HJAR Nov/Dec 2019

HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF ARKANSAS I  NOV / DEC 2019 25 For weekly eNews updates and to read the journal online, visit HealthcareJournalAR.com Fair, and more. “We are so glad to be able to support nurs- ing mothers by giving them a comfortable spot to breastfeed or pump,” ADH Deputy Director for Public Health Programs Renee Mallory said. “There are many benefits for both the mother and baby who breastfeed, and it is a priority for us to encourage breastfeeding in all parts of our state.” The new nursing room located in the early child- care center at the UAPB Health Sciences building will be able to assist both students and employ- ees who are nursing as well as mothers enrolled in the center. The room was created through a collaborative effort of UAPB, the ADH and the Arkansas Breastfeeding Coalition, and it is funded by the Association for State Public Health Nutri- tionists’ (ASPHN) Blueprint and Children’s Healthy Weight COIIN grants. Hawkins Awarded Inaugural Crittenden CountyMemorial Foundation Scholarship at NYITCOM-Arkansas White Coat Ceremony West Memphis native William Hawkins is the recipient of the inaugural Crittenden Memorial Hospital Foundation Endowed Scholarship, which was awarded at a ceremony earlier this month. The Crittenden Memorial Hospital Founda- tion Endowed Scholarship was created to sup- port a Crittenden County resident in their pursuit of becoming an osteopathic physician. Hawkins, who is in his first year of medical school at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteo- pathic Medicine-Arkansas, was presented the scholarship by Crittenden Memorial Hospital Foundation board member Dr. Scott Ferguson at NYITCOM’s annual White Coat Ceremony. “I’m grateful to the Crittenden Memorial Hos- pital Foundation for this gift,” Hawkins said. “My hometown means a lot to me and I’m extremely appreciative of this support from my home community.” NYITCOM-Arkansas was established with a mis- sion of producing physicians to help alleviate the primary care shortage facing Arkansas and the Delta Region, which aligns impeccably with the Crittenden Memorial Hospital Foundation’s vision for supporting the medical education of a student from their region. “We are deeply grateful to the Crittenden Memorial Hospital Foundation for their gener- ous endowment to help further the mission of NYITCOM-Arkansas,” said Shane Speights, DO, dean of NYITCOM-Arkansas. “It’s extremely encouraging to have community partners like the Crittenden Memorial Hospital Foundation come alongside us as we strive to improve health care and health education in Arkansas and the Delta region.” Hawkins is a member of NYITCOM’s Class of 2023. Now in its fourth year, NYITCOM-Arkansas is scheduled to graduate its first class of approxi- mately 115 medical students in May of 2020. UAMS Public Health Student Dia Barber Awarded Scholarship fromAmerican College of Healthcare Executives Dia Barber, a Master of Health Administration student in the Fay W. Boozman College of Pub- lic Health at the University of Arkansas for Medi- cal Sciences (UAMS), has received the 2019 Albert W. Dent Graduate Student Scholarship from the American College of Healthcare Executives. The American College of Healthcare Executives established the scholarship in honor of Albert W. Dent, the first African American Fellow of ACHE. The scholarship provides financial aid to minor- ity students in the final year of a full-time health care management graduate program. Barber, of the Washington, D.C. area, will enter her second year in the MHA program in August. She is an administrative intern at Baptist Health West Memphis native William Hawkins is the recipient of the inaugural Crittenden Memorial Hospital Foundation Endowed Scholarship