During Reunion Weekend 2012, the Department of Occupational Therapy in the School of Allied Health Professions at Virginia Commonwealth University celebrated 70 years of educating occupational therapists to promote healthy hearts, minds, bodies and lives.More than 70 alumni and friends...
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Another successful MCV Campus Reunion Weekend has come to a close. Hundreds of alumni came back to campus for the festivities. Hope you were one of them. Even if you weren't, you might enjoy seeing photos from the weekend. Review...
Cecil Drain, Ph.D., dean of the School of Allied Health Professionals at Virginia Commonwealth University was featured in a spotlight on the American Academy of Nursing website. Serving on active duty in the United States Army Nurse Corps from June...
On April 24, 2012, the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Health Administration in the School of Allied Health Professions held its annual spring alumni event at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The theme for this year's event was Quest...
On April 28, the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Allied Health Professions' Department of Gerontology honored excellence in gerontological scholarship, community engagement and optimal aging at the annual AGE Virginia Awards. Nearly 90 gerontologists, gerontological specialists and members of the...
On Jan. 7, 2012, a 1964 Occupational Therapy alumna was honored with the department's Making a Difference Alumni Award. This alumna's involvement with the School of Allied Health Professions' Department of Occupational Therapy for the past 40 years has been...
By now you should have received your school-based registration brochure. Look for a large white envelope. Return address has a green reunion weekend message - all roads lead to Richmond. Reunion eventsEvents for the School of Allied Health ProfessionsEvents for...
Dr. Terri Fauber, associate professor and director of radiography program in the School of Allied Health Professions' Department of Radiation Sciences, published RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING AND EXPOSURE, 4th Edition. The publication is a comprehensive coverage of both digital radiography and conventional...
While many Americans hope to age gracefully, Marion Cotter King chose another route: to age gracefully and actively. For nearly three decades, she traveled the world, collected memories and enjoyed life's pleasures along the way. Now her philosophy is preserved...
Aaron Nalle had a wish. He wanted to ride a bike just like his big brothers. But for Aaron, riding a bike was complicated. The 7-year-old was born with arthrogryposis, a congenital, nonprogressive condition that severely limits movements of joints,...
Victoria Crenshaw Ph.D.(M.S.'81/AHP; Ph.D.'92/H&S), was recently appointed to the position Vice President of Programs and Services with the Alzheimer's Association, National Capital Area Chapter. Dr. Crenshaw was previously the regional director of operations for HCR ManorCare for Virginia, Tennessee and...
The Virginia Commonwealth University Office of Sustainability is excited to host the first event in a new Sustainable Academics speaking series next Thursday, February 23 at 7 p.m. in the Kontos MSB auditorium. International economic advisor, acclaimed author, and senior...
E.L.Derring (B.S.'53/B; M.H.A '58/AH) unfailingly supported two annual scholarships at VCU for the past 20 years, one in the School of Allied Health Professions (the Derring Health Administration Scholarship) and a second one in the School of Business (the E.L....
On Jan. 10, 2012, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint master's student and VCU employee Jack Martin Brandt to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities administration post.Brandt is the disability policy specialist for the Partnership for...
Join us for the MCV Alumni Association Reunion Weekend April 20-22, 2012! Help us celebrate and reunite with your School of Allied Health Professions friends, catch up on what has been happening at Virginia Commonwealth University/RPI since you graduated, and...
Dr. Jeong Han Kim has joined the Department of Rehabilitation Counseling, School of Allied Health Professions this January as an assistant professor. Dr. Kim, originally came from South Korea and is a 2008 graduate of University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has...
Marilyn Tavenner (B.S.'83/N; M.H.A.'89/AHP), Virginia Commonwealth University School of Allied Health Professions alumna, has been nominated by President Barack Obama for principal deputy administrator and chief operating officer centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor unexpectedly...
The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Allied Health Professions has announced two new scholarship opportunities for students.The Department of Gerontology is pleased to announce the establishment of the Marion Cotter King Memorial Scholarship. J. James Cotter, Ph.D. (Ph.D.'96/AHP), established this scholarship...
On Nov. 21, Virginia Commonwealth University alumna, Patricia Eck (B.S.'72/N; M.H.A.'81/AHP), received the Papal award, Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal. This award is the highest honor given to a member of a religious community by the Vatican.Read the press...
Dr. Colin Banas (H.S.'05/M; M.S.H.A.'08/AHP), chief medical information officer at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, named to Modern Healthcare's Top 25 Clinical Informaticists. According to Modern Healthcare's website, this new awards and honors program recognizes medical professionals who excel at...
This past summer, Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of Physical Therapy hosted its first ever Summer Career Exploration Program for 16 high school students. This two week exploration program was designed for 10th, 11th and 12th graders from Richmond public schools...
In addition to being an assistant professor in the medical school's Department of Pathology, Dr. Kimberly Sanford (B.S.'91/AHP; M.D.'01/M; H.S.'06/M) has twice earned degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University: a bachelor's in Medical Technology from the School of Allied Health Professions...
As the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Physical Therapy continues its research, several faculty members have been scheduled to present their findings.Stacey Dusing, assistant professor, presented a paper on the "Variability in Postural Control During Infancy: Implications for Development, Assessment...
E. Ayn Welleford, Ph.D. (M.S.'93/AHP; Ph.D.'98/H&S), chair of Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of Gerontology, was honored Nov. 9 by the Alzheimer's Association of Greater Richmond at its Alzheimer's advocate recognition reception at the Virginia Historical Society. The event was held in...
The First People's Dental Clinic 2011 took place Oct. 22-23 at the Rappahannock Tribe Cultural Center on the land of the Rappahannock Indians. This groundbreaking collaboration among the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Gerontology, the School of Dentistry and its Department...
Panelpha "Penny" L. Kyler, Sc.D., OTR/L1972 Bachelor of ScienceSchool of Allied Health Professions Panelpha "Penny" Kyler's career expands well beyond the banks of her undergraduate degree in occupational therapy to encompass public health and even the study of genetics. Presently,...
The Student Government Association on the MCV Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University has set the fifth annual Community Health Fair to benefit the local Richmond community. Be sure to mark your calendar; this event will be held from 9 a.m.-2...
Last spring, the School of Allied Health Professions' departments of Physical Therapy, Gerontology and Radiation Sciences celebrated their departmental founding dates.This year, the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University is excited to join the celebration, announcing its...
On Saturday, Aug. 6, Dianne Jewell (Ph.D.'03/AHP; D.P.T.'08/AHP), Virginia Commonwealth University assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, spoke at the A.T. Still University Arizona School of Health Science's dual commencement ceremonies. Jewell's commencement addresses were delivered to 433...
Two recent graduates of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Allied Health Professions were featured on the most recent cover of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Journal (AANA). Lukeythia Bastardi, D.N.A.P., and Jill Schroeder, D.N.A.P., are pictured demonstrating the...
Mark your calendars! Virginia Commonwealth University's Alumni Stars program is set for 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21. The VCU and MCV Alumni Associations will honor 11 of our most accomplished alumni before a university audience at a seated dinner and...
Sometimes Doris Estelle (Cert.'47/AHP) takes a day off, sometimes she doesn't; but one thing is certain -- she doesn't stay put for very long. "This past week I've seen 22 patients," she said. "Today, I've only seen three because the...
Teresa Nadder VCU alumnus Teresa Nadder, Ph.D., (B.S.'78/MT; M.D.'89/MT; Ph.D.'98/HG) was named in May to the fraternity. Nadder is chair of the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences in the School of Allied Health Professions. Alpha Mu Tau's mission is...
On April 11, several members of the Master's of Health Administration Class of 1964, along with faculty, staff and students of the School of Allied Health Professions' Department of Health Administration, gathered to honor Richard Kraus (M.H.A.'64/AHP) by unveiling and...
In March, U.S. News & World Report ranked several programs in the School of Allied Health Professions among the best in the country in its latest list of "op-ranked Graduate and First Professional Programs. The publication ranked Nurse Anesthesia as...
Rosa Roman-Oyola Rosa Roman-Oyola, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Allied Health Professions' doctoral program in health related sciences, was recently awarded a Dissertation Research Grant from the American Occupational Therapy Foundation. The award was given through the AOTF...
At the gala, Thelma Bland Watson (M.S.'87/AHP) (left), executive director for Capital Area Agency on Aging; joins E. Ayn Welleford, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Gerontology; Karl Netting, Bon Secours Hospice; and Ellen Netting, professor and Samuel Wurtzel Chair in the School...
It has been 20 years since the last Department of Occupational Therapy alumni reunion. Now, it's time to celebrate the 70th anniversary of VCU's and the former Richmond Professional Institute's Department of Occupational Therapy. Plans for this celebration, which is set for...
Doris Estelle (center) accepts her award. The alumni of the School of Allied Health Professions' Department of Physical Therapy program had a grand time at the MCVAA 80th anniversary party and reunion April 16 in Richmond. Former department Chairmen Bob Lamb...
The Department of Radiation Sciences celebrated its 75th Reunion on April 16 during Alumni Month. More than 100 alumni, former and current faculty and guests enjoyed the festivities. Alumni represented each decade beginning with the 1940s through 2010. ...
As part of their Reunion festivities, many alumni opted to give back financially to their alma mater. More than 215 School of Medicine alumni returned to campus to celebrate Reunion, where they heard that a record-setting $2.2 million in Reunion-year gifts...
The Department of Nurse Anesthesia in the School of Allied Health Professions has once again been ranked as Best in the Nation by U.S. News & World Report. The Department of Health Administration is ranked No. 5 while the Department of Rehabilitation Counseling rose...
VCU's Department of Gerontology in the School of Allied Health Professions will celebrate 35 years of excellence in gerontological education with its 35th Anniversary Gala, themed Creativity in Aging. The event is set for 5:30-8:30 p.m. April 9 at the Virginia Historical...
