The Division of Institutional Advancement: Building a Better State of Health
The primary purpose of the Division of Institutional Advancement and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Foundation is to secure gifts and philanthropic grants to support the statewide work of UAMS and advance its threefold mission – education, patient care, and research – to improve the health of all Arkansans.
Institutional Advancement supports fundraising efforts for all units of UAMS, including its colleges, institutes, centers of excellence, and departments.
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When Words Are Not Enough: 20-Year Myeloma Survivor Gives Back to UAMS
By Shannon Perna “Thank you.” These heartfelt words are often all that’s needed to express sincere gratitude, but after 20 years of life-saving treatment at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s Myeloma Center, Don Wilson, DVM, and his wife, Melissa Wilson, wanted to do more. So more than a decade ago, they began to…
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UAMS Honors Philanthropists and Spirit of Giving at Society of the Double Helix Celebration
April 24, 2026 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) honored members of the Society of the Double Helix during an April 16 reception at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock. The Society of the Double Helix was established by UAMS in 1998 as a way for the university to…
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Jackye and Curtis Finch Jr. Commission Sculptures for The Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital at UAMS
LITTLE ROCK — The Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received two sculptures by Ryan Schmidt that were commissioned by Jackye and Curtis Finch Jr. The sculptures, titled “Persistence” and “Stupendous,” are in the first-floor lobby and on the fourth floors, respectively, of the hospital, and are together…
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UAMS Receives $1 Million to Create Endowed Funds in Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received $500,000 from Helen and Nick Lang, M.D., and $500,000 from Kent C. Westbrook, M.D., to the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, both in honor of Westbrook’s late wife, Jonnie Kay Westbrook. The Langs gift establishes the Jonnie Westbrook Endowed Fund for Excellence…
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