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On November 11-13, several students and professors traveled to Lake of the Ozarks for the annual MOAHPERD (Missouri Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance) Convention. MAE students Kasey Gassensmith, Hannah Wehar, Kelsea Dorsey, and Laura Rethemeyer, along with Dr. Carla Smith, presented a session on meeting GLE’s through Lead-up Games for Team Handball. The session was also attended by current MAE student, Natalie Garlock, and 2013 MAE graduate Nick Clements (Wentzville Middle School teacher), as well as many other teachers from around the state.

 

 

 

MAE students Laura Rethemeyer and Shane Hartwig teach badminton skills on the last day of Home School Physical Education. Students in the ES608 and ES531 classes teach Physical Education to secondary home school students every Friday during the semester.

 

Ms. Jana Arabas and Ms. Liz Jorn attended the Missouri Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Conference, November 11th-12th, at Lodge of the Four Seasons in Lake Ozark. At the conference they teamed with Gina McNeece from Northwest Missouri State University to present a CPR class for K-12 Physical Education Teachers across the state. Sixty-one teachers received the certification.

Also, Jana and Alexandra Arabas, (Alex is a senior at Kirksville High School), presented CPR in Schools: Managing an Unfunded Mandate. Governor Jay Nixon signed Senate Bill 711 in July, 2016 stating that all graduating seniors starting with the 2017-18 graduating class must have 30 minutes of CPR exposure upon graduation. Alexandra is a CPR instructor with the American Heart Association and is doing a year-long service learning project incorporating CPR/AED and the Heimlich maneuver into the High School freshmen health classes in Kirksville.

Future health science professionals have been hard at work recently. The students in Health 255, Introduction to Community and Public Health, have been tabling around the campus of Truman advocating for safe and sober driving. They have been working tables in Magruder Hall, the SUB, and McClain Hall promoting the CHEERS program (a state-wide program giving free drinks to designated drivers) and “Drive Safe: Drive Smart.” The students started this project in late January and will continue into March. They are making a difference in their community not only by promoting and reminding everyone to drive safe and responsibly, but also by providing everyday necessities like hand sanitizer, tissues, and highlighters to all who stop by the table. One of the students in the class summed up his experience tabling by stating, “It seemed like an inconvenience at first taking time out of my day to sit at this table but after I was finished I was extremely glad I participated. I got to make a difference in my fellow student’s lives.”

In December, the HLTH 349: Research Methods course presented their research projects via a poster presentation. Topics included student knowledge of the Affordable Care Act, blood donation behaviors, assessment of campus smoking policies, college student stress, oral health behaviors, student mental wellness, and disability studies awareness. There was a poster competition for first and second place posters, most prepared and engaging research team, and most visually appealing poster. Poster competition results were determined via a vote from students in HLTH 290 and HLTH 366.

Students Madeline Thomas, Lizzy Star, Mike Judson, and Marissa McBurnett presented on Student Awareness of the Affordable Care Act and received First Place for their poster. The group also received an award for Most Interesting Topic and shared the award for Most Prepared and Engaging Research Team.

Students Emily Flecke, Marisa Meiners, Swati Patel, and Alysa Wisness presented their poster on Student Exercise Behaviors and Stress Levels. The group received Second Place overall for their poster.

Students Chloé Hromockyj, Collin Heisel, Lauren Box, and Colin Osborne presented their poster on Student Perceptions of People with Disabilities. The students shared the award for Most Prepared and Engaging Research Team.

Students Ashley Smith and Hyerin Kim presented their poster on Blood Donation Behaviors of College Students. The group received the award for Most Visually Appealing Poster.

Students Kiley Vinyard, Elizabeth Tryon-Ebert, and Maggie Farrand presented their poster on Oral Health Behaviors of College Students.

Students Zara Shoune and Jessica Hyde presented their poster on Smoking Behaviors, Attitudes, and Knowledge of Campus Policy of Truman Students.

Students Raven Eisenberger, Dria Riley, and Kristin Flinn presented their poster on the Effects of Stress on College Students

Students Ikeolu Oladipo, Montira Mosby, and Brooke Bailey presented their poster on the Relationship between Athletics and Academic Stress.

Students Maddy Carney, Chloe Griffith, Bene Clear, and Sarah Garmer presented their research on The Impact of Sleep on Self-Perceived Mental Wellness

 

 

After graduating from Truman as a BS, CHES, I went on to get my nursing degree. I worked in oncology and then made my way from there into quality.  I actually worked from home for the last several years for a company that contracted out medical chart reviews for Medicare compliance.  I recently accepted a job at Scotland County Hospital as the Director of Quality and Risk.  I’m excited to get back to my roots a bit with the community health assessment.  I love community health and health education and unfortunately it’s not something I get to do very often.

I did want to take the chance to say that I feel I had a wonderful education through the HES department.  My job entails huge amounts of data and statistics and even though I’m a nurse and that changes my viewpoint a bit, I still use the critical thinking skills I was taught at Truman every day as I look through and try to decipher the meaning and value behind all these statistics. 

Jamie Cummings, CHES, earned her BS In Health Science in May 2015. She is an Environmental Representative with the Saint Louis County Department of Public Health. Her job requires her to enforce environmental health policies in various food facilities, nursing homes, daycares, hospitals, and lodging and aquatic establishments ensuring health and safety hazards are minimized.  She also helps enforce the new Tobacco 21 laws that were recently passed in Saint Louis County.  She has many learning opportunities such as First Aid/CPR training, Epi-Ready Training, and Special Processing classes.  Jamie is also in the process of studying to obtain the Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS) credential within the next year.

Students from HLTH 405: Global Public Health developed two fundraising events to raise money and awareness to For Kids’ Sake, which is an organization focused on supporting orphanages and schools in Bangladesh. Students held two fundraisers, including fundraising on Parent’s Weekend and selling Oreo Balls at the Truman Oktober Fest event on Friday, October 7.  The students raised $213.50.
Students pictured above include Susan Caman, Christina Rudolph, Krista Davidson, Sophie Hauri, and Mackenzie Johnston as they sell baked goods at Oktoberfest.

On Wednesday, October 19^th, the Celebration of Service, Service Learning, and Civic Engagement event was held by the APDC, Civic Engagement Committee, and SERVE Center. There were twelve different posters featuring projects from Truman faculty (Ms. Liz Jorn, Dr. Vayu Gokhale, Dr. Janice Clark, Dr. Datha Martinez, Dr. Ben Wodika, and Dr. Sarah Berke) as well as projects from student organizations (SPHA, Red Cross Club, Green Thumb Project, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), and the SERVE Center).

Mrs. Liz Jorn presented her poster about the service learning opportunities in her ES506: Advanced Sport Management course.

Graduate students in the Master of Accountancy Program, Danielle Cox and Jason Bangert, discuss with Dean Kerby regarding the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA). VITA is led by Dr. Alan Davis.

Health Science students, Ben Peters and Sydney Gosik, represented the Student Public Health Association (SPHA) and showcased many of their service projects. Ben Peters is the current President of SPHA, and Sydney Gosik is the MOPIP Liaison.

On September30th and October 5^th, Health Science students from HLTH 366: Program Planning fundraised for the Community Action Partnership (CAP NEMO) as part of their efforts to raise awareness about CAP NEMO’s “Dinner for a Difference” event.  Students partnered with CAP NEMO to learn more about fundraising efforts as well as the process of fundraising. The students raised $276.78 by tabling at Hyvee and obtained multiple items of donated food to the Food Bank.

Students pictured include Mitchell Schroeder, Nikki Bhuma, and McKenzie Russell.

Students pictured include Chaney Cooper and Clare Pond.

 

 

This past Saturday was the 31^st annual Bulldog Forever Homecoming 5K sponsored by Cardinal Key, Intramural Sports, Phi Epsilon Kappa and the Advancement Office.  146 runners signed up for the event and over 50 students from Exercise Science, PEK, Athletic Training and Cardinal Key helped with registration, course marshalling, finish line, first aid and result.