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 […]
[cincopa 10528059] Jae Hyun Park, D.M.D., M.S.D., M.S., Ph.D., director of the ASDOH postgraduate orthodontic program, and Marisela Bedoya, D.M.D., D.H.Sc., ’07, were jointly published in the December issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA). Their article, “A Review of the Diagnosis and Management of Impacted Maxillary Canines,” was included in the […]
Jeffrey Vaughn, D.O., ’02, visited ATSU’s Arizona Campus on December 9 to speak to athletic training students about special considerations with pediatric orthopedic surgery. He currently works for Phoenix Children’s Hospital, and as of last year was the only pediatric-trained sports medicine specialist in Arizona. Dr. Vaughn is a candidate member of the American Orthopaedic […]
Audiology Assistant Professor Les Schmeltz, Au.D., was recently appointed to the Educational Audiology Association (EAA) Board of Directors as a Director-at-Large through 2011. The EAA is an international organization of audiologists and related professionals who deliver a full spectrum of hearing services to children, particularly those in educational settings. The mission of the organization is […]
Athletic trainer and physician assistant program alumnus Ian McLeod recently published a textbook, Swimming Anatomy. The text, which was published by Human Kinetics, is an illustrated guide for swimming strength, speed, and endurance. McLeod was an athletic trainer treating swimmers in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and is currently an orthopedic physician assistant […]