Balancing everyday life and studies also inside: Construction begins on student plaza Remembering Regent Maxine Beane Dr. Mahipat: Making a Difference Lyceum 2008: Inspire the Fire
PublisherExecutive Editor
Jon Schwartzbauer, D.C.Laura Weeks, D.C. jschwartzbauer@sherman.edulweeks@sherman.edu
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Karen Rhodes, M.B.A.Marggi Roldan krhodes@sherman.edumroldan@sherman.edu
Straight from Sherman is published twice a year and is produced for and about the Sherman College community. For inquiries, write to Straight from Sherman, Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic, P.O. Box 1452, Spartanburg, SC 29304, or e-mail the editor.
Sherman College is a private college offering the doctor of chiropractic degree. To enter the program, students must have at least 90 semester hours of collegelevel courses, including courses in the sciences. On its 80-acre campus in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the college operates a Chiropractic Health Center open to the public where students intern under the supervision of licensed doctors of chiropractic.
The doctor of chiropractic degree program of Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Chiropractic Education (8049 N. 85th Way, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-4321: telephone: 480-443-8877).
Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097: telephone number 404-679-4501) to award the doctor of chiropractic degree. Sherman College is licensed by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education.
The mission of Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic is to be the leader in bringing straight chiropractic to the world. Our mission is based upon the college's philosophy and core values, and encompasses:
Education
We shall educate, graduate, and support competent, compassionate, ethical, and successful doctors of chiropractic who excel as primary health care providers centered on vertebral subluxation.
We shall be the recognized leader in scholarly activity, institutional research, and clinical research centered on vertebral subluxation.
We shall serve humanity by providing the highest quality in chiropractic care, public education, professional partnerships, and community initiatives.
Clusserath named FSCO president; Wilson named Staff Member of the Year; Gonstead Club hosts seminar for students; Sherman hosts SABCA conference; Health Center organizes canned food drive; and more.
Regent Maxine E. Beane of Marshalltown, IA, will be greatly missed by her family and many chiropractic friends; alumna Musimbi M. Ondeko, D.C., shares fond memories of Maxine.
Sherman students balance many activities, including their studies. Three successful ones share how they manage their time to make it work. Meet Charmaine Herman, Brett Wharton and Taylor Van Quaethem.
Marlene Mahipat, D.C., dedicates her time to helping and empowering others. Learn how this Baltimore alumna earned honors like the Women Making a Difference Award and the 2006 Smart Woman distinction.
Lyceum 2008, Inspire the Fire, offers fun, fellowship and learning to help you focus on your goals and re-ignite the passion that inspires you and your staff – all this PLUS more than 20 hours of CE credit.
Refresh your analysis skills with Sherman X-ray Department Director Pat Kuhta, D.C. This article is the second of a two-part series on the analysis of cervical x-rays and features line analysis.
Everyone’s gifts, no matter the size, have a positive impact on Sherman College. In this section, the college recognizes regents, alumni, friends, faculty and staff who generously support our program.
In the last issue of Straight from Sherman I made a “toast for change.” During the past few months, I’ve had opportunity to listen to different ideas for improvement from the whole spectrum of the Sherman family. In this issue, I’m eager to give you a taste of that change and share how we have incorporated some of those great ideas to create a better Sherman College experience.
One of the most noticeable changes we are making in 2008 is a campus beautification, including a number of exciting initiatives:
Construction of the Gordon and Helen Brown Student Plaza
Construction of a low ropes course for the Clinic Challenge Program
Construction of a nature trail
Construction of an employee parking lot
Completion of deferred maintenance (flooring for the Spine Dining Café and window replacement in the Scallon and Health Center Buildings)
We surveyed students, staff, administration and faculty, and found a facelift for the campus was on the top of their suggestion lists. The plans for the Gordon and Helen Brown Student Plaza are consistent with the overall campus master plan and work together with other phases of construction planned for the future. The plaza will have wireless internet service; it will have amphitheater seating near the honor wall, a beautiful fountain and lots of benches so everyone can enjoy this outdoor study space. The plaza will tie the Scallon Building and Health Center together to create more of a campus feel. Our goal is to have all this completed before you arrive here for Lyceum in May.
We are also constructing a low ropes course for the Clinic Challenge Program that we plan to start in the fall. This
program is designed to help students make a successful transition from the classroom to chiropractic internship by sharpening their professional focus, re-igniting their passion for chiropractic and exposing them to success principles for practice. The experience helps to reinforce the value of teamwork and builds strong bonds with health center faculty. The construction of this course was made possible by a very generous grant from The Straight Chiropractic Education and Research Foundation.
Over winter break, the maintenance department installed a new floor in the Spine Dining Café and installed new cabinets in both the café and anatomy lab. And finally, we are excited that our employees will not need to battle the dirt and rocks of the gravel parking lot much longer because we will pave the employee parking lot complete with curbs, gutters and landscaping.
These much-needed physical improvements, along with ongoing program improvements, are necessary for the college to advance into the next 35 years of preparing the minds, hearts and hands of future chiropractors.
Please enjoy this issue of Straight from Sherman. I especially like it because it focuses on our students, their passions and their successes (see page 8). I hope to see you at Lyceum as we share fellowship, fun and exceptional learning opportunities (see page 20). It promises to be a great event.
Sherman College Vice President of Chiropractic Health Services
Michael Clusserath, B.S., D.C., was elected to serve as president of the Federation of Straight Chiropractors and Organizations at a recent board meeting. The announcement was made by Dick Plummer, D.C., FSCO’s Chairman of the Board.
Clusserath joined Sherman College in early 2000 as an assistant professor and health center faculty member. He is a 1987 graduate of Palmer Chiropractic College West and a 1982 graduate of Washington State University, where he majored in zoology. Before joining the faculty at Sherman, he maintained a private practice for 11 years in Covington, WA. His interests include running and spending time with his family.
President Jon Schwartzbauer, D.C., says Clusserath’s dedication to the profession makes him a perfect candidate for this type of national leadership position. “We’re so proud to have one of our own represent the FSCO as its president,” he says. “We are excited to see the many contributions Dr. Clusserath will make in this important role.”
Clusserath has served Sherman as an Association of Chiropractic College/ Research Agenda Conference peer reviewer (reading articles and providing feedback prior to publication) and as a National Board of Chiropractic Examiners test committee member. He has been published in the Journal of Chiropractic Humanities with articles related to vertebral subluxation,
chiropractic philosophy, and the power of the nerve system and has been a speaker at chiropractic philosophy and research conferences. The college presented him with a Service to Sherman College Award in 2005.
Vice President for Planning, Assessment and Enrollment Services Laura Weeks, D.C., has been elected to the Commission on
Accreditation of the Council on Chiropractic Education (COA/CCE). Weeks was elected as the Commission’s CCE accredited program employee representative.
The announcement was made December 7, 2007, and her three-year term began at the conclusion of the COA meeting on January 20. Weeks served the COA executive committee as chair from 2003-2006 and served COA member terms from 2000-2003 and 2006-2007. The COA/CCE enforces and interprets the Council on Chiropractic standards, determining if colleges meet the standards. The commission also organizes and serves on accreditation site visit teams.
“I look forward to working with the commission to promote educational excellence through strong chiropractic educational standards,” says Weeks.
College President Jon Schwartzbauer, D.C., says the college is honored to have a Sherman representative on the Commission, “We are pleased to have one of our own alumni and administrators recognized and included on this distinguished committee. Dr. Weeks’ election to this post is a reflection of her commitment and service to the chiropractic profession and her dedication to promoting excellence in chiropractic education.”
In addition to her service on the COA/CCE, Weeks is a member of the South Carolina Women in Higher Education Administration. Before being appointed vice president for planning, assessment and enrollment at Sherman, she served the college as vice president for academic affairs and as dean of chiropractic health services.
She is a 1990 graduate of Sherman College and received the Distinguished Alumnus award in 1997 and Service to Sherman College Award in 2000. She also holds a bachelor of science in business from Winthrop University and has completed graduate courses in business administration at Clemson University.
Approximately 50 students from chiropractic colleges across the Southeast gathered on the Sherman College campus January 25-26 for the Student American Black Chiropractic Association (SABCA) Region I Conference. The Sherman College SABCA Chapter hosted the event, and several alumni and faculty members presented programs and facilitated workshops over the weekend.
Alumni and faculty members involved included Drs. Bill Decken, Ron Castellucci, Greg Franklin, Francis Penick, John Porter, Princess Porter, Kevin Power and Tyrone Wallace. Students from Life University, Palmer College-Florida, Parker College and Sherman College were in attendance.
“Hosting this program was a monumental event and achievement for the Sherman SABCA Chapter,” says Sherman student Charmaine Herman, who is also a national student representative for SABCA. The weekend culminated with an awards banquet at the Radisson Hotel.
Students from the Gonstead Club at Sherman College and Life University gathered in Spartanburg December 1, 2007, for a seminar at the local Skylyn Place facility.
Sherman College’s Gonstead Club planned and hosted the program, which included topics such as Gonstead side posture, case management, Gonstead knee chest and more. Presenters included Dr. Mark Heal from Winamac, IN, and Dr. John Whitlow from Arlington, VA. More than 35 students attended. Sherman Gonstead Club President Kevin Day
Dr. Francis Penick at the SABCA Region I Conference at Sherman
says the club hopes to host a student workshop each quarter. Other Gonstead Club officers organizing the event included Bethaney Lawson, Elizabeth Rice and Christian Arriola.
Patients, interns, faculty and staff donated an overflowing table of canned goods to the local Miracle Hill Ministries during a food drive this winter at Sherman College’s oncampus Chiropractic Health Center.
Health center patients receive a free visit in exchange for a donation of 12 or more cans of food. But Health
Center Receptionist Shirlene Burnsed says some patients make a special trip to the health center to drop off canned goods, even if they don’t have a regular appointment scheduled during the food drive.
“Our patients look forward to helping out each year, and Miracle Hill Ministries always appreciates our donation,” Burnsed says. Sherman supporters and campus residents Dr. Gordon and Helen Brown were the first to contribute during the event. The food drive is organized by Burnsed, along with Vice President for Chiropractic Health Services Michael Clusserath, D.C., and Lead Faculty Doctor Claudia Seay, D.C.
Director of Financial Aid
Kathy Wilson has been well known for helping Sherman College students through the financial aid and loan processes with a smile and with true care and concern. Now she’ll also be known as Staff Member of the Year 2007.
The Staff Member of the Year award recognizes a Sherman staff employee who is competent and effective; sees and suggests opportunities for improving Sherman College; connects his or her work to the mission of the college; and contributes to teamwork and morale building.
Comments on ballots of those voting for Wilson included the following: “She has never answered a question without a smile,” “She is someone I truly feel will always look out for my best interests,” and “She knows each and every student and has a special bond with most of them.”
Those voting also said that Wilson “is dedicated and will find the answer to any question you ask,” that she “is always there whether it’s giving advice, support or just an encouraging smile when things are getting tough” and that she is “one of the most caring staff members at Sherman and we really appreciate all she does to make our time here easier and less stressful.”
Wilson joined the college as assistant director of financial aid in 2004 and was promoted to director in 2006. She has an associate’s degree in business accounting from Spartanburg Technical College.
Nearly 100 community leaders and business people from the Spartanburg area got better acquainted with Sherman College when the college hosted a Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event.
Hosting the program gave the college an opportunity to promote its educational program and health center services to fellow chamber members in a relaxed, social atmosphere. College employees conversed with other chamber members, and student interns hosted a spinal screening.
Sherman President Jon Schwartzbauer, D.C., gave a welcome message and shared information about the college with guests. Hors d’oeuvres and beverages were served, and Sherman College jackets, sweatshirts, jump drives and other memorabilia were given as door prizes.
Shameika N. Whaley (January) is a March 2008 graduate from Charleston, SC. She plans to associate with a D.C. in South Carolina.
Nathan Blanton (December) is a 14thquarter student from Forest City, NC. After graduation, he plans to enter private practice as an associate in Forest City.
Trenton Johns (November) is a March 2008 graduate from Weston, WV. He graduates in March and is making practice plans.
Andy Marrone (October)is a March 2008 graduate from Hershey, PA.
Chris Smith (September) is a March 2008 graduate from Knoxville, TN. He plans to practice in South Carolina.
Drew Anderson (August) is a December 2007 graduate from Tazewell, TN. He works as an associate in Georgetown, SC.
by Charmaine Herman
It’s not often one can say, “You get what you pay for,” but that is the only thing left to say after I attended the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) Annual Student Leadership Forum held at their headquarters in Greeley, CO, January 18.
I was honored to be invited to attend as National Student Representative of the American Black Chiropractic Association (ABCA) and as a Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic student. This was the first year that the ABCA received an invitation to send its national and three regional representatives. Additionally, it was the first year that a Sherman College student was among the other chiropractic colleges in attendance.
What seemed like a small group of 13 chiropractic students actually represented four national chiropractic organizations, 10 chiropractic colleges and three countries including the U.S., Mexico and Australia. The four student organizations represented were the Student American Chiropractic Association (SACA), Student International Chiropractic Association (SICA), World Congress of Chiropractic Students (WCCS) and Student American Black Chiropractic Association (SABCA).
The purpose of the conference was to educate student leaders about the workings of the NBCE with the intention that the information be disseminated back to their colleges and organizations. At NBCE headquarters, we received detailed presentations from test development, statistics, grading, exam security, international and business personnel to explain how this organization worked.
We were given a tour of this modern “Fort Knox” secured building. We were shown the computerized and manual grading systems. They showed us where the tests are stored and later archived. Overall, it was a wonderful experience in which I was honored to participate.
The following are changes and updates to the National Board Exams:
Metal detectors will be instituted at every testing site to limit cheating opportunities and will increase test cost.
Computerized testing is being researched for feasibility without a drastic increase in cost to students.
Online breakdown of sections that are failed will be available beginning March 2008.
Rehabilitation/PT will be a greater percentage on all exam parts due to the current momentum for evidence-based chiropractic care.
Changes to Part III to institute multiple correct answers will be on trial in the March 2008 exam at certain schools.
College President Jon Schwartzbauer, D.C., and faculty member Perry Rush, D.C., were recognized for their work in the Blair Society by being named Blair Chiropractor of the Year, an honor they will share. The presentation was made in Seattle in September during the 22nd Annual William G. Blair Conference.
Schwartzbauer is a member of the Blair Society Board of Directors and has taught the Blair adjusting course at Sherman for several years. Rush is a certified Blair instructor and taught a session at the conference.
by Musimbi M. Ondeko, D.C.
As a young grade school girl in the village of Kigama, Western Kenya, I met Dr. Ercil and Maxine Beane. Maxine was then visiting Kenya as International president of the United Society of Friends Women. She and my mother, her counterpart in East Africa, became fast friends. On a visit to the USA, my mother was given an adjustment and more information on chiropractic by Dr. Beane in their Iowa home. She encouraged me to consider the profession while I was a young high school girl. 1975 was to be the commencement of a long and wonderful relationship between Dr. Beane, Maxine and myself as I embarked on a chiropractic career. They sponsored my chiropractic education. My first stop was their home where Maxine took me under her wing and became my mother. She nurtured me mentally, physically and spiritually, then and throughout my chiropractic studies. She did this for so many, yet I felt so special as if I were the only one.
Maxine spurred me on in my studies, my career and my life, keeping up with every step, encouraging, motivating, teaching and mentoring in life and its complexities, inspiring, but most of all she was my mother and my friend. In her path of life, she has positively touched so many lives, and I am so blessed to have had her play such a major role in the shaping of my life. I would be proud if I could but emulate some of the virtues in her long and splendid life.
Dr. Ondeko (pictured here as a student) is a 1980 graduate practicing in Kenya. She says Maxine Beane, together with her husband Dr. Ercil, was instrumental in bringing chiropractic to Kenya by sponsoring many Kenyan students to Sherman College.
by Assistant Editor Marggi Roldan
Regent Maxine E. Beane, wife of Regent Ercil V. Beane, D.C., of Marshalltown, IA, and mother of Regent Joel Beane, D.C., also of Marshalltown, passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2008. She was 91.
Beane worked alongside her husband as his assistant in his chiropractic clinics and traveled with him on mission trips to Africa, Asia, the Mid-East, Europe, Central and South America. As co-lecturer with her husband, she shared her philosophy of life and chiropractic philosophy and principles to residents of 69 nations over the past 30 years. As a team, she and Dr. Beane developed Chiropractic Live Research Centers to care for hundreds of eager patients from all cultural and economic levels in numerous countries.
Out of this work came the inspiration that many students needed to leave their countries to study chiropractic in the United States and then take chiropractic care back to their countries. Numerous international alumni of Sherman College owe their careers to the encouragement and guidance provided by Mrs. Beane.
Among the many ingredients of life that were important to Beane were her family, spiritual experiences, gardening, Quaker faith and practice, chiropractic philosophy and practice, and the many lessons she drew from nature. Meditation and
contemplation were central to her daily life at home, in nature and in public places.
She and Dr. Beane envisioned an Innate Awareness Center on the Sherman College campus and had been working with college administrators to make this a part of the next building to be constructed on campus. This meditation area will provide a warm, peaceful, soothing environment for silent meditation and contemplation for students, employees and visiting chiropractors.
For her service and significant contributions to the philosophy, science and art of chiropractic, she was granted an honorary Doctor of Chiropractic Humanities Degree from Sherman College in 1983. Maxine Beane was a charter member of the Sherman College Board of Regents and was one of the first honorees inducted into the college’s Heritage Society.
Beane was the mother of five children — one daughter and four sons — 10 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. In a letter to former Sherman College president David Koch, D.C., Dr. Beane referred to his wife as “a warm, powerful personality,” and said, “Any man is blessed by living with a rich jewel for guidance and love of fellowship.”
Regent Maxine E. Beane will be greatly missed by her family and many chiropractic friends.
Twenty presenters provided thoughtprovoking and stimulating discussions to an audience of more than 130 chiropractors and students at the 2007 Fall Lyceum featuring the International Research and Philosophy Symposium (IRAPS) on the Sherman College campus in November.
IRAPS is an opportunity for persons from the US and abroad, as researchers and philosophers, to come together and explore the core theoretical and empirical issues of interest to the chiropractic profession. Attendees at the 2007 event received CE credit, enjoyed scholarly discussion on a diversity of topics and heard presentations within the conference theme of the mental impulse. One attendee described the IRAPS experience as “an intellectual atmosphere coupled with sincerity of fellowship. This is where men/women philosophers meet.”
Keynote speakers Joe Strauss, D.C. and Reed Phillips, D.C., Ph.D., and other presenters challenged the audience to step outside the box in their model of thinking on the mental impulse. In addition to scholarly research and philosophy presentations, Fall Lyceum also offered outstanding professional and personal success programs by Jeanne Ohm, D.C., Julie Peterson, D.C., and Denise Hedges.
Following Friday’s classroom presentations, Ohm and Peterson hosted a special evening nuts-and-bolts success session with 45 students attending. “The Nuts and Bolts Session is always something to look forward to. As students we are always curious about how to start or run our future office,” says seventh-quarter student Jillian Kersh. “Dr. Julie and Dr. Jeanne fielded our questions and gave us real answers.”
A panel discussion led by Philosophy Department Chair Bill Decken, D.C., LCP, followed dinner at the Spartanburg Marriott on Saturday night, allowing attendees to freely express and exchange their thoughts and ideas. Panelists included Drs. Ralph Boone, Brian Flannery, Christopher Kent and Joe Strauss debating the question, “Is the Mental Impulse Testable?”
“The panel discussions at IRAPS always get the audience thinking and speaking out, and this year was no different,” says Decken. “In addition to being well attended, there was a sense among the panelists and audience that the mental impulse can and should be discussed and its effects researched as part of the chiropractic agenda. The momentum from IRAPS needs to be carried through 2008.”
Attendees evaluated each abstract presentation in the areas of originality, quality of paper and relevance to theme. Two presentations were chosen (one in research and one in philosophy) as the best presentations as voted by their peers. Congratulations go to renowned researcher Christopher
Kent, D.C., for his research presentation, “The Mental Impulse: A Strategy for Clinical Assessment, ” and Life Chiropractic College faculty member Brian Flannery, D.C. LCP, DPhCS, for his philosophy presentation, “Mental Impulse from a Quantum Perspective.” These presenters each won a $250 cash prize.
In addition, participants of the college’s Academy of Chiropractic Philosophers (ACP) program participated in Fall Lyceum/IRAPS, thus completing their third live session component. The ACP will soon enroll its third class, to commence at Lyceum 2008. For details about the ACP program, contact Decken at bdecken@sherman.edu or visit www.sherman.edu/acp.
Save the date now for the 2008 Fall Lyceum/IRAPS scheduled October 1719. The focus of this IRAPS is to seek new insight into the core concepts associated with vertebral subluxation. Papers will relate to scientific inquiry, as well as topics that address the art and philosophy connected to vertebral subluxation. Details can be found at www.sherman.edu/iraps.
Charmaine Herman exemplifies the saying:
“If you want a job done well, give it to a busy person.” It would be hard to find someone whose life is fuller than this 41-year-old who was born in Jamaica and grew up in Brooklyn. And it would be even harder to find someone more willing to take on responsibilities.
hen the self-professed “multi-tasker” entered Sherman in 2005, she was a single woman who had already earned two undergraduate degrees and a master’s degree, worked for the Department of Health and Environmental Concerns (DHEC) as an environmental evaluator for six years, managed a private laboratory and taught history at a community college.
Describing herself as Sherman’s “oldest black woman,” Charmaine says she discovered that the experiences she had before entering Sherman had prepared her well. And she’s also found that the younger women on campus often seek out her advice.
Juggling studies, extracurricular activities, a part-time teaching job, family and an active church life comes naturally to her. She smiles when she hears other students complain about not having enough time.
It’s obvious that chiropractic was not Charmaine’s first career choice. When she was young, she loved science and animals and planned to become a veterinarian, so she entered Tuskegee University for veterinary school. But partway through her studies, she changed her mind and transferred to the University of South Carolina to attend medical school. “Serving people became more important than animals,” she says. That new path didn’t work out, so Charmaine went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science before receiving her Master of Arts in African American History and Women’s Studies.
But her love of science, coupled with an experience that her godmother had with chiropractic, eventually led her to her current career choice. “My godmother had sciatica after riding an exercise bike,” Charmaine explains. “The doctors gave her medicine. When that didn’t work we tried herbal medicine. Then someone said, ‘Try chiropractic.’” After the first visit, her godmother felt better. After the second, she could walk on her own. “Then,” Charmaine says, “they educated her about the benefits of regular chiropractic care and she blossomed.”
Soon after that Dr. Leif Hoagland, a Sherman graduate from Pennsylvania, talked with Charmaine about the profession, suggesting chiropractic could be the career for her. She was living in Colorado at the time, but a visit to Sherman’s campus convinced her that he was right. “When I visited Sherman, Dr. Hardee (then Sherman College president) made me feel so wanted,” Charmaine says, but she knew she wasn’t financially able to enter school. After she was accepted, she determined to continue working and save money so she could enroll as soon as possible.
Juggling studies, extracurricular activities, a part-time teaching job, family and an active church life comes naturally to Charmaine. She smiles when she hears other students complain about not having enough time.
Now she’s passionate about her Sherman experience. “I have loved going to school at Sherman—even more than I expected,” says the woman who has involved herself in every aspect of campus life and beyond.
Charmaine is active in the Christian Chiropractic Club, the Student American Black Chiropractic Association, the Blair Club and the Diversity Committee. Her enthusiasm for chiropractic has also taken her far from campus, to Seattle, Las Vegas and Colorado, representing Sherman and fostering relationships that she knows will last beyond her student days.
As a national student representative for the Student American Black Chiropractic Association, Charmaine represents African American students in all 15 chiropractic colleges in the country. Since becoming involved with the organization, she has learned that even though 14 percent of chiropractic patients are African American, only 0.8 percent of chiropractors are. That’s a statistic she’d like to change.
While juggling all these activities, she’s adjusting to life as a wife to her new husband, Stephen, and as a stepmother to his 20-year-old daughter, Sherissa. Charmaine met Stephen, who works as an engineer for AT & T in Atlanta, through what she calls a “divine introduction,” only to discover that they had grown up down the street from each other and that their mothers had worked on the same floor at a Brooklyn hospital. They married in January 2007, and Stephen moved to Spartanburg where he works from home.
Now this woman with boundless energy not only looks forward to graduating in 2009, associating with an experienced chiropractor, then developing a home practice serving families, but she also has a new more personal goal — having a baby to add to the happiness of her new life.
Life in the South agrees with Brett Wharton. It’s not just the weather, though that certainly ups the satisfaction quotient for the young man who grew up in Middletown, Delaware. Mostly it’s the friendly people that he loves.
own here everybody’s nice,” Brett says, adding that meeting people is easy because everyone stops to talk to you, even in the grocery store. And though no one back home has accused him of having a Southern accent yet, he admits that he’s already adopted “ya’ll” into his vocabulary.
All that Brett knew about Spartanburg before visiting Sherman was that Wofford College was there. As a sophomore long snapper on the University of Delaware football team, he helped to quash Wofford’s national championship hopes in a semi-final game played in nasty Delaware weather. The Blue Hens went on to crush Colgate 40–0 for the national championship, a highlight of Brett’s athletic career.
But all that was before he had considered a career in chiropractic. He entered undergraduate school on an athletic scholarship planning for a career in environmental engineering. The scholar-athlete soon realized that he would have difficulty completing the rigorous studies in that major and the demanding football schedule. He looked for another major that capitalized on his love of science and found biology.
Two events came together to point him in the direction of chiropractic. He first learned of chiropractic when his mom, Bonnie, a bus driver for the University of Delaware, was involved in a motorcycle accident. After she failed to respond to medication, she visited a chiropractor. Under the chiropractor’s care, her health improved within a couple of months. Brett remembered that fact when he heard that a recruiter from Sherman College was on the University of Delaware campus.
Unfortunately, by the time he reached the recruiter, he was already on the road back to South Carolina. But they talked long enough for Brett to know he was interested in learning more. He checked out the college online, and, he says, “I prayed for guidance about what I should do with my life.” He knew he loved the South from visits with family in Toccoa, Georgia. A trip to the campus a
year before graduation convinced him that Sherman was a fit for him.
Now he hopes to integrate chiropractic with an athletic ministry. “I enjoy visiting schools, giving Bible talks. However God sees fit to fit chiropractic into that mission will determine my path,” the young man says, leaving open the option of going overseas and doing mission work after he completes his D.C. degree.
Brett, a Lenfest Scholarship recipient, has been active in the Christian Chiropractic Club and the Diversified Club since arriving on campus a year and a half ago. He also works in the anatomy lab as an assistant, teaching other students what he has learned. But being with friends and doing what he calls “freelancing” make life outside the classroom more enjoyable for this spiritually-driven young man.
“I wanted to get out into the community, get involved, when I got here,” Brett says, adding that he spent the first six months visiting different churches in search of one that fit his spiritual needs. But it’s the “freelancing,” putting schoolwork aside and “hanging out” with friends that’s led to the discovery of bowling alleys, movie theaters and good food.
“The worst thing about food in Spartanburg is that most places have the most terrible bread, nothing like what I was used to in Delaware,” the cuisine critic says. Then he found Jimmy John’s on Pine Street. Now the sub shop with the “great bread” has become his favorite place to eat and hang out with the friends he’s made, friends he knows will be friends for life.
The affable young man who spent 12 years playing football and six summers working construction is now looking forward to graduating from Sherman in March of 2010 and the flexibility that a career in chiropractic will provide — flexibility that will allow him to spend time with family and continue his personal Christian ministry.
Brett hopes to integrate chiropractic with an athletic ministry. “I enjoy visiting schools, giving Bible talks. However God sees fit to fit chiropractic into that mission will determine my path,” the young man says, leaving open the option of going overseas and doing mission work after he completes his D.C. degree.
Olympia, Washington, is a long way from Spartanburg, South Carolina. When Taylor Van Quaethem made the decision to enroll at Sherman, he knew he would be leaving behind a supportive family that is committed to chiropractic to come to an area of the country that was entirely new to him.
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y father, my brother and his wife and my sister and her husband are all chiropractors, but I’m the first to come to Sherman,” Taylor says of the decision to travel so far from home. “In fact, when I came to visit Sherman, it was the first time I had ever been to the east coast.”
The other chiropractors in his family graduated from Life West, but his brother’s wife attended Sherman for two years. When he visited, Taylor was immediately attracted to the Sherman philosophy, one that he characterizes as “firm and rich.” And, he adds, he feels that he made the “perfect choice.”
Taylor attended undergraduate school at Bellevue Community College and South Puget Sound Community College; he also completed a few courses at Washington State University, where he found the large classes too impersonal. At Sherman he discovered quickly that faculty really know the students and that the small classes provide the one-on-one interaction he had been searching for.
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The 24-year-old man who didn’t always think he wanted to follow the family career path has now embraced it wholly. An intense young man who says he was “born and raised in chiropractic,” he always leaned toward a career in healthcare. His father, Patrick, said he would support his son in any career choice he made.
At first Taylor was resistant to the idea of following his older brother and sister into chiropractic. He studied to become a certified x-ray technician with the intention of earning his associate’s degree. Then he began to talk with his brother, seven years his senior, about prerequisites he would need to study chiropractic. “I came to believe that through chiropractic I can change lives, impact the world differently,” Taylor says of his decision to earn his D.C. degree.
The transplant from the Northwest made his first trip back home this Christmas, after six months away. His mother, Janie, flies to see him once a quarter. But he’s
first Taylor was resistant to the idea of following his older brother and sister into chiropractic. Then he began to talk with his brother about prerequisites.
“I came to believe that through chiropractic I can change lives, impact the world differently,” Taylor says
of his decision to earn his D.C. degree.
settled in both academically and personally, reveling in the contrast the area presents to his home state. “My girlfriend and I are enjoying exploring. We’ve been hiking to the top of Table Rock, and people have given us lots of suggestions about more great hiking destinations,” Taylor says. He points particularly to the mild weather, noting, “In Olympia it’s usually 55 and rainy, and it rains for two or three months straight. When the temperature gets above 70 degrees in Washington, people rip off their shirts to soak up the rays.”
Taylor has always loved the active life. A competitive swimmer in high school, he enjoys running, weight lifting, working out and hiking to fill up his leisure hours. “Everything here is new for us,” he says. “We are enjoying experiencing the South.” His girlfriend, Heather Ohman, who moved here when Taylor entered Sherman, manages Hub City Coffee and hopes eventually to pursue a career in nutrition. For the moment, they are exploring
as much as they can, visiting Asheville, North Carolina, where they cruise shops that remind them of their hometown. And a trip to the beach is next on their list.
“We share the same philosophy about healthcare,” Taylor says of his relationship with Heather. “That is very important to me, because when we get married, I will want my children to be raised the same way I was. I’ve always let my body heal itself, and it’s important that Heather embraces that same philosophy.”
Working with and helping people are what excite this determined young man. Though it’s still two years away, graduation in 2010 is something he looks forward to with anticipation.
“It really gets me fired up to be in such a powerful career choice,” Taylor says, adding that he is eager to put his philosophy into practice to help others.
by Dean of Student Affairs LaShanda Hutto, M.S.W.
The year is off to an exciting start in Student Affairs. We are proud to welcome Shay Yates to the department staff. Shay brings great energy to the office, plus a flair for organization and a real passion for enhancing the student experience.
We’re also happy to welcome our new Chiropractic Student Government officers for 2008: President Erik Beauvais, Vice President Justin Snider, Treasurer Jillian Kersh and Secretary Jeff Franco. It is a very exciting time for our department and the college. With fresh new faces and energy, great expectations are developing!
We truly anticipate going above and beyond during this academic year. Student Affairs is preparing a full slate of activities that will benefit both students and employees. A greater emphasis is being placed on
community service and outreach opportunities. Examples of such activities include a participation in the annual community service initiative (CSI) program through the College Town Consortium of Spartanburg, plus regular Adopt-A-Highway and Habitat for Humanity participation and our annual community Easter Egg Hunt. We are researching additional local opportunities to get involved and give back to our community.
We’re also making preparations to support several athletic opportunities for our students — which will be all the more exciting when we have a new college mascot (see our web site at www.sherman.edu/mascot for more information). This year we plan to sponsor softball, soccer and basketball intramural leagues for students. We are eager to put the spotlight on
personal health for all of our students and employees.
With business as usual, we will also continue to host our traditional activities including weekly presidential lunches with students, Bagel Fest, Fun Day, Pizza Day, Club Day and Thanksgiving. In addition, we have a wonderful slate of speakers set for our assembly program. These special guests to our campus will share focus, passion and tips for success with students during 10 assembly events.
If you’re interested in speaking at an assembly and sharing your passion with students, or if you want to suggest an opportunity for community service, contact us at 864-578-8770, ext. 224, or e-mail lhutto@sherman.edu.
We look forward to a great 2008!
by Vice President for Academic Affairs Robert L. Irwin, D.C. Irwin
I like to start a conversation by defining terms. According to Webster, focus is “a center of interest or activity.” In today’s busy world, sometimes it is hard to focus. As I am writing this article, my phone rang, I received three e-mails and my daughter sent me a text message. No wonder I can’t get anything done.
Many businesses and colleges alike are diversifying – offering more products, degrees and/or services to appeal to more markets and improve the bottom line. This must be the corporate version of “multi-tasking.” Speaking of which, now there are business experts questioning the effectiveness of this type of multi-tasking. When a business strays too far from its focus, customers get confused and lose interest. Starbucks recently announced they were going to return the focus of their business back to what made them a success, selling coffee. Maybe there is something to this focus thing!
At Sherman College, we find ourselves multi-tasking to keep up with the latest in
innovative teaching methods, the continuous stream of research findings and the application of new technology and the like; but the focus of our doctor of chiropractic curriculum has always been and remains to this day, the location, analysis and correction of vertebral subluxation, known as “LACVS.” It’s our trademark really – and after 35 years in the biz, we are really good at it.
Learning about LACVS starts in the first quarter during which, students are introduced to the why (philosophy), the where (anatomy) and the how (palpation). The early quarters of the curriculum include numerous basic science courses that provide the much-needed knowledge of the intricacies of human anatomy, physiology and pathology.
To help keep the focus, faculty members deliberately weave the elements of LACVS throughout course materials –providing experiences and insights that reinforce chiropractic principles no matter what the subject. As students
Dawn Lenfest, D.C., feels passionately that students should be able to focus on establishing their careers rather than on debt retirement when they graduate. So Lenfest, a Penn Straight alumna, decided to provide students with substantial scholarships for just that purpose.
In 2005, the Brook J. Lenfest Foundation established the Dawn K. Lenfest Scholarship Fund at Sherman. This fund will provide nine $10,000 scholarships in 2008. Applicants for the scholarship must have a minimum 3.0 GPA, demonstrate financial need, service to the college and to the community and write an essay on their vision of straight chiropractic. Learn more about the most recent recipients of this prestigious scholarship:
Carolyn Beaty of South Carolina is a Sherman College orientation leader and is an active leader in the community.
Megan Pearce of South Carolina works in the Research Department and is an assistant representative for Chiropractic Student Government; she was referred by Sherman alumnus Nick Wise, D.C.
Brett Wharton of Delaware is an anatomy lab teaching assistant, is involved with the Christian Chiropractic Club and serves as a Chiropracitc Student Government class representative.
Kimberly Wheaton of Massachusetts is involved with Gonstead, Palpation and Blair Clubs on campus; she was referred to Sherman College by alumnus James Callahan, D.C.
move through the curriculum, focus turns to patient care and the development of requisite skills and abilities obtained through clinical sciences courses. And then, of course, knowledge, skills and abilities must be applied and integrated to develop clinical competency through practice and guided mentoring during the final 1½-year student internship.
From the experienced and dedicated faculty, state-of-the-art digital x-ray, infrared thermography and specifically applied adjusting technique, those who experience care from chiropractic interns in the Health Center benefit from the correction of vertebral subluxation to optimize health potential.
Sherman College faculty may be multitasking in this busy day and age to keep up with student learning needs, but our focus remains unchanged. By focusing the curriculum and learning experiences on LACVS, Sherman College has produced excellent chiropractors – 35 years and counting!
The day I graduated, I was a completely different person than I was when I entered college. The only thing that was the same was my DNA. The challenge of getting through the program at Sherman and higher level education makes you so strong. Your life will never be the same again. When I walked off the stage at graduation, I was empowered.
by Director of Alumni Relations Marggi Roldan
One morning she wakes up and decides this would be a good day to feed the homeless. She buys food and supplies and assembles care packages in the kitchen area of her chiropractic office.
Her dark blue Honda CRV loaded with 40, sometimes up to 120 care packages, she drives around downtown Baltimore looking for those in need of this gift from the heart.
With “typical” days like these, it’s no wonder Dr. Marlene Mahipat has been honored with award after award for her charitable activities. In March 2008, it is the Women Making a Difference Award from the Baltimore County Commission for Women. Before that is was a Bravo Business Achievement Award, the 2006 Smart Woman distinction from Smart CEO Magazine, and an Outstanding and Dedicated Service to the Community Award from a Baltimore area Rotary Club.
A care package assembled by Mahipat typically includes two sandwiches, an apple, an orange, a banana, two beverages, breakfast bars and a blanket. Sometimes even her patients help, making sandwiches before or after their appointments. Sometimes they make donations.
Mahipat, a native of Trinidad, settled in Maryland after graduating from Sherman in 2001. Single and having no other geographical or familial ties, she chose Baltimore for its earning potential. It proved to be a good choice for this ambitious young woman with boundless energy and compassion.
She moved to Maryland in 2002 with a job secured, and by 2004 she opened her own practice in Randallstown. She practices three days a week and devotes the rest of the week to her charitable endeavors. She’s already established two charitable foundations. The first, called PLEASE (People Letting Every Animal Survive Euthanization) was born out of her volunteer work with Meals on Wheels, where she saw a need to help that organization’s clients feed and care for their pets.
Wherever she goes, even on vacation, Mahipat’s compassion for others, especially homeless children, becomes evident. In fall 2004 she took a vacation to Puerto Vallarta in Mexico and ended up spending all her recreation money on toys, clothing and vitamins for children living in an orphanage near her hotel. That unselfish act inspired hotel employees to “adopt” the orphanage where some of the employees still, today, regularly send food and pay visits.
That experience in Mexico resulted in Mahipat establishing the HOPE (Helping Orphans Prosper Everywhere) Children’s Foundation. This foundation, like the one for pets, is a 501(c) non-profit foundation.
“Every year, my intention is to go to a different thirdworld country and find a way to make a difference,” says Mahipat. She also tries to make a difference at homeless shelters in the Baltimore area by providing food, clothing and toys throughout the year.
Mahipat moved to the United States with the intention of going to medical school. But as she pursued this dream she realized that a career built on writing prescriptions did not align with her personal beliefs or lifestyle. As she investigated holistic alternatives, she discovered information about chiropractic and Sherman College at the Melbourne (Florida) Public Library.
She visited Sherman and was given a tour by then-students Dave Serio and Simon Senzon, who now also enjoy successful careers, Serio as a pioneering chiropractor in Argentina and Senzon as an accomplished philosopher and practitioner in Asheville, NC. “The philosophy of straight chiropractic was so amazing to me. I was sold!” she says.
Mahipat says she is living proof that education is the key to rising up out of a bad situation, be it poverty, an abusive home life or being orphaned. During her own childhood, she suffered many ills. She found healing through giving and service to others; she found a new life through education. All of this drives her community service with the homeless and with orphans, an effort to provide some small slice of security to children who may not otherwise know any.
Her vision is for each neighborhood to have a staffed community center to provide children experiencing hardships a safe haven. “If they have a bad situation at home or are hungry, they would then have a safe haven to go to, and also a meal,” Mahipat says. “They could get help with homework and participate in activities that are conducive to getting ahead in this world,” she explains.
Through her own life experience Mahipat has come to believe that education makes a tremendous difference in
a person’s life. “The day I graduated, I was a completely different person than I was when I entered college. The only thing that was the same was my DNA,” says Mahipat. “The challenge of getting through the program at Sherman and higher level education makes you so strong. Your life will never be the same again. When I walked off the stage at graduation, I was empowered.”
This is the message she wants to share with young people facing challenges. Education provides empowerment. Empowerment provides a way out. Empowerment allows one the freedom to make a difference in other people’s lives... like Dr. Marlene Mahipat.
by Executive Vice President/Provost Myron D. Brown, D.C. Brown
I don’t have a job and it’s been about 35 years since I’ve had one. In my last “job,” I worked in a restaurant in Rock Island, Illinois, to help support my education at Palmer. Actually I enjoyed the work, but when the restaurant went out of business I shed no tears, because it was just a job and I was about to graduate anyway.
I’ve been continuously employed since then, but I never got another “job.” It’s been such a blessing to be able to say that I can’t even relate to the acronym, TGIF (for the benefit of others similarly blessed, the acronym stands for “Thank God It’s Friday”).
The attitude and emotion embodied in TGIF is so pervasive that one group of entrepreneurs even found it profitable to name a chain of restaurants after the concept.
So what’s wrong with TGIF? Well, nothing really; it’s the unspoken meaning that baffles me. Persons who look forward to Fridays with zeal and enthusiasm do so because it means the weekend has arrived.
The weekend is a time to be free to stay home from work and do what we really want to do. There’s the rub. It suggests that people may not enjoy what they do for five-sevenths of their lives and that they look forward to the weekends with a special kind of fervor.
It seems a bit sad that TGIF-ers don’t enjoy a life’s work that produces in them a special excitement about Monday. I want to introduce you to another model – TGIM – and have you consider how this model relates to chiropractic and Sherman College.
Having experienced many years of chiropractic practice, I can say with certainty that I found weekends enjoyable. Like other husbands and fathers, I too treasured those weekend times filled with family events and the like. Yet Mondays never loomed like the dreaded return to the salt mine. In fact, I always found being able to punctuate family, recreation and relaxation with a return to chirorpactic practice to be gratifying and a cause to feel grateful.
In the Thank God It’s Monday (TGIM) model, rather than a drudgery or dread,
there is great interest and enthusiasm for one’s weekday activities. Such dedication is born of a greater purpose exceeding survival, keeping a roof over one’s head and food on the table.
Chiropractors experience a rare privilege each day as they provide life-enhancing adjustments to their practice members. The practice of chiropractic is truly its own reward. This fact, compounded with a comfortable professional level of income, is an exceptional opportunity that we should not take for granted.
In other sections of Straight from Sherman, you have perhaps noticed that the magazine is concentrating on the themes of, “FOCUS, PASSION and SUCCESS.” The editor asked me to write a few words on the second of these elements – passion – and I was delighted to accept that assignment.
The themes, of focus, passion and success are certainly nothing new at Sherman College, but we are now shining a brighter spotlight on them for all to see. Every morning in my Philosophy I class, we start promptly at 8 a.m. The greeting to the class goes something like this, “It’s eight o’clock and time to begin on this beautiful morning at Sherman College.”
In view of today’s usual jargon, this sounds corny, right? After doing this for a few years, one might expect that I would be getting tired of it and looking for a new daily opener. Yes, it seems passé to greet a classroom full of bright young graduate students that way, but they understand that it serves a particular purpose.
The point is, it doesn’t matter whether it’s foggy, rainy or clear, it’s always a beautiful morning at Sherman College. How could it be otherwise for a group of people fortunate enough to be brought together to focus on such a mission as ours? Passion for this mission does not require rekindling; it is self-generating.
We touch lives in a very special way. Correcting vertebral subluxations unleashes potentials that are limited only by our vision to grasp and understand. One Japanese scholar and chiropractic pioneer better stated it.
In addressing D.D. and B.J. Palmer’s 1906 graduating class, Shegataro Morikubo, Ph.D., D.C., said, “Like the horizon, chiropractic shows limitation when the vision is incapable of seeing farther. As you approach the first point where you thought heaven touched the earth, it vanishes; so likewise, what may seem a limitation to chiropractic is but an imaginary visible horizon because of our inability to perceive greater.”
Five years ago, I left practice in Iowa to be with Sherman College, another TGIM position. It was a bittersweet occurrence to leave a 25-year practice experience and
all of the people in the practice. The decision to return to the academic world was easy. The reasoning is simple math. In chiropractic practice, we improve the lives of thousands through the chiropractic adjustments we facilitate. In academia, faculty members who play a role in teaching straight chiropractic here at Sherman College have the opportunity to increase that effect geometrically.
About a year ago my daughter, Arianna, gave me a wonderful gift. It was a photo album packed full of pictures of the children of our practice, and I have to admit that I had a tear in my eye. Over the years, there were many children in the practice and as they grew, they in turn brought in their own children for chiropractic care.
These children were the object of Morikubo’s vision. They are the ones who will really go forth and make a difference. Receiving that photo album was one of those special highlights that a person can receive in his life.
With our head, hearts and hands, we hold the ability to change the world for the better. When a person understands clearly and experiences this knowledge, it becomes his passion and reality.
Lafayette Briggs was a welcome addition to the Department of Research when he returned to Sherman College in 2005. Following graduation from the college in 1987, Briggs practiced in Sumter and Orangeburg, SC. After relocating to Spartanburg, he affiliated with Sherman as a part-time research associate while re-establishing a practice.
Prior to completing his D.C. degree, Briggs was a certified medical technologist. He has worked at the Auburn University Health Center, Kershaw County Medical Center in Camden, SC, and at Greenville Memorial Hospital University Medical Center. He has also served as an electron microscope technologist at Down State Medical Center School of Medicine in Brooklyn, NY, as well as the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham and as a research assistant in the departments of Neurology and Pathology.
His colleagues in the Research Department say Briggs has brought a wealth of experience to research efforts at Sherman College. His interests range from inquiry into the articular relationships between occiput and atlas to autonomic responses following chiropractic adjustments.
Student Matthew C. Lewis praises Briggs for his contributions to the profession. “I have been working with Dr. Briggs since 2005 on his research involving pupillary responses following chiropractic adjustments. This man is devoted to connecting research and the benefits of chiropractic care. I have learned a lot working with him.”
Briggs stays busy with multiple research efforts. Currently he is studying the repeatability of edge light pupil cycle time under variable light conditions; the use of the PulStar FRAS as an objective teaching tool for static palpation; the reproducibility of methods used in congruence analysis of the surface areas of atlas condyle articular facets; and the use of CT scan for determining surface area congruence of the atlas/condyle articulation.
These greats and many others will inspire the fire in you and ignite your office staff!
Don’t miss Friday night with performer Justin Kredible, whom USA Today calls “the country’s hottest comedy-magician.”
CE credit Plenary sessions (including a Presidents’ Panel) Fellowship Networking
Investiture of Dr. Jon Schwartzbauer as Sherman’s fourth president Alumni reunions Fireworks Kids’ programs Career day And much more!
Lyceum 2008, Inspire the Fire, offers plenty of fun, fellowship and learning to help you focus on your goals and re-ignite the passion that inspires you and your staff – all this PLUS more than 20 hours of CE credit. Lyceum has something for everyone, from seasoned chiropractors to chiropractic students, office staff, spouses, children and new D.C.s. Join us at Sherman College, May 22-25 as we celebrate our 35-year history! You, your family, and your staff won’t want to miss this fantastic weekend of celebration.
Focus on your technique and clinical skills and your understanding of the science and research that supports them. Lyceum will host some of the hottest speakers in chiropractic to help you fulfill your learning goals. Technique sessions will include Gonstead with Dr. Cherie Goble, Advanced Muscle Palpation with Dr. Nick Spano, and Blair with Dr. Tom Forrest.
Sherman’s own outstanding faculty will offer hands-on presentations including a program on adjusting children with Dr. Tonine Gelardi; Drs. Donofrio, Decken and Castellucci will present the unique analysis, adjusting and communication skill sets for the infant, adolescent, adult and senior. There will be plenty of science to explore and research to discover with sessions by Drs. Marc Pick, Rob Kessinger, James Demetrious and Matt McCoy.
Lyceum will also be a great time to pick up a first-edition copy of the Sherman College technique textbook. This manual will be the first complete text covering the Sherman technique, and we are excited to report that as of this writing, the publisher has the manuscript. The technique faculty has developed the text over the past year, and it will be a wonderfully useful tool for students, alumni and field practi-
tioners. Pearson, a major publishing company, expects to have the text in the bookstore by early April.
Ignite your passion by attending sessions on chiropractic philosophy. Join us as some of today’s greatest philosophical thinkers will be on campus –thinkers and leaders like Drs. Joe Strauss, Brian McAulay, David Koch and Simon Senzon. These sessions will fulfill the requirements of the first live session of the 2008-2009 Academy
We’ve made great efforts to offer programs in every area to fulfill your continuing education needs and will also offer hours in ethics, CPR training and South Carolina Rules and Regulations. While you’re learning, the kids enjoy a fun-filled weekend of arts and crafts, games, learning and fun in the sun.
Lyceum’s highlight event this year will be the investiture of Dr. Jon Schwartzbauer, as the fourth president of Sherman College. Chiropractic and
Lyceum weekend is all about you, your practice and the very best in chiropractic. Join us as we Inspire the Fire at Sherman College May 22-25.
of Chiropractic Philosophers class. You also won’t want to miss the energy and spark of the annual Infinite Principles session on Saturday morning.
Success is something we all strive to obtain in our practice, community and personal lives. For new ideas and tools to enhance your practice, achieve your goals and be the best you and your staff can be, try sessions with Dr. Fred and Susan Schofield, Dr. Leslie Van Romer, Drs. Peter Kevorkian and Patti Giuliano and many more.
With so many positive remarks after last year’s mid-day plenary session, we will continue this new tradition and have scheduled three fabulous plenary presentations on the 2008 program.
Don’t miss presentations with Drs. Dean DePice and Tony Palermo, who are fired up about chiropractic! The third plenary session will feature a panel discussion with chiropractic college presidents. Find out what changes they would like to see in the profession and how they plan to accomplish them.
other college presidents from across the country and local dignitaries will be on campus to honor and witness this event on Thursday night – and we hope you’ll be there too! A reception will follow the event on Thursday, and a glamorous President’s Ball will take place on Saturday evening at the Spartanburg Marriott.
Don’t miss Friday as we’re heating up the night with special entertainment that evening by magician/comedian Justin Kredible. Justin’s vigorous mix of comedy and magic has quickly established him as one of America’s premier performers. As a regular guest on Rachael Ray and a crowd favorite at colleges and events around the country, Justin lives up to his recent title of “Entertainer of the Year 2007” from Campus Activities Magazine. It’s a fun evening for the entire family.
by X-ray Department Director & Associate Professor of Clinical Sciences Pat Kuhta, D.C. Kuhta
This article is the second of a two-part series on the analysis of cervical x-rays. Part one (published in the Summer/Fall 2007 issue of Straight from Sherman) focused on visual analysis; this one discusses line analysis.
Traditionally, visual analysis of an x-ray would be performed first. After completing visual analysis of the films we then conduct line analysis. We begin line analysis by examining the lateral cervical film:
Using a rolling parallel, a skull line should be constructed through the anterior and posterior anatomic connection points of the occipital condyles to the occiput. This line should be drawn to extend several inches anterior and posterior to the occipital condyles.
The atlas line should then be constructed through the center of the anterior tubercle and thinnest portion of the posterior arch. The line should be drawn to extend several inches anterior and posterior to the atlas.
A rolling parallel should then be superimposed on the skull line and rolled down to intersect the atlas line at the thinnest area of the posterior arch. A listing line is constructed at this point and extended several inches anterior and posterior to the atlas.
The angle formed between the atlas line and listing line to the anterior of the patient is then measured using a clear
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protractor. Note the number of degrees the atlas sits above or below the listing line. If the atlas line is above the listing line, 4 degrees are subtracted from the measured angle. If the atlas line is below the listing line, 4 degrees are added to the measured angle. This is how we determine the amount of atlas superiority or inferiority.
It is considered normal for atlas to be sitting 4 degrees above the listing line. This is referred to as a normal superior atlas. If the atlas sits higher than 4 degrees above the listing line, it would be considered abnormally superior. If the atlas sits less than 4 degrees above the listing line or sits below the listing line it would be considered an inferior atlas. (See Figure 1.)
Line analysis of the A-P open mouth and nasium films involves establishing a superior base line through the ocular orbits.
The superior base line represents the side and visual amount of the patient’s head tilt as seen on the film. The superior base line is established by placing a dot on like anatomic structures in both ocular orbits. Ideally these points should be placed at the intersection of the chosen structure’s cortical outlines that are visible within the ocular orbits. The superior base line should be constructed through the set of anatomic points that best represent the side and visual amount of the patient’s head tilt.
Once the superior base line has been constructed, a rolling parallel should be superimposed over it. The parallel is then rolled down to the top of the foramen magnum. An inferior base line is constructed here. The inferior base line must be drawn parallel to the superior base line. The inferior base line is simply the superior base line brought down closer to the atlas so that it is easier to work with. (See Figure 2.)
We then construct a median line through the horizontal center of the foramen magnum by using a Pierce cervical grid. This is done by placing the top arc of the medium size circle of the Pierce grid on the medial inferior tip of both occipital condyles simultaneously. The grid is then pivoted until a horizontal grid line is parallel to or directly superimposing the inferior base line all the way across the film. A dot is then placed on the film at the 130mm mark of the grid at both the top and bottom of the grid. The 130mm mark of the grid is the horizontal center of the instrument. A vertical median line is then constructed through these dots on the film. The median line must be drawn perpendicular to the inferior base line. (See Figures 3 and 4.)
The superior wedge line is constructed by placing a straight edge through the medial inferior tips of the occipital condyles. This line should be drawn through the MITs and should extend several inches laterally to both condyles.
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The atlas line/inferior wedge line is constructed by placing a straight edge through the intersection of the lateral aspect of the lateral mass and the inferior border of the posterior arch on both sides. The side of the closed wedge between the superior wedge line and inferior wedge line indicates the side of atlas laterality.
A second method to determine atlas laterality is to measure the length of the atlas line from the median line to the lateral aspect of the lateral mass on both sides. The side of greater measurement indicates the side of atlas laterality. The smaller measurement is then subtracted from the larger measurement. Since atlas laterality is composed of a gain of distance on the side of laterality and a simultaneous loss of distance on the side opposite laterality, this number is then divided in half in order to arrive at the true amount of atlas laterality.
The results of these two methods should correspond with each other. If they contradict, the measurement is considered more credible than the wedge. (See Figure 5.)
Line analysis of the base posterior film begins just like that of the APOM and Nasium:
We first establish a superior base line through the ocular orbits. The superior base line represents the side and visual amount of the patient’s head tilt as seen on the film. The superior base line is established by placing a dot on like anatomic structures in both ocular orbits. Ideally these points should be place at the intersection of the chosen structure’s cortical outlines that are visible within the ocular orbits. The superior base line should be constructed through the set of anatomic points that best represent the side and visual amount of the patient’s head tilt.
Once the superior base line has been constructed, a rolling parallel should be superimposed over it. The parallel is then rolled down to the horizontal middle of the basilar process of the occiput and an inferior base line is constructed here. The inferior base line must be drawn parallel to the superior base line. The inferior base line is simply the superior base line brought down closer to the atlas so that it is easier to work with.
We then construct a median line through the horizontal center of the foramen
magnum by using a Pierce cervical grid. This is done by placing the top arc of the medium size circle of the Pierce grid on the Duff’s Vs of both occipital condyles simultaneously. The grid is then pivoted until a horizontal grid line is parallel to or directly superimposing the inferior base line all the way across the film. A dot is then placed on the film at the 130mm mark of the grid at both the top and bottom of the grid. A vertical median line is then constructed through these dots on the film. The median line must be drawn perpendicular to the inferior base line.
The V line is constructed by placing a straight edge through the Duff’s Vs of the occipital condyles. This line should be drawn through Duff’s Vs and should extend several inches laterally to both condyles.
The atlas line is constructed by placing a straight edge through the center of both transverse foramen. This line should be drawn to extend several inches lateral to the atlas on both sides.
Atlas laterality on the base posterior film is determined by measuring the length of the atlas line from the median line to the center of the transverse foramen on both sides. The side of greater measurement indicates the side of atlas laterality. The smaller measurement is subtracted from the larger measurement and this number is then divided in half in order to arrive at the true amount of atlas laterality.
Atlas rotation is determined by comparing the V line to the atlas line. We must note whether the lines are wedging open or closed on the side of atlas laterality. The side of the closed wedge indicates the side of atlas anterior rotation. The side of the open wedge indicates the side of atlas posterior rotation.
Another method of determining atlas rotation is by using a protractor to measure the amount of atlas rotation in relation to the median line. We then note the number of degrees atlas is rotated anterior or posterior on the side of laterality. (See Figure 6.)
In general, line analysis findings are compared to the visual analysis findings in order to determine the final listings to be adjusted. Ideally, visual and line analysis findings should correspond with each
other. However, contradictions between visual and line analysis can occur either from bony anomalies or from technical errors made during the analysis.
If contradictions occur, the practitioner should go back over the visual/line analyses to determine if mistakes were made. If the findings still contradict, the practitioner should give more weight to the visual analysis findings. Visual analysis is considered to be more reliable because it is more comprehensive and takes into consideration patient placement when the film was taken, x-ray physics and bony anomalies or asymmetries while line analysis does not.
For a copy of part 1 of this two-part series or a detailed PowerPoint presentation of the images used with this article, contact Karen Rhodes at Sherman College; 800-849-8770, ext. 242, e-mail krhodes@sherman.edu.
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Total donations topped $441,000
The Endowments (General, Scholarship and Health Center) grew to just over $1,000,000
The Distinguished Board of Regents added 21 new members
An estate gift established the C.G. Haynes Endowed Scholarship
The Brook J. Lenfest Foundation provided nine $10,000 scholarships to Sherman students
The college received a $10,000 research grant from the South Carolina Chiropractic Association
Everyone’s gifts, no matter the size, have an impact on the Sherman student’s experience in a positive way.
In 2008 Regents donated $162,277 to the college. In addition, and most importantly, Regents provide the college with leadership and guidance at every turn. They are partners with the college in the future of chiropractic.
If you are a Regent, thank you for your involvement. If you would like to become a Regent, please e-mail (snewlin@ sherman.edu) or call me (800-849-8771, ext. 241).
You may support Sherman’s endowment through a number of important programs:
Reunion Year Campaign to support the Health Center Equipment Fund
Honor Wall Tile Program to support the General Endowment Fund
Berkowitz Memorial Scholarship Fund
Construction has begun for the Gordon and Helen Brown Student Plaza, located outside between the Scallon and Taylor Buildings flanking the Honor Wall. It will include a beautiful fountain, park area, irrigated landscape, contemporary lighting and signage, and it will most certainly provide an attractive new main entrance to the campus as well as tie the Scallon and Health Center buildings together to give a true campus feel.
The plaza will also be served by wireless internet so our students can take full advantage of our wonderful South Carolina climate and study with their laptops on one of the many benches or the amphitheatre seating area.
The college received a grant early in 2008 to construct a low ropes course
on campus for use in our Clinic Challenge Program and by other local community groups.
This is a really BIG year for Sherman College as we celebrate our 35th anniversary and the investiture of Dr. Jon Schwartzbauer as the fourth president of Sherman College.
These and other college initiatives are great opportunities for you to support the future of chiropractic education and the student’s experience at Sherman College.
I hope to see you at Lyceum, “Inspire the Fire,” this May. Thank you to all who supported Sherman College in 2007!
$50,000+
The Estate of Lennith Groves
Brook J. Lenfest Foundation
$20,000+
Regents Maxine* & Ercil V. Beane, D.C.
Gibbs Charitable Foundation
$10,000+
South Carolina Chiropractic Association
$5,000+
Regents Rita Frederick & Joel Beane, D.C.
Regents Helen & Gordon Brown, D.C. Chiropractic Student Government
Regent John P. Degenhart, D.C.
Regents Thomas A. & Betty J. Gelardi, D.C.s
Regents Norman D. & Judy Ross, D.C.s
Regent Sam Wang, D.C.
$2,500+
Regent Greg M. Adams, D.C.
Regents Kathleen & Robert G. Berkowitz, D.C.
Regents Pamela & David L. Courtney, D.C.
Irene Gold Associates
Regent Donald Harte, D.C.
Regent Michael L. Lenarz, D.C.
Regent Shoji Morimoto, D.C.
NCMIC Insurance Company
Regents Baron & Susan S. Newlin
Thomas A. Owen D.C., Ph.C.
Regent Brian A. Rutecki, D.C.
Regent Robert M. Shaner, D.C.
Sherman College Alumni Association
$1,000+
Regent Scott D. Alcott, D.C.
Regent Maria J. Best, D.C.
Regent Arthur R. Bond, D.C.
Regent Mary L. Babian, D.C.
Regent W. Ralph Boone, Ph.D., D.C.
Regent Roxzanne Breland, D.C.
Regent Alan S. Brewster, D.C.
Regents Charlene D. & Myron D. Brown, D.C.
Carolina First
Anne Chiappetta, D.C.
Michael Clusserath, D.C.
Regent John Court, D.C.
Regent Alicia Crabbe, D.C.
Regent Gino Curcuruto, D.C.
Regents Rosemary DePasque & Scot W. McCormick, D.C.s
Regent Dexter D. Di Marco, D.C.
Regent Joseph F. Donofrio, D.C.
*deceased
Annick F. Dubos, D.C.
Regent Thomas A. Faustino, D.C.
Steven J. Forsberg, D.C.
Regent Theresa R. Galant, D.C.
Regent Gwendolyn T. Gardner, D.C.
Regents Lana & Harold “Skip” George Jr., D.C.
Regent Alan B. Gewanter, D.C.
Regent Carl Gillman, D.C.
Regents Patricia A. Giuliano & Peter J. Kevorkian, D.C.s
Regent Farrel Grossman, D.C.
Regents Anthony & Veronica Gutierrez, D.C.s
Regent Tony Gutierrez, III, D.C.
Regent Jerry L. Hardee, Ed.D., D.C.H.
Regent Janet L. Harriger, D.C.
Regent David E. Healey, D.C.
Regents Charles D. & Marylyn Hilston, D.C.s
Regents Sharon & James A. Hilston, D.C.
Regents Veronica & Bruce Homsey, D.C.
Regent Harold T. Hughes, D.C.
Regent Robert Irwin, D.C.
Regent David H. Ivey, II, D.C.
Regent David R. Ivey, D.C.
Regent Marc I. Johnson, D.C.
Regent Fumio Kaku, D.C.
Regent Robert Keeler, D.C.
Regent Richard Keim, D.C.
Regents Daniel & Richelle Lauric Knowles, D.C.s
Regents Sandra & Edward Kwasniewski, D.C.
Regent Ernest F. Landi, D.C.
Regents Cindy A. & Ron Lanzara, Jr., D.C.s
Regent Margaret Lehr-DeVolld, D.C.
Regent Sandra E. Levenson, D.C.
Regent Geriel Thornburg May
Regent Leonard A. Mazza, D.C.
Regent David H. Mruz, D.C.
Regent Alan L. Ott, D.C.
Regents Gary & Cathleen Padden, D.C.s
Regent Cindy L. Pekofsky, D.C.
Regent John H. Porter, Jr., D.C.
Regent Brian D. Pulver, D.C.
Regent Brian Quattlebaum, D.C.
Regent Mary-Ellen Rada, D.C.
Regent Tim Revels, C.P.A.
Regent Beth Risser, D.C.
Regent Gary Roeben, D.C.
Regent Stacie Sando-Catrone, D.C.
Regent Adil F. Sarosh, D.C.
Regent Kenneth W. Schultz, D.C.
Regents Jon C. & Mitzi Schwartzbauer, D.C.s
Regent Claudia Seay, D.C.
Regent Mitsu Shiokawa, D.C.
Regent James Snyder, D.C.
Regent John Snyder, D.C.
Regents Philip J. & Karen Sorota, D.C.s
Regent Gregory A. Stetzel, D.C.
Regent Felicia L. Stewart, D.C.
Regent Rebecca J. Strutz, D.C.
Dr. & Mrs. L. J. Stucky
Sunbelt Janitorial Group
Regents Veronica & T. Peter Tague, D.C.
Yuichiro Takahashi
Regent Benjamin W. Tanner, D.C.
Regent Joseph J. Teff, D.C.
Regent Jerry Tishman, D.C.
Regents Merisa Stokely-Toellner & Chris
Toellner, D.C.s
Regent Robert J. Van Metter, D.C.
Regent Laura Weeks, D.C.
Regent Peter R. & Linda Di Mauro Wells, D.C.
Regent Nicholas A. Wise, D.C.
Regent Katsuhisa Yoneyama, D.C.
Regent Kim M. Zell, D.C.
Marian W. & George B. Banks, D.C.
Dr. Evan Jon Beane
Regent Judy Campanale, D.C.
Edward G. Cerwinsky, D.C.
Coca-Cola Bottling Company — Spartanburg
Keith H. Crowe, D.C.
Alan P. Duesterhaus, Ed.D.
Regent Craig A. Gagnon, D.C.
Cynthia B. Gibbon, D.C.
Reginald R. Gold, D.C.
Regent Curtis Horton, D.C.
The Kale Foundation
Regent Dennis J. Keenan, D.C.
Regents Raymond & Charmaine Lanjopoulos, D.C.s
Dr. Paul Monitto
Regent Richard E. Plummer, D.C.
Kevin Power, D.C.
Marggi Dobos Roldan
Donna Sanders
Regent Nicholas J. Senuta, D.C.
Sherman College Faculty Senate
$100+
E. A. Addington, D.C.
Darcy Andersen, D.C.
Francis Awere, D.C.
Anthony C. Azzolino, D.C.
Jan Batzer
J.I. Beatty
Michael Becker
Mahin Banou Beiraghdar, D.C.
Svein Benestad, D.C.
Joseph Berkowitz
Kevin F. Bernhardy, D.C.
Todd Bonnell, D.C.
Mary Ann Bough, D.C.
Brigette Bowler, D.C.
Terry Bragg, D.C.
Ronald L. Brehany, D.C.
Lafayette Briggs, D.C.
Dewayne C. Brinkman, D.C.
Dana R. Brown, D.C.
Arno Burnier, D.C.
Shirlene Burnsed
Steven F. & Nancy Cagen, D.C.s
Regent James Callahan, D.C.
Theodore A. Campbell, Jr., D.C.
Shawn W. Carlson
Gary L. Carney, D.C.
L. Clay & Kristie P. Carter, D.C.s
Dr. Thomas M. Cawley
Dr. Marc Chasse
Karla Shew Christy, D.C.
Stephen Conicello, D.C.
Darin Shane Conner, D.C.
Rajeev Anthony Connors, D.C.
Manuel Correa
Robert M. Costello, D.C.
Norman V. Cotten, Jr., D.C.
Terry Cottrell, D.C.
Dr. Carroll Ann Coyle
Miguel Cruz, D.C.
Matthew V. Dahl
Megan E. Davis
Ralph D. Davis, D.C.
Nancy K. Davis
Rowena M. De Jesus, D.C.
Jamie L. Delfine, D.C.
John DiBello
Michael S. Diehm, D.C.
Ankang Dong, D.C.
Joseph J. Donofrio, D.C.
Frank Driano, D.C.
Duke Energy Foundation
Dr. William H. Edwards
Robert H. Epstein, D.C.
Dr. Patricia Ann Erceg
Danita M. Erickson
Dale Friar, D.C.
Michael S. Frigiola, D.C.
Glenn S. Gabai, D.C.
Joanne M. Gallagher, D.C.
Regent Harvey Garcia, D.C.
Frederick C. Geiger, D.C.
Donald Glassey, D.C.
Barbara & Russell B. Grazier, D.C.
Martin Gromer, D.C.
Connie Guan, D.C.
Christopher S. Guise, D.C.
Shawn Daniel Hagen, D.C.
David & Ann Hall, D.C.s
Steven Halverson, D.C.
Dr. Bill Hannouche
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Nelson Harrington
Nancy Hawkins
Alexander S. Hemingway, D.C.
James M. Herald, D.C.
Dorie Herndon, III, D.C.
Brian Hibbeln
Lisa Hildebrand
Kenneth Hillman, D.C.
Diana K. Horsfall
John S. Huber, D.C.
Regent Joseph G. Iaquinto, D.C.
Charles L. & Janine Johnson, D.C.s
Salvatore V. Jordano, D.C.
Dr. Christopher Kent
Richard L. Kettering, D.C.
Dr. Suzanne H. Kloud
Dr. David E. Knecht, Jr.
Elissa Katz & Jason Kolber, D.C.s
Dr. Gerald J. Kruba
Dr. James D. Leedle
Mark Liu
Dr. Robert A. Lupowitz
Jeffrey Lupowitz, D.C.
Dr. Sheryl L. Manges
Scott A. & Jill S. Massengill, D.C.s
Richard J. McBrady
McHugh Acceptance Co.
Daniel B. Merlin, Jr., D.C.
Clarence Meyer, D.C.
Matthew W. Miller, D.C.
Karl A. Miller
Dr. James R. Milliron
Dr. Robert G. Moat
Donald L. Moerer
Dennis Momyer, D.C.
Dr. Eduardo J. Montano Benet
Regent Leroy G. Moore, D.C.
Lauren S. Nappen, D.C.
Greta Naylor, D.C.
John R. Nissley, Jr., D.C.
Kurt Oetjens, D.C.
Dane Olsen
Timothy B. O’Neill, D.C.
Laura R. Orndorff, D.C.
So Ota, D.C.
Pasquale F. Papalia, D.C.
Dr. Franklin M. Parisi
Joosung Park, D.C.
Frances Penick, D.C.
Princess C. Porter, D.C.
Michael J. Pratum
William C. Preston, D.C.
Kenneth W. Rakowicz, D.C.
Raymond Ravago, D.C.
Guy M. Reschenthaler, D.C.
Karen Rhodes
Patrick G. Rogan
Mark T. Sakalauskas, D.C.
Winn P. Sams, D.C.
Helga Scheuermann, D.C.
Jeffrey Shoemaker, D.C.
Dr. Eric W. Sidelinger
Glenn S. Stachurski, D.C.
Elizabeth A. Stedman, D.C.
Joseph B. Strauss, D.C.
Dennis L. Stroh
Jerrilyn Sullivan, D.C.
Marvin A. Talsky, D.C.
Dr. Roy Tanaka
Dorothy Tenderholt, D.C.
Danita Thomas Heagy, D.C.
Amy Poteat Thornton, D.C.
Titronics
Total Clinic Solutions
Garry K. Van Romer, D.C.
Jeffrey G. Wack, D.C.
Tyrone Wallace, D.C.
Dr. Elizabeth M. Weiss
Cetty M. & Bradley Weiss, D.C.s
Martin Weiss, D.C.
Norman Wengert, D.C.
Jennifer Westcott, D.C.
Steve Whitaker
Daniel K. Wild, D.C.
Leslie M. Wise, D.C.
A. Scott Yerrick, D.C.
Mary Lynn Yothers, D.C.
York X-Ray Inc.
Joseph Accurso, D.C.
Aaron Austin, D.C.
Glenn E. Barber, D.C.
Lorry Bellah
Sarah Bush
Leigh Charley, D.C.
Dick & Linda Clemens, D.C.s
Gerald M. Creedon, D.C.
Chris DeGeorge, D.C.
Nancy Denlinger, D.C.
Elizabeth Dillmann, D.C.
Pat Drury, D.C.
Lee Edgerton, D.C.
Gayle A. Erickson
David W. Farr
William E. Fehl, D.C.
Trina K. Gallaher
D. A. Galler
Christopher Garner, D.C.
Bryn A. Gillow, D.C.
Craig P. Gindele, D.C.
John Hart, D.C.
Katherine Taylor Heath
Christiann Howard
Willard L. James, Jr.
Misty Konow, D.C.
William E. Latter, D.C.
Marc A. Lukosavich, D.C.
John Macko, Jr., D.C.
John Marro
Patrick & Carole Martin, D.C.s
Frank Mazziotti, D.C.
Gerald B. McCaughan
Linda E. McGrath
Gregory Mettler
Prue W. Owens, D.C.
Printer-Tastic, Inc.
Erica Peabody, D.C.
Kathie Plummer, D.C.
Rick Porter
Brian Porzio, D.C.
Dr. & Mrs. Sammie Pringle
Maria T. Rogers
Sharper Development Solutions, Inc.
Cathy Shockley
David Soltanoff, D.C.
Donald A. Trepany, D.C.
Mark R. Van Hemert, D.C.
Stephen C. Vigneron
Patrick A. Villanueva
Judith I. Waller
Joan M. Wheatley-Goldstein, D.C.
Marilyn H. Winchester
Adam Zuckerman, D.C.
Pamela Aguilar
Adam Akers, D.C.
Jon C. Baggs, D.C.
Dr. Randall H. Beckett
NicK Belletto, D.C.
Mattie Bendall
Jody Bone
Shayla Bowman
Susan Branham-Melvin
Joanna D. Brooks
Donald G. Brown, D.C.
Lizabeth S. Buck
Lucinda P. Burke, D.C.
Tina Casey
Nick Chicka
Andrew Ciapalo
Delisa M. Clark
Paul V. Corning, D.C.
Scott & Katherine Crafton, D.C.s
Ronald Curry, D.C.
H. Dohrmann
Heather Dorey, D.C.
Barbara A. Evans
Scott T. Fechter, D.C.
Kathleen Fehlings
Chester L. Ferguson, D.C.
Evan Fiedler, D.C.
Mark B. Fullerton, D.C.
Katherine L. Ghenov
Jimmie Wells & John Glenn, IV, D.C.s
Cody Golman, D.C.
Renee Graziano, D.C.
Dr. Troy Grubb
Barbara J. Heist
Leila R. Hendricks
Rebecca Holden, D.C.
Jeremiah Holmes, D.C.
Lee Horne
Jeffrey E. Howard
Rick Howard, D.C.
Kimberly Howell Reese, D.C.
Michael A. Hrycko, D.C.
Carolyn A. Hurd
Joel Jarolimek, D.C.
Karen J. Kidwell
Linda Klein, D.C.
Kevin R. Knox
Mark Knudson
Dr. Wilbur H. Kotcher
Patricia Kuhta, D.C.
Martha Laabs
Betty Lou Langbehn
Edward M. Lanzendorfer, D.C.
Doris Lazur, D.C.
Kathleen A. Ledet, D.C.
Senator Robert J. Leeper, D.C.
Annarose Lilly
Fran Lounsbury, D.C.
Ingrid Lyden
Dr. Carol M. Mancini
Joseph Miller, D.C.
Jeffrey C. Miller, D.C.
Helen F. Milton
Robert C. Mohrbacher
David Murawski, D.C.
M. E. Murchison
Charles J. Murphy, D.C.
Thomas R. Nead
Steven R. Niemiec, D.C.
1.Refer students
2. Make a tax-deductible gift
3. Bring a prospective student to Lyceum
4. Attend an alumni event in your area
5.Volunteer to become an Ambassador and host a career function in your area
6.Remember Sherman College in your will or estate plan
7. Link to www.sherman.edu from your website
8. Attend a Sherman College continuing education event
9.Update your contact information by calling 800-849-8771, ext 240, or email cbrown@sherman.edu
10. Refer another student!
Darci R. Omtvedt
Dr. Brian O’Shea
Linda Osterholt
Thomas T. Panchesin, D.C.
Jerry Parris
Patti A. Peckman
Lori J. Peters
Kevin P. Phalen, D.C.
Lacey A. Picard, D.C.
Dr. Coy E. Pless, Jr.
Andrea Price
Julianna Pulliam
George M. Rhodes, D.C.
Jared Sargent, D.C.
Joseph P. Sasso, Jr., D.C.
Dr. Salvatore Scafidi
Dan Schaafsma
Scott Schmidt
Kelly S. Schuttler
Mark L. Schwartz, D.C.
Steven Sciame, D.C.
Daniel B. Slaton
Jimmy L. Smith, Jr., D.C.
Roger W. Sorensen
Kathy L. Spellman
Norman K. Steinbach
Carla Thomas, D.C.
Gregory Trulen, D.C.
Dr. Keith Varner
Brooke N. Vassar
Roger Verno, D.C.
Brandon Wallis, D.C.
Amy M. Walter
Patricia Wasson, D.C.
Emily Weeks
Thomas R. Wiese
Kathy Wilson
Dr. Gertie E. Wingfield
Edwin W. Zerrer, III, D.C.
The Donor Honor Roll on the previous pages was organized by giving amount. The remainder of the list is organized by campaign.
This club honors all first-time donors regardless of amount or fund designated.
Pamela Aguilar
Adam Akers, D.C.
Aaron Austin, D.C.
J.I. Beatty
Michael Becker
Lorry J. Bellah
Nick Belletto, D.C.
Jody A. Bone
Shayla Bowman
Susan L. Branham-Melvin
Joanna D. Brooks
Dana Brown, D.C.
Lizabeth S. Buck
Shawn W. Carlson
Anne Chiappetta, D.C.
Nick Chicka
Delisa M. Clark
Stephen Conicello, D.C.
Miguel Cruz, D.C.
Matthew V. Dahl
Megan E. Davis
Nancy K. Davis
Chris DeGeorge, D.C.
Jamie Delfine, D.C.
John DiBello
H. Dohrmann
Heather Dorey, D.C.
Pat Drury, D.C.
Annick F. Dubos, D.C.
Lee Edgerton, D.C.
Gayle A. Erickson
Danita M. Erickson
Barbara A. Evans
David W. Farr
Scott T. Fechter, D.C.
Kathleen Fehlings
Trina K. Gallaher
D. A. Galler
Christopher Garner, D.C.
Katherine L. Ghenov
Jimmie Wells & John Glenn, IV, D.C.s
Cody Golman, D.C.
Steven Halverson, D.C.
Katherine Taylor Heath
Barbara J. Heist
Leila R. Hendricks
Brian Hibbeln
Rebecca Holden, D.C.
Jeremiah Holmes, D.C.
Lee Horne
Diana K. Horsfall
Jeffrey E. Howard
Rick Howard, D.C.
Last year Sherman College received a bequest of $56,700 from the estate of Lennith L. Groves, long-time patient of Charles G. Haynes, D.C., to establish the C.G. Haynes Scholarship Endowment Fund. The bequest honors the memory of Haynes, an Everett, WA, chiropractor and ardent supporter of the college. This fund will provide scholarships for Sherman students for many years to come, ensuring that Dr. Haynes’ legacy of giving lives on.
Haynes learned of Sherman College through Lyle W. Sherman, D.C., for whom the college is named, and became an enthusiastic supporter of the college in its early years. Haynes had worked with Sherman at the B.J. Palmer Research Clinic in Davenport, IA.
Sherman founder Thomas A. Gelardi, D.C., remembers Haynes fondly. “Dr. Haynes was an extraordinary person,” says Gelardi. “After experiencing a great improvement to his health following the correction of a subluxation, he made a mid-life career change, leaving a very responsible position in the lumber industry to study chiropractic. Haynes was a very serving and successful straight chiropractor. Although he lived and practiced some 3,000 miles from Sherman College, he fell in love with Sherman’s commitment to real chiropractic and became an ardent, energetic and generous supporter.”
During the college’s early years, Gelardi says Haynes worked diligently to have Sherman graduates approved for licensure in the state of Washington. He referred numerous students to Sherman and was an active member of Sherman’s distinguished Board of Regents. “His telling of the Sherman story,” says, Gelardi, “encouraged many other chiropractors to support straight chiropractic and Sherman College.”
Sherman Regent and longtime supporter of the college, Harold Hughes, D.C., of Auburn, WA, also remembers Haynes with a smile. “One of the things Charlie and Fae did was give to charitable causes. Many scholarships benefited from their generosity; colleges benefited, and patients too,” Hughes says. “Haynes gave of himself in many ways. Chiropractic is better for his having walked this way. I am proud to have been called his friend.”
Haynes was a 1947 graduate of Palmer School of Chiropractic and had a distinguished career. He maintained a successful chiropractic practice in Everett, WA, until his death in 1985.
If you would like to contribute the C.G. Haynes Scholarship Fund you may go online to www.sherman.edu and click on “Make a Gift” or send a check designated to the C.G. Haynes Fund to Office of Institutional Advancement, Sherman College, P.O. Box 1452, Spartanburg, SC 29304.
Christiann Howard
Kimberly Howell Reese, D.C.
Carolyn A. Hurd
Willard L. James
Salvatore V. Jordano, D.C.
Dr. Christopher Kent
Karen J. Kidwell
Dr. David E. Knecht
Kevin R. Knox
Mark Knudson
Elissa Katz & Jason Kolber, D.C.s
Martha Laabs
Betty Lou Langbehn
Kathleen A. Ledet, D.C.
Annarose Lilly
Mark Liu
Marc A. Lukosavich, D.C.
Ingrid T.N. Lyden
Richard J. McBrady
Gerald B. McCaughan
Linda E. McGrath
Gregory Mettler
Joseph Miller, D.C.
Jeffrey C. Miller, D.C.
Karl A. Miller
Helen F. Milton
Donald L. Moerer
Robert C. Mohrbacher
M. E. Murchison
Greta Naylor, D.C.
Thomas R. Nead
Kurt Oetjens, D.C.
Dane Olsen
Darci R. Omtvedt
Linda Osterholt
So Ota, D.C.
Dr. Franklin M. Parisi
Patti A. Peckman
Lori J. Peters
Lacey A. Picard, D.C.
Rick Porter
Brian Porzio, D.C.
Michael J. Pratum
Andrea Price
Dr. & Mrs. Sammie Pringle
Julianna Pulliam
Kenneth W. Rakowicz, D.C.
Patrick G. Rogan
Maria T. Rogers
Jared Sargent, D.C.
Dan Schaafsma
Scott Schmidt
Kelly S. Schuttler
Daniel B. Slaton
Roger W. Sorensen
Kathy L. Spellman
Norman K. Steinbach
Dennis L. Stroh
Carla Thomas, D.C.
Brooke N. Vassar
Stephen C. Vigneron
Patrick A. Villanueva
Judith I. Waller
Brandon Wallis, D.C.
Amy M. Walter
Thomas R. Wiese
Marilyn H. Winchester
Adam Zuckerman, D.C.
Annual Donations Joining to Underwrite Scholarships and Teaching
The ADJUST Fund contributes to current operational costs, from technology to equipment in the classroom. These unrestricted dollars are in high demand because they are flexible and can be used in areas of greatest need.
Joseph Accurso, D.C.
E.A. Addington, D.C.
Pamela S. Aguilar
Adam Akers, D.C.
Darcy Andersen, D.C.
Aaron Austin, D.C.
Francis Awere, D.C.
Jon C. Baggs, D.C.
Glenn E. Barber, D.C.
Jan Batzer
Dr. Evan Jon Beane
J.I. Beatty
Michael J. Becker
Dr. Randall H. Beckett
Mahin Banou Beiraghdar, D.C.
Lorry J. Bellah
Nicholas Belletto, D.C.
Mattie Bendall
Joseph Berkowitz
Kevin F. Bernhardy, D.C.
Jody A. Bone
Todd Bonnell, D.C.
Mary Ann Bough, D.C.
Brigette Bowler, D.C.
Shayla Bowman
Susan L. Branham-Melvin
Ronald L. Brehany, D.C.
Lafayette Briggs, D.C.
Joanna D. Brooks
Donald G. Brown, D.C.
Regents Charlene D.
& Myron D. Brown, D.C.
Lizabeth S. Buck
Lucinda P. Burke, D.C.
Arno Burnier, D.C.
Shirlene Burnesed
Sarah Bush
Steven F. & Nancy Cagen, D.C.s
Regent James Callahan, D.C.
Theodore A. Campbell, Jr., D.C.
Shawn W. Carlson
Gary L. Carney, D.C.
Tina Casey
Dr. Thomas M. Cawley
Edward G. Cerwinsky, D.C.
Leigh Charley, D.C.
Dr. Marc Chasse
Nick Chicka
Chiropractic Student Government
Karla Shew Christy, D.C.
Andrew Ciapalo
Delisa M. Clark
Dick & Linda Clemens, D.C.s
Rajeev Anthony Connors, D.C.
Paul V. Corning, D.C.
Manuel Correa
Robert M. Costello, D.C.
Norman V. Cotten, Jr., D.C.
Terry Cottrell, D.C.
Dr. Carroll Ann Coyle
Scott & Katherine Crafton, D.C.s
Gerald M. Creedon, D.C.
Miguel Cruz D.C.
Ronald Curry, D.C.
Matthew V. Dahl
Megan E. Davis
Nancy K. Davis
Ralph D. Davis, D.C
Rowena M. De Jesus, D.C.
Chris DeGeorge, D.C.
Nancy Denlinger, D.C.
Linda Di Mauro Wells, D.C.
Michael S. Diehm, D.C.
Elizabeth Dillmann, D.C.
H. Dohrmann
Ankang Dong, D.C.
Heather Dorey, D.C.
Frank Driano, D.C.
Pat Drury, D.C.
Annick F. Dubos, D.C.
Duke Energy Foundation
Lee Edgerton, D.C.
Dr. William H. Edwards
Robert H. Epstein, D.C.
Danita M. Erickson
Gayle A. Erickson
Barbara A. Evans
David W. Farr
Scott T. Fechter, D.C.
William E. Fehl, D.C.
Kathleen Fehlings
Chester L. Ferguson, D.C.
Evan Fiedler, D.C.
Steven J. Forsberg, D.C.
Michael S. Frigiola, D.C.
Mark B. Fullerton, D.C.
Glenn S. Gabai, D.C.
Trina K. Gallaher
D. A. Galler
Christopher Garner, D.C.
Frederick C. Geiger, D.C.
Regents Thomas A. & Betty J. Gelardi, D.C.s
Katherine L. Ghenov
Bryn A. Gillow, D.C.
Craig P. Gindele, D.C.
Donald Glassey, D.C.
Jimmie Wells & John Glenn, IV, D.C.s
Cody Golman, D.C.
Barbara & Russell B. Grazier, D.C.
Dr. Troy Grubb
Connie Guan, D.C.
Christopher S. Guise, D.C.
Steven Halverson, D.C.
Dr. Bill Hannouche
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Nelson Harrington
John Hart, D.C.
Nancy Hawkins
Katherine Taylor Heath
Barbara J. Heist
Alexander S. Hemingway, D.C.
Leila R. Hendricks
James M. Herald, D.C.
Dorie Herndon, III, D.C.
Brian Hibbeln
Lisa Hildebrand
Kenneth Hillman, D.C.
Rebecca Holden, D.C.
Jeremiah Holmes, D.C.
Lee Horne
Diana K. Horsfall
Christiann Howard
Jeffrey E. Howard
Rick Howard, D.C.
Michael A. Hrycko, D.C.
Carolyn A. Hurd
Irene Gold Associates
Willard L. James, Jr.
Joel Jarolimek, D.C.
Charles L. Johnson, D.C.
Dr. Christopher Kent
Richard L. Kettering, D.C.
Karen J. Kidwell
Linda Klein, D.C.
Dr. Suzanne H. Kloud
Kevin R. Knox
Mark Knudson
Elissa Katz & Jason Kolber, D.C.s
Misty Konow, D.C.
Dr. Wilbur H. Kotcher
Dr. Gerald J. Kruba
Patricia Kuhta, D.C.
Martha Laabs
Betty Lou Langbehn
Edward M. Lanzendorfer, D.C.
William E. Latter, D.C.
Doris Lazur, D.C.
Kathleen A. Ledet, D.C.
Dr. James D. Leedle
Annarose Lilly
Mark Liu
Fran Lounsbury, D.C.
Marc A. Lukosavich, D.C.
Jeffrey Lupowitz, D.C.
Ingrid Lyden
John Macko, Jr., D.C.
Dr. Carol M. Mancini
Dr. Sheryl L. Manges
John Marro
Patrick & Carole Martin, D.C.s
Scott A. & Jill S. Massengill, D.C.s
Richard J. McBrady
Gerald B. McCaughan
Linda E. McGrath
Daniel B. Merlin, Jr., D.C.
Gregory Mettler
Clarence Meyer, D.C.
Jeffrey C. Miller, D.C.
Joseph Miller, D.C.
Karl A. Miller
Dr. James R. Milliron
Helen F. Milton
Dr. Robert G. Moat
Donald L. Moerer
Robert C. Mohrbacher
Dr. Paul Monitto
Dr. Eduardo J. Montano Benet
Regent Leroy G. Moore, D.C.
David Murawski, D.C.
M. E. Murchison
Charles J. Murphy, D.C.
Lauren S. Nappen, D.C.
Greta Naylor, D.C.
Thomas R. Nead
Regents Baron & Susan S. Newlin
Steven R. Niemiec, D.C
John R. Nissley, Jr., D.C.
Dane Olsen
Darci R. Omtvedt
Timothy B. O’Neill, D.C.
Laura R. Orndorff, D.C.
Dr. Brian O’Shea
Linda Osterholt
So Ota, D.C.
Thomas T. Panchesin, D.C.
Pasquale F. Papalia, D.C.
Dr. Franklin M. Parisi
Joosung Park, D.C.
Jerry Parris
Erica Peabody, D.C.
Patti A. Peckman
Frances Penick, D.C.
Lori J. Peters
Kevin P. Phalen, D.C.
Lacey A. Picard, D.C.
Dr. Coy E. Pless, Jr.
Kathie Plummer, D.C.
Regent John H. Porter, Jr., D.C.
Princess C. Porter, D.C.
Rick Porter
Brian Porzio, D.C.
Michael J. Pratum
William C. Preston, D.C.
Andrea Price
Dr. & Mrs. Sammie Pringle
Julianna Pulliam
Guy M. Reschenthaler, D.C.
Regent Timothy D. Revels, C.P.A.
George M. Rhodes, D.C.
Karen Rhodes
Patrick G. Rogan
Maria T. Rogers
Marggi Roldan
Mark T.Sakalauskas, D.C.
Jared Sargent, D.C.
Joseph P. Sasso, Jr., D.C.
Dr. Salvatore Scafidi
Dan Schaafsma
Scott Schmidt
Kelly S. Schuttler
Mark L. Schwartz, D.C.
Regent Mitzi Schwartzbauer, D.C.
Steven Sciame, D.C.
Sharper Development Solutions, Inc.
Sherman College Alumni Association
Cathy Shockley
Jeffrey Shoemaker, D.C.
Dr. Eric W. Sidelinger
Daniel B. Slaton
David Soltanoff, D.C.
Roger W. Sorensen
Kathy L. Spellman
Glenn S. Stachurski, D.C.
Elizabeth A. Stedman, D.C.
Norman K. Steinbach
Joseph B. Strauss, D.C.
Dennis L. Stroh
Dr. & Mrs. L. J. Stucky, D.C.
Yuichiro Takahashi
Marvin A. Talsky, D.C.
Dr. Roy Tanaka
Dorothy Tenderholt, D.C.
Danita Thomas Heagy, D.C.
Amy Poteat Thornton, D.C.
Donald A. Trepany, D.C.
Gregory Trulen, D.C.
Mark R. Van Hemert, D.C.
Garry K. Van Romer, D.C.
Dr. Keith Varner
Brooke N. Vassar
Roger Verno, D.C.
Stephen C. Vigneron
Patrick A. Villanueva
Tyrone Wallace, D.C.
Judith I. Waller
Brandon Wallis, D.C.
Amy M. Walter
Patricia Wasson, D.C.
Emily Weeks
Regent Laura Weeks, D.C.
Cetty M. & Bradley Weiss, D.C.s
Martin Weiss, D.C.
Dr. Elizabeth M. Weiss
Norman Wengert, D.C.
Jennifer Westcott, D.C.
Joan M. Wheatley-Goldstein, D.C.
Steve Whitaker
Thomas R. Wiese
Kathy Wilson
Marilyn H. Winchester
Dr. Gertie E. Wingfield
Leslie M. Wise, D.C.
A. Scott Yerrick, D.C.
Adam Zuckerman, D.C.
The following dedicated Sherman employees gave above and beyond their time and service by donating unrestricted dollars to the college.
Jan Batzer
Mattie Bendall
Regent W. Ralph Boone, Ph.D., D.C.
Lafayette Briggs, D.C.
Regent Charlene D. Brown, C.T.
Regent Myron D. Brown, D.C.
Shirlene Burnsed
Sarah Bush
Thanks to a $10,000 grant from the South Carolina Chiropractic Association (SCCA) and an oncampus financial commitment of more than $25,000, Sherman College will expand its recent study of the benefits of chiropractic care for local public safety personnel.
With a desire to contribute to the physical and emotional health of its local public service personnel, Sherman College initiated a project in 2004 with 10 volunteers, primarily from the North Spartanburg Fire and Emergency Services Central Headquarters. The project, recently published in the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, was designed to gather preliminary data to evaluate the impact of chiropractic care on the physical and self-perceived health of public safety personnel. Preliminary findings suggest that chiropractic care may play an important role in helping public safety personnel cope with the well-documented stress and physical demands they experience in their careers.
The SCCA grant and Sherman College’s own funding will allow researchers to further test the validity of these findings by expanding the study to include 50 volunteers from public safety categories such as fire safety, police at county, city and state levels, 911 personnel and administrators. The study will run for one year. Sherman College will support the project by reducing fees for the volunteers participating in the study and providing specialized supervision for interns documenting relevant clinical information and providing chiropractic care.
Project findings will be correlated with public safety departmental statistics such as effectiveness and efficiency of first responders, injuries, absenteeism, retention and other indicators that reflect aspects of improved human performance and stress management. Progress evaluations will be conducted quarterly to assess volunteers’ progress in the areas described.
“We hope to show through this study that chiropractic care is a beneficial addition to the public sector’s health care regimen,” says Sherman’s Director of Research Ralph Boone, Ph.D., D.C. “This expanded study may even help open the door to future investigations with other populations,” he says. “The support for this project from the SCCA allows us to move forward.”
SCCA President Farrel Grossman, D.C., anticipates good outcomes from the SCCA’s involvement with the study. “It is a great pleasure for the South Carolina Chiropractic Association to be involved with our public safety heroes to prove through scientific research the positive effects of chiropractic care,” he says.
The study is titled, “Chiropractic Care and Improvements in Physical State and SelfPerceptions of Health and Quality of Life Among Public Safety Personnel.”
Members of the Sherman College Legacy Society demonstrate their belief in the enduring value of Sherman College.
Becoming a member of the Legacy Society is easy. Simply let us know that you have included Sherman in your estate plan. Contact Vice President for Advancement Susan Newlin at 800-849-8771, ext. 241, or e-mail snewlin@sherman.edu. We will ask you to complete a Confidential Gift Form.
You will then become an honored member of the Sherman College Legacy Society. The college will keep the details of your gift confidential, and you are welcome to decline public recognition.
Members of the Sherman College Legacy Society include:
Anonymous member
Regent Mary Babian, D.C.
Dallas Brown
Regent Gordon Brown, D.C.
Regent Helen McPike Brown
Carol A. Field, D.C.
John Marshall Field
Reginald R. Gold, D.C.
Irene Gold, D.C.
Regent Brian Pulver, D.C.
Jacob G. Sweat, D.C.
Tina Casey
Michael Clusserath, D.C.
Manuel Correa
Joseph J. Donofrio, D.C.
Alan P. Duesterhaus, Ed.D.
William E. Fehl, D.C.
Regent Thomas A. Gelardi, D.C.
Cynthia B. Gibbon, D.C.
John Hart, D.C.
Katherine Taylor Heath
Lisa Hildebrand
Regent Robert Irwin, D.C.
John Marro
Regent Leroy G. Moore, D.C.
Regent Susan S. Newlin
Laura R. Orndorff, D.C.
Regent John H. Porter, D.C.
Kevin Power, D.C.
Regent Timothy D. Revels, C.P.A.
Karen Rhodes
Marggi Roldan
Regent Jon C. Schwartzbauer, D.C.
Regent Mitzi Schwartzbauer, D.C.
Regent Claudia Seay, D.C.
Cathy Shockley
Emily Weeks
Regent Laura Weeks, D.C.
Steve Whitaker
Kathy Wilson
Gifts made to the college during the ADJUST Fund Phonathon are another way that alumni and friends made an investment in the future of the college, where our mission remains: bringing straight chiropractic to the world.
Adam Akers, D.C.
Jon C. Baggs, D.C.
Glenn E. Barber, D.C.
Dr. Randall H. Beckett
Mahin Banou Beiraghdar, D.C.
Kevin F. Bernhardy, D.C.
Todd Bonnell, D.C.
Mary Ann Bough, D.C.
Brigette Bowler, D.C.
Ronald L. Brehany, D.C.
Arno Burnier, D.C.
Steven F. & Nancy Cagen, D.C.s
Theodore A. Campbell, Jr., D.C.
Gary L. Carney, D.C.
Dr. Thomas M. Cawley
Karla Shew Christy, D.C.
Dick & Linda Clemens, D.C.s
Norman V. Cotten, Jr., D.C.
Terry Cottrell, D.C.
Ralph D. Davis, D.C.
Rowena M. De Jesus, D.C.
Ankang Dong, D.C.
Heather Dorey, D.C.
Dr. Carol Field and her husband, John, are so grateful for the lifestyle they have enjoyed in chiropractic that they are giving back to the institution that made it all possible.
Their journey began in the early 1980s when Carol was Director of Big Brothers, Big Sisters in Michigan and John was finishing his degree in electronic engineering. She and John had taken a group of children horseback riding, and Carol sustained a disk injury. Not wanting to undergo surgery, Carol looked for an alternative. She happened to meet Sherman graduate Charles Graham, D.C., and began chiropractic care.
Over time she realized how, not only was her disk problem improved, but so was her overall quality of life and health. This prompted her to consider changing careers and upon the recommendation of Graham moved to South Carolina to study chiropractic at Sherman College.
Frank Driano, D.C.
Pat Drury, D.C.
Lee Edgerton, D.C.
Dr. William H. Edwards
Robert H. Epstein, D.C.
Regent Thomas A. Faustino, D.C.
Scott T. Fechter, D.C.
Evan Fiedler, D.C.
Michael S. Frigiola, D.C.
Mark B. Fullerton, D.C.
Glenn S. Gabai, D.C.
Frederick C. Geiger, D.C.
Jimmie Wells & John Glenn, IV, D.C.s
Cody Golman, D.C.
Dr. Troy Grubb
Connie Guan, D.C.
Christopher S. Guise, D.C.
Dr. Bill Hannouche
Alexander S. Hemingway, D.C.
Dorie Herndon, III, D.C.
Rebecca Holden, D.C.
Jeremiah Holmes, D.C.
Joel Jarolimek, D.C.
Charles L. & Janine Johnson, D.C.s
Dr. Suzanne H. Kloud
Elissa Katz & Jason Kolber, D.C.s
Dr. Gerald J. Kruba
Edward M. Lanzendorfer, D.C.
William E. Latter, D.C.
Doris Lazur, D.C.
Dr. James D. Leedle
Fran Lounsbury, D.C.
Scott A. & Jill S. Massengill, D.C.s
Daniel B. Merlin, Jr., D.C.
Clarence Meyer, D.C.
Jeffrey C. Miller, D.C.
Joseph Miller, D.C.
David Murawski, D.C.
Charles J. Murphy, D.C.
Lauren S. Nappen, D.C.
Steven R. Niemiec, D.C.
John R. Nissley, Jr., D.C.
Timothy B. O’Neill, D.C.
Dr. Brian O’Shea
Thomas T. Panchesin, D.C.
Pasquale F. Papalia, D.C.
Joosung Park, D.C.
Frances Penick, D.C.
Kevin P. Phalen, D.C.
Dr. Coy E. Pless, Jr.
Kathie Plummer, D.C.
Princess C. Porter, D.C.
Guy M. Reschenthaler, D.C.
Mark T. Sakalauskas, D.C.
Joseph P. Sasso, Jr., D.C.
Dr. Salvatore Scafidi
Helga Scheuermann, D.C.
Mark L. Schwartz, D.C.
The Fields have fond memories of their Sherman experience in both the academic and social realms. “We highly recommend the academic program and the social networking opportunities we had with students and faculty,” says John. “We believe strongly in straight chiropractic and want to be sure Sherman continues to thrive and be available for students for generations to come.”
Carol graduated in 1987 and immediately opened a practice in St. Johns, MI. John was busy in the computer business in an office in the practice and after two years became the office manager. The practice had really grown, and Carol knew it was time to hire a manger. Rather than hire an unknown, John took charge and worked side by side with her until their retirement – exactly 20 years to the day they opened the office. Throughout their chiropractic journey, John was Carol’s support and cheerleader. Chiropractic became their life.
John and Carol want to encourage everyone, particularly younger alumni, to begin making their estate plans early and to include something for Sherman College. “We want to be sure that Sherman College is financially strong so that future generations are guaranteed a straight chiropractic education and can enjoy the lifestyle made possible by our Sherman experience.”
For information on how you can become a member of the Legacy Society, call Susan Newlin at 800-849-8771, ext. 241, or e-mail snewlin@sherman.edu.
Jeffrey Shoemaker, D.C.
Dr. Eric W. Sidelinger
Jimmy L. Smith, Jr., D.C.
David Soltanoff, D.C.
Elizabeth A. Stedman, D.C.
Dr. Roy Tanaka
Amy Poteat Thornton, D.C.
Mark R. Van Hemert, D.C.
Dr. Keith Varner
Roger Verno, D.C.
Jeffrey G. Wack, D.C.
Tyrone Wallace, D.C.
Patricia Wasson, D.C.
Cetty M. & Bradley Weiss, D.C.s
Martin Weiss, D.C.
Jennifer Westcott, D.C.
Dr. Gertie E. Wingfield
A. Scott Yerrick, D.C.
Edwin W. Zerrer, III, D.C.
Adam Zuckerman, D.C.
In appreciation their Sherman College education and in recognition of their 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, or 30th anniversary of graduation, the following alumni contributed to the Reunion Year Fund in 2007. This fund builds the Health Center Equipment Endowment.
Anthony C. Azzolino, D.C.
Svein Benestad, D.C.
Terry Bragg, D.C.
Dewayne C. Brinkman, D.C.
Dana R. Brown, D.C.
Steven F. Cagen, D.C.
Regent James Callahan, D.C.
L. Clay & Kristie P. Carter, D.C.s
Dr. Thomas M. Cawley
Dick & Linda Clemens, D.C.s
Darin Shane Conner, D.C.
Regent John Court, D.C.
Jamie L. Delfine, D.C.
Dr. Patricia Ann Erceg
Dale Friar, D.C.
Joanne M. Gallagher, D.C.
Frederick C. Geiger, D.C.
Renee Graziano, D.C.
Shawn Daniel Hagen, D.C.
David & Ann Hall, D.C.s
Alexander S. Hemingway, D.C.
John S. Huber, D.C.
Salvatore V. Jordano, D.C.
Dr. David E. Knecht, Jr.
Dr. Sheryl L. Manges
Carole Martin, D.C.
Matthew W. Miller, D.C.
Dr. Robert G. Moat
John R. Nissley, Jr., D.C.
Kurt Oetjens, D.C.
Joosung Park, D.C.
Regent Cindy L. Pekofsky, D.C.
Regent John H. Porter, D.C.
Kenneth W. Rakowicz, D.C.
Raymond Ravago, D.C.
Guy M. Reschenthaler, D.C.
Winn P. Sams, D.C.
Regent Jon C. Schwartzbauer, D.C.
Jerrilyn Sullivan, D.C.
Regent Benjamin W. Tanner, D.C.
Carla Thomas, D.C.
Martin Weiss, D.C.
Daniel K. Wild, D.C.
Mary Lynn Yothers, D.C.
The Samuel and Sandra Berkowitz Memorial Scholarship is named for the parents of Robert Berkowitz, D.C., a 1981 graduate of Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic.
Carolina First
Coca-Cola Bottling Company- Spartanburg Printer-Tastic Inc.
Regents Merisa Stokely-Toellner & Chris Toellner, D.C.s
Sunbelt Janitorial Group
These funds support infrastructure need at the college that are not funded through current operating funds. They allow Sherman College to provide the best facilities possible.
Regents Pamela & David L. Courtney, D.C. Gibbs Charitable Foundation
This scholarship is named in memory of Charles “Charlie” G. Haynes, D.C. an early supporter of Sherman College and long-time practitioner in Everett, WA. (See related article on page 28.)
The Estate of Lennith Groves
In December 2005, the Brook J. Lenfest Foundation of Philadelphia, PA established the Dawn K. Lenfest Scholarship Fund at Sherman College. This fund provided nine $10,000 scholarships in 2007.
Brook J. Lenfest Foundation
This scholarship honors the college’s namesake and his wife. Together they contributed much to the success of Sherman College.
Donna Sanders
These donors demonstrate their passion for a specific program through directed cash donations and grants to Sherman College. These programs supported student activities and curriculum materials.
Regent Robert G. Berkowitz, D.C.
McHugh Acceptance Company
NCMIC Insurance Company
Regents Thomas A. and Betty J. Gelardi, D.C.s
Regent Susan S. Newlin
Kimberly Howell Reese, D.C.
Sherman College Alumni Association
South Carolina Chiropractic Association
Titronics
Total Clinic Solutions
Regent Peter R. Wells
York X-Ray, Inc.
The following individuals donated funds for a personalized, etched tile on the Sherman College Honor Wall. The proceeds build the Endowment Fund. Many of the tiles are a tribute to someone special.
Hope & Regent Scott D. Alcott, D.C.
Marian W. & George B. Banks, D.C.
Regents Helen & Gordon Brown, D.C.
Keith H. Crowe, D.C.
Reginald R. Gold, D.C.
Regent Robert Irwin, D.C.
The Kale Foundation
Regents Cindy A. & Ron Lanzara, Jr., D.C.s
Jeffrey Lupowitz, D.C.
Dr. Robert A. Lupowitz
Regent Susan S. Newlin
Thomas A. Owen D.C., Ph.C.
Marggi Roldan
Regent Jon C. Schwartzbauer, D.C.
Sherman College Faculty Senate
A gift made to the college in honor of another person, be it for graduation, marriage, birth, recognition, award presentation, etc., is a wonderful way to show your appreciation of that person and help support Sherman College’s mission.
In honor of Jake Fraum
Regent Myron D. Brown, D.C.
In honor of Regent William G. Garren, D.C. Anne Chiappetta, D.C.
In honor of Regent John P. Degenhart, D.C. John Dibello
In honor of Regent Thomas A. Gelardi, D.C. Martin Gromer, D.C.
In honor of Regents Helen & Gordon Brown, D.C. Martin Gromer, D.C.
In honor of Sebastian Lemberger
Regent Sandra E. Levenson, D.C.
These donors chose to support Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic in memory of their loved ones and friends who have passed away.
In memory of Gary Horwin, D.C.
Regents Patricia A. Giuliano & Peter J. Kevorkian, D.C.s
Reginald R. Gold, D.C.
In memory of Lora Messina
Regents Patricia A. Giuliano & Peter J. Kevorkian, D.C.s
In memory of Ray S. McPike, D.C. Martin Gromer, D.C.
In memory of Ron Bauermeister Senator Robert J. Leeper, D.C.
In memory of William McDonough, D.C. Dennis Momyer, D.C.
In memory of Blanche Collins Prue W. Owens, D.C.
Sherman College is supported in many ways. Below is a list of donors who have given to the college by donating items or services used in support of a special event or used at the college to help further the education of our students.
Halina Koshiroska Bodine
Susan Boger-Wakeman, Ph.D., R.D.
Dollar General Jonesville Distribution Center
Reginald R. Gold, D.C.
Regent Farrel Grossman, D.C.
Regent Veronica Gutierrez, D.C. Kish Studio
George Koenigsaecker
Dr. Joseph E. McClellan
Moe’s Southwest Grill
Regent Terry A. Rondberg, D.C.
Spartanburg Marriott at Renaissance Park
The Family Practice, Inc., Eric Plasker, D.C.
John Willis, D.C.
Dr. Robert A. Zelkovsky
Each year Sherman College relies on many sources of funds to support the educational program. While tuition and fees account for the majority of revenue, gifts and private grants constitute the second largest source of funds for the college. Your gifts provide crucial support for the college each year.
One measure that is widely used among colleges to determine the strength of support for the institution is the number of alumni contributing monetary gifts to the college. Sherman College is fortunate to have the support of many alumni. Over the past four years, the college has seen an increase in the number of alumni supporters.
Estate planning requires periodic review of your financial goals and objectives and related legal documents as circumstances in your life change.
Having an up-to-date plan in place is extremely important, as when certain events occur (e.g., marriage, birth of a child/grandchild, change of job, changes in tax laws, sale of property, retirement, etc.), you may need to make changes to ensure that all of your needs and those of your heirs are taken care of.
Each year around tax time, review your estate planning documents to be certain they still meet your goals and objectives. Conducting this review will likely provide peace of mind for you and your family’s future. Read over the statements below to see if your estate plan is in good standing:
1.I have an estate plan (e.g. will or living trust).
2.My immediate survivors know where to find my estate plan.
3.My executor is still capable and qualified to serve.
4.I have appointed qualified guardians for my children who are minors.
5.My executor knows how to find the needed information to settle my estate.
6.My survivor’s financial needs have been reviewed and addressed.
7.My minor children’s financial needs will be handled by a trust agreement.
8.My tax advisor has reviewed my estate plan to make sure it is in compliance with current tax laws.
9.My charitable wishes and bequests are in my estate plan.
The college has several endowed and established scholarship funds.
Endowed Scholarship Funds
(have reached $50,000 threshold):
Rex Mumford Kasler Scholarship Fund
A permanently endowed fund established by the family of a Sherman student who passed away before he completed his education. The fund is currently at $165,000.
Milton W., Louise, and Samuel Garfunkel Scholarship Fund
A permanently endowed fund named in honor of members of the Garfunkel family whose support of Sherman College and chiropractic were of the highest level. The fund currently has an endowment of $76,191.
Established Scholarship Funds (building toward $50,000 threshold):
Samuel and Sandra Berkowitz Memorial Scholarship Fund
A permanently endowed fund named for the parents of Robert Berkowitz, D.C., a 1981 graduate of Sherman College. The fund is currently at $42,232.
Lyle W. & Eula M. Sherman Scholarship Fund
Honors the namesake of the college and his wife. The fund is currently at $25,113.
Theodore Hartley Scholarship Fund
Named in honor of Theodore Hartley, D.C., a 1980 graduate of Sherman College who practiced in Florida. The fund is currently at $25,000.
If you would like to establish an endowment fund to honor someone or support a specific program at Sherman, please contact VP for Institutional Advancement
Susan S. Newlin at snewlin@sherman.edu or 800-849-8771, ext. 241.
The importance of endowment funds cannot be overstated. These funds provide a long-term stable source of support for the educational program at Sherman College. They also demonstrate the strength of support for the college. Sherman College’s investment policy ensures that these funds will be available for future generations of chiropractic students.
Five percent of endowment earnings may be spent according to the purpose of the fund and the remaining percent of the earnings are reinvested in the fund to hedge against inflation and ensure growth of the fund.
Your gift to the Sherman College endowment funds helps build the foundation of the college. Please contact VP for Institutional Advancement Susan Newlin (800-849-8771, ext. 241, or snewlin@sherman.edu), with any questions on how you can support or create an endowed fund.
The lists featured on these pages are composed of individuals and organizations that made one or more donations received by Sherman College in 2007.
We take great care in compiling the lists. However, if we have mistakenly omitted your name or if your listing is incorrect, please accept our sincere apology and contact us right away so we may correct our records.
To submit a correction:
Please contact Institutional Advancement Office Assistant Charlene Brown at 800-849-8771, ext. 240, or e-mail cbrown@sherman.edu to help us correct our files.
The Distinguished Board of Regents is the bedrock of Sherman College support dollars. The members of the Distinguished Board of Regents are also the eyes, ears, wisdom and voice of Sherman College. Their advice and guidance have been indispensable to Sherman’s maturation as an institution of higher learning.
Through Regents’ advocacy and financial support, Sherman College’s influence within the profession has been profound. Their commitment and generosity have been the major source, not only of improvements to Sherman facilities and programs, but also of inspiration to everyone. We thank the following Board of Regent Program donors for their pledge to support the college in the year 2008.
Greg M. Adams, D.C.
Scott D. Alcott, D.C.
Mary L. Babian, D.C.
C. Randy Baze, D.C.
Ercil V. Beane, D.C.
Rita Frederick and Joel Beane, D.C.
Kathleen and Robert G. Berkowitz, D.C.
Maria J. Best, D.C.
Arthur R. Bond, D.C.
W. Ralph Boone, Ph.D., D.C.
Roxzanne Breland, D.C.
Alan S. Brewster, D.C.
Charlene D. and Myron D. Brown, D.C.
Helen McPike and Gordon Brown, D.C.
James Callahan, D.C.
Judy Nutz Campanale, D.C.
John Court, D.C.
Pamela and David L. Courtney, D.C.
Alicia Crabbe, D.C.
Gino Curcuruto, D.C.
John P. Degenhart, D.C.
Rosemary DePasque and Scot W. McCormick, D.C.s
Dexter D. Di Marco, D.C.
Joseph F. Donofrio, D.C.
Thomas A. Faustino, D.C.
Craig A. Gagnon, D.C.
Theresa R. Galant, D.C.
Harvey Garcia, D.C
Gwendolyn T. Gardner, D.C.
William G. Garren, D.C.
Thomas A. and Betty Gelardi, D.C.s
Lana and Harold “Skip” George, D.C.
Alan B. Gewanter, D.C.
Carl Gillman, D.C.
Patricia A. Giuliano and Peter J. Kevorkian D.C.s
Farrel Grossman, D.C.
Anthony and Veronica Gutierrez, D.C.s
Tony Gutierrez III, D.C.
Jerry L. Hardee, Ed.D., D.C.H.
Janet L. Harriger, D.C.
Donald Harte, D.C.
Peggy Hartley
Helen and Carl Hartmann, D.C.
David E. Healey, D.C.
John Hilpisch, D.C.
Charles D. and Marylyn Hilston, D.C.s
Sharon and James A. Hilston, D.C.
Veronica and Bruce D. Homsey, D.C.
Curtis Horton, D.C.
Elizabeth Horwin
Harold T. Hughes, D.C.
Joseph G. Iaquinto, D.C.
Robert Irwin, D.C.
David H. Ivey, II, D.C.
David R. Ivey, D.C.
Marc I. Johnson, D.C.
Shogo Kajisa, D.C.
Robert Keeler, D.C.
Dennis J. Keenan, D.C.
Richard Keim, D.C.
Daniel and Richelle Lauric Knowles, D.C.s
Sandra and Edward Kwasniewski, D.C.
Travis LaForest, D.C.
Ernest F. Landi, D.C.
Raymond and Charmaine Lanjopoulos, D.C.s
Cindy A. and Ron Lanzara, Jr., D.C.s
Margaret Lehr-DeVolld, D.C.
Michael L. Lenarz, D.C.
Sandra E. Levenson, D.C.
Nalyn Russo Marcus, D.C.
Geriel Thornburg May
Leonard A. Mazza, D.C.
Phyllis and Leroy G. Moore, D.C.
Shoji Morimoto
David H. Mruz, D.C.
Baron and Susan S. Newlin
Alan L. Ott, D.C.
Gary and Cathleen Padden, D.C.s
Rose Panico, D.C.H., Ph.C.
Cindy L. Pekofsky, D.C.
Richard E. Plummer, D.C.
John H. Porter, Jr., D.C.
Brian D. Pulver, D.C.
Brian Quattlebaum, D.C.
Mary-Ellen Rada, D.C.
Timothy D. Revels, C.P.A.
Beth Risser, D.C.
Gary Roeben, D.C.
Terry A. Rondberg, D.C.
Norman D. and Judy Ross, D.C.s
Brian A. Rutecki, D.C.
Stacie Sando-Catrone, D.C.
Adil F. Sarosh, D.C.
Rick O. Schelter, D.C.
Liam P. Schubel, D.C.
Kenneth W. Schultz, D.C.
Jon and Mitzi Schwartzbauer, D.C.s
Claudia Seay, D.C.
Nicholas J. Senuta, D.C
Robert M. Shaner, D.C.
Mitsuaki Shiokawa, D.C.
James Snyder, D.C.
John Snyder, D.C.
Philip J. and Karen Sorota, D.C.s
Julie Stachurski Crutcher
Gregory A. Stetzel, D.C.
Felicia L. Stewart, D.C.
Rebecca J. Strutz, D.C.
Roy W. Sweat, D.C.
Benjamin W. Tanner, D.C.
Veronica and T. Peter Tague, D.C.
Joseph J. Teff, D.C.
Jerry Tishman, D.C.
Chris Toellner and Merisa Stokely-Toellner, D.C.s
Christo and Brenda Trautmann, D.C.s
Robert J. Van Metter, D.C.
Leslie J. Van Romer, D.C.
Shane J. Walker, D.C.
Sam Wang, D.C.
Laura Weeks, D.C.
Peter R. Wells
Nicholas A. Wise, D.C.
Dennis Yeung, D.C.
Katsuhisa Yoneyama, D.C.
Kim M. Zell, D.C.
President’s List
(4.0 quarterly GPA)
Jason Christopher Argo, Nathan A. Blanton, Benjamin Leldon Bradshaw, Jennifer Carson, Brandi N. Childress, Kristal C. Cooper, Carrie A. Dixon, Janie M. Haun, Paul J. Hennicken, Sarah A. Hock, Alex Isaenko, Natasha Jaskiewicz, Trenton L. Johns, Isaac B. Jones, Jaclyn E. Leeper, Dalenia S. Medford-Baker, Amy A. Nedrow, Elizabeth S. Pagano, Owen E. Powers, William Brad Shook, Debra A. Sioufi, Rodney A. Slusher, Joe C. Wang, David C. Wortham and Jennifer Grower York.
Dean’s List
(3.5 or higher quarterly GPA)
Margaret E. Angle, James Robert Bodkin, Jamielee Brown, Roy F. Burch III, Tiffany S Butler, Katrice S. Campbell, Brandy N. Chapman, Terry Matthew Christopher, Janet B. Cobb, Emily L. Drew, Nicholas M. Fabian, Connie D. Fulmer, Charles George Goldizen, Trinity T. Hare, Shawntria M. Harris, Brian Hickox, Michele A. Horvath, Jeremy M. Hozjan, Amy L. Ingersoll, Brandy M. Jackson, Kimberly L. Jefferson, David Ray Jones, Adam R. Keeler, Simeon M. Kuic, Amanda Nicole Laferty, Zinnette C. Lee, Timothy G. Lim, Meghan R. Luttrell, Shane J. Lynch, Patricia Hadley Maher, Mark R. McCauley, Michelle L. McGill, Veronica L. McMackin, Scott David Moore, Langhorne Andrew Morgan, Erik J. Morganstern, Michael J. Myers, Kenji Nakata, Say Koon Kelvin Ng, Phong T. Nguyen, Mohamed Ali Osman, Ashley Beulah Danielle Owens, Robin S. Pace, Anneka M. Parks, Cassandra M. Peterson, Elizabeth N. Rice, Todd E. Riddle, Edward G. Schwartz, Tamika D. Sims, LaShawn D. Smalls, Michael D. Spratt, Edward S. Thomas, Gregory T. Walsh, Shameika N. Whaley, Jeffrey E. Wiederhold, Ryan V. Williams and Kaitlin Yamane.
Student Name State/Ctry Found us through
Kenneth EtefiaMDInternet
Tony GiordaniSCStephen Conicello, D.C.
Laura GoldCanadaInternet
Katy HughesPABetty Hughes, D.C. (deceased)
Michael Knecht SCScott Alcott, D.C.
Joshua Kupchella PAScott Espe, D.C.
David MainsPAThomas Mains, D.C.
Brandy McSwainSCMike Westbrook, D.C. Mehrdad MoghaddamIranMina Lahijani*
Steve Nutty NYJames Allison, D.C.
Michael RoblesOHHerb and Harvey Garcia, D.C./CV Michael RykseMIDaniel Greener, D.C.
Mark SimmondsWAPatrick VanQuaethem, D.C., & Taylor VanQuaethem*
Yoshida SlatonGAInternet
Barrett ThomeNCJohn Drew, D.C. Michael TisoVAInternet
Kim WheatonMAJames Callahan, D.C.
CV= College Visit; *=Current Student
My Scholarship Referrals
The following doctors have each earned $1,000 in scholarship credit through the “My Scholarship” Program for referring a student. Find out more at www.sherman.edu/myscholarship.
Referring Doctor Student’s Name
Stephen Conicello, D.C.Tony Giordani
Scott Alcott, D.C.Michael Knecht
Scott Espe, D.C.Joshua Kupchella
Thomas Mains, D.C.David Mains
Mike Westbrook, D.C.Brandy McSwain
James Allison, D.C.Steve Nutty
Herb and Harvey Garcia, D.C.Michael Robles
Daniel Greener, D.C.Michael Rykse
Patrick VanQuaethem, D.C.Mark Simmonds
John Drew, D.C.Barrett Thome
James Callahan, D.C.Kim Wheaton
Student Name State Found us through
Brook AlgarinFLSelf
Jonathan (Cory) BroylesSCJaime Browning*
Holly Clarke SCSelf
Benjamin Cotter NYSelf
Erikka Curia NCInternet
Elizabeth Harrill SCLealand Fagan, D.C.
Jonathan “Sem” Holloway SCNicholas Balovich, D.C.
Jason Iafolla MAJames Callahan, D.C.
Philip R. Jordan SCSelf
Davee Lawrence SCCV
Melinda Lehman NCSelf
Billy Lunsford SCScott Williams, D.C.
Ousainou Mboge MSCV
PaJohn Mendy MSCV
Tarig MirghaniSCInternet
Haley Murray NCLee Edgerton, D.C.
Katelyn Niemiec NYSteve Niemiec, D.C.
Joel Salego PAJoe Thomas, D.C.
Jennifer SmithSCRochelle Delain, D.C.
Lia Tocco SCSam Tocco, D.C.
Vanessa WatkinsGACV
Lorie Wilson VAInternet
The following doctors have each earned $1,000 in scholarship credit through the “My Scholarship” Program for referring a student. Find out more at www.sherman.edu/myscholarship.
Referring Doctor
Student’s Name
Lealand Fagan, D.C.Elizabeth Harrill
Nicholas Balovich, D.C.Jonathan “Sem” Holloway
James Callahan, D.C.Jason Iafolla
Scott Williams, D.C.Billy Lunsford
Lee Edgerton, D.C.Haley Murray
Steve Niemiec, D.C.Katelyn Niemiec
Joe Thomas, D.C.Joel Salego
Rochelle Delain, D.C.Jennifer Smith
Sam Tocco, D.C.Lia Tocco
President’s List
(4.0 quarterly GPA)
Jesse Lee Angle, Jason Christopher Argo, Erik Beauvais, Nathan A. Blanton, Tiffany S. Butler, Jennifer Carson, Brandy N. Chapman, Greg Donaldson, Emily L. Drew, Anthony R. Espinas, Johnathan Brent Hayes, Sarah A. Hock, Amy L. Ingersoll, Alex Isaenko, Trenton L. Johns, Joshua P. Kupchella, Amanda Nicole Laferty, Zinnette C. Lee, Jaclyn E. Leeper, David Sean Lorczak, Shane J. Lynch, Andrew H. Marrone, Michael J. Myers, Edward G. Schwartz, Debra A. Sioufi, Chris D. Smith, Jack Vang and Jennifer J. Wilson.
Dean’s List
(3.5 or higher quarterly GPA)
Margaret E. Angle, James Robert Bodkin, Benjamin Leldon Bradshaw, Danielle D. Brown, Katrice S. Campbell, Janet B. Cobb, Kevin D. Day, Dino C. DeRobertis, Nicholas M. Fabian, Laura A. Gold, Charles George Goldizen, Gary M. Haldeman, Shawntria M. Harris, Pamela J. Hastie, Michele A. Horvath, Kimberly L. Jefferson, Adam R. Keeler, Michael D. Knecht, Simeon M. Kuic, Drew Larkins, Bethaney N. Lawson, Steven K. Legault, Timothy G. Lim, Meghan R. Luttrell, Darby E. Lyles, Tessa M. McConnell, Michelle L. McGill, Erik J. Morganstern, Say Koon Kelvin Ng, Mohamed Ali Osman, Anneka M. Parks, Cassandra M. Peterson, Elizabeth N. Rice, Todd E. Riddle, Joshua P. Rilette, Michael T. Rykse, Mandy Nicole Sees, Michael D. Spratt, Gregory T. Walsh, Joe C. Wang, Shameika N. Whaley, Kimberly B. Wheaton, Ryan V. Williams, Teresa Shelby Williams, Brandon M. Williamson, Tia E. Wilson, Kaitlin Yamane, Jennifer Grower York and Danielle Zappile.
December 2007 graduates are as follows:
(front row, from left)
David Wortham, Ryan Nelson, Drew Anderson, Isaac Jones; (second row, from left) Ryan Dixon, Robin Pace, Elizabeth Pagano, Owen Powers, Paul Hennicken; (third row, from left) Natasha Jaskiewicz, Kenji Nakata, Christina O’Brien, Dawn Reynolds, Janie Haun; (back row, from left)
Amy Nedrow, Carrie Dixon, Rebecca Foster. Not pictured: Ericson Batchatis, Gregg Howell
Nineteen students from around the world received the doctor of chiropractic degree at the college’s 110th commencement ceremony on December 15, 2007, at the Spartanburg Marriott at Renaissance Park.
Milton W. Garfunkel Award recipient Elizabeth Snowden Pagano presented the farewell address to her classmates. Pagano also received the Academic Achievement Award for maintaining the highest grade point average throughout her studies at Sherman College.
Amy Nedrow received the Clinical Excellence Award, which is given to interns who have established successful practices in the Health Center and diligently worked to develop their skills in the art, science and philosophy of chiropractic.
Robin Pace received the Service Distinction Award, which is given to the occasional, special student who stands out for significant and distinguished service contributions to the college. Natasha Jaskiewicz received the B.J. Palmer Philosophy Distinction Award, presented to outstanding students who exemplify the profound
philosophical understanding necessary to translate the universal principles of life into the workable philosophy, science and art that is chiropractic.
James Tomasi gave the commencement address. Tomasi was a venture capitalist in the early 1960s, a talent agent, an entrepreneur, a vice president and commodity broker. He has worked in sales and served as a pastor. He is now the president of International Christian Servants, Inc. (ICS).
Tomasi is not a chiropractor but dedicates himself to promoting the message of specific chiropractic to the masses at grassroots levels. Besides maintaining an extensive schedule of speaking engagements at universities, civic organizations and patient awareness meetings, Tomasi is working to publish other books like his, What Time, Tuesday? about his life-saving experience with specific chiropractic care.
Tomasi is a world-renowned speaker, author (Feed the Tiger and What Time, Tuesday?) and team builder. His books are printed in English, Spanish and Italian. He is on the advisory board for International Upper Cervical Patient Advocates Association where he assists
in the training of speakers for Upper Cervical Patient meetings. Additionally he serves as the spiritual advisor to Dr. Ray Drury and Dr. Thad Vuagniaux of Upper Cervical Health Centers, a worldwide franchise of upper cervical chiropractic clinics.
Lynn Nelson, B.A., D.C., gave the charge to the graduates. A 1967 graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Nelson has been offering chiropractic care to his Vernal, Utah, community for 40 years. He studied at the University of Utah and later with New College of California where he received a bachelor’s degree in 1978.
Nelson is licensed in both Utah and Arizona. He is a member of the Utah Chiropractic Physicians Association and the American Chiropractic Association. He served two terms on the Utah Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
Nelson is married to the former Jeanette Olsen, daughter of Dr. Theron and Selma Olsen for whom the Olsen Building on campus is named. The Nelsons have four children and nine grandchildren with another one on the way. His son Ryan Nelson graduated with the class.
It’s Your Turn... for an Awesome Lyceum Reunion Weekend!
If you graduated in 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998 or 2003, it’s your turn to reunite with friends, explore the changes on campus, enjoy the special events and earn more than 20 hours of continuing education credits. Your registration is half price in honor of your anniversary so bring the family and once again experience the fellowship, fun and vision of chiropractic that makes Lyceum weekend so special.
Your Class Reunion Party will happen on Friday, May 23, 5:30-7 p.m. at the downtown Marriott Hotel at Renaissance Park. The cost is $10 in advance, $20 at the door. Your earliest response will help us plan appropriately; make your reservation now on your Lyceum registration form or by contacting Director of Alumni Relations Marggi Roldan at 800-849-8771, ext. 277; or e-mail mroldan@sherman.edu.
1. It’s so easy! Just go to www.sherman.edu/refer to and fill out a quick form or give us a call at to 800-849-8771. That’s it!
2. You’ll earn $1,000 in scholarship credit that can help your future students during their studies at Sherman (see www.sherman.edu/ myscholarship).
3. You’ll be so satisfied knowing that you have helped a student learn about a wonderful and fulfilling career
4. You have the opportunity to become a Sherman College Ambassador to earn fun rewards and incentives. You’ll be given contacts at area colleges and universities and will have the chance to speak to students about chiropractic and even invite them to visit your office.
5. You’ll get a cool bronze bust of B.J. Palmer to display on your bookshelves.
Sherman College: Celebrating 35 Years in 2008!
2020 Springfield Road / P.O. Box 1452
Spartanburg, South Carolina 29304
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