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Outstanding Academic Student
Awards 2012
Congratulations to our award recipients!
Outstanding Academic Undergraduate Student
Clinical Laboratory Science Program
Mr. David Falleur, Chair
Maureen Burke
Outstanding Academic Graduate Student
Department of Communication Disorders
Dr. Diana Gonzales, Chair
Halya Lenard
Outstanding Academic Undergraduate Student
Department of Communication Disorders
Dr. Diana Gonzales, Chair
Jeanette DeLeon
Outstanding Academic Graduate Student
School of Health Administration
Dr. Michael Nowicki, Director
Patricia Brannon
Outstanding Academic Undergraduate Student
School of Health Administration
Dr. Michael Nowicki, Director
Paige Lavoie
Outstanding Academic Undergraduate Student
Department of Health Information Management
Ms. Sue Biedermann, Chair
Nancy Gifford
Outstanding Academic Undergraduate Student
School of Nursing
Dr. Marla Erbin-Roesemann, Director
Whitney Hunt
Outstanding Academic Graduate Student
Department of Physical Therapy
Dr. Barbara Sanders, Chair
Matt Seliga
Outstanding Academic Undergraduate Student
Radiation Therapy Program
Dr. Ronnie Lozano, Chair
Megan McCourt
Outstanding Academic Undergraduate Student
Department of Respiratory Care
Dr. Gregg Marshall, Chair
Aracely Martinez
College of Health Professions
Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Health Administration Graduate Student
Each year, one outstanding student from the Graduate College is selected to represent the College of Health Professions. This year Patricia Brannon was selected based on her outstanding accomplishments as a Health Administration graduate student.
16th Annual Faculty/Student
Research Forum
Research by Faculty
1st Place | "Overconfidence in Cultural Competence: A Pre-Post-Course Assessment of Students' Self-Rated Cultural Competency" by Dr. Tondra Moore and Jacob Hoyt |
2nd Place | "Mild Cognitive Impairment: Early Detection of Cognitive-Communicative Change" by Dr. Valarie Fleming |
| 3rd | "Medication Compatibility: Implications for Inhalation Therapy" by Chris Russian, Joshua Gonzales, and Landria Peacock |
Research by Students
| 1st | "Prevalence and Characterization of Staphylococci, Including MRSA, in a Student Athletic Facility" by Jacella McKenzie, Stephen Garcia, and Dr. Rodney Rohde |
| 2nd Place | "A Pilot Study Quantifying Perceptions and Preferences of the New Generation of Health Administrators" by Matthew Chavez, William Savage, Melanie Clancy, Laurie Picard-Duperre, and Dr. Tondra Moore |
| 3rd | "General Public's Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder" by Megan Edge, Ashleigh Gautner, and Megan McClain |
Educational Categories
| 1st Place | "Host Immune Response to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection" by Myrissa Barnet, Jennifer Rivers |
| 2nd Place | "Video Self-Modeling and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder" by Jennifer Lee |
| 3rd Place | "High-Throughput Identification and Quantification of Candida Species Using High Resolution Derivative Melt Analysis of Panfungal Amplicons" by Emmanuel Akalusi and Amanda Whelan |
College of Health Professions
Monthly Fun Facts
Did you know?
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With an annual budget of $30,000, the School offered its first program, Inhalation Therapy (now Respiratory Care), to an initial enrollment of twenty-four students. The School's first faculty member was Mr. Cade Harkins, who has served as Program Director and Department Chair.
Degrees were awarded as a bachelor of Science in Medical Technology with a major in Biology in 1973. The first member hired for the Clinical Laboratory Science Program was Dave Falleur, in 1974. In 1975, two or more faculty were added to the program, Dr. Lou Caruana, and Philip Kostroun.
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