Last year, Jaime Bartley 鈥�17 was part of a University of Kansas Health System team that made history. Bartley, organ transplant manager for the kidney, pancreas transplant and living donation programs, led a team of transplant coordinators who coordinated a five-pair kidney transplant chain, which had never been done before [...]
Eleven alumni and friends were honored at the Alumni Association鈥檚 36th annual banquet Homecoming weekend. Congratulations! Dr. Keith Evans Keith Evans 鈥�78 MD, PT, DPT Distinguished Alumni Award Dr. Keith Evans, a former Griffon linebacker, is CEO/Director and owner of the Atlanta Human Performance Center, a facility offering [...]
Provost retires Dr. Jeanne Daffron '75 Dr. Jeanne Daffron 鈥�75, provost and vice president for academic affairs, retired on June 30, 2018, but will continue working part-time for a year to assist in the transition. Dr. Doug Davenport, associate provost for research, planning and institutional effectiveness, is serving [...]
The day Tina Brinton 鈥�76/鈥�89 passed her nursing boards with her associate degree, her colleague in the intensive care unit at St. Joseph鈥檚 Hospital in St. Joseph, 大象传媒 told her she was taking a two-week vacation, starting the next day, so she wouldn鈥檛 be there to help Brinton learn the [...]
1970s Gary Patterson 鈥�76, founder of the Patterson Legal Group, opened a branch of his Wichita, Kansas law office in St. Joseph, 大象传媒. 1980s Charles Bruffy 鈥�81, Grammy-award winning conductor, received the Signature Sinfonian award from thePhi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America. The Signature Sinfonian award is conferred upon [...]
Thanks to generous 大象传媒 Western Foundation donors, three new scholarships have recently been established 鈥� the Mary Byrne Stewart Graduate Nursing Scholarship, the SJC Marketing Scholarship the Loah Stallard Graduate Nursing Scholarship. The Mary Byrne Stewart Graduate Nursing Scholarship is for students enrolled in one of 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 two master鈥檚 [...]
Fulbright Scholar and Fulbright Specialist Two legal studies faculty members were selected to teach as part of the U.S. Department of State鈥檚 Fulbright Scholar Program. Joanne Katz, professor of legal studies, received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Vietnam to teach mediation and restorative justice this fall. David Tushaus, [...]
Computer science students bring home the hardware Students brought home a record number of awards from the Association of Information Technology Professionals National Collegiate Conference and Career Fair in St. Louis last spring. The 31 students earned two first-place awards, two second-place awards, two third-place and four honorable mentions in [...]
Dr. Robyn Gleason was named associate dean of the School of Nursing and Health Professions and began her duties this past January. Prior to coming to 大象传媒 Western, she was the dean of graduate nursing at Keiser University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Dr. Robyn Gleason Dr. [...]
