ANNUAL ANNUAL REPORT REPORT ANNUAL REPORT from the
president’s circle honor roll continued
College of Health Sciences
Scott Beale ‘07 Nadine M. Bean Heather L. Bradbury ‘94 & Joseph Berger Claire Pulise Birney ‘82 Gloria B. Blechschmidt ‘51 & Walter R. Blair ‘50 Marybeth & Matthew J. Blimline ‘88 Jeanne M. Soltner ‘78 & William E. Blystone ‘78 Marjorie & Richard A. Boerlin Richard Branton ‘60 Steven C. Brenoskie ‘06 Evelyen & Gerald W. Brittain ‘60 Colleen & Charles G. Brodie ‘67 S. Earl Brown ‘46 Edward Bruno Janet Tobaben Buerklin ‘67 Irene Lusky Burdetsky ‘51 Judy A. Tyndall ‘70 & Bill Butler ‘54 Sandra L. Heckler ‘83 & Michael Byrne Marianne & John J. Byrne M’64 Matthew Carley Barbara Murphy Carlin ‘51 Roberta A. Peters ‘79 & Bryan Carlin Donna M. Carney June Waxman ‘77 M’91 & Bernard J. Carrozza ‘66 Martha Carson-Gentry ‘62 Sharon & Thomas P. Casagrande ‘75 Daniel B. Casey ‘10 Nicole Armstrong Cattano ‘04 Margaret & Charles J. Chiccino ‘59 Jackie & William J. Ciminera ‘69 Carmela L. Cinquina ‘57 Patricia A. ‘94 & Stephen Cirucci Kevin M. Clyde ‘98 Lawrence Coblentz ‘83 James A. Cochrane Elizabeth G. Gordon ‘72 & George S. Comstock ‘69 Carolyn Y. Yeagley ‘57 & John Connelly Donald G. Cook ‘99 Harriet & Benedict Coren ‘48 Christine M. Costello ‘04 Pamela A. Coughlin ‘64 Ruth Miller Cox ‘45 Mary Lou Cubbage Karen G. Gordon ‘84 & John Cunningham Enie & Greg Cuprak Virginia daCosta Carol Frank ‘68 & Walter E. Darlington Elizabeth Poirier Dawson ‘73 Ruth Heindel Dell’Orefice ‘49 Cathy & Anthony Russ Stephen L. DePaol ‘98 Kathleen L. Faust ‘85 & Al R. DePippo ‘85 Anthony J. DeRemer Diane DeVestern Joanne K. Dieterly M’84 Jean Williams ‘64 & Nick DiMarino Kathleen M. Downey ‘77 Rose M’88 & Barry C. Dozor ‘71 Debra A. Dreisbach ‘86 Colette & Joseph M. Dugan Barbara T. Duncan ‘78
Dr. Raymond A. Zetts, Interim Dean Highlights of the year included the following:
• The Center for Healthy Schools, directed by Dr. Bethann Cinelli, hosted an inaugural School
Health Leadership Institute for school and community professionals. The institute developed skills to create healthy school communities that support and promote student health and academic success. The Center also partnered with the Chester County Intermediate Unit to sponsor 2 workshops entitled “Promoting Healthy Eating & Physical Activity for Health & Learning” and “Stress Management for a Healthy School Community.” • The Stress Reduction Center conducted a series of seminars on mindfulness based stress reduction. Topics included “A New World Approach to Mindfulness and the Contemplative Life” presented by Dr. Don McCown, “Mindfulness in Education – Mindful Living, Learning and Being” presented by Richard Brady, founder of the Mindfulness in Education Network, “Using Biofeedback in the Healthcare Practice” presented by Dr. Ed. Mackey and “Mindfulness for the Care Provider” presented by Dr. Christine Moriconi. • The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders hosted the 6th annual conference
of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association. The topic was “Providing Assessment & Intervention Services to Bilingual Children: Going Beyond Dominance, Standardized Tests, and English.” • Construction has begun on a cadaver lab in the Sturzebecker Health Science Center. The lab
will be used by all departments in the CHS and will allow the Sports Medicine Department to begin teaching a cadaver anatomy course beginning January 2013. This course is part of the athletic training concentration within the M.S. in Exercise and Sports Physiology. • The Department of Sports Medicine hosted the 8th Annual First Aid Night at WCU which
helped Junior Girl Scouts earn their First Aid Badge.
• Assistant Professor Scott Heinereichs was elected to serve as president-elect of the PA Athletic
Trainers’ Society Board of Directors beginning June 2012.
• The Undergraduate Environmental Health Program has been accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council through 2014 and has reached an enrollment of 50 students. • The Department of Kinesiology hosted the 12th annual Sports Performance Coach Workshop,
sponsored by USA Weightlifting, designed to teach Olympic weightlifting.
• The Department of Kinesiology is now offering a Yoga Teacher Certification Program, which
can be completed in one-to-four years. This new 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training program had 17 students enrolled in fall. • Dr. Ed Mackey, Department of Nursing, was nominated and approved as a Fellow of the
American Psychotherapy Association (APA) and appointed to the APA Advisory Board.
• The accelerated second degree nursing program, Advance 2 BSN, has accepted 42 students into
Cohort 8 which began May 2012. The state licensing exam (NCLEX) pass rate for the last quarter of 2011 was 86%.
• Golden Valley Farms Coffee Roasters of West Chester, WCU and the Amazon Center for Envi-
ronmental Education and Research Foundation (ACEER) are collaborating to foster sustainable coffee development in the Amazon basin.
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