A number of Kirksville residents voiced their concerns regarding the new Alternate Route 63 to the Traffic Safety Commission last Tuesday. However, not all the talk was about vehicles. Bicyclists also had some opinions of the new highway, one of which was Rachel Ruhlen, ATSU research assistant professor. Ruhlen is an avid bicyclist, who not only rides […]

In early 2011, ATSU was selected as one of only three inaugural member institutions of the Gallup Campus Wellbeing Consortium along with Texas Christian University and University of North Texas. The Consortium works to create a new discussion about the wellbeing of the people who learn and work at colleges and universities. Consortium member institutions […]

Advanced division 1st place: Pat Rigby (Town) 2nd place: James Potter (D.O. Class of 2013) 3rd place (tie):Vineet Singh (Faculty), Scott Templeton (Town)High intermediate division 1st place: Brennen Kerr (D.O. Class of 2015) 2nd place: Chris Martinez (D.O. Class of 2015) 3rd place: Neil Sargentini (Faculty)Intermediate division 1st place: Giovanni Crosland (D.O. Class of 2015) 2nd place: Jeff Walker (Town) […]

Six underserved children from working poor families in Arizona will get preventive oral health education and care thanks to a $3,500 grant from Cox Charities to A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH). Children who are not eligible for funding from the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System and have no […]

[cincopa AYDA2xqoxYs7] Andrea O’Brien, M.S., associate director, residential admissions on ATSU’s Missouri campus didn’t know just how much a simple act could impact so many lives. In early August, O’Brien’s former colleague from Truman State University, Stephanie Chrissotimos, sent O’Brien and others a note requesting book donations for her classroom library. Chrissotimos is a high […]

Michelle Gross-Panico, M.A., R.D.H., associate director for Dentistry in the Community, ATSU-ASDOH, was presented with the Commitment to Underserved People award by the Arizona Public Health Association on September 22. Panico has been a member of the ATSU-ASDOH faculty since 2006 and is dedicated to administering programs that meet the oral health needs of the […]

A.T. Still University’s Kirksville Osteopathic Alumni Association (KOAA) Board of Directors presented its legendary awards on November 1 at the annual KOAA Luncheon and Assembly meeting. It was held in conjunction with the American Osteopathic Association Convention in Orlando, Fla. Sue Magruder, M.A., of Kirksville, Mo., received an Honorary KOAA Membership. Magruder has been an […]

Retired Air Force Col. Alfred W. Studwell, D.O., ’62, was presented with the U.S. Armed Services Air Medal for his U.S. Air Force (USAF) service during the 1983 Beirut, Lebanon conflict. Dr. Studwell received the medal June 5, 2011, one day before his 79th birthday in a ceremony sponsored by the USAF at Dobbins Air […]

ATSU-KCOM student Alex Swan, OMS II, who served as part of a team of researchers at the University of Utah Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, recently had his research project published in BMC Neuroscience Journal. The article, “Proliferative reactive gliosis is compatible with glial metabolic support and neuronal function,” is co-authored by members of […]

[cincopa AoJABy6cachF] ASDOH faculty and students provided free dental healthcare to more than 75 community members at the Mesa Check Fair, in Mesa, Ariz., on Nov. 5. Dental screenings, fluoride, and oral health education was provided at the event. Don Altman, D.D.S., M.P.H., M.B.A., M.A., program chair, master of public health – dental emphasis, attended […]