Cater Joins UAMS College of Pharmacy as Student Recruiter

By Nate Hinkel

Cater, of Sherwood, joined UAMS on Nov. 15 and will help students throughout Arkansas with career decisions in conjunction with parents, teachers and college advisors. She will develop relationships with prospective students, cultivate interest in pharmacy-related professions and prepare students for the admission process. Cater also will coordinate the UAMS College of Pharmacy’s annual Pharmacy Camp for high school students held each summer.

Cater previously worked as the director of programs and marketing for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arkansas where she managed the day-to-day responsibilities of the program, coordinated recruitment and partnership efforts and managed its marketing initiatives.

Cater earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing management from Arkansas State University and has a Master of Business Administration degree from Webster University.

Prospective students and college advisors may contact Cater at (501) 686-6282, cdcater@uams.edu or www.facebook.com/uamscop.

UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a statewide network of regional centers; and seven institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, the Psychiatric Research Institute, the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging and the Translational Research Institute. Named best Little Rock metropolitan area hospital by U.S. News & World Report, it is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has more than 2,800 students and 790 medical residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 10,000 employees, including about 1,000 physicians and other professionals who provide care to patients at UAMS, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the VA Medical Center and UAMS’ Area Health Education Centers throughout the state. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com.