Cleveland Chiropractic
College – Kansas City
The opening of the CCCKC Wellness Center at Truman Medical Center Lakewood in
Kansas City, Mo., was celebrated April 8 with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony.
“TMC Lakewood continues to expand to meet the community’s growing
needs, and our partnership with the Cleveland provides more health-care choices
in Eastern Jackson County,” Robin Schluter, chief operating officer at
TMC Lakewood, said.
During the program, college officials were presented with a proclamation from
Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes commemorating the historic event.
Cleveland Chiropractic
College – Los Angeles
A historic cooperative venture between Cleveland Chiropractic College and the
University of Southern California is in full swing with chiropractic care being
offered at USC’s University Park Health Center. Dr. Howard Maize ‘94,
instructor, has been selected as the supervising clinician, providing chiropractic
care two days each week with assistance from a student intern.
Talks between CCCLA and USC were initiated early last March, when Dr. Lawrence
Neinstein, executive director of University Park Health Center, expressed an
interest in beginning to offer chiropractic care to students at USC. CCCLA officials
were invited to make a presentation to the USC medical staff. Dr. Michael Birozy,
clinical sciences chair, Dr. Gary Globe, health center director, and Dr. Brad
Harter, assistant professor, led the March presentation, speaking on the benefits
of chiropractic and answering questions.
Life University
Life University will hold a special event celebrating the inauguration of its
new president Dr. Guy Riekeman and a special Life Source seminar July 22-25.
Classes offering interesting perspectives and teachings on some groundbreaking
topics will be held throughout the four-day weekend. The six tracks participants
can choose from include Life Source, Technique, Practice/Management, CA’s
and Science. There will also be a miscellaneous track offered with concentration
in pediatrics, sports medicine and healthy aging.
On Thursday, following an afternoon of inspiring classes, all participants are
encouraged to attend the inauguration celebration of Dr. Riekeman. Riekeman,
a very powerful speaker, will discuss his future plans for the success of Life
as well as achievements in the chiropractic profession.
Prior to his appointment to Life, Riekeman served as chancellor of the Palmer
Chiropractic University System that includes Palmer Davenport, Palmer West and
Palmer Florida, the Foundation for Chiropractic History and a center for chiropractic
research.
He was named president of Palmer Davenport in 1998 where he grew a diminishing
enrollment to maximum capacity at 1,800. At the time he resigned as chancellor
and president of the Palmer University System, one in five chiropractic students
attended college at a Palmer campus.
A family celebration held on Saturday will give families an opportunity to come
together to discuss Life’s renewed courage, meet Riekeman and share their
commitment to Life.
Life University recently graduated 128 students as part of its 76th commencement
ceremony. On the evening of June 12, at Life University’s Eagle’s
Nest Gym, faculty and administrators presided over the granting of degrees to
students from the DC program at the university, as well as to the students completing
their undergraduate and graduate programs.
The event served as the graduation for both spring and summer graduates, recognizing
those who had completed their work for the June 2004 date and those who would
complete their coursework for the September 2004 date.
Graduation featured Dr. Armand M. Rossi and Stephen P. Welsh as speakers. Rossi,
who grew up in a chiropractic family, is a1976 graduate of Palmer Chiropractic
College, and proceeded to work at Life University as an instructor and administrator
for many years. Most recently, he was named the “2000 Researcher of the
Year” and “2002 B.J. Palmer Philosopher of the Year” by the
Florida Chiropractic Society, and was named “2003 Chiropractor of the
Year” by the South Florida Chiropractic Association. He has been involved
with the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association, the International
Chiropractors Association and the Florida Chiropractic Society’s Children’s
Council. He currently practices in Margate, Fla.
Welsh is a 1996 graduate of Life University, and has been a member of the Georgia
Council of Chiropractic’s board of directors since September 2000. He
has served as the chair of the research committee for the Doctors of Excellence
in Chiropractic Education since that organization was founded in 2002. A former
high-level telecommunications administrator, Welsh is now a practicing chiropractor
in Roswell, Ga.
A select group of students were recognized for their academic excellence. Amy
Forth was named as the DC-program valedictorian for June, and Walter Allen was
named as the DC-program valedictorian for September. In the same program, Cherie
Smith (June) and Tisha Corey (September) were named as salutatorians. From the
undergraduate programs, Andrew Eyler, C. Angelica Perry and Jeffrey Hyack were
named as spring/summer 2004 valedictorians, and Stacy Elms was named as the
salutatorian.
Totals graduated from each program included 42 June graduates from the DC program;
43 September graduates from the DC program, 38 students graduating from the
undergraduate programs, and five students from the Master’s degree programs.
Life Chiropractic
College West
On June 12, Life West graduated 79 students as part of its 44th graduation ceremony.
The commencement was held a the Chabot College Performing Arts Center in Hayward,
Calif.
The event bestowed degrees upon winter 2004 and spring 2004 students. Academic
honors were bestowed upon Krista Crawford as valedictorian for winter 2004 and
Jeffery Listiak as spring 2004 valedictorian. Crawford also received the winter
quarter 2004 award of Clinical Excellence Citation. Steven Philip Johannsen
received the Clinical Excellence Citation for spring quarter 2004.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony was Stephen James, D.C., Life West Professor
and Laboratory Manager. James has been at Life West since 1994, and his address
to the students focused on his miraculous healing from a near-death motorcycle
accident just three months before the ceremony, and his message of commitment
and not “giving up.”
Logan College
of Chiropractic
Norman W. Kettner, D.C., chairperson of the LCC Radiology Department, was interviewed
by medical reporter Kay Quinn of KSDK-TV/Newschannel 5 of St. Louis, for a segment
on acupuncture and its effects on pain. Logan alumnus Patrick Kennedy, D.C.,
of St. Louis, also was featured in the segment, which aired during the newscast
on April 9 and on the newscast on April 11.
Dr. Kettner discussed research underway by Logan College in partnership with
the Athinoula A. Martins Center for Functional and Structural Neuroimaging at
Massachusetts General Hospital, utilizing functional MRI to evaluate the effects
of acupuncture on neural networks of the brain involved with pain processing.
Kettner designed an initial study and subsequent research being conducted at
the center.
During the segment, Dr. Kettner discussed recent preliminary results of resent
research on acupuncture and its effects on the neural mechanisms involved in
carpal tunnel syndrome, including a decrease in symptoms.
Palmer College
of Chiropractic
The Chiropractic Library Consortium (CLIBCON) recently received funding from
the ACC for Index to Chiropractic Literature Improvements. Phyllis Harvey from
the PCC David D. Palmer Health Sciences Library and editor of the Index to Chiropractic
Literature gave a presentation to college presidents with Margaret Butkovic,
director of C.C. Clemmer Health Sciences Library at Canadian Memorial Chiropractic
College, during the ACC/RAC conference in Las Vegas in March.
The college presidents then granted CLIBCON $13,000 to make improvements to
the Index. The Index, started by the CLIBCON group in 1980, moved to Web access
in 2000. It is the only chiropractic index that is available and free to all
who are interested. It can be found at chiroindex.org. The Index has approximately
20,000 records, growing at the rate of 1,000 per year. The grant will fund improvements
to the Index’s search engine and functionality of the database.
Palmer College
of Chiropractic West
Palmer West alumnus William Morgan, D.C., the first Doctor of Chiropractic selected
to provide care for members of Congress and judges of the Supreme Court in the
Office of the Attending Physician, returned to his alma mater for a pair of
memorable presentations on March 19.
Following his on-campus presentation in the morning, Dr. Morgan, the 2003 ACA
Doctor of the Year, received a special plaque from the college. The plaque was
presented to Dr. Morgan “in honor of his career achievements as a Palmer
West alumnus, his devotion to the advancement of the chiropractic profession,
his support of the Palmer West student ACA chapter, and for serving as a role
model to the chiropractic doctors of today and tomorrow.”
Dr. Morgan also met with the Palmer West student chapter of the American Chiropractic
Association delegates during the SACA trip to Washington, D.C. Twenty-four SACA
members attended the recent National Chiropractic Legislative Conference where
they teamed up with a record number of ACA and SACA members to raise funds for
the National Chiropractic Legislative Fund and lobby legislators on behalf of
the chiropractic profession.
Sherman College
of Straight Chiropractic
ABC sports analyst Terry Bowden obviously has a lot of expertise about football
and sports in general. But he also has many insights to offer in the area of
human potential. He shared a little about both of these topics on May 27, when
he presented “You Can Make a Difference” at Sherman College of Straight
Chiropractic.
Bowden’s talk was part of the college’s annual Lyceum. As a student,
an athlete and a college football coach, he is a much sought-after motivational
speaker. The qualities that have made him successful throughout his life—enthusiasm,
contagious optimism, confidence, humor and work ethic—are the same qualities
that he now relies on as a network television studio analyst for college football.
As a college football coach, Bowden was enormously successful, compiling a 15-year
record of 111-53-2 and an impressive winning percentage of 68 percent. Bowden
was born into a famous and successful college football family. His father, Bobby
Bowden, turned Florida State into a national champion, his brother Tommy is
head coach at Clemson, brother Jeff is the offensive coordinator at Florida
State and brother-in-law Jack Hines is an assistant coach for the Clemson Tigers.
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