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president’s message 6,000 and counting Ollie Petruzel was living outside of Washington, D.C., in a wealthy suburb where teenagers had credit cards, and some drove BMWs to class. Friday nights, he and his friends would gather at the nearby McDonald’s, looking for a party.

He was one of the lucky ones of the world. He had more than enough of money and cars, and what’s more, he had time to hang out with his friends. But when a Washington Post reporter asked him how he felt about where he was, he said, “This is the most boring place I ever lived.”

Perhaps Ollie’s comment was, in part, a teenager’s pose. But Ollie Petruzel did understand that having everything doesn’t mean you’re OK. Without a purpose that goes beyond consumption and carousing, you’re trapped inside your own ego. Nothing is vivid except what you lack —the sense of significance and passion and adventure.

This issue of Pacesetter features, among others, a graduate of Kettering’s physician assistant

In this unlikely setting...I am

face of Christ (and Christ is looking back at me).” looking into the

studies program named Echo VanderWal. With her physician husband and four sons, she spends 10 months a year in a mobile clinic ministry called The Luke Commission. The ministry takes place in southern Africa, where the couple meets and attempts to alleviate “a lot of pain and heartache.”

The Luke Commission takes its bearings from the Jesus story, and the husband-wife team that embraces the commission has found

significance, passion, and adventure. All this reminds me of another bit of wisdom—from Kathleen Norris, someone whose point is completely intentional. In her book Amazing Grace, she imagines herself conversing with an elderly man whose face, in her reverie, becomes “impossibly beautiful.” And she “can’t escape the feeling,” she says, “that at this moment, in this unlikely setting...I am looking into the face of Christ (and Christ is looking back at me).”

Her words trace back to a parable Jesus told. It’s the one quoted in Kettering College commencement programs, where Jesus declares that what you do for “the least of these,” you do for him.

Soon, 6,000 Kettering College students will have taken the Gospel legacy with them into the health care workplace. Few have been bored. Most have found significance, passion, and adventure.

That’s what you get when you escape the ego trap and set out to do something about human need.

DR. CHARLES SCRIVEN, PRESIDENT

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6 departments 2 Campus Notes 11 Alumni News 12 Class Notes 15 Partnerships 20 Behind the Scenes IBC Campus Candids Pacesetter is published twice yearly by the public relations office at Kettering College of Medical Arts for the alumni, friends, faculty, staff, and students of Kettering College.

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Grad students show their passion in serving their community Physician assistant students were busy during winter semester with something other than school work

14 Alumni Spotlight: Echo VanderWal '00 Physician assistant alumna and her family support mobile clinic ministry in Swaziland 19 Exploring our mission Beverly Cobb, Dean for Assessment and Learning Support, continues the dialogue about Kettering College’s mission

EDITOR Mindy Claggett ASSISTANT EDITOR Cheryl Kennison CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Beverly Cobb, Kathy Keyes, Charles Scriven, Julie Thompson, Sue Wulff.

Photos Bella Photographics, C. Gatland Photography, Mindy Claggett, Jay Herndon, Cheryl Kennison, David Spindler, Julie Walling, Lee Ann Yahle.

Physician assistant community service photos (Page 9) provided by KCMA PA department. Photos in Class Notes section (Pages 12-13) provided by alumni.

Alumni Spotlight photos (Page 14) provided by Echo VanderWal. Current photo of Ruth Ryle (Page 15) provided by subject. © 2009 JupiterImages Corporation (Page 2, Page 10, Page 13, Pages 16-18).

ILLUSTRATIONS Liv Jacobson PRINTING Mound Printing Kettering College of Medical Arts is a fully accredited coeducational college that specializes in health science education. A division of Kettering Medical Center, the College is located on the KMC campus in a suburb of Dayton, Ohio, and is chartered by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. An institution of Christian higher education, Kettering College graduates health care professionals of high character who, in the tradition of the Master Healer, give whole-person care to their patients and generous service to their communities.

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campus notes Division of Nursing gets high marks from accreditation team As part of its reaccreditation process, the Kettering College Division of Nursing hosted a team from the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) for three days in late February. The team attended several classes and clinical settings and met with faculty, students, administrators, and community partners. After the site visit, the team reported that it would be recommending full reaccreditation of both the associate’s and bachelor’s programs for eight years, the longest period permitted.

Among the positive qualities the team noted were a strong spiritual foundation as voiced by faculty, students, and graduates; excellent and qualified faculty and staff; supportive leadership within the division and the College; positive relationships among other parts of the campus and the Kettering Health Network; excellent learning resources; a wide range of learning activities in the online environment; integration of educational theory and evidence-based practice; and positive reputations of graduates. A final report and NLNAC decision will be available in the summer.

The NLNAC is responsible for specialized accreditation of nursing education programs. Kettering College’s

associate’s degree originally was accredited in 1986, with the most recent reaccreditation granted in 2002.

The bachelor’s completion degree was first accredited in 2003. Accreditation is a voluntary, peer-review process that demonstrates to current and prospective students as well as the public that Kettering College’s nursing program meets or exceeds standards for educational quality.

New forensics course a popular choice at KCMA Winter semester saw the debut of an upper-level elective course called Forensics in Health Care as part of Kettering College’s Bachelor of Science in Health Professions curriculum.

Health professions chair Paula Reams said she never anticipated such a positive reaction from the students in attendance. She worked to add the course to the BSHP curriculum because she saw a gap in the education of some health care workers.

“With the emergence of DNA testing to use as evidence in court, this is an area that is becoming more health care-related,” Reams said. “It is important that health care workers who are caring for victims of violent acts learn more about preserving evidence and about how to deal with patients who’ve had crimes committed against them.”

Forensics in Health Care is taught by Dianne Ditmer, a certified forensic nurse with a background in emergency nursing, risk management, and medical investigation.

The course helps students understand the legal issues involved in the care of victims of crimes.

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It also educates students in identifying potential forensic evidence.

One of the semester’s highlights came on April 13, when forensic artist and crime scene investigator Steve Hale spoke to a group of about 60 people that included the course participants. A detective in crime scene investigations for the Harnett County, N.C., sheriff’s department, Hale addressed medico-legal death investigation, body exhumation, facial reconstruction, and computerized age enhancement.

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campus notes New Faces >> The newest face on the Kettering College staff is probably the first face people will see when they enter the College. Mary Guzman is the new receptionist at the front desk. Guzman re-entered the work force in February after taking a 10-year break to raise her sons, Andrew and Aaron.

Previously, Guzman was involved in sales and Mary Guzman training for 12 years at > Front Desk Receptionist General Motors Acceptance Corp. in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Guzman earned her Bachelor of Business Administration degree with an emphasis in marketing in 1988 from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. She and her husband, Ariel, moved to Ohio from Grand Rapids in 2007 after Ariel, who works for Fifth Third Bank, was transferred to Cincinnati. In her free time, she enjoys scrapbooking, reading, walking, and playing the piano.

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Sonography student earns national scholarship The Society for Vascular Ultrasound announced in April that it would award its national Anne Jones Scholarship to first-year medical sonography student Karen Brown.

In the scholarship’s four years of existence, it has twice been awarded to a Kettering College sonography student. The first was Alison Beam, who split the award with a student from Oregon Institute of Technology in 2006.

“Karen was selected and encouraged by the Kettering College sonography faculty to submit an application for this scholarship,” said Joyce Grube, RDMS, chair of the medical sonography department. “She’s an extremely bright student, and it’s no surprise to us that she was chosen to receive this award. I think it’s a tremendously positive reflection on the outstanding reputation that our sonography program continues to enjoy on the national stage, as well as on the talented students we recruit.”

^ KCMA nursing students Meghann Vowell and Melanie DeGonzague work with WSU medical residents in simulated code exercise.

Nursing students collaborate with Wright State medical residents for simulation exercise For three days during the last two weeks of March, the Kettering College Division of Nursing collaborated with Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine in an interdisciplinary simulation training exercise.

Seventeen nursing students in their final semester at Kettering College were paired with second-year medical residents from Wright State in a program designed to improve the skills and communication among health care providers using a cutting-edge approach to education called the Team STEPPS method. The student nurses and residents participated together in two simulations using interactive mannequins. The scenarios involved the care and resuscitation of two patients.

“This was an opportunity for nursing students to work with medical residents as a team,” said nursing faculty member Donna Moore, who helped organize the event.

“For years, nursing and medicine practiced different disciplines and were educated separately. This experience brought the two disciplines together to work as a team and to obtain the best results for patients. Being able to create experiences for nurses and physicians to practice on high-fidelity mannequins, in a safe environment without harm to real patients, is incredible.”

Team STEPPS is short for Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety. They involve the transfer of information, along with authority and responsibility, during transitions in care, including the opportunity to ask questions, clarify, and confirm. Examples of transitions in care include shift changes, physicians transferring complete responsibility, and patient transfers.

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campus notes Physician assistant faculty member receives honor Jeb Sheidler, assistant professor and a 1991 alumnus of the physician assistant studies department at Kettering College, has been recognized as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

Sheidler earned the AAPA recognition for his contributions to patient care and to the profession during his 17 years as a physician assistant and educator. Sheidler was one of 10 physician assistants in Ohio to receive this honor for 2009. Joining him on the Ohio list were fellow Kettering College alumni Robert Ensign ’81 and Douglas Eulberg ’81.

“It’s quite an honor to be acknowledged for my dedication to PA education both in the classroom and

on clinical rotations and for my commitment to ensuring a safe and healthy community. It’s also humbling to be in the company of so many great PAs who have made such an impact on our profession,” said Sheidler.

“I know that my education at Kettering College prepared me well for my career as a physician assistant, and that was the greatest reason I returned here to assist in providing the same kind of quality education that I received more than 17 years ago.”

Sheidler also has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Miami University and a Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree from the University of Nebraska.

Kettering College is one of five schools in Ohio with a physician assistant studies department; it’s the only one in southwest Ohio. Launched in 1973, the KCMA physician assistant studies program was one of the first of its kind in the United States.

College faculty and staff honor peers During the College’s general assembly on April 17, faculty and staff celebrated the end of another school year and honored their peers for service and excellence.

Etta Hanahan, assistant to the president, received the Staff Excellence Award. Cherie Rebar, chair of the Associate of Science nursing program, received the Faculty Excellence Award. To be selected for the award, honorees must exhibit excellence in their profession, Christian caring both on and off the job, a compassionate communication style, and collegiality in support of the College as a whole.

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Cherie Rebar

Etta Hanahan

Annual Faculty and Staff Excellence Award Winners Year

Faculty

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Bev Ervin

Robin Vanderbilt

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Larry Beneke

Robert Reeder

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Joan Ulloth

Jackie Ravine

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Ken Millard

Diane Beneke

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Randi Quale

Stella Freeman

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Marsha Purtee

Sue Dalton

2007-08

Paul DeLange

Linda King

2008-09

Cherie Rebar

Etta Hanahan

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(Names of winners prior to 2001-02 were unavailable.

If you can help us complete our list, please e-mail the Pacesetter staff at pacesetter@kcma.edu.)

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campus notes Annual recruiting event draws largest crowd to date

April 5-7, Kettering College hosted more than 110 high school students at MedKamp, introducing interested Seventh-day Adventist high school students and their parents or sponsors to life at KCMA. It was the largest crowd in the event’s three-year history.

Opening night featured a trivia game show called ThinkFast! on the Kettering College campus. Monday was a full day that included a trip to the U.S. Air Force Museum, where attendees played the “AirMazing Race,” a scavenger hunt for answers to questions about the museum. While there, they took in the IMAX movie Space Station. After a pizza lunch, the group returned to campus for interactive career tours of the academic programs and skills labs at KCMA. After worship and dinner on Monday, students moved on to Red Cross first aid certification, while sponsors were given a thorough information session about the College. Many brave souls kept on into the night with a bowling session at Woodman Lanes.

On Tuesday morning’s farewell, the College gave away two iPods and several gift cards for Barnes and Noble before sending students on their way with a “grab-and-go” lunch.

“MedKamp was a great eye-opening to potential students, allowing them to understand the challenges that lie ahead,” one sponsor said. “This is necessary for intelligent decision-making [about college].”

After three years of being a spring event, MedKamp is being moved to the fall, so 2009 will actually see two MedKamps. The next will be held Sunday and Monday, Sept. 27-28. Details will be available this summer.

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Family roots

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at Kettering College Professor’s son begins second chapter in family legacy

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uried beneath Justin Hoover’s sectional Kettering College’s graduations not as a parent of anatomy classroom in the Boonshoft a graduate, but as a radiologic technology faculty Center for Medical Sciences is a tennis member. It was a special year for the College, too: court where his parents once dueled It graduates its 6,000th student in 2009.

Justin walked down the aisle about 25 years after more than 25 years ago.

It’s a sign of how Kettering College has advanced his parents took hold of their own diplomas and 13 over the past two decades, but it’s also proof that the years after they returned so his father could join the family spirit endures. This faculty. spring, Justin followed in “I have to pinch myself,” his parents’ footsteps as he said Justin’s mother, Terri Hoover. graduated from Kettering “I feel no different, and I’m still College; two siblings may a kid at heart. It’s just so hard to follow in the coming years. believe he’s graduating.”

Justin, a radiologic When Terri and Rob came technology student, was to Kettering College, it wasn’t one of 234 students honored heavily marketed as a top choice May 2 in Kettering College’s at their Seventh-day Adventist 41st annual commencement high school in Pennsylvania. ceremonies at the Dayton But the two, then sweethearts, Convention Center. There, were looking for a good school the class received a charge where they could start their ^ The Hoover family prior to graduation—Andrea, from Kettering Seventh-day medical careers. A school Rob, Terri and Justin (not pictured: Ryan Hoover) Adventist Church senior counselor suggested KCMA. They enrolled in the fall of pastor Karl Haffner, whose reflection on Mark 10:17-25 implored them, “Join the 1982, and without realizing it, they were laying down Revolution for Goodness’ Sake.” roots that would deepen over the decades.

The graduation was special for Justin’s father, Rob Hoover, who up until this year participated in

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Unexpected Journey Back Home Terri and Rob thrived in Kettering College’s close-knit community, staying active in residence life and excelling in their areas of study. Terri pursued a nursing degree, and Rob went after one in radiologic technology.

When they weren’t studying or in class, they could often be found playing tennis for hours at a time or spending shifts as gymnasium workers for Tim Wilsey.

They soon graduated, Rob one year earlier than Terri.

The two moved to Florida. Terri worked as a nurse, and Rob continued his studies to become a teacher of history and social studies. They married and started a family, and after a time, their long-term goals took an

Perhaps the greatest benefit of being the professor's son is benefitting from his wisdom. unexpected turn: Their past came knocking on their door.

“We still had a lot of friends in this area, and one person in particular kept us up-to-date on what was happening at the school,” Rob said, referring to the late Don Martin, who taught at the College for more than 30 years. “He let us know that there was an opening and kept pushing me to talk to someone.”

Martin’s nudging soon turned into a homecoming for the Hoovers nearly 20 years after they had left Kettering. Rob took a position as a professor of radiologic technology as well as teaching history, helping him to realize his goal of teaching the subject on the college level.

It was a decision they have never regretted, Terri said.

“Kettering is like a second home to me,” said Terri, who is now in charge of Kettering Medical Center’s executive health program. “It was easy for us to come back from Florida because being part of a small school,

it is very personable, and you become very close to the faculty.”

The College would soon become like home to their three children, too. Justin and his two siblings–Ryan, 19, and Andrea, 16–grew up around the college. The two brothers often went to the Kettering College gym to shoot hoops when they were off school.

Following a Father’s Footprint Justin said he knew Kettering College was the place for him when he found out tuition was free as a professor’s son. As he’s gotten older, he’s also realized Kettering College is a great place to create a career that will provide for a future family—not far off for Justin, who is planning for a 2010 wedding.

Justin’s original plan was to pursue a degree as a physician assistant.

That changed when he discovered he could earn a radiologic technology degree, get a good job as a radiology technologist, and then go on to get a PA degree. Of course, there was the bonus: An ally on the faculty. Since Rob teaches nine out of the 10 radiology courses, Justin was bound to have his dad as an instructor.

Justin even opted to take three of his dad’s history courses as well.

Terri said it’s been neat to watch Justin and Rob develop their relationship.

“It is neat as a parent to see him want to follow his dad,” Terri said. “As he was progressing through the program, he would come home and talk shop with his dad.”

Perhaps the greatest benefit of being the professor’s son is benefiting from his wisdom.

“I’ve encouraged Justin not to take time off because that turns into middle years,” Rob said. “I try to tell all my students to take advantage of the time now when they are young and don’t have as many responsibilities.”

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Justin is taking that advice. He plans to return to Kettering College after graduation to become a physician assistant. Meanwhile, he’ll start the job search in a market quite different from the day his dad graduated.

“I didn’t even have to apply for a job,” Rob recalled.

Five students graduated in radiologic technology when Rob attended Kettering College. Today, the average is 25.

Justin focuses on the positive points. While he has had to sacrifice different things along the way, Justin said he appreciates the support that comes from two parents deeply connected to the local medical community.

And there’s really nothing more a graduate could hope for as he enters the real world, eager to put his hard-earned degree to good use.

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Nelson Award winner Melissa Pollock

KETTERING COLLEGE Graduates 41st Class On Saturday, May 2, Kettering College of Medical Arts conferred degrees and certificates on 234 students at the school’s 41st annual commencement ceremonies.

The event, held at the Dayton Convention Center, featured keynote speaker Karl Haffner, senior pastor of Kettering Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Among the evening’s highlights were the presentations of the George B. Nelson Award and the Margaret L. Rodenburg Graduate Scholar Award to Melissa Pollock (nursing) and Katherine Burris (physician assistant). Named after the founding president of Kettering Medical Center, the Nelson Award is given to the associate’s or bachelor’s graduate who most exemplifies the spirit and practice of the College’s mission. The Rodenburg Award recognizes a master’s-level graduate for achieving excellence in scholarship and professional growth, for providing compassionate Christian service, for demonstrating leadership and an interest in his or her profession that exceeds customary academic requirements, and for commitment to quality 8

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^ Rodenburg Award winner Katherine Burris and lifelong learning. Nominations for both awards are made by the academic department chairs.

During the conferral of degrees, the College president granted 169 Associate of Science degrees in the following areas: nursing (111), radiologic technology (21), medical sonography (21), respiratory care (13), and nuclear medicine (3).

Three certificates of completion in magnetic resonance imaging and three in computed tomography also were granted.

The College awarded 43 bachelor’s degrees, including 12 to graduates of the human biology program.

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sonography (3). Ten Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees were presented as well.

Also notable was the commencement of 20 students from the school’s graduate program, the Master of Physician Assistant Studies.

Nine of the graduating students received special recognition as members of the Vaughan-Beaven Service Learning Honors Program: Juliette Burnham (human biology), Katherine Marshall (nursing), Tiffany Osman (radiologic technology), Kristin Phipps (nursing), Gregory Puthoff (human biology), Melanie Roth (nursing), Jennifer Schmersal (radiologic technology), Katherine Sherwood (nursing), and Lauren Wiley (human biology).

Grad students show their passion in serving their community

by S ue W ulff , chair, Physician Assistant Department Kettering College’s master’s-level physician assistant students have a shared passion to help others. That became evident in the service activities students led in the winter term.

Habitat for Humanity

Approximately 10 students and two faculty members worked with Habitat for Humanity in December to finish a home in the Dayton area. This was the last official work day for that house, so the students finished the painting and cleaned the house from top to bottom, making it ready for the family waiting to move in.

A second Habitat for Humanity project is under development for the summer and will include both the Class of 2010 and the incoming Class of 2011. “I love working with Habitat because they are so essential in helping to make our community better,” said student Kelly Stiffler.

“We as a class get to work together, getting our hands dirty and really becoming part of the solution.”

national fundraiser, all the money raised stayed in the area. “I work at a local children’s hospital, and I see the need in our community for adequate nutrition,” said student Julia Rhodes.

“I supported the Great American Bake Sale because the funds stay local.”

Celebrating Life and Health Fair

This health fair is sponsored by the Levin Foundation in Dayton. In 2008, it provided free health screenings and meals to 4,000 participants from the community. This year, that number doubled. Kettering College PA students and faculty provided diabetic foot checks, educating the diabetic patients about caring for their feet and inspecting their feet for problematic wounds.

“It was worthwhile to donate my time to help the underserved by screening to protect their health and by promoting health prevention and education,” said student Leigh Judge.

“Mother’s Day 5K” Run/Walk,

Spring food drive

The PA students collected food for Good Neighbor House, a local organization providing food, clothing, household goods, and furniture to people in need in the Dayton area. They also provide uninsured workers with quality health care from physicians, dentists, and optometrists. “It is important to show support in our community and to carry on the tradition of service that Kettering College encourages for its students,” said student Lauren Wiley.

Great American Bake Sale fundraiser

The PA students conducted an on-campus bake sale and sent the proceeds to the Great American Bake Sale, an organization that supports after-school and summer meal programs in the local community. While this is a

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The PA class of 2010 organized KCMA Mother’s Day 5K walk/run at the Kettering Recreation Complex May 10. Proceeds went to Good Neighbor House and the Kettering College Student Assistance Fund. Local businesses, area physicians, and the Ohio Association of Physician Assistants (OAPA) provided financial support for the event, and Kettering Mayor Don Patterson served as the race’s official starter. “The 5K run is a fun way to involve the community in physical activity, promote the college and the PA program, and support local charities,” said student Carrie Smith. “It was a lot of work, but we’re hoping to lay the foundation for future PA classes to make the 5K run an annual event.”

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Medical sonography program and GE Healthcare host continuing education event The Kettering College medical sonography program and GE Healthcare continued their partnership, offering a 3D/4D ultrasound event for all clinical sonographers, vascular technologists, and echocardiographers affiliated with the medical sonography program. Current program students were also invited to attend.

“An Evening of Technology,” offered March 25-26, drew more than 70 attendees, including more than 35 alumni and 25 current program students. They learned about state-of-the-art 3D/4D imaging in echocardiography, vascular imaging, perinatal imaging, and general imaging.

The event included a reception and an hourlong presentation, “3D/4D: The Basics,” by Cheryl Vance, a GE Ultrasound education specialist from Texas. Attendees were then able to spend an hour-and-a-half applying their knowledge with hands-on 3D/4D scanning on four brand-new systems.

“We are excited to host an event on our campus to create and promote a positive relationship with clinical instructors and show them the future of sonography,” said Joyce Grube, chair of the sonography department. “It is also important for our clinical instructors to see the cuttingedge technology and where our program is headed.”

Collaboration by specialists from various GE Ultrasound teams made it possible for all four specialty areas to be covered. Two people particularly instrumental in making this team collaboration possible were Sharon Silverman ’96, GE application specialist, and Will Powers of GE sales for Ohio.

Attendees received one hour of continuing medical education, a copy of the GE Healthcare imaging software 4D View, and a messenger bag from the Kettering College Alumni Association.

Grube said she hopes to continue offering similar events.

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Rachel Collins ’03, clinical instructor at PriMed Physicians, receives guidance from Kelvin Paulsen, medical sonography instructor.

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Bridget Conley, clinical instructor at Greene Memorial Hospital and 2006 Clinical Instructor of the Year, with Joyce Grube, chair of the sonography program.

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Rosie Bodenham, clinical instructor at Cincinnati VA Medical Center, practices on a system while current student Brigham Turner looks on.

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Sharon Silverman ’96, GE application specialist, instructs on one of the 3D/4D systems.

Women’s Network

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We invite you to join the new Kettering College Women's

Network. It allows women connected to Kettering College to build, nurture, and renew relationships. All alumnae are welcome, along with current and former female students, wives of alumni, current and former female faculty and staff, and friends of the college.

Events will vary from luncheons and lectures to special events for young alumni and mothers of young children.

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To receive invitations to Women’s Network events or to serve as an activities coordinator, contact the alumni relations office at (937) 395-8490 or send e-mail to Cheryl Kennison: cheryl.kennison@kcma.edu.

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More than 150 graduates, students, faculty, and staff celebrated the academic achievements of the Class of 2009 at a Dayton Dragons game at Fifth Third Field May 5. The graduates’ first alumni event provided a great opportunity to gather with classmates in a relaxed setting the week after graduation.

Each attendee received a Dragons hat, and the class received recognition on the video board and over the public address system. Katherine “Katie” Burris, the 2009 Rodenburg Award recipient, threw out the game’s ceremonial first pitch.

It’s the third “Grad Night” co-sponsored by the Kettering College Alumni Association and the Dayton Dragons.

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Katie Burris ’09, physician assistant studies, with Dayton Dragons pitcher Leonardo Astorga.

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Nursing student Maria Broering and Mike Jones ’09, human biology

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Florida alumni picnic at the zoo

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More than 25 alumni, former faculty and staff, and their family members in the Orlando, Fla., area gathered for a picnic and a day at the zoo March 22. The event, held at the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Sanford, Fla., provided a fun way for Orlando-area alumni to introduce their families to classmates and spend time with their fellow alumni.

The Alumni Association plans to continue holding yearly events in Florida. If you live in Florida and are not receiving invitations, please update your information at www.kcma.edu/alumni or call the alumni relations office at (937) 395-8490.

Andrea (Davis) Carter ’77 with daughter and son-in-law.

^ BMET alumni Richard Nordman ’80 and Tiarr Martin ’83 with guests.

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class notes

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Mary (Franz) Leschak ’74 is retired from dietetics. She currently lives in Weirsdale, Fla., with her husband, Stephen. She has two grown children, Stephen and Michelle, and one granddaughter, Laela Michelle, 2.

Kimberly (Bailey) Ruoff ’78 completed her BSN and two master’s degrees in special education and educational administration. She lives in Spring Hill, Fla., and is married after raising three children as a single parent. Kimberly’s email address is kruoff@flvs.net.

Harry “Jim” Jenkins ’79 is a semi-retired physician assistant and an adjunct instructor in Texas A&M University’s weapons of mass destruction/emergency medical services program. He was deployed in September 2008 to Texas following Hurricane Ike and was part of the strike team that evacuated hospitals in Corpus Christi. His wife, Janene, teaches part time in the University of Alabama’s BSN program. They live in Russellville, Ala. Jim’s e-mail address is jenkins54@aol.com.

___ 1980s ^ Mary (Franz) Leschak ’74 with daughter, Michelle, granddaughter, Laela, and friend.

Pamela Cook ’76 is the nursing coordinator for the division of cardiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She and her husband, Joel, have two married children and one granddaughter. Pamela’s e-mail address is pamcook@med.unc.edu.

Andrea (Davis) Carter ’77 is an emergency room nurse at Winter Park Memorial Hospital and lives in Longwood, Fla. She is a proud grandmother of one and awaits her second. Andrea’s e-mail address is erandie@cfl.rr.com.

Kim Roche-Dodaro ’77 has recently moved to Casselberry, Fla., with her husband, Mike, and their four children.

After home-schooling their children, Kim is currently taking courses to re-enter the nursing field. Her e-mail address is onthego6246@yahoo.com.

^ Kim Roche-Dodaro ’77 with husband, Mike, and their children and friend.

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Tiarr Martin ’83 earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Dayton in 1991 and a law degree from the University of Toledo in 1995.

He lives in Fern Park, Fla., where he is self-employed and semi-retired.

Jeanine (Williams) Soliman ’83 is pursuing a master’s in nursing at the University of Maryland. She lives in Germantown, Md., and has five sons. Jeanine’s e-mail address is jwsoliman@verizon.net.

Lisa (Keller) Villegas ’83 is an office manager for Aviation Medicine Center, her husband’s medical practice, after working in medical sonography for 15 years. Lisa and her husband, Steven, have been married for 25 years and live in Loveland, Ohio, with their daughters, Megan, 18, and Anna, 15. Lisa’s e-mail address is slam924@fuse.net.

Lisa Kennedy ’84 is a self-employed medical sonographer. She works with Oak Creek OB/GYN and on the support staff for Miami Valley Hospital’s perinatal ultrasound. She lives in Dayton with her husband, Jeff.

Tiffiny (Chesley) Miller ’85 is a registered nurse at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, Md. She lives in Frederick with her husband of 10 years, Craig.

Son Ryan is in his first year of college of the University of Maryland. They enjoy traveling and took a Caribbean cruise in 2008 in honor of Ryan’s high school graduation. Tiffiny’s e-mail address is tiffinyc@juno.com.

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^ Tiffiny (Chesley) Miller ’85 with husband, Craig, and son, Ryan.

Elizabeth (Wright) Robbins ’87 lives in San Antonio, where she is a certified case manager for Coventry Health Care. Her e-mail address is zarabethr@aol.com.

Kermit Swingle ’87 and his wife, Brenda, live in Boulder City, Nev. He became permanently disabled in 2004 after returning to operating room nursing but is semi-ambulatory with an electric wheelchair. Kermit’s e-mail address is kswin21180@aol.com.

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Kathy Bilak ’90 lives in Glendale, Ariz., and has been with Arizona Oncology Services as a radiation oncology physician assistant for 12 years. Her e-mail address is kgbilak@cox.net.

Jodi (Miller) Croft ’93 works for the Alliance for Women’s Health Vein Care Center at Lima Memorial Hospital.

She and her husband, Wes, live in Spencerville, Ohio. Jodi’s e-mail address is dwcroft@yahoo.com.

Lisa (Brownlee) Gustafson ’90 lives in Howey in the Hills, Fla., with her husband, Charles, and their three children. They own their own water truck business and a farm with more than 4,000 blueberry bushes. Lisa’s e-mail address is chugust@sprintpcs.com.

Tricia (Miller) Tobe ’94 has been an oncology nurse for the past 14 years.

She works for the Greater Dayton Cancer Center and in home care for Kettering Medical Center. She and her husband, Todd, live in Centerville, Ohio, and have four children, Shane, 12, Nick, 7, and twins, Lauren and Aaron, 4. Tricia’s email address is ttobe@woh.rr.com.

Mindy (Berger) White ’94 is a sonographer for Dayton Medical Imaging.

She lives in Springfield, Ohio, with her husband, William.

class notes Jeff Wolf ’94 is a flight respiratory therapist for Air Ambulance Specialists. He and his wife, Susan, live in Farmington, N.M. Jeff’s e-mail address is jwolf@nmtdr.com.

Caryl Carver ’97 lives in Centerville, Ohio, and is a MRSA activist.

Trisha Gephart ’97 lives in New Lebanon, Ohio, with her husband, Dustin. She is a medical sonographer at Samaritan North Health Center in Dayton. Her e-mail address is tjg43211@aol.com.

Lisa (Schoen) Chaney ’98 is the minimum data set (MDS) coordinator at Sycamore Glen Health Center. She and her husband, Shane, were married on Sept. 9, 2007.

She has two stepdaughters. The family lives in Troy, Ohio. Lisa’s e-mail address is lisa.chaney@khnetwork.org.

Kenneth Garian ’99 is the chief adult medicine physician assistant with the William Beaumont Hospitals in Michigan.

He and his wife, Cheri, live in Grand Blanc, Mich., with their children, Anna, 9, Daniel, 6, Joshua, 6, Noah, 4, and Benjamin, 5 months. Kenneth’s e-mail address is kgarian@beaumonthospitals.com.

Diana (Horwath) Ramoo ’99 is an echocardiography technologist at Kettering Medical Center. She lives in Dayton with her husband, Gnana. Diana’s e-mail address is dlh1070@sbcglobal.net.

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Nicole (Vanderbilt) Accord ’01 and her husband, Robert, announce the November 2007 birth of their son, Carter. Nicole is a cardiac sonographer at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton.

Todd Christie ’02 and his wife, Angel ’04, announce the birth of their second child, Evan, on Oct. 25, 2008. Todd is a senior physician assistant with an interventional cardiologist and had his first article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants in 2008. He also is on the speakers’ board for Abbott. Todd’s e-mail address is iloveixoye@yahoo.com.

sonographer. Her e-mail address is nfinley25@hotmail.com.

family home. Her e-mail address is nurserobyn1775@yahoo.com.

Jeffery Hickman ’03 lives in Chattanooga, Okla., with his wife, Dawn, and their six children. He is a physician assistant and has also earned his Doctorate of Chiropractic. Jeffery’s e-mail address is hickmanjeff@hotmail.com.

Susan Quinn ’06 works for Dayton Children’s Medical Center as a medical sonographer. She and her husband, Paul, live in Germantown, Ohio. Susan’s e-mail address is pquinn2@woh.rr.com.

J. Douglas Welsh ’03 is an emergency physician assistant at Dayton Children’s Medical Center. He and his wife, Susan, have two daughters, Cassandra Jane, born on Aug. 2, 2004, and Katelyn Shea, born on June 15, 2007.

Terri (Holley) Long ’04 lives in Kettering with her husband, Brian. Her e-mail address is tholleypac@aol.com.

Debra (Beck) Schroeck ’04 works for Patient First Physicians Group as an endocrinology physician assistant. She lives in Cincinnati. Her e-mail address is tagdeb@mac.com.

Katie Van Oss ’05 is a sonographer with Dayton Cardiology and Vascular Consultants. She lives in Fairborn, Ohio, with her husband, Jim. Katie’s e-mail address is ktvanoss@gmail.com.

Beth (Cloud) Brooks ’06 is a registered nurse at Select Specialty Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She and her husband, Danny, live in Lynchburg, Ohio. Beth’s e-mail address is alwaysacloud@myway.com.

Jacqueline Birr ’06 lives in Huber Heights, Ohio, with her husband, Gary.

She is a medical sonographer at Upper Valley Medical Center. Her e-mail address is jackiesmb@aol.com.

Lisa Metcalf ’06 is a critical-care nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton. She also serves on the wound care committee and is working on additional certification and a BSN. Lisa and her husband, Greg, live in Verona, Ohio. Her youngest daughter, Danielle, has been accepted into the Kettering College nursing program. Lisa’s e-mail address is lisarn@woh.rr.com.

Karen (Jansen) Jenkins ’02 is a sonographer at Kettering Medical Center.

She lives in Bellbrook, Ohio, with her husband, James. Karen’s e-mail address is labnweim@aol.com.

Charles Moore ’06 is an RN supervisor at the Oaks of West Kettering. He lives in Franklin, Ohio, with his wife, Joy. Charles’ e-mail address is chucks57sedan@aol.com.

Nicole (Finley) Holmes ’03 lives in Cincinnati, where she works for Seven Hills Women’s Health Center as a medical

Robyn Mustaine ’06 att. announces the birth of Angela Lynn on Nov. 2, 2007. Robyn lives in Seattle, where she’s a certified nurse assistant at an adult

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Linda Castiglione ’07 is a medical sonographer Dayton Children’s Medical Center. She lives in Centerville, Ohio, with her husband, Richard. Linda’s e-mail address is casti@woh.rr.com.

Elizabeth (Hummel) Hurley ’07 lives in Germantown, Ohio, with her husband, Michael. She’s a registered nurse at Sycamore Medical Center.

Debbie Miller ’07 is a medical sonographer at Primed Diagnostics.

She and her husband, Howard, live in Kettering. Debbie’s e-mail address is d.m.miller@sbcglobal.net.

Gretchen Prine ’07 lives in Huber Heights, Ohio, with her husband, Paul. She works for Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton as a staff sonographer. Gretchen’s e-mail address is gprine@woh.rr.com.

Christina Spinelli ’07 is a medical sonographer at Midwest Ultrasound.

Her e-mail address is cspinelli@midwestultrasound.com.

What’s your story?

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by J ulie T hompson

Alumni Spotlight

Echo VanderWal ’00 Sometimes the journey

“(Former PA department medical director) Dr. David Lim was very influential and encouraged me to between hearing God’s call pursue the goals I had set,” Echo and fulfilling it is a long one. said. “It was a long wait between the time I was called and the time I Echo VanderWal discovered actually got to go. Dr. Lim told me God’s plan for her life when she was to be patient.”

8 years old.

Today, the VanderWals have a “I was sitting in a church service mobile clinic ministry called The Luke and heard a missionary speaking Commission, which reaches out to about the medical need in Zaire,” people in Swaziland, in southern Echo said. “It was then that I Africa. The family spends up to 10 decided that this is what God wanted months a year in Africa, where they me to do.” travel up to three hours three It would be more than two times a week to conduct clinics. decades between Echo’s commitment The VanderWals arrive in villages by and when she set foot on African late morning and often stay as late as soil. Years of 1 a.m. to care for growth and people who have “There is a lot of pain study would sometimes waited prepare her and heartache in this work, up to six months educationally to see them. but I can't imagine doing and spiritually The ministry for her work. not only helps anything else with my life.”

During care for physical her years of issues – from eyepreparation, Echo met and married glasses to surgery – but also helps her husband, Harry, who also felt a heal souls torn apart by the world’s conviction to serve the poorest of highest HIV/AIDS rate. The couple the poor in Africa. She enrolled at has served more than 50,000 Swazi Kettering College to receive an eduand passed out more than 17,000 cation that would equip her for servBibles since starting their ministry. ing those in developing countries.

Echo fights for words to explain how such a devastating place can In 2000, Echo graduated from also be one of the most peaceful for Kettering College as a certified her and her family. physician assistant and started “There is a lot of pain and heartpracticing in surgery in the Dayton ache in this work,” she said, “but I area. After she switched to pediatrics, can’t imagine doing anything else God blessed her and Harry with with my life. I can think of easier triplet sons. She worked and waited lives, but I can’t think of anything another six years – adding another better. There is a sense of peace and baby boy to the mix – while Harry contentment that I wouldn’t trade finished his residency in internal for any position or money.” medicine and pediatrics.

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partnerships Small gifts, big changes Fateful opportunity at KCMA changed a profession and many lives

by K athy K eyes , Director of College Development Ruth Gelford Ryle holds a special place in her heart for Kettering College of Medical Arts because it has made a difference in her life. In 1974, Dayton was experiencing an economic decline and layoffs, some of which were teachers. At the time, Ryle was a substitute teacher at Spring Valley Academy. With seven children at home, she decided it was time for a new career.

She turned to Al Brendel, the chaplain at Kettering Hospital. He sent her over to Kettering College to talk to Eugene Cowling, the Dean of Academic Affairs. As fate would have it, a nursing student had just dropped out earlier that day. Ryle’s prior college degree and work experience qualified her for that opening, and Cowling told her to report the next morning. With no time to reconsider, she walked into a nursing class at 7 a.m. the next day.

Two years later, in 1976, Ryle graduated with her nursing degree.

Her daughter Cheryl Gelford Holland followed in her footsteps the following year with a nursing degree of her own.

Like many Kettering College graduates, Ryle began her career at Kettering Hospital as head nurse on the psychiatric unit; she also taught at the College.

In 1980, she moved to the Loma Linda Medical Center as head nurse of the psychiatric unit. While in California, Ryle received her nursing home administration license and later worked for American Health Centers. In 1986 she became administrator at Enton Hall, a preventive medical facility in Surrey, England. She returned to the United States in 1990, and for 18 years, she worked with another daughter, Krista Gelford, a pediatrician in Beavercreek.

In August 2008, Ryle retired.

This timely opportunity in 1974, coupled with Ryle’s discipline and commitment, has resulted in an interesting and diverse nursing career that spanned 30 years. KCMA, as a catalyst for her professional development, changed her life forever.

You can change other students’ lives forever by sacrificing just two (or more?) cups of coffee to help other “Ruths” realize their dreams at Kettering College. Working together, we can all achieve our goals.

For information about the Give a Latte Campaign, please contact Kathy Keyes at (937) 395-8607.

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Faculty’s published works challenge students, boost Kettering College’s standing

f students in Paula Reams’

That’s because the nursing instructor takes critical thinking and clear writing very seriously since she often finds herself as a student in a similar practice.

Like most of Kettering College’s professors, Reams spends much of her time outside of school, researching and writing work that sometimes finds its way into the public eye. As a result, she’s become a stickler for good writing and expects the same out of her students.

“I sometimes require my students to hand in the same paper two or three times a semester to get it revised,” she said. “As a result, they have a better learning experience and a better product.

We both have to realize that they are creating something that possibly could get published.”

Publication is the unspoken expectation of most higher education faculty. At Kettering College, unlike a lot of colleges, faculty are not required to publish in order to be hired or even to be considered for promotion.

Nevertheless, the school’s renowned faculty has published a lot of work that has helped to build the school’s reputation in the medical education field.

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nursing classes at Kettering College think writing skills don’t matter, they may be in for a lot of extra work.

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“We are very proud of the work all of our personnel have done, especially given the fact that we don’t tell them that it is a requirement,” said William “W.G.” Nelson, Dean for Academic Affairs.

There are many starting points from which a published piece might grow. For some, it’s a philosophy they have watched being carried out at Kettering College; for others, it’s a personal conviction. A wide range of topics have been explored in the hundreds of pieces that faculty have published over the years.

Faculty have penned pieces on religious and moral issues such as abortion; explored lighter subjects like humor in the classroom; and researched traditional medical topics such as maternal and child

nursing. Each is the culmination of years of research and observation.

Some published works weren’t intended to do more than earn a doctoral degree.

Regardless of where the work started or ended – well-known professional journals, textbooks or national medical exams – they have all done two things: made a name for the instructor and

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solidified KCMA’s position in the higher education world.

Crafting better teachers In 2008, Reams saw her article about service learning published in the Journal of Women in Educational Leadership. The article originated from her dissertation.

Reams got the idea after observing the implementation of service learning at Kettering College over a five-year-period.

continues to publish

Edith Applegate knows what it takes to be a pioneer.

The 73-year-old retired professor of biology at Kettering College dug in deep in 1980 when the school started an ultrasound technology program but had no real cross-section anatomy course. Her challenge was to create a course as well as a textbook to go along with it.

To get it done, she went straight to the source.

“I borrowed a sectioned cadaver from Wright State University and started with that as my basis,” she said.

Over the course of a decade, she gathered facts and developed a course outline, which she used not only at Kettering College, but nationwide at seminars and workshops.

“Dr. Robert Williams, Kettering College’s provost in the 1980s, nagged me to get the book published,” she said. “He kept telling me that if I didn’t publish, someone would steal my materials since I was distributing them to so many people.”

She submitted proposals to five publishers. Two responded by phone immediately.

“This showed me that they were serious about the project,” she said.

Eleven years after she began her research on the work, the Sectional Anatomy Learning System was published by W.B. Saunders Co. It became the first college-level sectional anatomy textbook ever written.

After that, the editors invited her to have lunch in Philadelphia. She assumed it was to celebrate the book’s release. Instead, it was an opportunity for the editors to talk to her about writing a second book. The Anatomy and Physiology Learning System was published in 1995.

Since those first two books, Applegate has released new editions and written other works. In 2000, Applegate retired from KCMA, where she had taught anatomy and physiology, mathematics, chemistry, pathophysiology, and radiation biology since 1976. She’s on campus often, working on the fourth edition of The Anatomy and Physiology Learning System, scheduled for release in the spring of 2010.

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Her article, “Nursing faculty leading from the bottom: Implementing service learning through the governance structure,” explained how philosophies can be adopted in large organizations from the ground level. In this case, Reams used an example at Kettering College where the female nursing faculty, through a federal grant, started bringing service learning into their courses.

Over a period of years, the service learning method was adopted into more classes until it eventually worked its way into every part of the school.

Reams, who is anticipating the publication of another work this year, said staying active in research and writing makes her a better teacher.

“It makes me more aware of what is out there in the field,” she said.

Making a name for the school Kettering College has grown and gained a stronger reputation through the works the faculty have placed in the scholarly arena.

KCMA becomes associated with medical expertise when faculty research reaches a forum where other professionals can learn and grow from it.

“We bask in their reflected glory,” Nelson said.

It’s unknown how many hundreds or thousands of people see a published piece. But every once in a while, an article’s author has the privilege of hearing how their work has influenced another individual. That’s what happened with Adelaide Durkin, assistant professor of nursing. In 2004, Durkin published “Descriptors of Dyspnea by Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Versus Congestive Heart Failure” in Heart & Lung.

A couple of years later, she was contacted by a researcher from China.

The Chinese instructor was looking to validate a questionnaire, and

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since Durkin had worked with the same assessment tool in her research, Durkin was asked to collaborate on the overseas project.

In 2008, Durkin saw her name in print again when her work with her Chinese colleagues was published in the American Journal of Critical Care.

“It was very rewarding, not because of the publication per se, but because a previous work I had done and published could be used by other researchers to expand knowledge in their place,” Durkin said. “It was also great to work in collaboration with other professionals overseas.”

Teaching still top priority Faculty have more than 100 published works to their credit in just the past several years.

Some professors at KCMA – such as Marsha Purtee and Joan Ulloth – have worked together on a long list of pieces. Others, such as Millie Roach in physician assistant studies, are just starting to publish. While Roach has yet to publish research, she has been asked to write test questions for the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination, or PANCE, starting this year.

Some professors have chosen to tackle more social topics. Alisa French, assistant professor of respiratory care, did an article for AARC Times about teen smoking cessation and prevention. The article begins with a review of why teens smoke, then explains prevention approaches and educational strategies recommended by experts in the field. The article calls respiratory therapists to action as community advocates for lung and heart health.

“RTs are at the forefront for tobacco prevention education, promoting clean indoor air legislation, providing patient smoking cessation with counseling, and more,” French said. “RTs really do make a difference in the community and in the lives of their patients.”

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abundant life Scriven's book offers fresh perspective of Adventism for modern believers.

“It’s human to dream dreams.” Thus begins the opening of Kettering College President Charles Scriven’s latest book, The Promise of Peace: Dare to Live the Adventist Hope, set for release this spring. But life, with all of its dreams and countering disappointments, can bring about hopelessness and despair, especially in this era of postmodern pessimism.

^ The Promise of Peace: Dare to Live the Adventist Hope is Charles Scriven’s fourth book.

Where is it, then, that hope and the promise of peace can be found? Scriven writes that God’s promise to bless humanity and conquer death is at the heart and soul of Adventist life.

The Promise of Peace provides readers with a fresh look at the essence of becoming and being an Adventist. It proposes that by living out Adventist principles and values, believers can pursue a life based upon an eternal hope that helps them stand regardless of life’s circumstances.

“Kettering College stands on the heritage of the Seventh-day Adventist passion for wholeness,” Scriven said. “When I became president, I decided I would make this an opportunity to create a fresh interpretation of that heritage. We are a people who look forward to Christ’s final victory and who keep the Sabbath as a memorial to the beauty and goodness of God’s creation. I wanted to show how radical hope sustains commitment to what happens on Earth. I wanted to show why we build life-enhancing institutions like hospitals. For the Bible, peace, in its essence, is human flourishing.”

Ben Navia, assistant professor of biology, has spent at least a decade studying crickets and creating articles, presentations, and scholarly abstracts based on his findings. So far, he has seen nearly a dozen articles published on such topics as the selective processing of calling songs by auditory interneurons in the female cricket and the plasticity in the cricket auditory system. He is expecting two more articles to be published soon.

The faculty’s work is impressive, but teaching remains the top priority at the school—as well as in the professors’ hearts.

“We place a high value on publishing, but when we hire, we look first on a person’s ability to

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be a good communicator in the classroom and their commitment to help our programs produce good practitioners,” Nelson said.

For Reams, her research supported KCMA’s primary purposes.

It not only made her a better teacher, but also led to the creation of the Vaughan-Beaven Service Learning Honors Program.

The program takes students from behind their desks and allows them to experience what service learning is all about in the field.

When Reams takes students on international service trips, she gets an added scholarly benefit: opportunities for additional research.

In it could be the best reward for an educator: becoming a pupil while teaching.

This is the third in a series of articles in which college personnel explore the mission of Kettering College.

perspectives Mission, purpose make educators ushers for students' professional and spiritual journeys

by B everly C obb , dean for assessment and learning support

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love learning. To me, that’s what education is all about – a deliberate juncture in the road of life. “Today I am _____. Tomorrow I want to be __________.” You fill in the blanks for your own experience.

The time between “today” and the proverbial “tomorrow” is a crucial point in the journey we call learning. We in higher education are so privileged to share it with our students.

Indeed, we educators at Kettering College of Medical Arts have a deep desire to help our students—somewhere in the place between “today” and “tomorrow”—to understand the special quality of our mission. That quality is what makes the education they receive at KCMA different from what they may experience at a secular institution.

* Service learning and volunteer experiences in the community; * Written reflections about important spiritual concepts; * Taking time to understand and care deeply about patients, maybe even to pray with them; * Recognition and respect for our different perspectives—ethnic, religious, cultural, political, and gender.

I love to watch faculty, staff, administrators, and students make everyday choices consistent with our mission, the last part of which reads, “Upholding Christ, the College educates students to make service a life calling and view health as harmony with God in body, mind, and spirit.”

While each act itself may seem insignificant in fulfilling the mission, together, the everyday choices we engage in help to form a rich mission tapestry.

These are just some of the ways that our mission is made manifest here at Kettering College: * Devotional thoughts at the beginning of classes and clinical experiences; * Prayer with a friend or student who is having a hard time; * Spiritual retreats that remind faculty and staff of our responsibility to help make “defining moments” for each other and for our students;

Recently the Division of Nursing hosted a reaccreditation site visit with five visitors from the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission. At the conclusion of the three-day visit, when the site visitors presented the provisional report to College administration and faculty, one of the visitors departed from the prepared speech. With tears in her eyes she said, “I work in a public college, so obviously, we can’t do some of the things you are able to do. But I have to find a way to take back something that is different and special about what you have here to my own workplace.”

So what is the special experience that happens between “today” and “tomorrow” as our students become their dreams? Perhaps it is simply learning— and re-learning—the purpose of our work and continually reminding ourselves for whom we work.

Colossians 3:23-24 says, “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”

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behind the scenes Who is

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Joyce Grube is the chair of Kettering College’s medical sonography department. She has been with the sonography faculty at KCMA since 1998 and was named chair in 2002.

What led you to the field of medical sonography?

I believe the path that led me to a career in medical sonography is probably similar to the story of many sonographers. I graduated from a radiography program in the mid-1980s, worked as a radiographer for just a couple of years, discovered sonography, and was hooked.

Following my Bachelor of Science degree in radiography from Ohio State University, I attended an accredited sonography program at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Fla. The opportunity to be involved in two "imaging" fields of medicine has always been fascinating.

Tell us the best thing about being a medical sonographer.

The best thing about being a sonographer is the thrill of being the first to investigate or discover a diagnosis in a patient. It's like being on the TV show “CSI.” You become the medical investigator. Whether it's discovering gall stones in a patient who has been suffering from indigestion, finding a completely treatable blood clot in a patient's leg, or sharing the news, "It's a girl," with first-time parents; the ability to literally see inside the human body is an amazing thing.

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What made you decide to become an educator?

I knew at an early age I wanted to teach. I know that sounds a bit cliché, but it’s true. Both my grandmothers were teachers, and I respected them very much. While I was in junior high school, I volunteered to be a student teacher for a fourth-grade class. I loved giving the spelling tests to the students. Then I became a swimming instructor. As a high school senior, I had to make the decision whether to pursue my interests in education or medicine.

Obviously, I chose a career in health care, but I've managed to fulfill my dream of teaching in sonography.

I believe exceptional teachers are born, not made.

What words or phrases do you most overuse?

If your students roast you at the end of the year with a plaque that reads, "Sorry about your luck," I guess that's an indication of a phrase you've probably overused. There are moments in education, however, when students intentionally try to get you to commit to making their lives a little easier. Now, all teachers out there know exactly what I'm talking about. And during some of those moments, students need an honest answer to continue to motivate them in a positive direction. I tend to be that honest teacher.

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If you knew you could not fail, what would you do?

I’d probably do the same thing I’m doing now and wouldn’t change much. I truly enjoy teaching adult students and helping them accomplish their goals and shape their future. In my opinion, it’s very rewarding to be a college professor.

I feel blessed to work with students every day.

What do you daydream about?

I daydream most about a nice sunny summer day when I have the day off from work and can stay home to walk out my back door and go for a boat ride. My home is on Shawnee Lake, just outside Jamestown, Ohio.

What is your personal philosophy about life?

Always try to treat others as you would like to be treated.

What was the last book you read?

The last book I read was The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell. It talks about the point at which momentum for change becomes unstoppable and how key people can influence significant events, issues, and ideas.

I enjoyed it very much. The book I read prior to that was The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein.

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