Doctor to speak to Club Scrub
Dr. Brandi Wright, a nephrologist, will speak to the Ivy Center for Education’s Future Medical Professionals “Club Scrub” from 6-7 p.m. March 5. The session will be held at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences South Central Medical Center, 1601 W. 40th Ave.
Wright is a member of the Jefferson Regional Medical Center staff and specializes in chronic kidney disease and hypertension. The topic will be “How Hypertension causes Kidney Failure?” She will discuss symptoms and treatments of hypertension and kidney disease, according to a news release.
Wright graduated from Pine Bluff High School in 2000. She received her medical degree from Meharry Medical College in 2011. Her internal medicine training was completed at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco and her nephrology training was completed at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Retired teacher Mattie Collins is president of the Ivy Center and Danielle Harris, education coordinator with UAMS Regional Programs, is the Club Scrub coordinator. The Ivy Center is a college career readiness/youth mentoring program created to promote higher education for 7-12th graders. Future medical professional students attend workshops presented by local, state, and national medical professionals to encourage them to choose a health career profession and upon completion, come back and serve the people of Pine Bluff/Jefferson County.
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Interested students and parents are encouraged to attend. Those who cannot attend in person, may join virtually using Zoom ID: 856 8296 4187 with Passcode: 351061. Details: Mattie Collins at mattie1908@gmail.com or Danielle Harris at Djharris@uams.edu.
UAPB plans spring career summit
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Spring Career Summit is scheduled 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 6 in the Kenneth L. Johnson Sr. Complex, H.O. Clemmons Arena (HPER). The spring career summit is open to students enrolled at UAPB and alumni. Job seekers should bring copies of a well-prepared resume. Professional dress is preferred, but not required, however participants shouldn’t wear jeans, sweats, or mini-skirts, according to the UAPB Office of Career Services.
Currently, 95 organizations representing business/industry, government agencies, graduate/professional, and school districts from Arkansas, California, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas will attend.
These include:
BUSINESS
Acxiom, Affinity/Bridgeway Hospice, AgHeritage Farm Credit Services, Allied Universal, Apptegy, ArcBest, Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield, Arkansas Center for Data Sciences, Arkansas Hospice, Arvest Bank, Bank of OZK-Little Rock, Bernhard, CHRISTUS St. Michael, Clark Contractors LLC, Clearwater Paper Corp., Consolidated Electrical Distributors, DHL Supply Chain, Dillard’s Inc., Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., First Orion, Gainwell Technologies, InRoads, J.B. Hunt Transport, Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Millhouse Entertainment, Mondi Pine Bluff Bag Plant, Murphy USA, Nucor, Relyance Bank, Schreiber Foods, Sherwin-Williams, Simmons Bank, Women’s Foundation of Arkansas, Youth Villages.
GOVERNMENT
Arkansas Department of Corrections, Arkansas Department of Energy & Environmental Quality, Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, City of Little Rock Fire, City of North Little Rock Human Resources, Fort Smith Police, Kansas Department of Health & Environment, Overland Park Police, Pine Bluff Arsenal-United States Army, Pine Bluff Police, Pulaski County Government Human Resources, Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Little Rock, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency, U.S. General Service Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Louis, USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service, USDA-NRCS-Arkansas Engineering.
GRADUATE SCHOOLS
Arkansas Teacher Corps, Exalt Academy, Harding University College of Pharmacy, Harding University Carr College of Nursing, Harding University College of Business, OSU Spears School of Business, Southern University Law Center, Teachers Like Me, UAPB Graduate Studies Continuing Education, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, University of Arkansas Fayetteville-Online, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Arkansas: Bentonville, Bryant, Conway, Crossett, Friendship Aspire, Hamburg, Lafayette, Lonoke, Malvern, Marion, McGehee, Pine Bluff, Sheridan, Stuttgart, Urban Ed Academy; California: Los Angeles; Unified Kansas: Kansas City, Shawnee Mission; Louisiana: East Baton Rouge Parish; Missouri: Lee’s Summit; Normandy, Tenn: Gestalt, Memphis-Shelby; Texas: Dallas ISD, Fort Worth, Houston ISD.
Details: Shirley Hampton, UAPB Office of Career Services, (870) 575-8461.