March 11, 2011
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY of SOUTH CAROLINA
Vol. 29, No. 28
InsIDe
Aqua Adventures
Honoring Women
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College of Pharmacy student Lisa Murphy pulls her strength from female heroes.
MUSC volunteers take the plunge By DAwn BrAzell Public Relations
David Geddings prepares for a dive show at the S.C. Aquarium, where he volunteers.
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t’s a good thing David Geddings has a great sense of humor. The fish circling his wetsuit, twining through the tubing of his breathing gear seem not to bother him. Nor do the 385,000 gallons of salt water in which he is immersed or the sharks that swim above him, or even worse, the inquiring faces of preschoolers massed outside the Great Ocean Tank of the S.C. Aquarium. His job is not to bore them. By day, Geddings works in MUSC’s Department of Pediatrics solving
various information technology issues. On some weekends, though, he can be found volunteering at the aquarium trying to stay out of the way of sharks and eels. He’s one of about a dozen MUSC employees who have found aquarium volunteer work to be very satisfying. Shawna Byrne, a psychometrist who works in MUSC’s Developmental Pediatrics, said her volunteer work as an aquarist assistant helps her pursue a longtime interest she has had in animals. She ended up on a different career path, but found volunteering feeding the fish and maintaining the See AquA on page 8
DisasTer Training
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Simulation center tests management and triage skills of staff and students. 3 Applause 5
Meet Robin
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