Greetings from Sunny San Diego: Week of September 14th

Students, Faculty, Residents, Staff, Alumni, Board Members and Friends,

Greetings from sunny San Diego. I apologize for getting this out a little later than normal but every once in a while, I get to go back to my former life as a Naval Officer and this was one of those times. I had the distinct honor and pleasure to be the guest speaker at a retirement ceremony for Captain David Murphy, a physician that worked with me in the Navy for many years. It’s always great to put on the uniform and honor those who serve. As an added bonus I had the opportunity to go for a nice run along the water early this morning which helped to set the tone for the wonderful day that it was. I’ll be back on a plane to our Philadelphia humidity early tomorrow morning. 

Closer to home, I’d like to congratulate Dr. Lauren Sponseller who was presented with the Making a Difference Award from the Breastfeeding Resource Center in recognition of her commitment of time and generous support of that organization. This show of appreciation is so well deserved - Lauren is a great example of service in action and we should all wish her a hardy "Congrats" for her efforts!

When you have a moment between studies, make sure to check out the new art exhibit hanging in the D’Arrigo Family Gallery in the Hafter Student Community Center. The show exhibits member work from the Summer 2018 Cooperative MamaCITA - an award-winning arts collective that provides its members a collective voice within the art world. All members are professional artists and mothers. The show runs from September 5 through October 28, with an opening reception today, September 14 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.  Thanks to our resident artist, Elynne Rosenfeld for making all this happen!

The PCO Private Practice Club (PPC) invited Dr. Kristin O’Brien to talk to students on Thursday evening about her journey from student to doctor and how she not only deciphered what she was going to do with her career, but more importantly, why.  It was extremely well-received.  Thanks to Dr. O’Brien for taking the time to help educate our students.

Buckets for Blindness, a 3v3 basketball tournament to raise money for the Foundation Fighting for Blindness is Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Hafter Center and is open to students across all programs. The cost is $5/person.

As summer wrapped up, the University's Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) and Occupational Therapy (OT) students spent a morning at Arcadia University sharing information about their respective professions with middle school students from the local Philadelphia community. Both groups of students provided an excellent overview and a variety of hands-on activities to engage the kids.

We are extremely proud to announce Rosemary Connors, anchor and reporter for NBC10 News in Philadelphia and Emmy award recipient, will again co-host Salus University's 12th annual “Looking Out for Kids” (LOFK) charity fundraiser on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at the Hilton City Avenue in Philadelphia. This is the fourth time Connors has graciously hosted the event.  Invitations have gone out so we hope many of you will join us for this important charity fundraising event.

Finally, our thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected by Hurricane Florence.  We still don’t know the extent of all the damage but we want all of our students, alumni and friends who might have been impacted by the storm to know that we’re here to support you and will keep you all in our thoughts and prayers.

Have a safe and restful weekend.

Mike