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 Frank Ambriz, Physician Assistant Studies Program, was honored by PA alums, Elena Santoy, Laura Garcia Kakar, Esteban Palacios, Roy Contreras and Susan Simmons Thursday at the IT2 building. The alums donated to and established the “Frank Ambriz Physician Assistant Endowed Scholarship” to show their appreciation for all the work Frank has done over the years to build the PA program at UTPA. Also attending the celebration were PA faculty, first year PA students and administrators.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has re-appointed Carolina G. Huerta, Department of Nursing, to serve as the Chair for the National Advisory Committee for the foundation’s New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program. The New Careers in Nursing program is a scholarship program created to help alleviate the nursing shortage and increase the diversity of nursing professionals. The period of appointment is three years, effective July 2011.
Jerome Fischer, Department of Rehabilitation, has co-authored a paper titled, "Attitudes of Special Education Teachers, and School Psychologists: Individualized Education Plan IEP's Developed Using Traditional Assessments Versus IEP's Developed Using a Multiple Intelligence Assessment" in The International Journal of the Humanities. Fischer has also been named Associate Editor of the Journal
Karen Chandler, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, was initiated into the Alpha Mu Tau Fraternity at the national meeting of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science in Atlanta, Georgia in late July. The purpose of AMTf is to honor clinical laboratory scientists who have made outstanding contributions to Clinical Laboratory Science, worthy of national recognition.
The Occupational Therapy Program was re-accredited for another seven years by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE). The program has a chance to address a couple of minor deficiencies found during the re-accreditation visit this year to be given the maximum 10 year re-accreditation. A well-deserved celebration was held July 15th. Congratulations to the faculty and staff!!
Congratulations to Shawn P. Saladin, Department of Rehabilitation, for being named interim chair of Communication Sciences and Disorders. This past month, Shawn was also elected chair of the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification at the annual meeting in Chicago.
Jan Maville, Department of Nursing, accepts a donation of exam tables from Dr. Jaime Rueda’s Valley Medical Arts Clinic. Felix Vega, Jr. and Juan Salinas, Jr. delivered the very heavy tables in the July heat!
The most recent Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine lists statistics of top universities for graduating Hispanics in certain health professions including Nursing and Rehabilitation. UTPA ranked #6 in Nursing, Bachelor’s Degrees and #1 in Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. For more information go to:
http://www.hispanicoutlook.com/index.htm.
Cristina Marie Ramirez, an alumna of the Department of Rehabilitation, will be graduating May 13th from the University of Southern California (USC) with a doctoral degree in physical therapy (DPT). The DPT program at USC is ranked number one in the nation, according to the 2011 U.S. News & World Report.
Denise Silcox, Department of Rehabilitation, is featured in a news report on the department’s special topics course on “Animals and Rehabilitation in Healthcare” at this link:
http://www.kveo.com/news/utpas-rehabilitation-program-studying-hippotherapy
Melinda Rodriguez, Department of Nursing, will be graduating May 10th from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston with a Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP). Congratulations Melinda!
Sandra Hansmann, Shawn Saladin, and Diana Fraser-Mendez, Department of Rehabilitation, co-wrote “Major Depressive Disorder among Individuals Who Are Deaf: Implications for Rehabilitation Professionals.” The article was announced as the winner of the “Outstanding JADARA Article” award at the 2011 biannual conference. More notably, Diana was a student when she helped write the article and is now an adjunct faculty member in the department.
Alexandra Farias, Pharmacy P3 student, was recently inducted into Phi Lambda Sigma, a National Pharmacy Leadership Society at the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. The ceremony was held on April 19, 2011 in the E-RAHC building. Left to right: Linet Vasquez, current member of PLS, Alexandra Farias, new inductee, Sergio Alec Regalado, P4 student, and Carven Lumang, UTPA/UTAustin CPP Faculty.
Charlene Blankenship, Rene Gonzalez, and Roy Chen (Department of Rehabilitation) presented at the 2011 Mid-Year Consortia of Administrators in Native American Rehabilitation (CANAR) conference in Green Bay, WI. Their research presentation was titled, “Employer’s Attitudes toward Hiring Individuals with Disabilities.”
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