Month: August 2013

The Health & Exercise Sciences Department hosted approximately 160 Freshmen interested in a degree in Athletic Training, Exercise Science, or Health Science on Tuesday, August 20^th.    Dr. Janet Gooch, Dean of the School of Health Sciences and Education welcomed the students.  Jerry Wollmering, Athletic Director, reported on the new conference, a summary of the sports and students involved, and upcoming events for Athletics.  Dr. Roberta Donahue, HES Department Chair talked about HES and then the individual HES Faculty members introduced themselves and shared their research interests.  Breakout sessions were held so students could meet faculty members in small groups to learn a bit more about specific concentrations and student organizations within HES.  WELCOME TO HEALTH AND EXERCISE SCIENCES!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEMO Area Health Education Center (AHEC) is pleased to announce Anna Kaminski, MHA as their Health Careers & Health Education Coordinator. Kaminski will provide leadership in coordinating middle school and high school health career club and career exploration opportunities, while also supporting community outreach efforts in the NEMO AHEC 21-county service area.

Becky Dawson, Executive Director of NEMO AHEC, stated, “We are excited to have Anna on our team. Her enthusiasm and fresh ideas will play a key role in providing high quality service and support to students and community agencies in our area. We are very fortunate that we were able to find someone of Anna’s caliber to fulfill this role.”

Kaminski graduated from Truman State University in 2011 with her B.S. in Health Science and a Minor in Business Administration. At Truman State, she enjoyed being a member of the Varsity swimming team, and volunteering for local community organizations such as NEMO Heart Health. After college, Kaminski attended the University of Iowa and graduated with her Masters in Health Administration in May of 2013. “I am happy to return back to Kirksville, and look forward to becoming involved in the Northeast Missouri community once again,” Kaminski commented.

As the Health Careers & Health Education Coordinator, Kaminski will work with the NEMO AHEC staff to continue providing programs to encourage young people to enter the health care workforce and increase the number of health care professionals in medically underserved areas in Missouri.

In January, Truman HES grad Katie Stark (HLTH ’12) was named head of the Community Development Department at La Isla Foundation in Nicaragua, where she has been working for the past year.  She has been working on pinpointing the exact cause of the Chronic Kidney Disease epidemic among sugarcane workers and aiding the victims.  Other projects include working on an endless number of educational projects for our community, a legal framework investigation with our Human Rights Department, a health education/intervention project with a university coming down in August, and a huge project to bring potable water to the rural community by next January with Engineers Without Borders.

Katie said “It’s all been a huge amount of work, but a lot of learning opportunities for me as well.  I came down to Nicaragua one year ago today, pretty amazed with how much I’ve learned and how much the foundation has changed since!  We’re growing quickly, to the point where we can see the end of our goal finally, ready to publish studies and start the intervention phases.  Pretty exciting actually!”