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College of Health SciencesFriday FootnotesSeptember 11, 2009
Green IdeaUse natural lighting in your classrooms as much as possible to reduce your use of artificial florescent lighting. Blood Battle Update & Registration22
scheduled donors 42
open slots 7
reserved walk-in spots Let's try to beat last year's mark of 50 donors! Click here to register. Use sponsor code 034-A10. Back to TopWalking Maps SurveyStudents through the UK Physical Therapy program are working on creating and updating the Walking Maps that are located on the UK Health and Wellness website. If you have free time on campus and would like to assist them in this endeavor, they would appreciate your input! To take part in this important activity, please select one of the four following maps on the website. Then, print the map and get walking! After your walk, please click here to complete an anonymous 10-question survey. Please complete and submit the survey by Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. Thanks for your support and input! Geza Bruckner Receives NIH Funding
Congratulations to Geza Bruckner and William Elder for receiving NIH funding for their R21 grant, "CAM Referral and Outcomes: Chronic Low Back Pain in Urban and Rural Primary Care." Geza is serving as the CoPI. Total Estimated Project Funding: $588,143.00 Back to TopSeasonal Flu Vaccine for EmployeesThe seasonal flu vaccine will be available for UK Chandler Medical Center employees in the hospital north lobby.
Note: You must have your ID badge to receive the vaccination. If you have any questions, call Infection Prevention & Control at 3-6337. H1N1The campus is working to educate students, faculty and staff about H1N1 flu in an effort to prevent its spread. The most attention will be given to undergraduate students and the professional programs will need to handle dissemination of information at the local level. There are two documents that you should review: a FAQ for students and another for faculty. Programs should distribute the student FAQ to students enrolled in the programs. Faculty members are urged to be flexible with attendance policies so we can insure that students who have the flu stay home. Administration also asked that faculty members consider having a back up instructor for classes in case a faculty member gets the flu. Faculty are also asked to use a campus alert website that has been set up to report unusual numbers (~10% or more) of class absences and/or anecdotal information (student communication stating they have the flu) to the Office of the Provost: www.uky.edu/UGS/alert/early_alert.html. The College response will include the following:
Related Documents: Excused Absences for Influenza-like IllnessUHS has reversed its policy of not providing verification of excused absences due to the H1N1 situation. Students who are diagnosed by a clinician as having influenza-like illness and are advised to stay home for a minimum of 3-7 days shall be issued an excused absence form (authenticated with a UHS seal). Although absences for other diagnoses may qualify as an excused absence, the UHS will only issue excused absence forms routinely for influenza-like illness. The UHS health provider staff will instruct students to e-mail their instructors immediately, indicating that they have been diagnosed as having influenza-like illness and have been advised to stay home for a minimum of 3-7 days, and then bring their UHS excused absence form to their instructors upon their return to classes. Back to TopInternational Day Events: Save the DateThe CHS International Committee is sponsoring a series of events for students, faculty and staff to be held on Friday, October 30. All events will be held in the Commons. Education Abroad Opportunities for Students10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Undergraduate and graduate students, CHS faculty and staff are invited to attend this information session to learn about available education abroad activities such as international clinical rotations, the Health Education Course in Morelia, Mexico, Shoulder to Shoulder Ecuador medical mission trips and the faculty-led course on Care for the Elderly in England. Comparative Health Systems Film and Discussion12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m.Faculty, staff, and students are invited to this brown-bag session (drinks and dessert provided) to view and discuss the highly acclaimed Frontline film on Comparative Health Care Systems. Phillip Begg from the University of Wolverhampton will also be here to offer his perspective on health care in England. Big Blue Goes Green: A Sustainability ShowcaseStudents, faculty, staff and the community are invited to learn what UK is doing in support of sustainability at the third annual Big Blue Goes Green: A Sustainability Showcase to be held September 14-25. The event is organized and sponsored by the UK President's Sustainability Advisory Committee and the Office of the Vice President for Facilities Management. This year, instead of a one-day showcase in the Student Center, the event will be held over a two-week period and will include an interactive, online showcase of various campus sustainability initiatives, programs, and research as well as numerous sustainability events hosted throughout the UK campus and the city of Lexington. Some of the highlights of Big Blue Goes Green 2009 include:
The President's Sustainability Advisory Committee is also publishing its inaugural edition of UK's Sustainability Newsletter on September 4. Click here for a more complete listing of events and to retrieve your copy of UK's first sustainability newsletter. Visit the UK President's Sustainability Advisory Committee Web site at www.sustainability.uky.edu. Strategic PlanThe Strategic Plan is available for review on the SharePoint website. The file is titled: "REVISED Strategic Plan draft with kick-off comments." Please send all comments to Rena Murphy by September 15th. Staff and Faculty Councils will review in September and we hope to have a faculty vote to approve in October. Click here to view the files on Sharepoint. Back to TopCalendar of Events
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