Student Services Assistant Director Arthur Matthews, M.A., was recently certified as a Distance Credentialed Counselor (DCC) by the Center for Credentialing and Education, Inc. As a DCC, Matthews is nationally recognized as a professional with training in best practices in distance counseling. Distance counseling is an approach that takes the best practices of traditional counseling […]
ATSU-ASHS’ Human Movement adjunct faculty member Aaron Nelson, M.S., ATC-L, PES, CES, was named the 2008-09 Joe O’ Toole NBA Athletic Trainer of the Year award by the National Basketball Athletic Trainers Association (NBATA). Nelson, who is also the head athletic trainer for the Phoenix Suns, was formally recognized during a Phoenix Suns’ game on […]
Still National Osteopathic Museum Curator Debbra Loguda-Summers recenlty received the Employee Excellence Award for the 4th quarter of 2009. Summers has been a museum staff member for 10 years. In the role of curator, she works daily with international researchers, ATSU faculty and administration, student doctors, and the general public interested in their family’s past […]
[cincopa 10561509] A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS) awarded scholarships to one student from each of the school’s five residential programs at a luncheon held on the Arizona campus on Friday, Feb. 26. The ASHS Dean’s Scholarship Award is given to students who demonstrate excellence in scholastic accomplishments, professional leadership, and social […]
Stuart selected out of more than 200 COMLEX item writers KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – A.T. Still University-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) Microbiology/Immunology Associate Professor Melissa K. Stuart, Ph.D., was recently selected as 2009 Item Writer of the Year for COMLEX-USA Level 1 by the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, Inc. (NBOME). NBOME is a […]
Friends, Since the last issue of the magazine, ATSU has continued to move forward on the journey to becoming the nation’s pre-eminent health sciences university. As expected, we received the final report from the Higher Learning Commission accrediting us for 10 full years, through 2018-19, the longest period that the Commission awards. There will be […]
Creation is life, and to some, a life’s work. I’ve made it mine, and this issue explores how alumni, students, faculty, and staff make it part of theirs. Although every issue is an exercise in creativity, this issue was made more so by working with ATSU’s Jamie Carroll and Kelly Rogers on the cover design. […]
Friends, As you read this issue of Still Magazine, Founder’s Day will recently have been celebrated on both campuses, including Still-A-Bration in Kirksville. These marvelous events marked the founding in 1892 of our great institution of higher learning by a caring and visionary physician, Dr. Andrew Taylor Still. He began the American School of Osteopathy […]
This issue explores not simply medical missions and the international work of students and alumni but the power of “one.” One person, one hand, one sense of responsibility, and the corresponding and remarkable determination to respond. No excuses. Healthcare disparities abound, and solutions exist but seem beyond our power – or sometimes willingness– to affect. […]
ATSU’s Learning Resource Center (LRC) on its Arizona campus has recently launched its new mobile access page, which allows access to LRC content directly from users’ smart phones. The page can be accessed via the ATSU portal, or by typing http://m.atsu.edu into your phone’s internet browser. According to LRC Director Mike Kronenfeld, M.B.A., M.L.S., resources that […]