Jan Dabney is the recipient of the 3rd quarter Employee Excellence Award of 2009. Dabney is executive secretary of the Physiology department and provides clerical support for the Biomedical Sciences program. She has been with ATSU since January 1981. “Jan is the backbone that holds the Physiology department together,” said physiology professor Bill Sexton, Ph.D. “She […]
The donation of one’s own body or the body of a loved one in order to advance the knowledge and skills of physicians is a selfless, generous act that has great significance for ATSU-KCOM, its faculty, and its students. The study of the human body is an important component in the education of physicians and […]
Kelsey Montgomery, OMS II, received a $1,000 Wayne M. Seutter, D.O., Award for the 2009-10 year. Dr. Seutter was a 1955 grad of KCOM. Montgomery received the award because she has an interest in serving the medical needs of small rural communities.
[cincopa 10529254] Richard Cenedella retired from KCOM after serving 30 years as professor and chair of the department of Biochemistry. His peers held a farewell reception for in his honor on December 15, and following his last lecture, his class publicly recognized him. “My career really blossomed after I came to KCOM because there were more […]
ATSU’s University-wide Assessment Committee (UWAC) has spent the last year developing a university-wide assessment program for the University that will focus on the needs of ATSU as an integrated whole and will complement existing assessment activities at the school/college and program levels. UWAC shared initial information about the program with the ATSU community for review and comment at […]
2010 has begun, and ATSU remembers all the special moments during 2009 that make this University great.
Neal Chamberlain, Ph.D., associate professor of microbiology & immunology, and Neil J. Sargentini, Ph.D., chair and associate professor of microbiology & immunology at KCOM, recently received the title “Certified Item-Writer” for Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensure Examination of the United States (COMLEX-USA) examinations. Drs. Chamberlain and Sargentini successfully completed the item-writing training course overseen by the […]
[cincopa 10528388] KCOM’s Rotaract held a bake sale December 15 to raise money to buy special reading supplies for students in the Kirksville area who have reading difficulties. The group sold multi-cultural snacks and breads as well as jewelry.
[cincopa 10528391] KCOM’s Jewish Medical Student Association (JMSA) held its annual Hanukkah celebration December 14. Attendees heard the story of Hanukkah by guest speaker Barbara Mandell, learned how to light a hanukkiya (Hanukkah menorah), enjoyed latkes (potato pancakes) served with applesauce and sour cream, and learned to play the dreidel.
George Blue Spruce Jr., D.D.S., M.P.H., assistant dean for American Indian affairs at ATSU’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH), is the voice behind “Searching for My Destiny,” a recently published biography about his life as told to Deanne Durrett. “Searching for My Destiny” tells the story of how Dr. Blue Spruce’s upbringing […]