Vital SignsCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES ANNUAL CHECKUP • SPRING 2013–2014

Dear Friends,

Vital Signs is the College of Health Sciences Annual Report and I know you will enjoy reading about this past year’s wonderful accomplishments of the University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences’ professional, undergraduate, and graduate students; outstanding faculty and staff; and dedicated alumni and friends. It has been another great year at the college. The faculty, staff, and students at the college continue to be very active in all the areas that contribute to the high quality healthcare education that has become the expected norm. We are proud of the college’s past and have great expectations for its future. As you can see, this has been another banner year for accomplishments.

We have been experiencing major shortages of healthcare providers in Wyoming and the nation and this is expected to get worse. With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the aging of our current practitioners and the aging of the population, the shortage is expected to grow. The oldest Baby Boomers are now 68 years old and just reaching the age where the demand for healthcare begins to rapidly escalate. The rest of us Boomers will be getting there soon and, unfortunately, we also make up a large part of the health care workforce.

So, you may ask what is the UW College of Health Sciences doing in response and my answer would be, quite a lot. We have the WWAMI medical education program training 20 new physicians and the WyDENT program training 8 new dentists every year and they have incentives to return to practice in Wyoming. The college has two family medicine residency programs to train physicians in this specialty with the intent of their staying in the state. Currently there are over 80 graduates of these programs practicing in Wyoming. With the intent to prepare nurse practitioners at

the highest level of nursing for rural practice, the Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice degree now has students in the first and second year of this new, three year program. Additionally, a psychiatric nurse practitioner track will be offered to address Wyoming’s mental health workforce shortage. The School of Pharmacy is investigating the role of a “Virtual Pharmacist” in providing comprehensive medication therapy management as part of the patient centered medical home in Wyoming’s unique environment. The college will be partnering with Casper College in establishing a new degree, the Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s, in response to shortages of these professionals. Communication Disorders, Kinesiology and Health Promotion, and Social Work are teaching the next generation of practitioners and investigating issues related to healthcare. The college is the home of the Wyoming Geriatric Education Center (WYGEC) and they are proposing expanding into a Center on Aging to address Wyoming’s graying population needs. The Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND) has expanded its expertise throughout the state using an ECHO model for assistive technology. We provide a home for the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WICHE)

MESSAGE FROM DEAN JOSEPH STEINER

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Please visit the College of Health Sciences

http://www.uwyo.edu/hs/

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Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP) helping students earn degrees in the health professions we do not offer at UW. Additionally, we continue to explore other opportunities to address healthcare practitioner shortage professions and act as a resource to the state.

I hope you enjoy reading this report. As a member of the college, you share in these accomplishments. The tradition of excellence continues with our current students and graduates, something of which I hope you too are proud. A big “Thank You” to all those who provided financial support, it continues to make an important difference in the lives of the students and this has become even more important as the state continues to decrease its financial support.

Please feel free to contact me to discuss any of the report contents or any concerns regarding the college.

Best wishes,

Joseph F. Steiner, Pharm.D.Dean and Professor

ADMINISTRATIONJoseph F. Steiner, Pharm.D.Dean(307) 766-6556

Tami Benham-Deal, PEDAssociate DeanAcademic Affairs(307) 766-4350

Jun Ren, M.D., Ph.D.Associate DeanResearch(307) 766-6120

DIVISIONSMary E. Burman, Ph.D.Dean/DirectorFay W. Whitney School of Nursing(307) 766-4291

Derek Smith, Ph.D.Director, Associate ProfessorDivision of Kinesiology and Health(307) 766-5271

Rex E. Gantenbein, Ph.D.DirectorCenter for Rural Health Research and Education(307) 766-6544

William E. MacLean, Jr., Ph.D.Executive DirectorWyoming Institute for Disabilities(307) 766-2761

Timothy Robinson, Ph.D.DirectorWWAMI Medical Education Program(307) 766-2496

Ronald L. Malm, D.O.DirectorFamily Medicine Residency Program/Cheyenne(307) 777-7911

Beth C. Robitaille, M.D.DirectorFamily Medicine Residency Program/Casper(307) 233-6000

Donna Leigh Bliss, Ph.D.Director, Associate ProfessorDivision of Social Work(307) 766-6112

Lisa H. Shipley, M.A.ManagerStudent Affairs(307) 766-6704

Teresa A. Ukrainetz, Ph.D.DirectorDivision of Communication Disorders(307) 766-6427

Linda Gore Martin, Pharm.D.Dean/DirectorSchool of Pharmacy(307) 766-6120

VITAL SIGNS STAFFEditors Winter Hansen • (307) 766-3495 Mark Belcher • (307) 766-6556

Contributing editors Claire Hitchcock Chloe Jones

Graphic designer Mariko Design LLC/ Elizabeth Ono Rahel

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NEW PROGRAMSSOCIAL WORK LAUNCHES CUSTOMIZED GIVING PAGE

The Division of Social Work launched a redesigned Giving page on its website to better showcase its existing and new development initiatives. According to division director Donna Leigh Bliss, “with our recent launch of The World is Their Classroom initiative, we now had six specific initiatives that people could contribute to, but there was no way for donors to easily access information about the individual initiatives. In redesigning our main Giving page, we can now highlight every specific initiative and allow for supporters to click on a link to get even more information. Our hope is that this will lead to increased funds being contributed to social work

to help better serve our mission.” For more information: www.uwyo.edu/socialwork/giving-pages.

MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE (MLS) BACHELOR’S DEGREE

Over the last four years, Dean Steiner has received many requests from around the state to provide bachelor’s trained medical laboratory scientists. There are great shortages of these professionals and this can be seen in Wyoming Workforce Services data and through direct observation at our hospitals and clinics. Since MLS is not a WICHE program, Wyoming students cannot access this education through that route and there is no other direct access for Wyoming students.

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Last winter, several university administrators discussed initiatives with the Casper Area Economic Development Authority (CAEDA) to increase health professions offerings with cooperation of Casper College. The MLS proposal was introduced at that meeting. It is the first one to be carried forward. The proposal builds on the on the curriculum already offered with Casper College’s Associate of Science in Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT). There will be three tracks: Associate of Science in MLT to Bachelor of Science in MLS; previous Associate of Science in MLT graduates to Bachelor of Science in MLS; and holders of Bachelor of Science in a related science area to Bachelor of Science in MLS.

That proposal was incorporated in the University of Wyoming budget request, accepted by the governor, and was just recently approved by the Wyoming legislature.

PROJECT ECHO-UW IN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY

The Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND) launched Project ECHO-UW to build capacity in education for assistive technology. In weekly ECHO-UW sessions that started in March, educators receive

training and educationally-relevant recommendations from a multi-disciplinary team of recognized experts. A unique outcome of ECHO-UW is that all participants, educators and experts alike, reported increases in their assistive technology knowledge. As a promising practice based on a demonstrated model, participants in ECHO-UW will likely translate their new learning to help improve the outcomes of students with disabilities. WIND is currently evaluating the effectiveness of the pilot in advance of an expanded rollout in September.

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SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS EXPLORE THE IMMIGRATION EXPERIENCE

Social work students in the BSW Methods III: Communities and Organization course at UW-Casper presented Exploring the Immigration Experience to the community on March 27 as an educational forum to inform the community about immigration, gain a better understanding of why individuals immigrated to the United States, be informed about the difficulties of immigrating, and engage with immigrants from the community. A short documentary was shown followed by a panel discussion with five immigrants living in Casper.

The panel consisted of individuals from Brazil, Philippines, Canada, and Mexico. Each panel member shared their immigration experience and what type of adjustments they had to make entering the United States. Common themes heard were learning English, adapting to American slang, feeling isolated, food, health insurance, and the tax system. All though their journeys were different, the underlying reason for coming to the United States was for educational reasons. Panel members discussed the misconceptions they heard from people in the community and felt that they had to give up a part of their cultural and selves to fit into the American culture.

According to course instructor Bethany Cutts, “the event was well attended and the dialogue during and after the presentation proved that the students project was a success. Community members felt they had a better understanding of the immigration experience, felt that the event opened their eyes to how our community treated immigrants, and everyone left with knowledge and ideas to share with others.”

ALTERNATIVE CAREER NIGHT

The Division of Communication Disorders hosted an alternative career night in October. Students graduating with bachelor’s degrees in Speech, Language, and Hearing Science have excellent foundations for a range of health- and education-related careers beyond the conventional paths of graduate education in speech-language pathology and audiology. More than 35 students attended the event, which featured speakers on deaf education, ASL interpreting, counseling, special education, early childhood education, social work, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and dental hygiene.

Making a difference in the community

STUDENT NEWS

A FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP: MARCIA DALE ASPIRE SCHOLARS PROGRAM

The School of Nursing’s Aspire program varies significantly from the other College of Health Science’s Aspire programs through its unique focus on preparation for leadership. Nursing’s Aspire, renamed the “Marcia Dale Aspire Scholars Program,” takes in four students each spring from the freshman class after a rigorous application and interview process.

Eventually this young program will maintain a capped population of 16 students, from freshmen to seniors, enabling a special kind of mentoring amongst its new and older members. Junior student Amber Wright (in the “Inaugural” class

Amber Wright

2014 Marcia Dale Aspire Scholars Cohort: Rebekah Davis, Taylor Clark, Jacey Day, and Brianne Siebert

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of Aspire) says, “This program has allowed me to meet other future leaders on the same path as myself, and it has given me great role models and mentors.” Wright herself is already establishing herself as a role model to the younger students, stepping into the office of president for the Student Nurses Association this semester.

Faculty coordinator Sherrie Rubio-Wallace says the Aspire program does not employ a set curriculum, but presents topics for student self-development. For instance, students discuss Steven Covey’s “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” and write out their own personal mission and vision statement for personal growth in leadership and nursing. Another project focuses on each individual student’s personal leadership style and what they aspire to be in the future. Topics such as mentoring, coaching, communication, and working in teams are designed to get the students

interacting and applying leadership development to their roles as students.

In addition to group discussions and self-development activities, Aspire students are invited to participate in events where notable healthcare leaders are present. Not only do the students have the opportunity to witness such leaders in action, but in some cases are able to meet and spend time with them personally—a goal of the nursing Aspire program, to benefit from the mentorship of established nursing leaders.

Newly accepted freshman Aspire student Rebekah Davis says, “The opportunity to have mentors is something I love about the Aspire program, and the opportunity to partner with other future nurses through the program is exciting. I think this will help me be a better leader and will shape me to become an even better nurse.” And that is exactly what the Marcia Dale Aspire Scholars program aspires to facilitate.

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WYOMING WWAMI WHITE COAT CEREMONY

The Wyoming WWAMI students received their white coats on April 4 at a ceremony held in Laramie. The event was attended by family and friends of the students, most of the first year preceptors, the Dean of the College of Health Sciences, Joseph Steiner, President of the University of Wyoming, Richard McGinity, and former President of the University of Wyoming, Terry Roark, who was president of the university when Wyoming joined the WWAMI program.

The new Program Director, Tim Robinson, Ph.D., opened the program with the impressive accomplishments that each student had achieved prior to joining the WWAMI program. He emphasized these ceremonies signify the special privilege of service to others that is the hallmark of becoming a physician.

Larry Kirven, M.D., Assistant Clinical Dean, spoke about the history of the white coat in medicine and the symbolism of the white coat. Kirven pointed out that the white coat has been worn by physicians since the 1890s

and still engenders a sense of trust by patients to this day, and that the white coat presents the physician as a medical scientist, as well as reminding the physician of their service to others with empathy and compassion.

2013 NATIONAL AACP WALMART SCHOLAR

Pharmacy student Melissa Mehle, from Rock Springs, Wyoming, received a 2013 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Walmart Scholars Award. Mehle and faculty mentor Michelle Hilaire, clinical associate professor of pharmacy practice,

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attended the AACP Annual Meeting July 13–17 in Chicago, Illinois. During the meeting, they participated in interactive studies which focused on leadership development including a teacher’s seminar about strategies for effective teaching and learning.

HEALTHY POKES: ENHANCING CHILD HEALTH IN LARAMIE

Childhood obesity has reached epidemic status in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity has more than doubled in children and tripled in adolescents in the past 30 years.  Currently, approximately 32% of children aged 2–19 years are classified as overweight or obese, while 18.4% of children aged 6–11 are obese.  In an effort to address the physical activity and health of children in Laramie, Drs. Emily Guseman and Karen Gaudreault from the Division of Kinesiology and Health have partnered with Albany County School District 1, Ivinson Memorial Hospital, local pediatricians, and Albertsons

Including undergraduates in research on diabetes. Mariah Kepler, sophomore; Brent Burton, junior; Jenifer Thomas, Ph.D.

grocery to offer an after-school program to enhance the health and wellness of at-risk youth.

Healthy Pokes involves: 1) weekly physical activity club sessions for children in grades 2–8; 2) nutrition and behavioral health lessons designed to provide age-appropriate education and support for healthy eating habits and emotional health; and 3) one-on-one mentoring for children provided through a buddy system with UW students affiliated with the program.  Undergraduate students are trained in the best practices associated with mentoring at-risk youth and relationship building.  Students in the Division of Kinesiology and Health and the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences who are trained in physical activity, designing movement experiences, nutrition, and behavioral health facilitate all club sessions with faculty oversight.

Healthy Pokes is modeled after the FitKids 360 multidimensional nationwide program and will now benefit the youth of Laramie due to the initiative of faculty and students and overwhelming support and buy-in from the local sponsors.

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ALUMNI NEWSNURSING ALUMNUS TURNING TO TEACHING ROLE

“When disaster strikes in the Pacific, whether natural or man-made, the U.S. relies heavily on its partners throughout the region to help respond, save lives, and provide comfort to those requiring assistance. Leading the efforts are specially-trained international aeromedical personnel charged with caring for and transporting the most fragile to higher level of care facilities,” notes Pacific Air Force’s Public Affairs. One of those “specially-trained international aeromedical personnel” is the UW School of Nursing’s Alumnus, Major Samuel Millar.

Up until now, 2002 nursing alumnus Millar has been managing aeromedical evacuation (AE) for the Pacific theater in the United States Air Force (USAF). He has also created and implemented joint curriculum between the USAF and, for example, the Royal Thai Air Force in preparation for collaboration over such catastrophic events as tsunamis and cyclones in humanitarian assistance missions.

Millar says, “While stationed in the Pacific I was fortunate enough to have traveled to several Asia-Pacific countries and work with their leadership exchanging ideas related to techniques, procedures, and inflight medical care as it relates to AE. Emphasis was placed on how the USAF and our Asia-Pacific partners could integrate aircraft, equipment, and aircrews during international Humanitarian and Disaster Response (HADR) operations. These engagements have been well received and future visits have been ongoing. In fact, I will be headed to Vietnam for a week in June to discuss AE with Vietnamese medical personnel. The opportunity to build partnerships with different countries with regard to inflight nursing care has been a fantastic experience.”

Millar has now stepped into a new role as AE instructor flight nurse at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine. He teaches nurses and medical technicians how to practice medicine in the flight environment. “Transforming hospital medical personnel to flying medical personnel presents a whole new challenge,” says Millar. “We take nurses and medical technicians from

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a hospital environment and transform them into flyers by putting them through a rigorous 20-day academic curriculum. We teach them patient care in a flight environment adding flight physiology, operations in and around aircraft, medical equipment functions, aircraft configuration, and patient loading. In what could be considered a cumulative final, the last three days of the course has students putting it all together by configuring a C-130 aircraft trainer, loading simulated patients onto the C-130, and taking care of them in a simulated in-flight environment (while incorporating and applying everything they’ve learned in the course).”

Does Millar miss his former action role? “I do miss flying and the challenges of overseeing pacific theater operations and programs from an AE perspective. However, I enjoy teaching and passing on my knowledge and the enthusiasm I have for taking care of patients in the air. For me, instructing provides the experience for teaching nursing students at the college/university level later down the line, after retirement.”

WITZELINGS DONATE COIN COLLECTION

Alumnus Kenneth Witzeling (BSP ‘51) and his wife, Elizabeth, from Powell, Wyoming, donated his extensive coin collection to the University of Wyoming to create the Kenneth and Elizabeth Witzeling Pharmacy Scholarship endowment. For more information, read the UW Foundation’s article about the Witzelings titled, “More than Money” at: www.uwyo.edu/foundation/news/2014/2014-more-than-money

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI

Division of Kinesiology and Health Vicky Kmetz, MS

Division of Medical Education Ian Hunter, MD

Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing Karleen Goerke, MSN, RN, NEA-BC

School of Pharmacy Richard Wilder, BSP

Division of Social Work Michael Vercauteren, MSW

Division of Communication Disorders Caron Mellblom-Nishioka, Ed.D.

See: www.uwyo.edu/hs/alumni-and-friends/distinguished-alumni.html

Kenneth Witzeling

Samuel Millar

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FACULTY NEWSDIFFERENCES IN RURAL AND URBAN HOSPITAL NURSING

Diane Boyle, the first Wyoming Excellence Chair in Nursing, began her appointment in August 2013 through UW’s Excellence in Higher Education Endowment.

“Dr. Boyle brings to UW significant expertise in health outcomes, patient safety, nursing quality indicators, nursing workforce issues, and health care work environments—areas that are very important for the school, college, and the state of Wyoming,” says Dean Mary Burman. Boyle acted as deputy director and co-principal investigator of the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators® (NDNQI®) at the University of Kansas School of Nursing, where she was a faculty member from 1994 to 2013.

Boyle’s main goal in coming to Wyoming is to examine differences in nursing quality between rural and urban hospitals and determine what nursing workforce attributes are associated with good patient outcomes in rural hospitals. In pursuit of the information needed to make such evaluations, her research team has acquired

a data set from the NDNQI® assessing US hospitals in three categories: 52 rural, 1500 urban, and 184 micropolitan (urban area with population of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000). At least seven Wyoming hospitals’ data are reflected in those records. Boyle and her team’s analysis of the data will be completed by May, with the resulting report completed and submitted to pertinent nursing journals over the summer. Not only should Boyle’s report identify potential problem areas in our hospitals, but the report should be able to direct leaders to the solutions for better healthcare and better nursing care in Wyoming.

MORTAR BOARD TOP PROFS

Mike Primus and David Jones were selected as Top Profs this year by the University of Wyoming Cap and Gown Chapter of Mortar Board. Members of the senior honor society selected professors who have made a positive impact on their lives at UW. Professors like Primus and Jones go beyond normal classroom expectations to help their students succeed, both in college and later in their careers.

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This award was timely for these two senior faculty. Primus, associate professor, retired this spring. Jones, professor, continues to provide some teaching for communication disorders, but his primary duties have moved from Associate Dean for Academic Affairs to Interim Associate Provost for Academic Personnel.

LEADERSHIP TRANSITION IN KINESIOLOGY AND HEALTH

After more than a decade of exemplary service as Director of the Division of Kinesiology and Health, Mark Byra returned to his academic professor position in August 2013. Byra’s unwavering and steadfast leadership was central to the division’s growth and excellence in student education/preparation and faculty research. During Byra’s 13-year directorship, the division achieved benchmark records in nearly all areas of its goals. Derek Smith was appointed as the new Director of Kinesiology and Health and remarked that “Every person and entity that kinesiology and health touched and worked with owes significant gratitude to Mark.” “One of Mark’s greatest leadership assets was making the success of others—faculty, staff, students—his top priority. Mark truly set the stage for the kinesiology team to maximize their potential and be successful. Mark has been a great role model and I have big shoes to fill. I’m very excited

about the future of kinesiology and health and building upon our great foundation to continue serving our students, state, and regional stakeholders.”

MISSION LIFELINE WYOMING: IMPROVING HEART ATTACK CARE

Derek Smith in the Division of Kinesiology and Health is helping statewide partners build and improve the system of care for people who experience a heart attack. “For heart attacks, time is muscle and anything we can do in Wyoming to reduce the time from symptom onset to definitive treatment by improving the system of care will help save lives,” said Smith. Mission Lifeline is a community-driven and community-lead initiative that is facilitated and managed by the American Heart Association (AHA) through a $5.9 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust that was made to the AHA Southwest Affiliate. The three-year initiative is a collaborative and community-based participatory effort with partners that include Wyoming’s emergency medical services (first responders), hospitals, health care providers, hospital association, Department of Health Emergency Services, and university, public, and private partners.

HIDECKER SERVES AS CONSULTANT TO UNICEF

Among other projects this year, Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker travelled to New York to serve as a consultant for a UNICEF project to develop a measurement of child disability that can be used by countries with low- and middle-resources.

Derek Smith

Starting a new semester. Valerie Thompson-Ebanks, M.S.W., Ph.D.

FACULTY RETIREES

Thank you to our retirees for their hard work, loyalty, and dedication!

Professor Robert D. Scalley, Pharm.D, School of Pharmacy, 41 years Associate Professor Mike Primus, Ph.D., CCC-A, Division of Communication Disorders, 30 years Professor Emeritus Paul Thomas, Ph.D., Division of Kinesiology and Health, 24 years Pam Larsen, Ph.D., CRRN, FNGNA, Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing, 7 years

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Writing a research proposal. Diane Kempson

Study abroad in action. Helping children in Honduras. Joanne Theobald, M.S.W.

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Innovations in Pharmacy practice lab prepare students for real life experiences. Dave Bruch, Pharm.D.

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NEW FACULTYBLISS NAMED NEW DIRECTOR OF DIVISION OF SOCIAL WORK

The Division of Social Work welcomed Donna Leigh Bliss as its new director in July 2013. She came to the division with a background in both social work practice and education. She earned her MSW from the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) in 1991 and embarked on a clinical practice career primarily serving persons with addictive disorders. Later, deciding she would like to pursue a career in an academic setting to help prepare the next generations of practitioners, she earned a Ph.D. in 2005 again from UMB and began her teaching career at the University of Georgia, Athens (UGA) where she remained until 2013.

Bliss brings a strong record of scholarship in teaching, research, and service as well as substantial leadership and administrative experience in practice and educational settings. At UGA, she served as BSW program director, MSW program director and as Interim Associate Dean for Administration, Planning, and Evaluation. As a classroom teacher, students have twice voted her the “Outstanding Teacher of the Year” in the UGA School of Social Work. Her primary research focus has been

on “examining ways to improve treatment outcomes for persons with substance abuse disorders.” As a result of her years of social work practice experience before returning to earn her Ph.D., she “…still view[s] much of what I do through the lens of being a practitioner.”

On a personal level, Bliss says her “claim to fame at UGA is that I ride a Harley-Davidson motorcycle” as well as enjoying camping with her two rescue poodles.

HIDECKER JOINS DIVISION OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker joined the Division of Communication Disorders as an assistant professor this past fall. Her research is in family-centered, evidence-based practices for communication disorders resulting from severe disabilities including cerebral palsy, autism, and hearing loss. Her Ph.D. in audiology and speech sciences and M.S. in epidemiology are from

Donna Bliss

Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker

clinical in the public health/pediatrics/OB practicum Basic BSN course last fall. She comes to the university after teaching for four years at Casper College. Prior to Casper, she worked for nine years as a school nurse following a 24-year specialization in ER nursing. Ann Wislowski, BA, BSN, MSN (ACNPC), relocated to Laramie from the Philadelphia area. She entered the field of nursing as a second-degree student, completing her BSN in 2006 and working for seven years as a surgical/trauma ICU nurse at the University of Pennsylvania. While completing her MSN in adult acute care in 2010, she concurrently taught undergraduate nursing students, and rounded out her advanced clinical practice as a nurse practitioner for a vascular surgery service. See “Differences in Rural and Urban Hospital Nursing” (page 12) for information on Diane Boyle.

Pictures unavailable at time of publication for Becky Linn, Pharm.D., and Marilyn Hall, MSN, RN.

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Michigan State University, and her M.A. and B.A. are from the University of Iowa. Hidecker holds Certificates of Clinical Competence in both audiology and speech-language pathology.

NEW FACULTY IN THE SCHOOLS OF PHARMACY AND NURSING

The School of Pharmacy was pleased to welcome five new faculty. Guanglong He, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of medicinal chemistry. He was previously an associate professor with the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. Reshmi Singh, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of social and administrative pharmacy. Singh previously taught at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Boston, Massachusetts. Becky Linn, Pharm.D., BCPS, is a clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice. Antoinette Brown, R.Ph., is the coordinator of experiential education primarily focusing on the fourth year professional rotations. Allison Mann, Pharm.D., BCPS, is a clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice. Mann previously practiced in the area of internal medicine with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Her current practice site is at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, where she practices as an inpatient clinical pharmacist with the internal medicine service and residency program.

The Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing welcomed 4 new faculty. Shelly Fischer teaches in the DNP and Nurse Educator programs. Ms. Fischer received her BSN at the University of Iowa, her Clinical Nurse Specialist Master’s degree and Ph.D. (Nursing) at the University of Colorado. Marilyn Hall, MSN, RN, taught didactic and

Guanglong He Reshmi Singh Antoinette Brown Allison Mann

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OTTMAN DOCUMENTS EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN IN EARLY AMERICAN WEST

The Division of Social Work is proud to announce that Office Associate Jill Ottman received a letter stating that her graduate thesis “1836 and 1838: When White Girls Crashed the Party” has been accepted for publication in Volume 8 of Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal. This is a peer-reviewed journal, published annually, and features between eight and ten articles with full color illustrations. She has also been invited to speak at a forum in Pinedale during the Green River Rendezvous the second Saturday of July.

Ottman’s manuscript is a discussion of the experiences of the first six white women to make the trip across the North American continent along the route that would shortly become the Oregon Trail. They made this nearly 1700-mile trip almost entirely on horseback, riding sidesaddle. All six women stopped at the Fur Trade Rendezvous along the way, and five of them wrote extensively about this very important annual event in the early history of the American West. Their diaries give us the chance to see the activities at the Rendezvous from a female perspective and provide interesting details about the experiences of women as they emigrated to the American West.

COLLEGE NEWS

On Saturday, December 7, 2013, right after Fall Commencement, water was running down from the top floor of the addition on the west side of the School of Pharmacy area of the building, with water knee deep in some areas of the first floor. It has been a difficult experience for the people whose offices and laboratories were damaged; but we are grateful for the all of the fantastic people at UW who came together to address the situation.

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ASSOCIATE DEAN OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Tami Benham-Deal, professor in the Division of Kinesiology and Health, assumed the role of Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the college in November when David Jones accepted the position of Interim Associate Vice President of Academic Personnel. Benham-Deal has been on faculty since 1989 and brings to the position a wealth of knowledge and experience related to tenure and promotion, assessment of student learning, and standards-based education. Her current research focuses on the relationship between critical thinking and health literate learners.

GRAND ROUNDS 2014

Five divisions were represented during the poster presentations for Research Day. The keynote sponsored by the Otis L. Hoy Memorial Fund was “The genesis of our genomes: repetitive elements and the origin of function” presented by David Pollock, Ph.D.

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Congratulations to our 27 fall and 260 spring graduates!

Interprofessional Challenge: A cohort of College of Health Science’s students promote better understanding of different disciplines among their colleagues.

COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES DONORSJULY 1, 2012–JUNE 30, 2013

With their gifts, donors to the College of Health Sciences become integral parts of the college’s many achievements.

FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE($100 TO $499)

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Catherine G. EmmettJohn W. Emmett, Jr.Encana Oil & Gas

(USA) Inc.Ann EnlowCary D. EnlowMichael F. EnrightDiane E. FeatherKenneth Lee FeatherJacqueline FerrallFirst Interstate Bank

of CheyenneCarol Fischer, MD PCCarol A. FischerFocus Investment AdvisorsJean C. ForsethThorm R. ForsethThe Joannides

Family FoundationJulie A. FritzMichael K. FritzDiane V. GaliciaHerman M. Galicia, Jr.Deanna L. GastonWendall F. GastonKendall D. GeorgeShirley J. GeorgeKathy GianninoPhillip R. GianninoGlobal ImpactNancy A. GruverPatricia GulleyStephen M. GulleyMary T. GulliksonBarbara A. GuntherChristian H. GuntherCharles L. GuthmannL J GuthmannJoseph M. HaightMary M. HallRoxie A. HalseyClifford P. HarbourJanet L. HardiganWilliam D. Hardigan, PhDMary Jo HardyWilliam G. Hardy

Carla F. HarmonAnn M. HartE. Andrew Hart, IIBruce A. HellbaumCatherine M. HellbaumBarbara L. HencyHarold D. HencyDeborah L. HerberMichael C. HerberGary K. HinesPatricia A. HinesBruce A. HoffmanJenny A. HoffmanCarol A. HollandCarol A. HollandDiane K. Holl-RamboB. Jean HolwellBruce A. HolwellKenneth D. HolwellMary E. HolwellJohnny M. HoneycuttCourtney HopkinJustin L. HopkinBrian P. HorstLeah M. HorstMarvin R. HuffSally HuffDebby McBride HunkinsRaymond B. HunkinsHaylee M. HunsakerHutchinson

Community CollegeNora Y. L. InafukuTodd K. InafukuEdward D. IngveKathleen J. IngveDonald G. IversonJane M. IversonRita IversonRonald D. IversonMichael JenkinsTwila D. JenkinsKathy A. JoannidesTimothy JoannidesAmanda M. JohnsonMary Ellen Johnson

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Paul E. JohnsonRichard C. JohnsonRalph R. JohnstonKathleen B. JorgensenMaryann Z. KaruceRobert C. Kidd, IISandra K. KiddCheryl L. KoskiSarah N. LangeRaelene H. LarsonRonald K. LarsonCynthia M. LattaRoger T. LattaAllyson J. LauwersRonald E. LauwersLt. Col. Teryl A. LoendorfLindsay M. LongGregory M. LovelandKay L. LovelandKaren A. LozierRay LozierCathy MaassGary MaassTerry W. Mackey, PCCathy M. MackeyTerry W. MackeyPat MadiganMarcia MaertensRoger E. MaertensNicholas J. MarickJohn L. Maris, Jr.Peggy J. MarisDavid B. MatloffAllan L. MatternDiane S. MatternJanice H. McCrakenL. Michael McCrakenBeverly J. McDermottGail H. MehlePatrick M. MehleProf. E. Gerald MeyerDavid L. MillerHolly E. MillerLisa M. MoelleringMatthew C. MoelleringPatricia A. MooreDouglas E. MortonKarna L. MortonCorwyn L. MossTerry E. MossCarol L. MurrayCynthia J. Murray-Rogers

Laura Lee NelsonStephanie NemecJames E. NewmanThao D. NguyenJeanine T. NiemollerRobert NiemollerAmy W. NobleBruce J. NobleDonald S. NorthJeanne L. NorthPamela G. O’ConnorCDR Glenn E.

Otterman, Jr. (Ret)Mary M. OttermanDeAnne M. OwreStein OwreAnne H. ParkerFrances A. PasquiniMarc J. PasquiniDaniel J. PerdueGwen L. PerdueMartha E. PhenegerPaul W. Pheneger, Jr.Duce PiaiaMary Ann PiaiaDebra PiedrafitaRobert R. PrenticeTerry PruittTina PruittCatherine A. PurcellMichael K. PurcellMary A. PurtzerJamie H. PutnamNathan J. PutnamDebby B. QuestRick QuestAgnes B. RainwaterJames R. RamboDenise B. RampCharlene ReganJack T. ReganRory P. RemmelJessie RitterKevin B. RitterStephen E. RogersRon &

Laurie Wendling TrustDavid R. RourkJanice M. RourkMicky E. RoutsonRobert C. RoutsonJason B. Roylance

Melissa P. RoylanceRyan Revocable TrustJoan R. RyanHeather Sauls HoneycuttSchilling Family TrustMargaret S. SchillingMichael G. SchillingJeneane SchlotthauerE. Dean SchroederKaren L. SchroederBarbara J. SchwarzDavid G. SchwarzSusan J. SchwarzCarol F. SednekJennifer S. SeedorfSteven L. SeedorfDiane M. SevilleRobert S. Seville Margaret A. SewellLana ShepardRobert F. ShepardChrystanne L. ShillcoxDonald ShillcoxJames E. Sibbet, IIINorma D. SibbetSimpson Electric CompanyDawn D. SkinnerJack J. SkinnerAlice SloneChalice SloneForrest D. SmithGregory M. SmithMarion K. SmithMichelle L. SmithMindy D. SmithSteven N. SmithSimalee Smith-StubblefieldCatherine E. SoberekonGeorge L. SolomanJoe Y. SowunmiRyan StadlerSheila L. StadlerMartha Steadman

Matloff, MDMary Beth StepansWilliam A. StoutWilliam R. StubblefieldSandra K. SurbruggT. P. Construction, Inc.Carol J. TafoyaCharles R. TafoyaFrank J. Taylor

Veronica K. TaylorMichael W. TerrySusan D. TerrySunny S. ThomasTory L. ThomasTIAA-CREF

Employee GivingCarol H. TihenWilliam S. TihenDuane ToroMargy ToroBart E. TrautweinCherie TrautweinTreasure State Hearing, LLCAmy L. Trelease BellJanice Lea Paul Tupa TrustJanice Lea Paul TupaGisele TurkNaim S. TurkRobert P. Tyrrell, DDSDorothy TyrrellGinger TyrrellMary TyrrellRobert P. TyrrellScott L. TyrrellTeresa A. UkrainetzBrenda K. UptonDustin D. UptonJanice B. ValdezR. Anthony ValdezJohn M. VanErdewykSonja E. VanErdewykMargaret A. WafstetLarry D. WalrathFrankie B. WarnerTracy L. WasserburgerThe Honorable William J.

WasserburgerMarjory B. WellsRandall A. WellsLaurie WendlingRonald H. WendlingKaren M. Wendt, CNMPatrick J. WendtRev. Andrea L. WightJohn G. WilliamsMartha S. WilliamsSandra S. WilliamsRobert W. WilsonSylvia WilsonBruce A. WinchesterNoelene Winchester

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Elizabeth A. WitzelingKenneth F. WitzelingWyoming Hospital

AssociationWyoming Nurses

AssociationJeffrey D. Youngquist, IINancy D. YoungquistMiss Sheri L. ZappWenlong ZhangDoris L. ZubeH. Arthur Zube

COLLEGE PARTNERS($500 TO $4,999)

Robert AbramowitzWattanaporn T. AbramowitzAlbertsons, Inc.Automation &

Electronics, Inc.Alberta L. AveryRobert B. AveryJohn K. BakerTina L. BakerGaurdia E. BanisterGertrude BarlowGregory L. BeesleyVicki L. BernardAllen H. BradyYvonne C. BradyAnn Marie BrusenhanRobert L. Brusenhan, IIIGeorge S. BullIsabella M. BullBelinda B. BurgessSheridan S. BurgessAdelle ByraMark T. ByraCaterpillar FoundationLt. Col. James P. CerhaCharles H. DaleTerrie T. DaleCarol J. DarlingtonGeorge E. DarlingtonDeer Creek DrugJohn Del Greco, Jr.Barbara A. DeshlerTerry L. Deshler

Kenneth G. DugasSusan K. DugasJames T. DunnRonda V. DunnMartin H. Ellbogen, Sr.Steve H. ErdmanTerri S. ErdmanGregory G. ErramouspeDavid R. FallJulie Shibata FallLarry D. FoianiniMary FoianiniHarold H. GardnerBrian C. GazewoodKelly E. GreenKent D. GreenGregory G.

Erramouspe D.D.S.Mary A. Hardin-JonesRobyn E. HarrisNancy D. HendersonJohn E. HildrethMargie R. Hunt McDonaldCarol Jankovsky Schiel, MDDavid L. JonesMichael A. Jording, MDPeggy JordingJennifer A. KammererKent & Kelly Green

Family TrustCarol J. KobulnickyHenry A. KobulnickyCarl E. LindbergDonna G. LindbergDavid J. LovatoSusan L. LovatoCharles L. LyfordJoyce I. LyfordDavid Maki, DDSDonna R. MarburgerMitchell K. MaySondra K. MayDavid P. McCaghMichael L. McCannLyman L. McDonaldLaura F. McNicholasMedical Center

Pharmacy, LCMelissa A. MeeboerMichael L. MeeboerCol. Ardis J. Meier

USAF (Ret)

Janis J. MillerLawny D. MillerSubirendu MukherjeeAlice M. PellegriniRobert J. PellegriniDonald A. Porter, Jr.M. Virginia PorterClinton E. PrestonNancy PrestonDiana C. ReynoldsNathan Reynolds, DDSAmber C. Robbins, MDAndrew L. RobbinsCatherine L. RossGlenn E. RossAnn M. RuleJohn B. RuleRX Plus PharmaciesBarry SchaeferEdward C. SchaubMary T. SchaubDaniel N. SchreineEllen M. SchreinerDavid M. SchultzPatricia A. SchultzSchwab Charitable FundSenator Alan K. SimpsonAnn S. SimpsonBarbara A. SqueriJohn L. Squeri, Jr.Joseph F. Steiner, Pharm DSusan H. Steiner, PhDAnn StrengerSteve StrengerDaney J. TannerR. Stuart TannerWayne W. TerrellJames G. TomichTripoli Square, LLCKevin H. TrippB. Joyce VandelJohn H. VandelBetty VivionCharles G. Vivion, Jr.W S RanchWanda G. Wade-MukherjeeLinda Wallace TrippWal-Mart Stores, Inc.

and Sam’sWalsh McCagh

Kellough Pharmacy

Susan K. WenkeWilliam D. WenkeWG Dale Electric CompanyFay W. WhitneyRalph R. Whitney, Jr.Marjorie F. WilderCynthia S. Woods

RN, BSN, BCW. M. WoodsWyoming Pharmacy

AssociationFay P. ZaharasGeorge P. Zaharas

DEAN’S SOCIETY($5,000 AND ABOVE)

ALSAM FoundationL. Gay BollnNancy L. BrazeltonTony R. BrazeltonMary E. BurmanAlbert M. Carollo Revocable

Living TrustCarolyn M. CarolloCharles P. DeWolfGay Bolln Family TrustDiane M. HoyKenneth L. HoyTheodore L. HoyMichael L. KmetzVicky L. KmetzPamala D. LarsenLenore N. Palmer

Revocable TrustJoyce I. LyfordNeil A. McMurrySusan K. McMurryStanley Reinhaus

Family FoundationThe McMurry FoundationThe Sharon Kay West TrustWalgreensSharon K. WestElizabeth A. WitzelingKenneth F. WitzelingWyoming Academy of

Family Physicians

COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCESDept. 34321000 E. University AvenueLaramie, WY 82071