The University Strategic Planning Committee (USPC) and the University Wide Assessment Committee (UWAC) are fully immersed in the vigorous processes that will ensure ATSU has a solid strategic plan and assessment standards by fall 2011 – a charge set forth by President Jack Magruder in early 2009. At their October meeting, the USPC and President’s […]
The Still National Osteopathic Museum, in collaboration with the A.T. Still Memorial Library, received a grant from the Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative for $38,761, which will bring hundreds of handwritten documents by A.T. Still to a web-searchable database. In addition, the federal institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Museums for America, awarded a grant […]
The ATSU-KCOM class of 2012 held a special memorial and moment of silence at the flagpole and entrance to the Tinning Education Center in remembrance of September 11. HPSP students wore military uniforms, and other students wore their white coats for the day. ATSU staff, faculty, and residents also were in attendance. “The occasion is […]
On an unusual September morning, medical student Kealoha Robinson dodged coconuts, narrowly missed boulders, and arrived terrified at her training hospital in American Samoa. She miraculously escaped injury in an earthquake and tsunami that left 119 people dead on Sept. 29, 2009. A student of the School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona, Robinson, M.P.H., OMS […]
Determination and serendipity lead to long career for N.Y. alum There’s a place where luck and hard work intersect fortuitously, and Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine alum Barry Drucker, D.O., ’71, F.A.C.S., found himself in that place quite frequently in his groundbreaking career. His list of credentials is impressive: chief resident at Beth Israel Medical […]
The A.T. Still University Board of Trustees met October 17 in Kirksville for its quarterly meeting and elected its newest member, Ronald Winkler of Kirksville. Winkler is president of Winkler Communication Services, a telephone and fiber cable installation and repair company that has served northeast Missouri since 1991. Winkler will serve a three-year term. The […]
The Academy of Missouri Squires, a non-profit organization that honors Missourians for their accomplishments on the community, state or national levels, added ATSU President Jack Magruder to its exclusive membership in November at the Governor’s Mansion in Jefferson City. “I was totally surprised and very pleased,” President Magruder said of his selection. “It is a […]
Nearly 150 people attended the inaugural Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Symposium on September 26 at ATSU-KCOM. In an exciting collaboration, the A.T. Still Research Institute (SRI) partnered with Truman State University to host the event. Approximately 45 ATSU and Truman students and faculty gave oral and poster presentations on research resources; panel discussions were held on […]
New program offers hands-on access to ATSU It’s by invitation only, and it’s already creating a buzz. It’s the White Coat Society, and ATSU board members John Robinson and Robert Uhl are the visionaries behind it. The innovative new program brings together a core group of community friends who will gain unprecedented access to ATSU’s […]
ATSU-Arizona Provost Craig Phelps, D.O., ’84, and Associate Provost Ted Wendel, Ph.D., welcomed faculty and staff to the annual Provost’s Address held October 28 on ATSU’s Arizona campus. Dr. Phelps highlighted some of the year’s accomplishments, including, most notably, the University’s 10-year accreditation by the NCA/HLC. Reporting on the health of ATSU in Arizona and […]