Students, Faculty, Residents, Staff, Alumni, Board Members and Friends,
Good morning! It’s been another busy week on campus with everyone working hard to reach the semester’s finish line. I want to take a moment to thank our security staff, especially Ryan, Sherman, and Carlos, for their skillful handling of a campus incident this week. It’s very comforting to know we have a team of experts on board keeping us all safe!
Other items of interest include:
WELL-EARNED RETIREMENT: After 45 years of service to children and adults with hearing loss, Robert DiSogra, AuD ’02, is retiring. Dr. DiSogra is the first Osborne College of Audiology advisory board chairman who planned and taught the pharmacology/ototoxicity course for the first five years after the AuD program was initially inaugurated in 2000. Read more about Dr. DiSogra’s career here.
CPPD EVENTS: Two events from our Center for Personal and Professional Development (CPPD) worth considering: (1) If you've ever questioned your alcohol consumption, please join CPPD's Dr. April-Davis from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 7, in Room W300-C to complete a brief alcohol use screening and plan next steps. (2) CPPD’s Jana Walker, a licensed social worker and yoga instructor, is using these combined skills to offer students a six-week Trauma Informed Restorative Yoga series on Tuesdays from 6 to 7 p.m. beginning April 5 and ending May 10 via Zoom. Beginners are welcomed. Zoom link here.
COMMUNICATIONS AWARD: Congratulations to Salus University's Communications Department, which was awarded the bronze award in the Interactive Media category at this year's annual CUPPIE Awards hosted by the College & University Public Relations and Associated Professionals (CUPRAP). The awarded media showcased our students and their hard work in becoming the next generation of healthcare professionals. Watch the video here.
FINAL THOUGHTS: This week I attended the American College of Healthcare Executives annual educational Congress. During yesterday’s Navy Lewis E. Angelo Professional Symposium focusing on Resiliency in Leadership, I was struck by how each speaker defined and addressed resiliency, and how they distinguished resiliency from toughness. Resiliency is a form of healing. It is the ability to recover from difficulties and move on. Resiliency means having the capability to adapt as necessary, both mentally and physically. Resilience allows us to integrate stress or emotional upheaval and emerge stronger and wiser. Toughness, on the other hand, is the ability to push through difficult situations such as failures or stressful situations in the moment.
As a faculty, student body and staff, everyone has exhibited toughness through the pandemic. But we have also exercised resilience as we have integrated new strategies to move our institution forward. For every choice you have made in our pandemic journey to exercise grit, resilience and to do so with kindness, I am inspired and eternally grateful.
Perhaps my biggest takeaway from the discussion on building resilience is that we cannot do this alone. Resilience requires a good support system — it can be a close friend, family member, colleague, or a group of friends. In the case of our students, you can lean on your family and friends, but also our caring and talented CPPD counselors. Our faculty and staff can always reach out to counselors via their health plans. We are all in this together, and we are collectively more resilient when we give and receive support. I personally cope through exercise and relying on family and friends. There’s no wrong way to do this, except trying to do it alone.
As we approach the weekend, we continue to keep Ukrainians, here and abroad, in our thoughts and prayers. We are still collecting essential goods in front of our cafeteria for all who have been displaced by the war.
Be safe, continue to take appropriate precautions — wear your face mask when around large groups, wash your hands frequently and socially distance when you can. Look out for one another, continue to build your resiliency and remain SALUS STRONG!
Mike
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