ASDOH cares for kids ATSU-ASDOH partnered with the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Arizona Dental Foundation (ADF) for a game on September 26 to benefit the Give Kids a Smile® Care program, and in the process sent 130 East Valley Boys & Girls Club kids for a night at the ballpark. Close to 400 tickets were […]
Second annual Heart Gala raises $34K for AHA Dubbed Kirksville’s premiere American Heart Association (AHA) benefit, the second annual Rhapsody in Red Heart Gala was held November 7 at Truman State University. This is the second year that ATSU and Northeast Regional Medical Center have co-sponsored the black tie event. [cincopa 10558872] “This special event […]
The mood was festive and the competitive spirit high when a record crowd of more than 500 turned out for the 2009 Arizona Campus Founder’s Day celebration in November. Students, faculty, and staff, along with their friends and families, enjoyed free music, games, snow cones, and cotton candy followed by a barbecue lunch served on […]
First-year occupational therapy student Jake Bishop took up photography eight years ago and has been a professional photographer for three. “I spent my life savings,” he says, “on a digital camera in 2001 that’s about as powerful as the one that’s now in my cell phone.” These days, what began as taking photos for friends […]
Kellie Holloway, DPT 2012, says her photography skills have developed primarily since beginning graduate school at ASHS. “Learning so much about the physiology, pathophysiology, biomechanics, and intricacies of the human body helps me remember to look outside into the larger world and the beauty there,” she says. [cincopa 10558860] “Being the daughter of my father […]
Joshua Davidson, a member of ASDOH’s class of 2011, began carving wood in 1993 while working as a glassblower. He enjoys working with wood because it is “a terrific surface to alter,” he says. “It can be dyed, shaped, inlaid, painted, carved, etc.” Davidson says he’s always been interested in pattern and works with wood […]
Changes at SHM reflect University’s vision for quality ATSU’s School of Health Management continues not only to increase its student population, but also to cultivate its quality. Since taking office as SHM’s third dean in December 2008, Kimberly O’Reilly, D.H.Ed., ’08, M.S.W., has led the school in a suite of changes to ensure its academic […]
For three years in a row, A.T. Still University has been recognized as a Gold Level Recipient of the American Heart Association’s 2009 Start! Fit-Friendly Companies Recognition program. The university joins an elite group of AHA awardees who have created a culture of physical importance in the workplace. ATSU was nationally recognized in the September […]
Thanks to a $75,000 grant from the Arizona-based Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, ATSU’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health is providing much-needed dental care to older adults. Through its Smile Forward for Mature Audiences Program, the school, which contributed an additional $25,000 to this program, hopes to meet the dental care needs of […]
More than 100 faculty, students, and alumni attended ATSU-ASHS’s Inaugural Research Symposium at the Arizona campus on Nov. 6. Several years of discussions, hard work, and planning allowed the school to hold the event, which showcased interdisciplinary research efforts within ATSU. The day included a continental breakfast; opening remarks from Randy Danielsen, Ph.D., PA-C, dean […]