/news-archive/tag/university-of-arkansas-at-fayetteville/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Thu, 03 May 2018 17:07:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2018/05/03/troy-wells/ Thu, 03 May 2018 17:07:51 +0000 /news/?p=70409 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to honor Troy Wells with Distinguished Alumni Award]]> Baptist Health president and chief executive officer Troy Wells often gets asked for career advice. What he explains to young people is that his own career success started with a simple word: Yes. 鈥淢y philosophy is say yes and see what happens,鈥� he said. 鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot of value for young people to realize when you say yes and want to be part of something, and don鈥檛 worry about the money, good things happen. You should want to add more value before you expect something in return. It may not work for everybody, but it has worked for me.鈥� Wells will be honored during the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Distinguished Alumni Awards Celebration at 11:30 a.m. May 11 in the Great Hall of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center. The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honor presented by the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. Wells also will deliver the keynote address at this year鈥檚 commencement ceremonies on May 12. Before heading to college, Wells was like many young people. He knew what he liked studying, but he didn鈥檛 have a definitive career plan. He went to the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, where he earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in microbiology. 鈥淚 was oriented toward medicine, but two years in, it didn鈥檛 seem like something I wanted to do,鈥� Wells said, 鈥渂ut I did love the sciences, and I was good at it.鈥� After graduating in 1994, Wells took a year off. He traveled, built houses with his dad, and applied to graduate schools. He chose 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 Master鈥檚 Degree in Health Services Administration (now offered at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences). 鈥淚 wanted to be in Arkansas, and 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock had this program that was pretty unusual and rare at the time. I saw people being successful coming out of the program,鈥� he said. 鈥淲hat made this very workable for me was it was designed so that you could work during the day and go to school at night. It was something I could manage financially and not walk away with a ton of debt.鈥� Wells also remembers the faculty support he received. 鈥淚 felt a sense that the faculty cared about us. They were interested in students being successful. I wasn鈥檛 a number. The faculty knew what I was good at and where I would be good in terms of employment,鈥� he said. Years later, Wells recruited future employees from the graduate program he knew so well. 鈥淚 stayed connected with John Baker, one of the original faculty founders of program, and I鈥檓 still in touch with him 26 years later,鈥� Wells said. After completing his master鈥檚 degree in 1997, Wells entered a two-year fellowship at the former St. Joseph鈥檚 Hospital in Hot Springs, where he learned the administrative workings of a hospital. 鈥淎t the end of the fellowship, I had a chance to stay on or go to Newport to run a small hospital,鈥� Wells said. 鈥淚 was 26 and single and in a place in life where I could take a risk, so I went to Newport and ran an 86-bed hospital for six or seven years.鈥� When the hospital was sold, Wells was out of a job. He was interviewing all over the country when he got a call from Russ Harrington, former CEO and president of Baptist Health. 鈥淗e said, 鈥業 want you to come to work for us. I can鈥檛 tell you exactly what the job is,鈥欌�� Wells recalled. 鈥淚 agreed to take a job, not knowing what it was or what I would be paid. It was a handshake. Russ asked me, 鈥楧o you want to be here?鈥� And I said yes. I was happy. I knew it was right.鈥� Since joining in 2006, Wells has had many job duties, including vice president of clinical services, vice president of Practice Plus, chief executive officer of Arkansas Health Group, and senior vice president of Administrative Services. He became the chief executive in June 2014, becoming only the third person to hold this title since World War II. 鈥淲hat I enjoy most is working with people to serve people. That鈥檚 what gets me up in the morning,鈥� he said. 鈥淏eing in healthcare, you have to want to do things for other people. That鈥檚 why our organization exists. We are a faith-based, not-for-profit health system. I know there鈥檚 a mission we are here to fulfill, and I have the ability to affect that.鈥� Wells is active. He serves on the Alumni Association Board of Directors of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, as well as on the boards for Goodwill Industries of Arkansas, Parkway Village Inc., the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the Downtown Rotary Club of Little Rock. He is also a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the Arkansas Executives Forum, Young Presidents Organization, and Fifty for the Future. He and his wife Mary live in Little Rock and have two children – Catherine, 10, and Charles, 6. Baptist Health CEO Troy Wells is the recipient of the 2018 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Distinguished Alumni Award. Photo by Sara Reeves.  ]]> /news-archive/2017/07/10/ua-little-rock-to-host-open-house-film-screening-exploring-health-and-illness-among-native-populations/ Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:33:58 +0000 /news/?p=67443 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to host open house, film screening exploring health and illness among native populations]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will hold an open house and film screening for an exhibit exploring the concepts of health and illness among Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. The 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Sequoyah National Research Center is hosting the exhibit until Aug. 3. The center will hold an open house and reception for the exhibit from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 11. Archivist Erin Fehr will introduce the exhibit. 鈥淭he Sequoyah National Research Center is very excited to host our first national traveling exhibit, especially one that has been critically acclaimed,鈥� Fehr said. 鈥淲e want visitors to understand the diversity of American Indian and Alaska Native perspectives and traditions, in particular their views on health and wellness, and walk away with a new appreciation of Native American lifeways.鈥� The exhibit explores the interconnectedness of wellness, illness, and cultural life for native people and features interviews with more than 100 tribal leaders, healers, physicians, educators, and others. Through interviews, native people describe the impact of epidemics, federal legislation, the loss of land, and the effect of culture on the health of native individuals and communities. In addition to the exhibit, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock will host a film screening of 鈥淗eartbeat Alaska鈥� at noon Wednesday, July 19, in Ottenheimer Library Room 535. The Sequoyah National Research Center acquired the Jeanie Greene Heartbeat Alaska Film Collection in 2014. The collection is a record of contemporary Alaska Native life. In 1990, Jeanie Greene, an Inupiat journalist, established the television show 鈥淗eartbeat Alaska鈥� as a forum for Alaska Native people to share the stories that impacted their lives on a daily basis. The film screening will be a compilation of several episodes of 鈥淗eartbeat Alaska鈥� and will cover topics like how and where elders gather plants for use in traditional medicines and how they are used; the impact youth camps have on the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse; how living a traditional lifestyle leads to overall wellness; and diabetes prevention campaigns. The 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Sequoyah National Research Center is located at 5820 Asher Ave., Suite 500, in University Plaza. The exhibit will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. All events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Erin Fehr at ehfehr@ualr.edu or 501.569.8336. In the upper right photo, the healing totem in the National Library of Medicine herb garden began its year-long journey in 2010, with the selection of a downed 500-year-old red cedar by Jewell Praying Wolf James.]]> /news-archive/2017/06/26/christopher-dickie/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:03:24 +0000 /news/?p=67358 ... Christopher Dickie named development director for 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock College of Education and Health Professions]]> Christopher S. Dickie recently was selected to serve as the director of development and external relations for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock College of Education and Health Professions. In his new role, Dickie is responsible for developing relationships with alumni and friends of the college and cultivating support for students, faculty, and programs. Dickie was inspired to join 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock after reading a story about a student with a difficult background who turned his life around by earning a scholarship and is now a successful doctoral candidate at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. 鈥淚 learned that without 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 assistance, this student would have continued down an alternative, harsher path,鈥� Dickie said. 鈥淎t that moment, I knew I had to try and join Little Rock’s team. It’s an important and exciting time on campus, and I am grateful to have this opportunity. I am thrilled to work with Dean Ann Bain in the College of Education and Health Professions.” Dickie started his career as proprieter of his family鈥檚 restaurant, Smokehouse Grill and Caf茅, and as a State Farm insurance agent in Batesville. In higher education, his experience includes working as director of enrollment management at the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville, where he was the Students Choice Award recipient in 2014. As director of employee relations and community outreach, Dickie helped establish University of Arkansas System, the only completely online University of Arkansas System institution. He also worked as a consultant for the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, where he helped create its online executive Master of Public Service degree. Dickie holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in accounting from Lyon College as well as a master鈥檚 degree in college student personnel from Arkansas Tech University. He is a doctoral student in the adult and lifelong learning program at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Active in the community, Dickie serves as a board member on the, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people recover from alcoholism and addiction. He was also named to Arkansas Business鈥� 2010 鈥�20 In Their 20s鈥� list. Dickie and his wife, Tara, have a 5-year-old daughter, Adelynn, and live in Bryant. ]]>