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CHS Announcements
Calendar of Events
Note: More dates can be found on the CHS Sharepoint Calendar Back to TopCollege Meetings DatesThe 2012 College Meetings for faculty and
staff are scheduled for 12:00 – 1:30 as follows: April 20 – CTW 216 May 18 – CTW 216 Back to TopMuscle Forum
Nutritional Sciences Seminar Series
Save the Date: 5th International Ankle Symposium
There will be a mandatory Staff
Business Meeting on Wednesday, April 25th from 10-11 am in CTW
127, The Commons. During the meeting Staff Council will present its
2011-2012 year-end report, discuss nominations for three new members to join Staff
Council starting July 1st, and then open the floor to all
staff members that may have an announcement or want to discuss a particular
topic pertaining to the college. Students continue to
knock on our door and inquire about undergraduate research opportunities for
summer & fall. We’ve been on a roll with providing opportunities for these
students; let’s keep up the momentum! If you have an opportunity or
potential opportunity for summer or fall, please email
Cynthia.byars@uky.edu with the
information to be posted on the
UGR Current Opportunities webpage. Thank you for supporting the Office
of Undergraduate Research! The American Physiological Society (APS) recently announced its 2012 Undergraduate Research Fellows, including two CHS research students. Please extend your congratulations to Zakkary Hardyniec and Aman Shah, mentored by Dr. Charlotte Peterson and Dr. Ester E. Dupont-Versteegden, respectively. Fellowship winners spend the summer in the laboratory of an established scientist & APS member. Click here to read the full press release. Back to Top PAS Student Placed 1st in Poster PresentationKara Hagan, PAS Class of 2014, won 1st place at a poster presentation during the Health Equity Summit in Louisville last weekend. Ms. Hagan went head-to-head with presenters from the University of Louisville and others. Stephen Wyatt, DMD, MPH, Dean of the UK College of Public Health was on-hand and came by during the conference to congratulate Kara. Her performance generated significant interest in the PA profession and the UK PA Program. Numerous attendees inquired about PA’s and asked about increasing the number of PA’s in the Louisville area. According to Professor Michael Cooper, Kara did a spectacular job in her presentation and proudly represented the University of Kentucky. Her poster, “Breast Cancer Trends Among Appalachian versus Non-Appalachian Women” brings important attention to an area of significant morbidity and mortality in rural and underserved areas of Kentucky and beyond. Back to Top2012-2013 Education Enhancement Grants AwardedThe purpose of the Education Enhancement Grants
is to “provide CHS faculty with resources to support the development and
implementation of innovative and educational initiatives to improve student
learning.” These grants provide up to $3,000 to complete proposed projects.
At the conclusion of the project period, awardees provide a written report
of project outcomes to be posted on the Academic Affairs website. In
addition, recipients prepare a blitz report for presentation at a spring
faculty meeting. Michelle Butina, Anne Olson, and Lynn English, along with
Gilson Capilouto made up the grant review committee. The grants represented an interesting and exciting
array of topics and disciplines. Recipients and Titles of funded grants for
2012-2013 are as follows:
Join the CHS Heart Walk TeamThe American Heart Association's Heart Walk will take place at Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday, April 21 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Join the CHS team, Hearts and Soles! If you have any questions contact Sharon Goins. To register, click here. Back to TopPurchasing Year-End DeadlinesPlease click here
for the schedule of purchasing year-end
deadlines from the Business Office. If you have any questions, please
contact Denise at 218-0484. CLM Graduate Inducted into ODK
Karen-Stucker Rogers, a graduate in the Clinical
Leadership and Management program received an Omicron Delta Kappa
National Leadership Honorary. Omicron Delta Kappa is an obligation and
responsibility in leadership as it is a mark of highest distinction and
honor. It is awarded to undergraduate junior and senior students; to
graduate students; to faculty, staff, administration, and alumni; and to
persons qualifying for membership "honoris causa." ODK is a tribute to
outstanding leadership in both the academic and the larger community, as
well as a recognition of characteristics for which ODK stands; exemplary
character, scholarship and intelligence, service to others, good citizenship
and consecration to democratic ideals. Website UpdatesFrom this point forward please send all website content updates to Brooke Smith. Further updates will be made on a regular basis beginning in May. If you have questions please contact Brooke. Back to TopFaculty Awards BrunchPlease plan to attend the CHS Faculty Awards Brunch to be held on Friday, April 20 from 10:30 – 12:00 in the Commons. At that time we will recognize the Kingston Teaching Award recipient. The event will be followed by our regularly scheduled College meeting at noon in CTW 216. Back to TopHall of Fame, Scholarship & Awards DinnerHall of Fame Induction & Student Scholarship & Awards
Dinner will be held on Thursday, April 26th at Central Baptist
Hospital Education Center. Registration will begin at 5:30 and the
program will start at 6:00 p.m. Please RSVP by April 13th
at bit.ly/wAKlBI. If
you have any questions, please contact Keturah Taylor at Keturah.Taylor@uky.edu or
218.0479. CHS Presents Dr. Silvia BlemkerWhen: Monday, May 7, Noon - 12:25 p.m. Where: CTW 411 Speaker: Dr. Silvia Blemker, University of Virginia Title: "Meso-scale computational models of skeletal muscle provide insights into muscle injuries." Back to TopFaculty Nominated for Teachers Who Made a DifferenceThe UK College of Education will host its 14th Annual Teachers Who Made A Difference banquet on April 28th from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. This year CHS is very pleased to say that three faculty members have received a nomination for this special award. Let us all congratulate Dr. Tim Uhl, Professor Pangela Dawson and Dr. Andrew Wyant for receiving a nomination from one of their students. Click here for more information. Back to TopPAS Student to Present PosterRebecca Nicole Eicher's (UKPAS Class of 2013) research on the Patient Centered Medical Home in Kentucky has been awarded acceptance for presentation at the American Academy of Physician Assistant's (AAPA) annual conference, this year held in Toronto, Ontario (Canada), May 25-29th. Back to TopKevin Schuer to Present Abstract at National ConferencePAS faculty Kevin Schuer has had an abstract accepted for presentation at the Association of American Medical Colleges 2012 Integrating Quality Meeting: Collaboarting for Care, which will be held in Chicago, IL June 7-8, 2012. Click here for more info on the conference. Congratulations Professor Schuer! Back to TopeIAF Deadline Rule ReminderPlease see the following important reminder and
clarification regarding OSPA’s three day deadline rule for electronic
internal approval form (eIAF). The College of Health Sciences’
internal deadline is one week in advance of OSPA’s three day rule. IMPORTANT REMINDER!
Internal Approval Form Required for Extramural Proposal Submission
University Announcements
Women's Forum Announces Educational AssistanceUniversity of Kentucky's Women's Forum is offering Educational Assistance Awards. The award will provide $250 reimbursement to eligible UK employees to assist with the cost of books and/or other materials, supplies and fees related to their UK coursework, complementing the existing tuition waiver program for UK employees. Click here for more information. Back to TopUK Sports Medicine Symposium & Sports Concussion SummitDate: June 8 & 9, 2012 Place: Clarion Hotel, Lexington, KY Click here for printable brochure. Back to TopVoice Mail UpgradesUniversity of Kentucky Information
Technology (UKIT) is upgrading both main campus and UK HealthCare employee
voice mail during spring/summer 2012. Over the past year, a select group
tested Exchange voice mail, which alerts users of voice mail through Outlook
email. The voice mail message can be reviewed through an office
telephone, computer, cell phone, or other mobile device. In addition,
the system provides speech-to-text in the voice mail notification email.
This allows users to read voice mail when listening is unavailable. The Exchange voice mail system also
provides users the following features: ·
Remotely listening to email being
read using text to speech; ·
Calling into the system and asking
for the system to read your calendar schedule; and ·
Calling into the system and creating
meetings and writing emails orally. UKIT will migrate users from the
existing WindStream voice mail platform to Exchange voice mail without a
charge. To schedule a voice mail upgrade, contact Denise McCarthy at
218-0484. UK Women's Forum Accepting NominationsThe UK Women's Forum Board is pleased to announce that nominations for the 2012-2014 term are being accepted now through Friday, April 27. Please consider nominating yourself to champion women's issues at UK. The Women's Forum Board membership is open to all regular staff and faculty, men and women. Click here to nominate yourself here. Back to TopUK Staff Senate Seeking NominationsThe Staff Senate is also seeking nominations for Senators. Visit their website to download the nomination form and instructions at www.uky.edu/Staff/Senate. Nominations will close on April 30th at 4:00 p.m. Back to TopResearch Ethics Lecture SeriesThe UK Program for Bioethics is pleased to announce the Research Ethics Lecture Series, the newest addition to bioethics education at UK. Click here for information on the inaugural presentation. Back to TopKentucky Innovations ConferenceRegistration is now open for the Kentucky
Innovations Conference being held at the METS Center in Erlanger, Kentucky
on May 16, 17 and 18. The Kentucky Innovations Conference
is focused on examining topics related to P-12, adult and post-secondary
education. Presentations, panel discussions, poster sessions and corporate
partners will provide conference participants the opportunity to discuss the
scholarship of teaching and learning, the latest technologies, best
practices and to share innovative instructional techniques. The
conference will begin on Wednesday morning, May 16th with
presentations focused on pedagogy and the scholarship of teaching and
learning. On Thursday, May 17th, the presentations will
focus on eLearning and instructional technologies used for teaching and
learning. Then on Friday, May 18th, the presentations will focus
on Information Technology topics. Carolyn Jarmon, Vice President of the National
Center for Academic Transformation will be joining us on Thursday, May 17 as
the featured keynote. Carolyn has given numerous presentations and been
published widely on the topics of effective delivery of student services and
distance education.. We are also planning a KyRON presentation and a CIO
panel on Friday. Information is continuously being updated on the
Kentucky Innovations website
http://kyinnovations.org/. Even though we are still in the planning
stages watch for information on birds-of-a-feather discussions. The registration site
http://kyinnovations.org/index.php/register is now open to
accept registrations. You will receive an invoice within a day or so once
you have registered. Credit card payments and checks will be accepted. |
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