Students, Faculty,
Residents, Staff, Alumni, Board Members and Friends,
It’s
been another productive week at Salus with preparations for our LookingOut For Kids charity fundraiser being completed for tomorrow night’s event.
So far over 300 people have registered to join us at the Hilton
Philadelphia City Avenue to help raise money for this very worthy
charity. We’ll also be honoring our Lighthouse Award recipient, Donna
Frisby-Greenwood, at the event.
On
Wednesday, I was interviewed by Rosemary
Connors, who will co-host the event, at the brand-new NBC 10 studio in the
Comcast Innovation Center in Center City.
Also on Wednesday, the
office of Student Affairs held The Ultimate Treat Event in the
afternoon outside of the Café with treat bags, baked goods, and raffle
prizes – and plenty of students donning Halloween costumes. It was
great to see everyone enjoying all those treats. I suspect there are many hours
of gym time scheduled to offset the goodies we all enjoyed.
Dennis Washington, our
vice president for Institutional Advancement, and I spent Monday and Tuesday in
Florida visiting several of our alumni. We had the opportunity to spend some
time with our oldest alumni, Dr. Morey Powell who is 103 years old. It was
great to catch up and hear Dr. Powell’s insights on what the country was like
almost a century ago as compared to now. Our conversation made the “good ole
days” sound pretty good! We had named one of our new classrooms after Dr.
Powell and used this opportunity to present him with a picture of the plaque
that is now outside the Powell classroom. He was extremely excited. We also
visited Dr. Michael Hecht and Dr. Ronnie Snyder. Dr. Hecht is a classmate of
mine and Dr. Snyder is a graduate of the class of 1967.
Last week the StudentOccupational Therapy Association (SOTA) celebrated World OT Day by tabling
outside of the café. World OT Day (which was on October 27) aims to spread
awareness about what occupational therapy is and the importance of OT
worldwide. The SOTA officers provided their peers and faculty members with an
interactive “two truths and a lie” game to test knowledge and see what the
Salus community already knew about OT. SOTA gave out lollipops with fun facts
about OT, baked goods, and OT balloons. Overall, SOTA successfully engaged and
educated the Salus community about the scope and importance of occupational
therapy.
At last week’s Academy
of Doctors of Audiology annual conference, the meeting opened with an all-day
symposium on comorbidities in the audiology patient. This has been a major
project for Dr. Victor Bray as the symposium's organizer. Dr. Bray
delivered the opening and closing talk as well as covering one of the
content areas in a panel discussion. We believe this was the first time
there has been an all-day symposium focused on the topic of comorbidities in an
audiology patient. Congratulations Dr. Bray for helping to get the Salus name
out there!
Later today, during
Salus Time, we’ll roll out our Interprofessional Clinical Care initiative in
room S305A. Dr. Karen Hansen has been leading the charge on this initiative for
the past few months, working with clinic directors in each college, in an
effort to tie together our clinics in a meaningful way that enhances
inter-clinic communication as well as patient referrals. The staff will be
unveiling our new Salus Interprofessional Questionnaire and explaining its
significance to the process. This is open to everyone and I would encourage you
to attend if you’re going to be on campus.
Finally, Daylight
Savings Time ends early Sunday morning, so don’t forget to set your clocks back
an hour Saturday night. That gives us an extra hour of sleep as well as an
extra hour to raise money for Looking Out For Kids Saturday evening. Have a
great weekend!
Mike
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