WINTER 2013 HHS TEN DISCIPLINES. TEN COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY STUDIES KINESIOLOGY C NUTRITION HANGING. TOGE PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION COMMUNITY AND THERAPEUTIC RECREATION ONLINE T SOCIAL WORK HER. HHS WELCOME GENETIC COUNSELING PROGRAM GERONTOLOGY PROGRAM PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES S BAR B ARA WIKE WIKE ARA PAGE 5 PAGE PAGE 4 PAGE 7 PAGE 10 SHARING KNOWLEDGE HHS PLAYS KEY ROLE GATES FOUNDATION OF NUTRITION IN RECENT HEALTHCARE HEARS FROM FAITH SUMMIT HHS STUDENT SUCCESS PAGE 5 COORDINATOR HHS ALUMNA APPOINTED PAGE 8 TO LEAD DEVELOPMENT HHS ALUMNAE PAGE 14 ONLINE AT HHS NAMED AS WOMEN FACULTY/STAFF NEWS OF DISTINCTION 9 15 Communication Sciences and Disorders held an awareness event Mary Kate Maready White in May in honor of Better Speech and Hearing Month. (left) and Rebecca DiSandro began their lasting friendship in CTR 314. Dean’s Message GREETINGS, HHS alumni and friends! importance of using inclusive language in the Have you seen more of our faculty workplace – was co-sponsored by the UNCG and students in the news or in the Athletic Department. This spring, we expect to hear community this semester? That’s a good from a University of Michigan researcher about the thing! Much of this activity is due to the science and the social context of diversity. Hope to progress we are making in key areas of see you there! our strategic plan. Here’s an update: Internationalization Students at UNCG are in for an international learning Diversity and Inclusion experience – sometimes without even leaving Dr. Andrea Hunter, an associate professor of Human campus. That’s part of the mission behind our HHS Development and Family Studies, leads the Office Office of Internationalization, led by Dr. Kristine of Diversity and Inclusion through a committee Lundgren through a faculty committee assignment. assignment as part of her regular faculty service. (See article, page 3) Together, Dr. Hunter and her committee have honed Dr. Lundgren, an associate professor in in on some opportunities for HHS. For instance, Communication Sciences and Disorders, works a recent survey of our faculty showed that: 1) 93 with five faculty members to ensure international percent believe supporting diversity and inclusion is experiences for students. This can mean bringing essential to our mission; 2) we have an opportunity to international information into courses, using virtual develop clear strategies to increase faculty diversity; classrooms or promoting travel, such as our hallmark and 3) we must also support inclusion efforts. As trip to Costa Rica each summer or a multidisciplinary we all know, it’s not enough to be diverse; we must course we are developing in Shanghai. This ensure that all groups are included and supported. committee is also directly involved with UNCG’s Look for more to come in this important arena. Quality Enhancement Plan as it relates to the goal of In addition, our diversiTEAS continue across global engagement. campus. Our most recent session – about the continued next page 3 • WWW.UNCG.EDU/HHS DEAN’S MESSAGE, continued Community Engagement The School of HHS recently co-sponsored the Healthcare Faith Summit, HHS BOARD OF VISITORS which drew hundreds of community leaders and a key White House Lisa Brenner, MSW, Guilford County Schools official to Mount Zion Baptist Church in mid-November. Dr. Bob Lee Chambliss, MD, Cone Family Medicine Residency Wineburg of Social Work, Dr. Vincent Francisco of Public Health Steve Cline, DDS, MPH, Vice President for Strategic Partnerships at Community Care of North Education and Rev. Odell Cleveland, UNCG Professor of Community Carolina (CCNC) Engagement and Chief Administrative Officer at Mt. Zion Baptist Church MiMi Cooper, Health Director, Randolph County in Greensboro, helped coordinate the event, which will kick-start an effort Health Department to transform the health of Greensboro. Tim Di!enderfer, Deputy Director at Guilford Melissa Rogers, executive director of the White House Office of Child Development Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, was the keynote speaker. Bert Fields, MD, Sports Medicine Fellowship, Cone Health Faculty from five HHS departments led workshops or served as panelists, Clyde Fitzgerald, CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank addressing such themes as aging in place, access to care, women’s health, of Northwest North Carolina caregiving, chronic mental illness and youth in healthcare. (See article, Jon Hardister, State Legislator, North Carolina House page 7) The event proves that the university, the faith community and the of Representatives healthcare sector don’t have to operate in silos. We can all work together – Mary G. Jones, Founder of Alight Foundation and the end result will be a healthier Greensboro! Mark Kolada, Executive Director, WhiteStone – a Masonic and Eastern Star Community Our Board of Visitors Robin S. Lane, RN, PNP, Nurse practitioner at Our new HHS Board of Visitors held its first meeting in November. The Piedmont Pediatrics Board includes corporate representatives, health and human science Jane Lawrence, Former Associate Vice-Chancellor for professionals and educators, and community engaged leaders. The Central Development Programs at UNCG (Retired) Board’s mission is to be “goodwill ambassadors for HHS, to advocate for Andrew Mails, Director of Wesley-Luther Campus the school in the community and state, and to heighten the visibility of Ministries at UNCG Vincent E. Paul, MD, Founder of the Guilford HHS.” We are grateful for their role in partnering with us to prepare new Orthopaedic division generations of professionals, leaders, scholars and entrepreneurs. Angela (Angie) Polk-Jones, Principal of the Middle Catching Up with Alumni College at UNCG While attending a health conference in Seminole, FL, I had the Bonita Porter, MSW, Health Network Program Director opportunity to visit Tom and Carol Crouse ’63, who have given a at Sandhills Center Hope Rife, ACSW, LCSW, Director, Clinical Social Work, scholarship, and also to see Anne Isley ’51, a loyal alumna. In December, Cone Health I will visit several UNCG alumni at local senior living communities – Edward Rozynski, MA, Senior Advisor for Medical including Arbor Acres, Pennybyrn and River Landing – where we also Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA) have HHS students working in internships. Ted Shalek, MBA, Chief Financial O!cer, Pennybyrn It’s always nice to share some of the exciting work under way at at Maryfield HHS, either through personal visits or in the pages of this newsletter. All my best wishes to you and yours in 2014! Lundgren to Lead Internationalization Efforts DEAN CELIA HOOPER has appointed Dr. Kristine Lundgren, an associate professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders, to lead the School of HHS’ internationalization efforts. This work is a key part of the School’s strategic plan. It includes activities to bring departments together through an international curriculum, with or without study abroad and travel. Formerly the chair of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Lundgren has been involved in UNCG’s Global Engagement Quality Enhancement Plan. She has many activities and interests in curricular, service, research and community engagement areas, and she will excel in this role, Hooper says. 4 • WWW.UNCG.EDU/HHS Sharing Knowledge of Nutrition Graduate students and faculty from the Department of Nutrition recently led a workshop for Guilford County Schools cafeteria staff. Top: Nelli O’Hearn ’12 (second from right) finished her dietetic internship in July 2013. She is shown here at the workshop. Middle: B. Burgin Ross, MS, RD, LDN, (at left) an academic professional instructor, with three Guilford County Schools staff members. Bottom: Elizabeth Schoenthal ’14 (center) works with school nutrition staff. She is currently in the Dietetic Internship program, which she expects to complete in July 2013. 5 • WWW.UNCG.EDU/HHS Barbara Wike (right) and Dean Celia Hooper (center) enjoy the opportunity to visit with Anne C. Thomas ’57 at Homecoming. Alumna Appointed to Lead Development for HHS BARBARA WIKE ’80 “I look at it as a partnership, helping individuals create their legacy to knows firsthand the power provide for future generations of students,” she says. of alumni giving. Her work includes meeting with alumni, updating them on the School As an adult student and helping them match their own passions with current student needs. With years ago, she relied more than seven years of experience in gift planning, Wike can assist alumni on generously funded in exploring tax-advantaged ways of giving, which lessen the impact on scholarships and loans to disposable income. With lifetime income, they can even increase their earnings. attend UNCG. Today, she hopes to build “It’s amazing the work we have going on here and how our degrees on that support as the new director of have grown and expanded into new areas,” she says. “It goes way beyond development and gift planning for the School classroom learning now. Students are doing research and getting experience of HHS. directly in the community. They are really making a difference in their lives “This is work I love to do at a place that and for humanity.” I love supporting,” she says. “I have seen When alumni understand that big picture, Wike says, they are more scholarships at UNCG make a difference not interested in making gifts to endow scholarships, send students to networking only in my life and my family’s life but for my conferences or even help attract top-notch faculty. Development is a second friends and classmates as well.” career for Wike, who previously worked in IT management and then served Previously the director of gift planning as vice president of leadership relations for the United Way of Greater for UNCG, Wike joined HHS in July. She now Greensboro. She lives in Greensboro and has two grown sons. works with alumni and friends to develop To meet with Wike or to learn more about how you can support scholarships, professorships and program HHS, contact her via email at [email protected] or by phone at funds within the School specifically.