Vol. 2 Issue 3
DEC. 2012
Clipboard NOTES Keeping students and alumni informed and engaged with Pfeiffer health programs
Sabba4cal leave is a faculty benefit available to professors who have served the University for a significant period of 4me. The root word of sabba4cal is Sabbath." It means to rest and worship. Sabba4cal leave is a 4me given for a change from rou4ne du4es. It provides opportunity for the recipient to reflect, re-‐visit and renew one’s strength and energy for con4nued service.
DR. VINSON SUTLIVE RECEIVES SABBATICAL LEAVE
DR. VINSON H. SUTLIVE, PROFESSOR OF HEALTH & EXERCISE SCIENCE
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Dr. Vinson Sutlive has been granted sabba4cal leave for the spring 2013 semester. The 4tle of his research project is Anastomosis: Three Unique Partnerships that Helped Shape the Course of Modern Medicine. Dr. Sutlive plans to visit archives at the Schools of Medicine at Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, and Duke Universi4es, as well as the University of Minnesota. He is also planning to visit South Africa to gather addi4onal informa4on if funding can be arranged. Dr. Vernease Miller, Interim Dean for Health Related Programs, says that she is “excited about Dr. Sutlive’s opportunity to travel and ac4vely engage in research that will add to the body of knowledge in the field of Health & Exercise Science. Pfeiffer students and faculty will certainly benefit from Dr. Sutlive’s research and we will look forward to receiving his full report to the faculty in February 2014. We wish him well.”
Dr. Vinson Sutlive Receives Sabba4cal Leave ..................1 From The Dean’s Desk ........................2 Scholarships ........................................3 Nursing Faculty ADend Shalala Lecture ..................................4 Internship Leads to Execu4ve Posi4on............................4
Winner of the Greater CharloDe Health Research Symposium ..........................5 Execu4ve Group Scholarship ..............5 4th Annual Delta Kappa Bon Voyage! ......................................6 Upcoming Interna4onal Trip Mee4ngs ......................................6 Faculty ................................................8
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FROM T HE D EAN’S D ESK CONGRATULATIONS! Fall semester is behind us. Let’s enjoy our winter break and prepare ourselves mentally and spiritually for spring semester. In the spring, Clipboard Notes will con4nue to honor students and alumni who are realizing great rewards following comple4on of their undergraduate and graduate degree programs. We remain very interested in capturing alumni contact informa4on. If you know of someone who graduated from any of our health programs, please ask them to contact healthadmin@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu and share their updated personal and professional contact informa4on. We will add them to our mailing list so they can stay abreast of Division ac4vi4es. A special note of thanks goes out to our full4me and adjunct faculty who have done such a fantas4c job this fall. I am very proud of your individual and departmental accomplishments. Your dedica4on and commitment to go beyond the call of duty con4nues to make the Pfeiffer experience an excep4onal one for our students. It is my pleasure to serve with you. Finally, I would like to extend my best wishes to Dr. Leist, and the students who will travel to London over the Christmas-‐New Year's break. You have an exci4ng i4nerary planned, and I trust you will bring back informa4on to share with your professors and classmates. During the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, I encourage everyone to make 4me to rest, relax, reflect and restore. See you in January. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,
Vernease H. Miller, M.H.A, JD Interim Dean
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DR. DONNA SHALALA, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
NURSING FACULTY ATTEND SHALALA LECTURE
Pfeiffer’s Nursing Department faculty aYended a lecture presented by UNC Chapel Hill's 2012-‐2013 Ethnic Minority VisiIng Scholar, Dr. Donna Shalala, President of the University Miami and Chair of the InsItute of Medicine Report on the Future of Nursing. Her presentaIon, "PracIcing to the Full Extent of One's EducaIon: ImplicaIons for Providers, Diversity & the People of North Carolina" was informaIve and Imely as our state and naIon prepare to meet workforce demands associated with health care reform. Dr. Dianne Daniels, Chair and Associate Professor of Nursing said, “Dr. Shalala was very inspiring and it made me very proud to be a part of a profession that will be helping to lead healthcare iniIaIves.” Dr. Shalala served for eight years as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Clinton AdministraIon.
INTERNSHIP LEADS TO EXECUTIVE POSITION During his internship at United Hospital Center (UHC) in Bridgeport, WV, Mike Maddix worked directly with Bruce Carter, President and CEO of the hospital on several major projects including feasibility studies for opening bariatric, vein and surgery clinics. Mike also had the opportunity to work in the public relaIons department of the hospital. He was given the opportunity to write press releases, as well as publish arIcles in local newspapers, and prepare internal 'white papers.' He also coordinated live interview segments with local television staIons, while planning a series of hospital-‐sponsored events. These experiences gave Mike the chance to see, on a first hand basis, the mulIple dimensions of hospital administraIon. As a result of this organizaIon-‐ wide exposure, and his successful performance across these many arenas, Mike was offered, and accepted, the posiIon of Assistant Administrator/Project Manager at UHC.
BRUCE CARTER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER AND MAKE MADDIX, PFEIFFER MHA STUDENT AND UHC INTERN United Hospital Center is located in the heart of north central West Virginia, in Bridgeport. It is a private, 292 room, not-‐for-‐ profit, acute care facility. It also has 24 observaIon rooms and a medical staff consisIng of more than 200 primary care and specialty physicians. We wish Mike success in his new posiIon.
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4TH ANNUAL DELTA KAPPA RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM By Dr. Pearl Wong, Assistant Professor, Marriage & Family Therapy Program On Thursday, November 29, 2012, the Rose Jay Dining Room on the CharloDe campus came alive with Delta Kappa’s 4th Annual Research Symposium. Students from Dr. Pearl Wong’s Research Methods class in the Marriage and Family Therapy Program showcased their invigora4ng research findings for their fellow students, faculty, staff, community service providers, friends, family, and a special panel of judges through posters and crea4ve handouts.
SUSAN SABATINI – 1ST PLACE
Early in the semester, students created research ques4ons and embarked on their own literature review to highlight their areas of professional interest. The Research Symposium showcased their review of literature and knowledge of the findings. Each student explained their research to visitors, and answered ques4ons.
SONYA FOSTVEDT, 2ND PLACE
The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and Honorable Men4ons from the event, listed respec4vely, are as follows: Susan Saba:ni, Children Living with Parental Cancer Sonya Fostvedt, Holis4c Legal Representa4on: Connec4ng Criminal Defense ADorneys to the Client’s Family System Sarah Alwran, The Difference a Daddy Makes: Significance of the Father-‐ Daughter Dyad on Self-‐Differen4a4on in Lesbian Iden4fied Females
CONGRATULATIONS TO MHA STUDENT PAIGE K. GESING, WINNER OF THE GREATER CHARLOTTE HEALTH EXECUTIVE GROUP SCHOLARSHIP. SHE WAS ALSO A POSTER PRESENTER. THE AWARD WAS PRESENTED AT THE NOVEMBER 7TH ACHE MEETING.
TIE F OR H ONORABLE M ENTION: Alex Park, Transient Global Amnesia: The Experience, Missing Links, and Preparing for the Unexpected Jordan Tadlock, The Development and Ownership of Heterosexual Female Sexuality Amidst Contradic4ng Cultural Influences Special thanks to the panel of judges: Dr. Vernease Miller, Interim Dean for Health Programs Dr. Susan Wilkie-‐McHale, Director of Marriage and Family Therapy Michelle Watkins, MFT Alumni NicoleDe Stenger, President of Delta Kappa Amber Blackwelder, Delta Kappa Member Kris4n Davis, Delta Kappa Member Daniela Farenga, Delta Kappa Member Andrea Groves, Delta Kappa Member Rhonda Huthmacher, Delta Kappa Member Cora Drew, MFT Student
SARAH ALWRAN, 3RD PLACE
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BON VOYAGE!
ST. THOMAS HOSPITAL, LONDON
DR. JAMES LEIST, PROFESSOR
Dr. Jim Leist and fifty graduate students will travel to London in January during the semester break as part of the Comparative International Health course. They will visit the Medical Society of London, St. Thomas Hospital, and the Florence Nightingale Museum. They will also receive lecture presentations from leading providers of integrated health and social care services. Safe travels!
UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL TRIP MEETINGS
The Liberia trip meeting will be held on January 26, 2013 in the Rattstube Conference Room on the Charlotte Campus, 10:00 – 2:00pm. All students registered for the Liberia trip must attend. Dr. Vernease Miller is the trip leader. Please bring passports with you. The Canada trip meeting will be held on February 2, 2013 on the Charlotte campus. Dr. Carol Vogt is the trip leader. She will send additional information directly to students registered for that class.
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Wherever in the world you may be, The Division of Health Programs wishes you a joyous holiday season and a prosperous, healthful
Happy New Year.
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FALL ADJUNCT FACULTY
FACULTY Vernease H. Miller, Interim Dean, vernease.miller@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu
Agir Kurmanj Huabin Luo Bankole Olatosi Caroline Hohensee Michael Meyers Stephen G. Driggers Harold Griffin Jeffrey Krepps Victoria Winstead
Fred Ingle Edward Edgar Fuller Michael Angel Seda Clayton Griffing Jean Laura DeHart Richard McCoy Nicole Childs Daniel Marlowe
Pfeiffer University at Misenheimer 48380 U.S. Hwy 52 N Misenheimer, NC 28109 Phone (704) 463-1360 Fax (704) 463-1363
Administrative Assistant for Nursing Leslie Tucker leslie.tucker@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu Direct: (704) 463-3434 Pfeiffer University at Charlotte 4701 Park Road Charlotte, NC 28209 Phone (704) 521-9116 Fax (704) 521-8617
Graduate Assistant for Health Administration Ankshika Punj healthadmin@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu (704) 945-7310 Graduate Assistant for Marriage and Family Therapy Mary Beth Utsman Marybeth.utsman@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu Institute for Marriage & Family Therapy (704) 945-7324 Pfeiffer University at the Triangle 2880 Slater Road, Suite 100 Morrisville, NC 27560 Phone (919) 941-2920 Fax (919) 941-2920 Clipboard Notes is the communication tool through which students and alumni can be informed about and engaged with Pfeiffer health related programs.
EXERCISE SCIENCE Vinson H. Sutlive, Professor and Department Chair, vinson.sutlive@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu Blake Justice, Assistant Professor, blake.justice@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu HEALTH ADMINISTRATION Barnett R. Parker, Professor and Department Chair, barnett.parker@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu Katina N. Graham King, Assistant Professor, katrina.king@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu James C. Leist, Professor, james.leist@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu Jamal Nahavandi, Associate Professor, jamal.nahavandi@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu Sanggon Nam, Assistant Professor, sanggon.nam@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu Gwyndolan L. Swain, Assistant Professor, gwyndolan.swain@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu Joel E. Vickers, Professor, joel.vickers@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu Carol A. Vogt, Professor, carol.vogt@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu HUMAN RELATIONS Patrick L. Meadors, Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator patrick.meadors@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY Susan B. Wilkie, Professor and Program Director, susan.wilkie@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu George W. Bitar, Assistant Professor, george.bitar@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu Laura Bryan, Assistant Professor, laura.bryan@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu Faith Drew, Clinical Director, Pfeiffer Institute for Marriage and Family Therapy, faith.drew@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu Pearl Wong, Assistant Professor, pearl.wong@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu NURSING Dianne Yow Daniels, Associate Professor of Nursing and Chair of Nursing Program, dianne.daniels@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu Rachel Cozort, Assistant Professor, rachel.cozort@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu Martha Bramlett, Assistant Professor, martha.bramlett@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu Dana Martin, Assistant Professor, dana.martin@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu Susan Furr, Assistant Professor, susan.furr@fsmail.pfeiffer.edu