COLLEGE OF HEALTH & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

HEALTH & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

The College of Health and Behavioral Sciences comprises the departments of Communication Sciences and Disorders; Exercise and Sport Science; Family and Consumer Sciences; Health Sciences; Military Science and Leadership; Occupational Therapy; Physical Therapy; and Psychology and Counseling; and the School of Nursing. The College of Health and Behavioral Sciences broke ground on its new Integrated Health Sciences Building, which is scheduled to open in fall 2021. The cutting-edge 80,000-square-foot, four-story facility will be home to the School of Nursing and the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, along with the Nabholz Center for Healthcare Simulation and an Interprofessional Teaching Center that the entire college can utilize. The facility will foster an interprofessional educational environment featuring clinical and simulation experiences. The opening of the Integrated Health Sciences Building will create room for 50 additional nursing students, helping to impact the nursing shortage in Arkansas. UCA alumni, friends, the community and UCA Foundation partners have supported fundraising efforts for the facility.

HIGHLIGHTS ◊ William D. Bandy, professor in the

Department of Physical Therapy, was named an American Physical Therapy

Association Catherine Worthingham

Fellow, the association’s highest honor. Bandy is only the second physical therapist in Arkansas to receive the award. ◊ Nina Roofe, chair of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, was appointed to the Ethics

Committee of the Academy of

Nutrition and Dietetics. This organization is the world’s largest organization of nutrition and food professionals and represents more than 100,000 nutritionists, dietetic technicians, registered dietitians and other dietetics professionals. ◊ Duston Morris, Stephanie Rose and

Heather Hudson, along with four students from the Department of

Health Sciences, received a grant from the University of Arkansas at

Pine Bluff Minority Research Center to develop the first in a series of prevention education story books targeting minority children and youth. The first book, “Adventures of

The Health Rap Heroes - Breaking

Down the Dangers of Vaping” is being distributed to minority youth and their families through community health care facilities. ◊ Elena Lainez was named the 2020

Richard A. Scott Outstanding

Psychology Student Award winner.

Rachel Bearden was named first runner-up, and Christoni Key was named second runner-up.

38% 420,000+

Percentage of the college's faculty and staff who have financially supported the Integrated Health Sciences Building Number of hours CHBS students spend in clinical, internship and practicum experiences annually