To support your career development, we will help you connect with our diverse MA alumni network during your time in our program. This network includes alumni working in local industries (UAMS, UA Little Rock, Arkansas Department of Public Health, Bridgeway Hospital, CARTI Cancer Center, Stephens Inc, Simmons Bank, Summit Utilities, etc.) and those working for national companies and nonprofit organizations (such as PBS, Adobe, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, Heifer International, WinRock International, and more). We also have many alumni who work for universities, including Florida State University, UA Little Rock, University of Kentucky, Purdue, Clemson, and others. Check out some of our alumni whose careers span internal and external communication, training/education, and influencer/corporate leadership below.
Internal Communication/Organizational Development

Director of Talent Development, Simmons Bank

Manager of Learning and Development at Summit Utilities

Learning & Leadership Consultant at Blue Cross Blue Shield

Organizational Development Advisor, CARTI
External Communication: Health Communication, Business Development, Sales

Director of Communications for Central Arkansas

Director of Communications, Arkansas Department of Health

Chief Experience Officer, Pillar Clinical Research, LLC

Sales Manager (Specialties), Fuchs Lubricants Taiwan Corp

Director of Marketing & Public Relations at CARTI

Consumer Marketing Coordinator Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Training/Education

Associate Professor, California State University-Channel Islands

Community Philanthropist at Clinton School of Public Service

Associate Professor, Clemson University


Professor & Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Purdue University

Director of Learning and Development, First Union, Little Rock, Arkansas

Assistant Professor, Florida State University

Vice President for Student Affairs, University of Kentucky

Library Communication Specialist Ottenheimer Library
Corporate Leadership/Influencer

Founder & Chief Storyteller, Black Belt Media

People Analysis, Adobe, San Francisco, California

People Analysis, Adobe, San Francisco, California

Global Talent Development Director, Heifer International

University of Arkansas 4-H Center Director