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Texas State Receives Instrument Grant from Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Laboratories has awarded Dave Falleur and the Texas State University CLS Program a hematology analyzer as part of the Labs Are Vital Equipment Donation Program. The instrument, a Cell-Dyn 3200 hematology analyzer, will be used in teaching hematology and clinical microscopy in the CLS Program. Texas State was one of six clinical laboratory programs in the nation to receive one of these equipment grants. Abbott will provide training, reagents, supplies, and any repairs at no charge to the University. The instrument donation grant program is part of the Labs Are Vital initiative of Abbott Laboratories. This awareness initiative is designed to highlight the critical role that laboratory professionals play in health care and to address the issues facing laboratories today. For more information about Labs Are Vital, go to http://www.labsarevital.com.
Rodney Rohde Receives National Scholarship Award from the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
Rodney Rohde, Associate Professor of CLS, received the ASCLS Education & Research Graduate Scholarship from Alpha Mu Tau Fraternity in Washington D.C. during the ASCLS national conference on July 29th, 2008. Alpha Mu Tau, founded in 1948, has the organizational objective of advancing our profession by providing monies to clinical laboratory scientists for educational endeavors. Mr. Rohde is pursuing his Ph.D. in Adult, Professional, and Community Education at Texas State University-San Marcos.
Senior CLS students Audri Cavazos, Lucy Hughes, and John Sullivan were awarded the Excellent Poster Presentation by our College of Health Professions (CHP). Each spring the CHP hosts a peer-reviewed Faculty-Student Research Forum for the purpose of sharing research and educational topics in Allied Health. Audri, Lucy, and John's abstract was entitled "Real-Time PCR for Chlamydia pneumoniae Utilizing the Roche Lightcycler and a 16S rRNA Gene Target" which was accepted for the student educational poster platform. CLS students participate in the Research Forum each year and it provides real-world experience with presentation of different clinical laboratory topics.
Rebecca Denham Receives ASCP Scholarship
Rebecca Denham, CLS Senior, received the Dade-Behring scholarship from the American Society for Clinical Pathology. This is the second year that Rebecca has received an ASCP scholarship. For more information about scholarships for CLS students, go to http://www.health.txstate.edu/cls/resources/scholarships.html.
Pinning Ceremony 2008
Texas State Students at the Capitol
Four Texas State CLS students participated in Medical Laboratory Professionals Week activities at the state capitol on Tuesday, May 1. They were Ashley Durrett, Joanna Ellis, Stephanie Nelson, and Melissa Tucker. These students met with the legislative assistants for Representatives Patrick Rose, Edmund Kuempel, Nathan Macias, and Senator Glenn Hegar. and discussed their concerns about the shortage of qualified clinical laboratory personnel in Texas, and ideas to alleviate this problem.
Clinical Laboratory Science Students at MAES Science Program
Texas State CLS students Erin Walker, Shelisa Lehmann, Diana Castro, Rebecca Denham, and Emily Agyemang participated in the Mexican American Engineering and Science educational program in March. For more photos go to the Photo Gallery.
Bobcat Day, October 11
Meet our students and faculty at Bobcat Day on Saturday, October 11, 2008. For more information on Bobcat Day please visit the Admissions website at http://www.admission.txstate.edu/index.htm
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