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Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Wheeling, IL 200 East Roosevelt Road Permit No. 268 Lombard, IL 60148 NUHS Florida Updates Dean’s Appointment Dr. Daniel Strauss, dean of the College of Professional Studies – Florida, has been appointed chair of the Pinellas Park Medical District (PPMD) NUHS News: Space Planning and More board of directors. Looking ahead to the year 2030, National University is Standard Process Scholarship PPMD, comprised of health care providers, hospital currently crafting long-term strategic plans for its capital Standard Process, a leading producer of whole food and administrators, educators, and health care support investments and facilities, having completed its previous quality nutritional supplements, is providing a $2,500 services, has a goal of improving the delivery of long-term goals. scholarship to an eligible NUHS acupuncture student. health care services in the Pinellas Park community. A cross-section of faculty and administrators recently Historically, the company has offered three annual Says Dr. Strauss, “Our involvement with the medical attended a one-day workshop conducted by architect and scholarships of $2,000 each for eligible NUHS chiropractic district offers potential student enrollment workplace strategist Michael O’Neill, PhD. He challenged students. The new acupuncture scholarship follows similar opportunities, increases awareness of our University the institution to define and prioritize its institutional needs eligibility and application criteria. Selected applications are in the medical community, and provides exposure and goals, and then use those objectives to build a space sent to Standard Process, who makes the final decision on to our clinic system as well... Being involved in this planning strategy. the recipient of the award. organization is a great example of National’s commitment to integrative medicine.” In the past, long-range space planning for a university simply “Standard Process is committed to supporting acupuncture www.nuhs.edu/news/2013/12/ meant creating a schedule for raising money to build new students who have an interest in integrating nutrition into buildings. Today, it means creating spaces that meet the their future practices,” says John Nab, DC, director of New Functional Medicine Club needs of new generations of students with vastly different professional development at Standard Process. “By learning A new Functional Medicine and Clinical Neurology communication, recreation and learning styles. University how nutrition affects health outcomes they can support their Club (FMCN) is now available to Florida DC leaders must re-evaluate how space at NUHS is currently patients’ total well-being from the very start.” students. Topical meetings use National’s curriculum used, how to better employ new technologies, and how to www.nuhs.edu/news/2014/3/ multi-purpose both existing space and new construction in as a foundation, and show specific examination techniques. The club meetings are split in half, with new ways. Research Department Study the first half offering didactic training, and the National University researchers have conducted several second half providing an opportunity for hands-on More importantly, Dr. O’Neill showed NUHS how studies on the effectiveness of chiropractic care for chronic evaluation and management. improved space planning can contribute to the overall goals low back pain. One of their most recent studies indicated of the university, helping its programs, its mission, and its that chronic low back pain patients may experience relief “Our club is also about learning how to increase community profile thrive. from pain and disability after using custom-made shoe your diagnostic skills and improve treatments by orthotics for a six-week period. A larger study is needed to gaining a more in-depth comprehension of how all Dr. O’Neill gave the NUHS team several exercises, which verify these results; therefore, the researchers at NUHS are systems relate to the nervous system,” says FMCN included listing and voting on areas where the university is initiating a new research study on chronic low back pain. already succeeding and where it needs improvement. Every club president, Alid Perez III. aspect of the university was fair game. Individuals who are 18 years of age or older and have had “The club activities really complement the active low back pain for a duration of three months or longer, may learner-based experiences we are implementing in “Applying results from Dr. O’Neill’s workshop, along with be a candidate for the study. Each eligible patient who the classroom,” says faculty advisor, Dr. Chris Arick. his follow-up recommendations and report, will help NUHS participates will undergo a low back examination and “It will give our NUHS students another edge in using space planning as a strategic tool for achieving wider receive custom-made shoe orthotics. In addition, some in becoming highly skilled diagnosticians.” university objectives,” says NUHS President Stiefel. patients may also receive chiropractic manipulation. All www.nuhs.edu/news/2014/2/ exams and treatments received as part of the study are at no Veterans Facility Clerkship cost to the subject. Florida Yellow Ribbon Program Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, is www.nuhs.edu/research/current-research/volunteer/ set to offer a rotating clerkship for DC student interns. The NUHS–Florida joins NUHS –Illinois as part of the Yellow Ribbon Program, a tuition matching support new clerkship is one of several partnership agreements Alumnus Survey Results program that helps veterans on the GI Bill pay tuition that NUHS has with Veterans Health Administration We thank all those who took the time to respond to the and fee costs for college and advanced degrees. facilities nationwide. recent Alumnus publication survey. We will take all of your responses and suggestions into account as move toward “The way we have structured our program will mean At the Indianapolis facility, DC interns will work in an updating this NUHS alumni newsletter. integrative medical environment under VA chiropractic that an eligible veteran can expect virtually all of his or her tuition and fee costs at NUHS to be covered physician Dr. Jason Gibson, an NUHS alumni. Each intern NUHS Media Events between the GI Bill and the Yellow Ribbon will serve a 4-6 week clerkship, with one intern per assigned Several NUHS faculty were quoted in a 4-page article in the program,” says Ron Mensching, vice president for period. The university hopes to begin its first clerkship January-February issue of West Suburban Living magazine business services. rotation in the new program by early summer. in an article on “Holistic Healing and Pain Relief.” The www.nuhs.edu/news/2012/8/ www.nuhs.edu/news/2014/3/ article explores the resurgence in holistic healing and the NUHS News continues on page 7 1 - Vol. 50 No. 1, 2014 Alumni Association News RBy Jeoscepoh Pn.D.n Stiefecl, tMiS,n EdgD, DwC ith the Past NUHS President New Membership Benefits: A Current Review of Journal Literature from the NUHS Library A new benefit to members of the NUHS Alumni Association is a listing of Surveillance Articles that will be sent directly to you on a monthly basis by email. Please make sure that we have your current email address so you don’t miss out on this important current literature. These listings are intended to keep you aware of journal articles that might be relevant to your Reaching back, reconnecting with the past — the The first visit was from Dr. Warren Gerleman. Several years In the case of each visit, we had the opportunity to take our education and practice. PubMed will be used to identify practical articles and significant research studies published each month, which are identified as being available free full text dimensions of past, present and future are on campus daily. ago Dr. Gerleman, NUHS class of 1991, obtained an guests on a campus tour. While most of you reading this available. Please note: Hyperlinks to the PDF full text will be provided when available but some publishers might not provide permanent hyperlinks. Also, some hyperlinks might not I look forward to interacting with prospective students as I antique chiropractic table from an auction. Having decided would have seen the updates to both campuses in our work with a Safari browser, especially older versions. see them walk through the halls with our admission’s to free up space in his office, NUHS will proudly display publications, seeing the changes in real life is really the way counselors. I am sure each of us can remember the first the table, manufactured in 1912, in the historic chiropractic to do it. We talked about where we all stood in anatomy New Alumni Association Events for Students steps we took toward our professional future. I’ll often ask office display in the Student Center on the Illinois campus. lab, the long forgotten lockers on the first floor, and of current students what they are studying when I see them in course where we did our clinical rotations. The NUHS Alumni Association recently sponsored two special events for current students on the Lombard campus. Shawna McDonough, Alumni & Development director, and Lynn the halls early in the morning. Usually this results in Our second visit was from the Nelson, assistant director, hosted the events. They promise more events in the future. my own reflections of biochemistry or anatomy class and daughters of Dr. Peter Showan, NUHS The real joy for me was reconnecting the doctors with their where I took in my last final moments before the class of 1952. Dr. Showan passed former professors. Equally as amazing, after all of the examination. While we don’t get visits from alumni as often away May 9, 2013 and remembered students that have passed through the halls of NUHS, as I‘d like, when we do, it is very special.