by - July 10, 2018 4:07 pm
Dr. David McWhorter, professor and chair of anatomy at the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM), has spent more than 20 years in the medical profession. As an anatomist, one…
by - May 8, 2018 3:23 pm
Officials at the Fort Smith-based Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) are in the process of hiring 25 more people, at an average salary of $118,000, to complete faculty and…
by - January 25, 2018 6:44 am
Poteau, Okla.-based Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center will serve as a clinical rotation facility for students at Fort Smith-based Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM). Rrotations will begin in July 2019…
by - September 16, 2017 2:50 pm
Diversity among the more than 1,300 people attending the inaugural white coat ceremony held by the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM) was easy to see among a crowd sporting…
by - July 31, 2017 4:51 pm
In 1887, George F. Degen, director of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Fort Smith, Ark., discovered a railroad worker had been horribly injured. Degen collected his hat and marched several…
by - July 19, 2017 9:50 am
Nearly lost in the recent announcement of a second college at the Chaffee Crossing-based Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) campus was the receipt of a $350,000 grant to install…
by - June 27, 2017 10:51 am
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) announced Tuesday (June 27) the follow-up to its Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM). The new 60,000 square-foot facility in Fort Smith will…
by - April 17, 2017 2:23 pm
On July 31, 162 young men and women – average age of 24 – will populate classrooms and lecture halls of the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, bringing a building…
by - December 12, 2016 6:57 pm
The process of interviewing an estimated 650 prospective students for the inaugural class of the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Smith could have an economic impact of more…
by - August 20, 2016 2:44 pm
Hundreds gathered Saturday morning (Aug. 20) for the formal opening of the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, with The Degen Foundation Chairman John Taylor saying the facility has the “potential…
by - August 9, 2016 7:17 pm
Mercy Clinic-Fort Smith joined with the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) on Tuesday, Aug. 9, for a groundbreaking ceremony on a $7.9 million, 13,500 square-foot facility at Chaffee Crossing….
by - July 21, 2016 5:57 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) unanimously approved assignment of 200 acres from the Degen Foundation to the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) Real Estate Holdings at Thursday’s (July…
by - July 5, 2016 2:05 pm
A day after officially retiring as the Fort Smith Public School Superintendent, Dr. Benny Gooden was named executive director of institutional relations for the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education, the…
by - June 13, 2016 4:42 pm
Advanced medical research is just one potential benefit of a partnership announced Monday (June 13) between the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education….
by - June 2, 2016 9:38 am
With approval received earlier this year to recruit students, officials with the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Smith are hiring faculty and staff to prep for the first…
by - April 21, 2016 7:09 am
The Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine now under construction at Chaffee Crossing has been approved by a national accrediting body to be able to recruit students for its first class…
by - January 4, 2016 1:35 pm
Economic stability following years of uncertainty, a controversial mascot change, and the unexpected success of new events in downtown Fort Smith were among the top regional stories in 2015. Before…
by - December 15, 2015 2:57 pm
There isn’t much simple or ordinary with construction of the 102,000-square foot Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine. Keeping 60 cadavers chilled requires a dedicated power backup system. A small four-room…
by - December 14, 2015 11:57 am
Mercy Clinic-Fort Smith is building a $7.9 million clinic in Chaffee Crossing and within walking distance of the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM). It’s one of the first major…
