UAMS recognizes Washington Regional
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences recently recognized Washington Regional as an official Community Partner for its collaboration with the Office of Community Health and Research at the UAMS Northwest campus in Fayetteville.
Washington Regional was honored for its efforts to educate health care providers and staff members on culturally competent care for Marshallese and Hispanic patients. Washington Regional's employee education team hosted multiple classes and training sessions with UAMS to educate more than 130 staff members. Washington Regional also collaborated with UAMS to ensure that Marshallese-speaking staff members received proper training in medical interpretation and to make health information and other materials available in Marshallese and Spanish.
The UAMS Community Partner Awards are sponsored by the Translational Research Institute at UAMS and are presented annually to community organizations, hospitals and businesses around the state that work with UAMS to address health disparities and improve community health.
UA Global Campus offers textile course
The University of Arkansas Global Campus and School of Human Environmental Sciences have partnered to offer an introduction to textile science course, set for Tuesday through July 1 at the Global Campus facility in Rogers. Participants can register online at https://secure.sceao.uark.edu/EventCalendar/. Laurie Apple will teach the course.
The cost of this course is $500, and University of Arkansas faculty and staff members, students and Alumni Association members receive a 10 percent discount. This cost does not include the required textbook and swatch kit.
The course is open to both degree-seeking students and noncredit Global Campus students. Participants who register for the course through Global Campus are eligible to receive professional development continuing education units only, meaning these credits cannot be used toward academic or degree credit. Those who wish to take these courses to earn academic or degree credit must apply and be admitted to the University of Arkansas and register through the student registration system. Contact Laurie Apple at [email protected].
Decatur wastewater plant earns award
The Decatur wastewater treatment plant received the Special System Recognition Award for wastewater systems serving less than 5,000 people during the annual Arkansas Water Works & Water Environment Association's annual conference held in Hot Springs.
The Decatur plant addressed a number of challenges in recent years, including the startup of the 2.2 million-gallons-per-day system in 2009. The plant had to meet some of the toughest permit limits in the state to that date and a faster-than-normal growth on the influent flow. It also put a new treatment process online, and the plant began accepting wastewater flow from the city of Centerton last year.
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