At the beginning of the 2016-17 school year, four students became Cougar Connectors – ambassadors for the WSU Health Sciences campus. As Cougar Connectors, Haley Bodeau, Lauren Mueller, Kenna Uddenberg and Megan Strom act as an important face of WSU Spokane.
It was a good 2016 on our campus. We welcomed a new Nursing dean and received approval to recruit students for the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine’s first class, which will begin classes this August. The College of Pharmacy celebrated its 125th year as well.
Our students continued to give back to the community and there are big plans for 2017 and beyond, both on campus and in Spokane’s University District.
Check out the montage above for the sights of 2016.
Thanks to all our supporters, partners and friends for a great year. Let’s keep it going in 2017!
‘Tis the season of giving, and WSU Spokane’s Community Engagement program does just that – and much more.
Community Engagement runs the Cougs in the Community events and programs on campus and throughout Spokane. Recently, it hosted Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week and set up a display on campus highlighting hunger and homeless stats related to Spokane, the state and the nation.
It was a powerful message that opened a lot of eyes. Community Engagement also recruited students to help make blankets and care kits for local charities that serve less fortunate community members.
We sat down with Veronica Puente, the Community Engagement Coordinator, to talk about the programs she helps run and what students learn.
Chancellor Lisa Brown participates in campus blood drive. The Inland Northwest Blood Center visits the WSU Spokane campus quarterly.
(This story appears in the latest edition of the WSU Spokane Magazine)
By Heather Byrd
WSU Health Sciences Spokane believes community involvement is an integral part of how we give back to the community that surrounds and supports us.
As a result, WSU Spokane partners with a variety of non-profit and community-based organizations that are providing resources that benefit everyone in our region, including our students.
(This story appears in the latest edition of the WSU Spokane Magazine)
By Terren Roloff
New research indicates that the earlier health care providers can identify and treat people with psychosis, the more likely they can help them be more successful in life.
Michael McDonell, Ph.D., says those with psychosis often hear or see things that aren’t real or have strongly held beliefs that aren’t based in reality.
Clinical Assistant Professor April Davis with students in the Nutrition and Exercise Physiology program.
(This story appears in the latest edition of the WSU Spokane Magazine)
WSU Health Sciences Spokane faculty were recognized with many university, community, state and national awards in the second part of 2016.
Zhenjia Wang (left) talks to postdoctoral research associate Zhang Canyang at Wang’s research lab in the Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences Building.
(This story appears in the latest edition of the WSU Spokane Magazine)
By Judith Van Dongen
Researchers at WSU Spokane are busy working to create healthier communities. Here’s a roundup of recent research news:
(This story appears in the latest edition of the WSU Spokane Magazine)
By Kevin Dudley
A nursing student talks to her patient. The patient coughs and says he is having chest pains. Soon, he’ll stop breathing and the student will start CPR.
Pharmacy students are providing a patient with his medications at the pharmacy when he suddenly becomes agitated. After discovering he is experiencing low blood sugar levels, the students give him something to help.
A Spokane police officer lays his hand on the gun in his holster. He’s commanding an individual to show his hands and to settle down. The individual then pulls out a gun of his own.
A truck driver is driving on just four hours of sleep. He’s driving in a forested area at high speeds. His truck is deviating from its lane, creating a dangerous situation for him and others on the road.
These scenes are from various simulation programs on campus and are used for clinical instruction, research or both.
(This story appears in the latest edition of the WSU Spokane Magazine)
By Lori Maricle
In the fall of 1932, WSU transitioned to a four-year course of study for pharmacy, from a two-year program.
One hundred-year-old Geraldine (Jeri) Kerr, B. Pharm., of Newport was part of the first graduating class of the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree four years later.
Iasis Molecular Sciences employees Dana Walters (background) and Scott Nordahl work in the WSU Innovation Center.
(This story appears in the latest edition of the WSU Spokane Magazine)
By Kevin Dudley
On the southwest side of the WSU Spokane campus sits the WSU Innovation Center in a building owned by Ignite Northwest, a local business accelerator.
WSU Spokane is the primary tenant and has been sub-leasing space to local startups since the beginning of the year in an effort to grow the entrepreneurship community.