlington, Texas; Dr. Virginia
Jarratt of Beaumont, Texas, Dr. Janet Lord
of Brookings, South Dakota; Benni Ogden,
development director for the College of
Nursing; Richard Pierson, executive
director of UAMS Medical Center; Marion E.
Pool of Fayetteville, Arkansas; Mary
Robertson; Dr. Patricia E. Thompson; UAMS
Chancellor Emeritus Harry P. Ward, M.D.;
Dr. Beth Vaughan-Wrobel of the UAMS
Northwest Area Health Education Center;
Dr. Patricia Heacock of Hot Springs,
Arkansas; Gloria Mugno of Texarkana,
Texas; Sophronia Williams of Little Rock;
and Dr. Martha Tygart of Shirley,
Arkansas.
Earlier, alumni celebrated at a luncheon
at Jeff Banks Student Union at UAMS and
viewed the unveiling of a commemorative
quilt by quiltmaker Pat Eaton of Searcy, Arkansas.
On April 11, members of the Little Rock
Departmental Club gathered at a special
Founders Tea at the University of
Arkansas System
office in Little Rock,
where they presented their annual
scholarships to five nursing students:
Ericka Quattrone, Mason Erwin, Betsey
Coffey, Regina Lynch, and Robin Mullins.
Future
nurses, historic uniforms – These students in the College of Nursing
recently received scholarships from the Little Rock Departmental Club
(left to right): Mason Erwin, Betsey Coffey, Regina Lynch, and Robin
Mullins. (JohnPaul Jones) Click on photo for larger view.
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Dean Linda Hodges (left) greets Jean McSweeney, Ph.D.,
R.N., of the College of Nursing faculty at the Founders
Tea April 11. (JohnPaul Jones) Click on photo for larger
view.
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Ericka Quattrone (left) accepts a scholarship from Connie
Sundermann (left) and Louise Primm of the Little Rock
Departmental Club. (JohnPaul Jones) Click on photo for
larger view. |
Louise Primm of the Little Rock Departmental Club (right)
presented a scholarship to student Joanna Carpenter. (JohnPaul
Jones) Click on photo for larger view.
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Virginia Henker of the Little Rock Departmental Club
(left) accepts a commemorative dish from Dean Hodges. (JohnPaul
Jones) Click on photo for larger view. |
Melonese Clark (left) and Leslie Dairion unveiled a
commemorative quilt by quiltmaker Pat Eaton of Searcy,
Arkansas, during a luncheon April 12 in Jeff Banks Student
Union at UAMS. (JohnPaul Jones) Click on photo for larger
view.
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UAMS Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, M.D., and Ginger Wilson
examine the College of Nursing commemorative quilt. The
Wilsons are collectors of contemporary art craftworks. (JohnPaul
Jones) Click on photo for larger view. |
Dr. JuJuan English (left) and Dr. Joanni Uriri attended
the April 12 luncheon. (JohnPaul Jones) Click on photo for
larger view.
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Alumni Shirley Basinger of Jonesboro, Arkansas, (left) and
Leta Snow of Mountain Home, Arkansas, examine old
newspaper articles about the College of Nursing during the
luncheon. (JohnPaul Jones) Click on photo for larger view.
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Mary Robertson, registrar for the College of Nursing,
caught the photographer’s eye during the Golden Jubilee
Gala Dinner at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Little
Rock. (JohnPaul Jones) Click on photo for larger view.
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Dean Hodges (left) presented Alumni Awards to 10
recipients, including Dr. Susan Patton of Forrest City,
during the Golden Jubilee Gala Dinner. (JohnPaul Jones)
Click on photo for larger view.
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Twenty past and present faculty and staff members,
including Sophie Williams (left) accepted Honorary Alumni
Awards from Joann Smith (Class of 1963) (right). (JohnPaul
Jones) Click on photo for larger view.
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Marion E. Pool of Fayetteville (left) received an Honorary
Alumni Award and a kiss from UAMS Chancellor Emeritus
Harry P. Ward, M.D. UAMS Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, M.D.
(right) enjoyed the tender moment. (JohnPaul Jones) Click
on photo for larger view. |
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name and e-mail address to the UAMS Alumni E-mail
Directory. Go to the directory.
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Links on This Page
Bumpers: http://www.uams.edu/today/2003/032003/AHECs30thAnniversary.htm
American Psychiatric: http://www.uams.edu/today/2002/100902/goldaward.htm
Associated Press: http://www.uams.edu/today/2002/041802/heart.htm
Alzheimer’s Disease Center: http://www.uams.edu/today/110101/alzheimer.htm
Marion Pool: http://www.uams.edu/today/052401/pool.htm
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Nurses: http://www.uams.edu/today/2003/040303/NurseScholarships.htm
Pharmacy Class: http://www.uams.edu/today/2002/050902/cop_reunion.htm
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