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Alumni, Faculty Help Pave the Way for Future Generations
There are many ways Salus students become successful, including hard work, determination, love for their professions and dedication to their patients and clients. But an important part of the equation is help from those who paved the way, the alumni and faculty at the University who want to see future generations succeed. And, to that end, it’s the perfect opportunity for them to provide scholarships and other financial support to give Salus students an advantage when they enter the professional world. These are some individuals who have generously chosen to support Salus University with contributions to future generations of students:
I. William Collins, OD ’47
After a long and successful career in optometry, I. William Collins, OD ’47, FAAO, wants to help ensure future optometrists trained at PCO/ Salus have a leg up as they pursue that same level of success.
Dr. Collins has established the I. William Collins, OD in Contact Lens Science Award, which will be given to two PCO/Salus students. The award is designed for students who rotated through the Contact Lens track and showed exceptional case management skills, which includes clinical examination, design, fitting and troubleshooting of specialty contact lenses.
READ MORE AT SALUS.EDU/COLLINSAWARD
I’ve been very successful, not “ only in optometry but I had a side business that related to optometry. Because of that, I think it’s only right of me to share it a little bit.”
I. WILLIAM COLLINS, OD ’47
Kathy Foltner, AuD ’02
When Kathy Foltner, AuD ’02, was younger, she was fortunate enough to have four years of private high school and four years of college paid for by her mother.
When it came time to secure her master’s degree, her mother was supportive of the effort, but told Dr. Foltner “you need to figure out how to pay for it because I’m done paying for school.” Fortunately, Dr. Foltner was an exceptional student, and landed an academic scholarship to Michigan State University.
“Because of my mother and the fact that I got a scholarship and a stipend, I entered the workforce without any debt, which today is almost unheard of. Today, to be an audiologist and earn an AuD degree is so costly. It requires such a large financial commitment,” said Dr. Foltner. Now, Dr. Foltner is ready to help ease that burden and pay it forward to help future audiologists through the formation of an endowed scholarship through a planned gift/living trust for students in the University’s Osborne College of Audiology (OCA).
I truly experienced the value of “
scholarships first-hand.”
KATHY FOLTNER, AUD ’02
READ MORE AT SALUS.EDU/FOLTNERLEGACY
Kenneth Newton, MS, CCC-SLP
Kenneth Newton, MS, CCC-SLP, wanted to find a way to memorialize some of the people he loves in a unique way.
After a lot of thought, he decided the best way to do that was to give something back to the Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) program at Salus, in which he’s been an assistant professor for the past six years.
Newton made a financial contribution to the program for a state-of-the-art Swallowing Rehabilitation System. Called a Surface Electromyography — or surface EMG, EMG or sEMG — the device will give SLP students an opportunity to work with technology to further their education in swallowing disorders and help them be more competitive in externship rotations and in the competitive job market after they graduate. Newton made the donation — the largest major financial gift in the SLP program’s history to this point according to Robert Serianni, MS, CCC-SLP, FNAP, chair and SLP program director — in the name of his mother and father, Jenny and Patrick Newton, Sr.; and his aunt, uncle and cousin, Margaret and Albert Newton and their son Raymond.
“I thought if I could donate some instrumentation for the Swallow Lab, this would place our students at an advantage in the job force and also it would help recruit students to the University,” said Newton.
