(This story appears in the latest edition of the WSU Spokane Magazine)
By Lorraine Nelson
This year’s student government president is all about bringing together students from the different health sciences disciplines.
Doing so allows them to get to know each other and ultimately understand each other’s roles better when they all get out of school and start taking care of patients.
(This story appears in the latest edition of the WSU Spokane Magazine)
Washington State University President Kirk Schulz has been on the job for about six months. The latest edition of the WSU Spokane Magazine has this Q&A with WSU’s new president to talk about his thoughts on Spokane, WSU’s medical school and more:
Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Dean John Tomkowiak, center, celebrates with Sen. Michael Baumgartner (left) and Rep. Marcus Riccelli (right)
(This story appears in the latest edition of the WSU Spokane Magazine)
By Doug Nadvornick
In the short history of Washington State University’s Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, there have been several momentous events.
The most important and the one that prompted high fives and whoops and hollers heard all the way across the state was the October 19 decision by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, or LCME – the allopathic medical school accrediting agency in the U.S. and Canada – to grant preliminary accreditation to the college so that it may accept medical students.
In the past few months, a number of developments in Spokane’s University District show how much the neighborhood could mean for Spokane’s future, and we are proud to play a large role.
At the request of the student body, WSU Spokane has created a new Student Diversity Center.
Dion Crommarty (pictured) was recently hired as the Diversity Center Coordinator. Crommarty has experience in higher education at Bloomsburg University, Penn State University, the University of Alaska-Anchorage and the University of Montana.
We sat down with Crommarty to learn about his path to WSU Spokane and his vision for the Diversity Center.
Last week, WSU’s Board of Regents approved, among many items, the renaming of the South Campus Facility at WSU Spokane to the Center for Clinical Research and Simulation – a name that better illustrates what goes on inside.
We know our campus is beautiful. But before this week, those who haven’t been here would have to trust our word.
Now, anyone around the world can take a virtual tour of campus thanks to the good people at Visit Spokane and Google.
Robbie Paul, the Director of WSU Spokane’s Native American Health Sciences Institute, will be honored in October with the YWCA’s Women of Achievement award.
Paul, an enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho, is one of seven honorees.
Paul has been instrumental in showcasing the health sciences programs offered through WSU to Native American populations.
The fall semester begins in 20 days here at WSU Spokane.
We felt it was a good time to review some recent news headlines concerning our campus, including a new clinic, recognition for our vice chancellor, a visit from the Air National Guard and more.
For the second year in a row, our campus hosted the TEAM Conference for first responders and mental health professionals.
The conference – put on through a collaboration among WSU Spokane, the Spokane Police and Fire departments, and Frontier Behavior Health – explored Trauma-Informed Care, and focused on response, resiliency and recovery.
The goal was for those from all of the professions present to understand how to deal with trauma, and some of the reasons why our bodies react to certain traumatic situations.