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One Student Physician can make a Difference Kevin
Kennerson, MSll, has been working on a project to help medical students in
Haiti and is looking forward to working with other students interested in
helping. The following is a message from Kevin. Here
is an opportunity that we have to help out some of our close neighbors to
the South who are suffering from staggering poverty. Healthcare in Haiti
is facing many challenges. The life expectancy for Haitians at birth is
less then 50 years and falling. The general mortality rate of 1057 per
100,000 population is the worst in the western hemisphere. In Haiti,
infant mortality is an astounding 80.3 per 1,000 live births, coupled with
an incredible maternal death rate variably estimated but at 523/100,000 University
of Tabarre is the newest Medical School in Haiti. It has 247 students
whose specific goal and top priority is to become trained physicians that
can return and serve their poor communities. It opened
it's doors in February 2004, but was pillaged and stripped of it's
teaching materials and books during unrest. Kevin
is collecting medical resources: books, equipment, instruments and
anything else pertaining If
you are interested in finding out more, "Mountains Beyond
Mountains," by Tracy Kidder and "Uses of Haiti," by Dr.
Paul Farmer are available at the library, plus, two articles will be on
reserve. Dr. Farmer shows us that indeed one brilliant, dedicated, and
passionate physician can effect massive change to global health. Kevin
can be reached at kkenerson@pipeline.une.edu
Congratulations to the Class of 2008 Officers September
is National Osteopathic Medicine Month Sign
Posting Policy University Campus Sign Managers: Director
of the Campus Center and Orientation, Coordinator of Campus
Activities COM students may e-mail their signs to bpeters@une.edu or stop by the Office of Recruitment, Student and Alumni Services for their signs to be approved and stamped. A complete copy of
this policy can be picked up at the Office of Recruitment, Student and
Alumni Services. UNECOM students have the
opportunity for funding for Educational Enhancement Applications
for funding may be picked up in the Office of Recruitment Student and
Alumni Services in Stella Maris Hall and should be submitted one month
in advance of when the funding is needed. Preference
will be given for financial assistance requests for professional
leadership opportunities and to present research topics, but travel
to professional meetings will also be considered. The deadline for
applications is the first of each month. This
allotment of monies will be available throughout the 2004-2005 academic
year. Students may receive
assistance from this source one time per academic year. The goal of the Educational Enhancement Fund
is to supplement
funds obtained/provided by the
student; no more than one half of the expenses will be reimbursed by
this fund. A full report of the activities supported by this award is expected at the completion of the travel. The report shall be typed and submitted to the Office of Recruitment, Student and Alumni Services and a formal presentation to students completed within three weeks of returning to qualify for reimbursement. Students
may e-mail bpeters@une.edu for the
electronic version of the Educational Enhancement Fund Application or
stop by the Office of Recruitment, Student and Alumni Services for a
hard copy. UNE
participates in Pilot test of MCATs Need
something for the kids to do while you’re in class? The price for camp is $100/week for UNE
affiliates and $110/week for non-UNE affiliates. For more information or
to register your child/children please contact Nancy Pratt at 283-0170 x
2307 Student
ID’s Student
Health Insurance Footwear Handbook University Health Care Update
on Faculty & Staff Campaign for the Biomedical Research Facility Many
in the UNE community, have pledged leadership gifts. They are: Boyd
Buser, D.O., Art Vanderburgh, D.O., Steve Shannon, D.O., Ed Legg, Bruce Bates, D.O. Kathleen Brown-Hodgetts, D.O., Pat Kelley,
Edward Kittredge, Bill Chance (University Relations), Charlotte Paolini,
D.O. up to $1,000: Rita Brown, Ron Drouin, Leslie Ingraham, Parise
Skoczenski, Chet Suske, D.O. Dean
Shannon has expressed his enormous gratitude to those have contributed
or pledged to the biomedical research facility and Pickus Challenge.
There is still time to help meet the Pickus Challenge, since the
deadline is October 1, 2004 to raise $1,000,000. UNECOM alumni continue
to answer the call for support for a facility they think is an important
part of our college's future. For
more information on how to make a pledge, please feel free to call Boyd
Buser, Bruce Bates, Dave Manyan, Parise Skoczenski, Leslie Ingraham, Art
Vanderburgh, Dave Mokler or Dean Shannon Club
and organization standing meetings Club and organization presidents
This month the faculty spotlight is on Dr. Ed BilskyDr.
Bilsky recently gave two invited talks at the Pharmaceutical Sciences
World Congress (May 2004) and the International Narcotics Research
Conference (July 2004). Both meetings were held in Kyoto, Japan and
represented work out of the Bilsky laboratory that was conducted by
UNECOM students Casti Bhamidipati (MSIII), John Lowery (MSII) and Jeff
Bartlett (MSII). The presentations were entitled "Basal mu opioid
receptor activity and narcotic withdrawal” and "Competition
Studies with Naloxone and 6ß-Naltrexol". Dr. Bilsky was also part
of a third talk on the opioid glycopeptide project funded by the Office
of Naval Research. Dr. Robin Polt (University of Arizona) presented the
research at the International Narcotics Research Conference. The talk
was entitled "Glycopeptide Enkephalin Analogs Cross the Blood-Brain
Barrier to Produce Analgesia Superior to Morphine" Dr.
Bilsky organized a symposium entitled "The Role of Basal Signaling
in Drug Addiction and Physical Dependence" that was held in June at
the annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence in San
Juan Puerto Rico. The presenters were from The Ohio State University,
Harvard University, Temple University, Wayne State University, and the
University of New England. Dr.
Bilsky's laboratory has also recently published several research
articles that include undergraduate and medical students at the
University of New England as coauthors. The article citations are listed
below.
Elmagbari,
N.O., Egleton, R.D., Palian, M.M., Lowery, J.J.,
Schmid, W.R., Davis, P., Navratilova, E.,Yamamura, H.I.,
Porreca, F.,
Hruby, V.J., Polt, R. and Bilsky, E.J. Antinociceptive
Structure-Activity Studies with Enkephalin-Based Opioid Glycopeptides.
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Epub. June 3rd,
2004.
Ananthan,
S., Khare, N.K., Saini, S.K., Seitz, L.E., Bartlett, J.L., Davis, P.,
Dersch, C.M., Porreca, F., Rothman, R.B. and Bilsky, E.J. Identification
of Opioid Ligands Possessing Mixed Mu Agonist/Delta Antagonist Activity
Among Pyridomorphinans Derived from Naloxone, Oxymorphone, and
Hydropmorphone. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 47: 1400-1412, 2004. Wang, D., Raehal, K.M., Lin, E.T., Lowery, J.J., Kieffer, B.L., Bilsky, E.J. and Sadée, W. Basal Signaling Activity of Mu Opioid Receptor in Mouse Brain: Role in Narcotic Dependence. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 308: 512-520, 2004 (e-pub 11/2003).
The following scholarship information and applications are available in the RSAS office Training Programs Information on the National Research
Awards Institutional Health Services Training Programs is available at http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/training/trainix.htm
and a copy of the brochure is available in the RSAS Office. The program
offers predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships for students and
interested candidates who have a strong interest in health services
research and want to prepare for careers in the organizational and
delivery of health services. Looking
for effective USMLE Step 1 preparation? Kaplan Medical is offering a 7-week LivePrep review for students who plan to retake the USMLE Step 1. This 7-week course begins August 16, 2004 and ends October 1, 2004. A copy of the brochure is available in the RSAS Office. For more information or to enroll, students should call 1-800-533-8850.
Conferences Seminar
on Anton Chekhov and the Medical Humanities
A seminar on Anton Chekhov and the Medical Humanities for Maine Health Care Professionals ans Students will be held at Colby college, Waterville, Maine on October 9, 2004. Hear
scholarly talks on Chekhov; discuss selected stories of Chekhov with other
health care professionals and literary scholars; if you wish, submit your
own short essay response to Chekhov for presentation at the seminar and
publication! A
full description of the conference is available in the Office of
Recruitment Student and Alumni Services in Stella Maris Hall. For
submissions, pre-registration and questions contact:
Professor Michael Finke, Department of Russian, Campus Box 1052,
Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO
63130 E-mail: mcfinke@artsci.wustl.edu
or phone (314) 935-5841.
Contests
Poster Contest
The American Osteopathic Association’s Council on International
Osteopathic Medical Education and Affairs (CIOMEA) is holding their 6th
Annual International Seminar in conjunction with the AOA’s 109th
Annual Convention & Scientific Seminar in San Francisco, CA.
During the International Seminar, taking place November 7, 2004,
the CIOMEA will hold a poster session focusing on the international
medical experiences of osteopathic students, physicians, and others.
Experience can be in the form of training, volunteer medical work,
or any other medicine-related work overseas.
Please note: this program is independent from the Research Poster
Exhibition that will also take place at the Convention. This
year’s International Seminar is titled “New Challenges and
Opportunities in Global Medicine”.
Poster Presentation Applications and abstracts
must be submitted by September 3, 2004 to ensure that the Council has
ample time to select the three student submissions for the panel; no
application will be accepted after this date. Additional information is
available in the RSAS Office or on the SOMA website: http://www.studentdo.com/programs/international.html
Submission information is found on the application form.
Art
Gallery at UNE Exhibitions
and events are free and open to the public. Out of Bounds: Women Artists
from Africa From the MBARI Institute for Contemporary African Art in
Washington, D.C., this exhibition features the fine arts work of 20
African women artists, several of whom have never before been showcased in
the United States. Across an
array of media, from photography to bronze and clay sculpture to prints
and oils, these dynamic artists display unique insights into such issues
as gender, politics, customs and migrations. The 20 artists whose work
will be included in the exhibition at UNE’s art gallery include those
from Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Senegal and Zimbabwe, among
others. The Mbari Institute
for Contemporary African Art is a non-profit organization incorporated in
Washington, DC, in 1995, whose mission is to collect, preserve, identify,
document and exhibit work pertaining to the art, craft, and culture of
Africa. Since 1995 the Mbari Institute has mounted twelve successful solo
and group exhibitions of African artists at venues in Washington DC.,
Portland, Maine and Winston Salem, North Carolina.
This exhibition is supported by Lincoln Financial Group Foundation
and the Maine Women’s Fund. 4th
Annual Art Gallery Sculpture Invitational Community
Events Portland
Chamber Music Festival Sports
and Recreation Summer
Campus Center hours
The
Campus Center maintains the following hours (with the exception of
holidays). The Summer Schedule runs through Wednesday September 08. Saturday Sunday ID
Policy
Weekends University News UNE undergraduate students now have a valuable new tool for education and research: a 23-foot boat that will provide biology and marine science students with expanded opportunities for shoreline and open-water field studies. The Maritime Patriot, equipped with a 225-horsepower outboard and trailer, was purchased with an “Innovative Proposal Award” funded by the President’s Office. The boat proposal, submitted by the Marine Science Education and Research Center and the Biology Department, was the president’s choice in the single $50,000 category. “Many aspects of marine science can only be taught under field conditions,” noted Phil Yund, Ph.D., director of the Marine Science Center. “Field experience is especially critical for upper-level courses and student research projects that challenge the student to make the transition from learning the facts of science to understanding the actual processes of doing science. A huge portion of the discipline addresses issues and problems specific to marine habitats that can only be reached by boat. This boat purchase will provide our students with a thorough and balanced exposure to marine science.” New
Student Trustee Named Ruth Ness entered UNE as an undergraduate student in the Fall of 2001, and has been very involved not only in her academic program, but also in campus life and student government. She will complete her degree in Art Education next spring. This past academic year she served ably in the elected position of President of the Undergraduate Student Government. Ruth has committed her time and energy to other leadership roles on campus including serving on the Representative Committee which provides a link between all student governments at UNE and the Board, as well as the Student Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees. Another fine example of Ruth's leadership has been her commitment as a UNE varsity athlete in the women's lacrosse and field hockey programs, and her role as tri-captain for both teams. She is a charter member of UNE's chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma, the national college athlete honor society, and was selected for the First Team All-Conference in the Spring of 2003. PEOPLE Ali
Ahmida,
chair of the Political
Science Department, participated in a United Nations Security Council
forum on the future of northern Africa held in New York City in June.. Professor
Ahmida, originally from Libya and a highly respected African scholar,
participated in a panel discussion on “Constraints, Challenges, and
Opportunities: Resolving Conflicts in the 21st Century.” The forum was
sponsored by the International Peace Academy with the Ad Hoc Working Group
on Africa, UN Security Council. Ahmida
said he was “honored and thrilled to be chosen from among hundreds of
African scholars in the U.S. for this important UN forum.”
Shirley
Bowen,
Associate Dean of Students, has been awarded a Master of Divinity by the
Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA. This is her second master's
degree, the first being in Higher Education Administration. Shirley will
be on a Leave of Absence from UNE from June 1 - August 15 to complete
Clinical Pastoral Education, serving as a Chaplain Intern at Maine Medical
Center in Portland. She will return to her position at UNE in mid August,
including offering expanded programming in spiritual life and world
religions. John
Bowie,
Financial Aid Administrator, has been chosen as the fourth recipient of
the Full Circle Award, a quarterly recognition program designed to
highlight the professional excellence of Financial Aid Officers. Laurie
Curtis, the Nelnet Campus Director who nominated Mr. Bowie for the Full
Circle Award explained, “John’s staff runs the quintessential
financial aid office, where parents and students can expect to broaden
their financial aid awareness, educational dreams, and career goals.” As
a symbol of appreciation for his work, and on behalf of Nelnet, Curtis
presented a crystal desk trophy in a small, May 6, 2004, ceremony. As a
financial aid professional of 11 years, Mr. Bowie says, "As an aid
administrator, my constituency is different than it was ten years ago, and
my methods have had to adapt to better service that constituency. That
applies to my students, parents, institution, and community as a
whole," said John. "Through effective use of technology and a
fully staffed and well-trained office, our department can serve as an
example of what a cutting edge financial aid office can be. The key is to
not lose sight of the human element; our students are our customers and
our reason for doing what we do.” Mr.
Bowie has been involved with the Maine Association of Student Financial
Aid Administrators (MASFAA), serving as treasurer, and lends his services
to various professional committees. In addition, Mr. Bowie provides a
leadership role in several outreach activities in the New England area.
Most notable was his participation in Maine’s College Goal Sunday
program, during which Maine’s financial aid community held informational
sessions for parents and students concerning financial aid and filling out
the FAFSA. The
Full Circle Award is based on excellence in service to students in all
areas that surround the financial aid process. The criteria may include
scholarship and aid determination, application, aid disbursement, exit
counseling, and beyond. In addition, award recipients demonstrate
outstanding knowledge and accessibility, as well as exceptional vision in
making financial aid a simpler process for every student. Additional
information is available at: http://www.betanelnet.net/MarketingBeta/eNewsletter/art_fullcircle.html.
There is a nice picture of the financial aid staff as well. Boyd
Buser, D.O.,
was elected to the American Osteopathic Association's Board of Trustees at
its annual meeting in Chicago on July 18, 2004. Elizabeth
De Wolfe,
associate professor of American Studies, recently returned from the
International Communal Studies Association triennial conference held at
the Amana Colonies in Iowa. Dr. DeWolfe organized the conference program
which featured three days of papers on all aspects of contemporary and
historic communal living presented by scholars and communitarians from
Israel, Italy, Norway, Germany, Holland, England, Australia, Canada and
the U.S. In addition, Dr. DeWolfe co-presented a paper, with Scott De
Wolfe, on Shaker historiography,. Charles
W. Ford, Ph.D.,
Professor of Health Sciences, recently attended the annual Board of
Directors meeting of the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical
Laboratory Sciences where he was given a service award after 16
years of service in program review and accreditation site visits. Kevin
Guidi, BS,
Heath Pierce, MS and Marilyn R. Gugliucci, Ph.D.
presented a seminar titled: Renewing Energy, Activity and Life: Keeping
Maine's Elders Active for the University of Maine Center on Aging
Professional Excellence in Geriatrics Series (PEGS). Holly
Haywood and Kari Wagner's, Media Services, documentary, Ruth Moore: I Have Seen Horizons, was
shown at the Maine International Film Festival (MIFF) in Waterville in
July. The festival showed
nearly 100 films, representing the best of American independent and
international cinema and spotlights some of Maine and New England's most
exciting and innovative filmmakers. Tom
Leeson, MSII,
received the American Geriatrics Society Presidential Award for the best
poster in the "Surgery in the Elderly Section". Tom's poster was
a result of his research through Harvard Medical School at the Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center and Hebrew Rehabilitation Center which was made
possible through the 2003 John A. Hartford Foundation/ American Federation
for Aging Research Medical Student Geriatric Scholars Program. Tom's work
is titled: Correlations of Hematocrit with Postoperative Delirium
Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in the Elderly. Dr.
John Lemons,
professor in the Department of Environmental Studies, has had a collection
of case studies that he coordinated and directed, published by the United
Nations Development Programme. The title of the collection is
"Promoting Best Practices for Conservation and Sustainable Use of
Biodiversity and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity of Global Significance in
Arid and Semi-Arid Zones in the Developing World: Selected Case Studies
from the South." The case studies are part of an on-going Global
Environment Facility/United Nations Environment Programme funded
international project Dr. Lemons directs for the Third World Academy of
Sciences in Trieste, Italy. Curtis
Nordstrom,
UNECOM student, will have a poem published in the David
Prichard,
associate professor of Social Work, has had an article accepted in
Groupwork: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Working with Groups. The article is titled "Critical Incident Stress and
Secondary Trauma: An Analysis of Group Process," and is based on his
presentation at the 9th European Groupwork Symposium in London in 2002.
The article is an account of Dr. Prichard's group work experiences
in conducting psychological debriefings with emergency services personnel. Regi
Robnett,
associate professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, recently gave a
presentation in Prince Edward Island for the annual conference of the
Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists. Her talk was on
"Memory and Aging: what a clinician needs to remember." While at
the conference, Regi was interviewed about her topic by Canadian
Broadcasting for their radio show "Island Morning." David
Smith,
of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, has co-edited (with
Rob Haskell) a special issue of the Journal of Evolution and Cognition (Vol
.10, Number 1) on 'Religion, Cognitive Science and Evolutionary
Psychology' containing papers from the 2003 New England Institute
international conference. He
also has written a paper entitled 'A walk on the dark side: self-deception
in psychotherapy' which will appear in next month's issue of Psychotherapy
in Australia. Meredith
L. Tipton, PhD, MPH, has been elected to serve
on the American Cancer Society’s New England Division Board of Directors
for an open two-year term (2004-2006). Dr. Tipton’s appointment was
announced during the New England Division’s recent Annual Meeting, held
in New Castle, NH. Dr. Tipton is associate dean, UNECOM as well as an
associate professor and program director of the Statewide Area Health
Education System. From 1996 to 2001, Dr. Tipton was director of Department
of Health Improvement at Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in Portland, ME,
and program director of the Department of Human Services Bureau of Health,
for the State of Maine. As an active advocacy volunteer for the American
Cancer Society, Dr. Tipton has served on numerous professional advisory
committees, including Maine Governor Baldacci’s Health Advisory
Committee, and as Board Chair of the Maine Cancer Consortium. The American
Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based voluntary health
organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by
preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer
through research, education, advocacy, and service. Anne
B. Zill,
Director of the Art Gallery at UNE as well as a Public Policy Center, the
Women's Center for Ethics in Action, participated in the annual conference
of the National Council for Research on Women in Washington, D.C. in June. This Center is one of 80 affiliated with colleges and
universities around the country. This
year's theme was "Global Feminism and the Impact of the U.S. Election
on Women around the World." Dining Service Hours Decary Dining Hall If you have any questions or want to prepay for your meals using your UNE ID call ext 2369 or 4261. Jack
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