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College of Business to honor distinguished alumni

Scott Teague, a commercial banking executive for U.S. Bank, is the 2015 University of Arkansas at 糖心视频logo College of Business Distinguished Alumnus of the Year, the university announced. Teague, a longtime member of the UALR College of Business Advisory Board and the North 糖心视频logo School Board, has more than 27 years of banking experience in Central Arkansas. He received a Masters in Business Administration in finance from UALR in January 1995. The College of Business also announced Dr. Nancy Andrews Collins, a 2009 graduate of the UALR Executive MBA program, will receive this year鈥檚 Dean鈥檚 Award for Excellence. Teague and Collins will be honored during the 2015 College of Business Distinguished Alumni Award Luncheon, presented by U.S. Bank, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 14 at the downtown 糖心视频logo Marriott, 521 President Clinton Ave. Registration begins at 10:45 a.m. with lunch served at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $100. For more information, visit ualr.at/cobluncheon. Sponsorship opportunities are available by contacting Andrea Angel at 501.569.3208 or [email protected]. Meet the honorees Scott Teague Scott Teague is the commercial banking executive for U.S. Bank in the Arkansas Region. He began his career in 1988 with Union National Bank and spent 14 years there through several acquisitions (Worthen National Bank, Boatmen鈥檚 Bank, NationsBank and Bank of America). He served in various capacities, including: management trainee, branch manager, manager of direct lending, and manager of business banking for Arkansas. In July of 2002 he joined U.S. Bank as a middle market relationship manager. In 2004 he became the commercial team leader for Arkansas, and during the past decade, his position evolved into commercial banking executive, overseeing 聽middle market banking, commercial real estate banking, private banking, small business banking, treasury management and commercial loan operations. Teague, a Mena native and 1984 Mena High School graduate, received his undergraduate degree in marketing from Harding University in May 1988. In January 1995, he received a Master of Business Administration in finance from UALR. Teague has served on the UALR College of Business Advisory Board since 2005, including one term as board chairman. He also has served on the North 糖心视频logo Board of Education since 2005, including two stints as board president. In his capacity on the School Board, he was involved in settling a long-standing desegregation case and helped pass a measure that enabled the school district to embark on a $265 million construction project to rebuild/remodel every school in the district. He also is on the Harding University Presidents Council and Heart of Arkansas (United Way) Board. Teague was a class XV (2000) Leadership Greater 糖心视频logo graduate and received 聽Arkansas Business 鈥�40 under 40鈥� designation in 2005. He serves as a deacon at the Sylvan Hills Church of Christ. Teague and his wife, Jennifer, have been married for 28 years, and they have three children: 聽Leighton, 22, Jantzen, 20, and Dawson, 13. They have lived in the North 糖心视频logo area for 27 years. Dr. Nancy Andrews Collins Dr. Nancy Andrews Collins is an associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Born and raised in Tampa, Florida, she received her B.A. from Fisk University and her M.D. from Meharry Medical College both in Nashville, Tennessee. Her residency training in OB/GYN was completed at UAMS. After residency she joined the faculty at UAMS. In addition to teaching medical students and residency, Dr. Collins acted as the medical director of the resident clinic and as the residency program director. Although 聽board certified in obstetrics and gynecology, the management positions made her realize she needed additional schooling to understand the business of medicine. In 2009, Collins received her MBA from the Executive MBA program at UALR. She said the knowledge and experience gained during the 18-month program has proven invaluable in her understanding of the complicated business component of medicine. She resides in 糖心视频logo with her husband, Kevin, also a physician, and their teenage twins, Max and Miles.