[cincopa belt2 10473653] Nearly 150 people attended the 2009 Still Spirit Awards reception and ceremony April 1 at Truman State University. This year’s award recipients were Vera Burk; Heather Mitchell, Century 21; Jill and Mac McCord, Cottage Grove Bed & Breakfast; and Kenneth E. Hayes, community volunteer. Click here for a complete list of 2009 […]
[cincopa belt2 10473645] The 2009 Still-Well Banquet was held March 26 at Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo. In addition to recognizing student participants ATSU President Jack Magruder and Ron Gaber, director of the Still-Well Program, presented three Distinguished Achievement and Advocacy Awards to Brian Degenhardt, D.O., Dr. Julia McNabb, and Lynda Crossgrove. The Still-Well […]
ATSU’s School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU-SOMA) Dean Douglas Wood, Ph.D., D.O., was one of 35 invitation-only attendees at a conference convened by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation in October 2008 to address complex issues concerning the educational missions of medical schools. The resulting report, released in January 2009, urges the nation’s medical schools […]
MESA, Ariz. (Mar. 19, 2009) – Two papers authored by faculty at A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS) will be honored at the 2009 National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Annual Symposium on June 17-20 in San Antonio, TX. One took top honors and the other second runner-up for the Journal of Athletic […]
MESA, Ariz. (Mar. 31, 2009) – Healthcare reform continues to sit at the top of our national agenda, and understanding its implications is crucial to the livelihood of all Americans. Men and women in the Mesa community will have a unique opportunity to make sense of current healthcare policies and how they will affect families […]
[cincopa 5s 10473822] The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) works to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease, and discrimination place in a child’s path. This year, the students of ATSU-UNICEF at KCOM are working double time to see that mission accomplished. As part of World Water Week, held March 22-28, ATSU-UNICEF approached Kirksville restaurant […]
A team from A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS) was recently awarded a $10,000 grant by the National Headache Foundation for a research project entitled “The effect of sport-related concussion on headache- and health-related quality of life in children and adolescents.” [read more]
With the constant buzz of our daily lives it’s easy to forget the simple things we can do to take care of our planet. Green initiatives have swept the nation in recent years and now our University has joined in by establishing the ATSU Green Club. The Arizona Campus held its first meeting in January […]
Phoenix seniors and Mesa graduate students are benefitting from an innovative partnership between A.T. Still University (ATSU) and the city of Phoenix that has brought falls prevention education to elderly citizens in senior centers across the Valley. Students in ATSU’s Arizona School of Health Sciences (ASHS) occupational therapy, physical therapy, audiology, and physician assistant programs […]
ATSU’s online School of Health Management bid farewell to its dean of three years Jon Persavich, Ph.D., on December 17 and welcomed Kimberly O’Reilly, D.H.Ed., M.S.W., who has served as SHM’s vice dean for the past three years, as interim dean. [read more]