Skip Nav CSUN Home Page Accessibility People Finder A to Z Webmail Home FYI About @CSUN Share an Idea Calendar Human Resources Faculty Senate Newsroom Subscribe (RSS) Connect With CSUN ARCHIVE FOR SEPTEMBER, 2010 New Institute for Community Faculty / Staff Achievements Health and Wellbeing Fosters Achievements Healthy Living on Campus and in Honors the Community Presentations September 19th, 2010 Publications Research In 2006, Cal State Northridge student Gerardo Garay suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was ejected from a vehicle in a car crash. CSUN Eateries Offer Incentives to Eat On Campus September 19th, 2010 Looking for an appetizing meal and a great deal? The University Club’s Orange Grove Bistro offers that to patrons. 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Sign Up to see what your friends like. Research CSUNumbers Number of Deaf and hard of hearing CSUN 1,000 graduates since 1964. Gerardo Garay. Photos by Lee Choo In 2006, Cal State Northridge student Gerardo Garay suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was Recent Articles ejected from a vehicle in a car crash. Garay, who was in the passenger’s seat, was not wearing a seat CSUN Mourns the Loss of Emeritus Music belt. The driver fell asleep at the wheel, swerved and crashed into a ditch. Garay was thrown out of the Professor David W. Scott vehicle about 60 to 90 feet, hitting his head on the ground. His injury left him unable to walk and speak California State University, Northridge 2012 clearly. Commencement Ceremonies: Reflection CSUN Chief of Police Elected Head of an After spending three months in a coma, three additional months in various hospitals and a year in International Law Enforcement Organization outpatient care, the kinesiology major returned to CSUN. Thanks to the therapy he has received at the CSUN Professor Rated One of “The Best 300 Center of Achievement, Brown Center and the Language, Speech and Hearing Center, Garay is now Professors” in America able to walk with a walker and speak clearer. Campus Mourns Passing of AVP Graduate Studies, Research and International Programs “I could barely talk before,” Garay said. “I couldn’t really communicate with people because I would slur Teacher of the Year, Business Leaders to Address the words together. The speech therapy helped me talk slower and clearer. It’s still a lot more work, but Graduates it’s better because I can communicate with people.” Garay is an example of the type of individual the new Institute for Community Health and Wellbeing is serving, said Dianne Philibosian, director of the institute. The institute with the assistance of a variety of centers on and off campus, offers health and wellbeing services to the community within Cal State Northridge’s service region. They refer students, faculty, staff and community members seeking services to the appropriate centers. “The institute was founded to provide a means for collaboration and cross referrals for our academic practices,” Philibosian said. ”The focus is all about strengthening community and individuals through endeavors that match campus expertise and resources in response to regional needs.” Founded in spring 2009 after a two-year planning process, the institute identifies and assists with writing grants, leads efforts to partner under Kinesiology students John Bundy and Gioella Chaparro identified faculty affinity groups and assists in the assisting Gerardo Garay with his adapted therapeutic development of efficient business processes. The exercise program. institute serves as a liaison to faculty, staff, students and community members in need of a multitude of therapeutic and community development activities. “The institute provides support to centers and is the link between university and community,” Philibosian explained. “We match campus resources with community needs that are established by the community itself. The institute links the community to campus in a coherent way.” Some of the centers involved are: Music Therapy Clinic, the Language, Speech and Hearing Center; The Child and Family Studies Center, Marilyn Magaram Center for Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, The Center of Achievement for Adapted Physical Activity and Therapeutic Exercise, Community and Leadership Enrichment Center through Recreation, Tourism and Play, the Physical Therapy Center for Advanced Clinical Practice and the Teaching, Learning and Counseling Consortium. Students play an integral role in the institute by participating in research and providing treatment under the close supervision of faculty. “Each center benefits the community in their own way,” said Janice Woolsey, clinic coordinator of the Language, Speech and Hearing Center. “We all know each other’s patients and what every center can do. We provide referrals for patients. They get exactly the help they need at the time they need it.” Garay is still receiving rehabilitation services. His goal now is to be able to walk with a cane. “Once I do that, I’m going to be happy, but I’m not going to give up on walking” he said. Each center does its own testing and evaluations to determine which treatment would best benefit the individual patient. Discounted rates are available for students, faculty and staff. Assistance for low- income families is offered on a case-by-case basis. For more information, visit http://www.csun.edu/~instrsch/web_test/healthwellbeing/index.html —Sasha Pisterman Like 62 people like this. Sign Up to see what your friends like. External Links Topics Monthly Archive Recent Articles Calendar Featured Video August 2012 CSUN Mourns the Loss of Emeritus Music Faculty Senate Lunch Break Stories June 2012 Professor David W. Scott Human Resources News May 2012 California State University, Northridge 2012 Newsroom Photo Essay April 2012 Commencement Ceremonies: Reflection Profiles March 2012 CSUN Chief of Police Elected Head of an February 2012 International Law Enforcement Organization Full Archive » CSUN Professor Rated One of “The Best 300 Professors” in America Campus Mourns Passing of AVP Graduate Studies, Research and International Programs Teacher of the Year, Business Leaders to Address Graduates Copyright © 2010 California State University, Northridge. All rights reserved. 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