Arkansas Delta


May 25, 2016

USDA Gives $1.6 Million to Improve Health in Arkansas Delta

Ben Boulden

May 25, 2016 | The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $1.6 million to two institutions to improve health in the Arkansas Delta through providing on-site simulation training for rural providers. At a news conference today at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Vernita Dore, USDA deputy under secretary of Rural Development, announced the…


December 1, 2015

High Schoolers Experience Day in the Life of a Nurse

ChaseYavondaC

Dec. 1, 2015 | The UAMS College of Nursing hosted about 40 students from nine area high schools Nov. 7 for a day-long event that allowed them to imagine a career in nursing. The “Day in the Life of a Nurse” event was sponsored by the Growing Our Own in the Delta (GOOD) Program, which…


May 7, 2013

Free Seminar to Teach about Arkansas e-Link Statewide Broadband Network May 16

Ben Boulden

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK — The public is invited to learn what the Arkansas e-Link statewide broadband network can do for them in health and education during a free seminar May 16 at East Arkansas Community College in Forrest City.</p>