LRU, We Have An App For That!

The free app is designed to provide an abundance of information to prospective students, current students, alumni, and the Hickory community. Photo credit: LRU Marketing

Available this week in the Apple App Store is the official Lenoir-Rhyne University app. The free app is designed to provide an abundance of information to prospective students, current students, alumni, and the Hickory community. The app can be downloaded on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.

The app is well timed as summer finds new students preparing to come to campus in August and they want to explore their new university.

“Though the official campus visit is an important tool, it was a logical step to create an on-line self guided tour and offer other information geared toward a generation that thrives on technology,” said Mike Langford, director of marketing and communications at L-R. The app was developed by the L-R marketing office in collaboration with Slicker Interactive, a Charleston, SC based company that specializes in innovations for Apple products.

The L-R app puts everything you need to know on the go right into your hands. Whether it’s a prospective student wanting to take the self-guided tour or learn more about academic majors, a current student wanting to check out the discounts available from local businesses or the dining hall menu, or a member of the Hickory community wanting to see when the next concert, theater production or sporting event is, it can be found on the app. Text, photos, and videos give the user the sense of being right in the heart of campus.

“With one swipe or a tap, prospective students can explore each residence hall, learn more about a degree program, read the campus newspaper, and so much more,” explained Langford. “There’s also the added feature of calendars of community, cultural, and sporting events for everyone to stay up to date on programs.”

The app uses GPS navigation to mark buildings on the Google map to help users find specific places on campus, to locate athletic complexes on campus, and to show the location of businesses offering discounts to current students.

LRU will release a similar app for Droid devices in the fall that will include the same interactive features as the Apple version.

LRU Holds Graduation Ceremony

Kelly Medley, Senior Class President addresses fellow students
during the graduation ceremony on Friday, May 13. Photo credit: L. Harris

Houston Named New LRU Head Football Coach

Photo credit: LRU Athletes

Lenoir-Rhyne University has named Mike Houston its new Head Football Coach today. Houston becomes the 18th coach in the school's history. Houston replaces Fred Goldsmith, who announced his retirement last week after four seasons at the helm and 45 years of coaching.

Houston has been Lenoir-Rhyne's Defensive Coordinator and Secondary Coach for the last four years (2007-10). On February 4, 2010, Houston was elevated to Assistant Head Coach.

Under Houston's leadership, the Bears' defense had one of their best seasons in recent memory in 2010. Last fall, Lenoir-Rhyne led the South Atlantic Conference in total defense (276.6 ypg) and finished fourth in Division II in rushing defense (75.7 ypg).

Senior Nursing Students Engage in Mini-Disaster Simulation

Photo Credits: Senior Nursing student, John Wallace

The senior nursing students engaged in a mini-disaster simulation on campus on May 2. Students were assigned to protray either a patient with a given injury or a nurse in selected community or hospital role .

Students assigned to the patient roles, with the help of Dara Swift and Tabitha Toney, nursing instructors used make-up and propos to simulate the real injuries. Those assigned to the nursing roles set up decontamination sites, triaged patients at the site, dispatched patients to the hospital, triaged patients in the emergency room and dealt with worried families and patients.

Following the simulation all students participated in a debriefing. Such simulations help students develop the skills necessary to be valuable employees in the event of a real disaster. The students did a fabulous job portraying real patients with injuries

Campus Read Book Announced!

The Lenoir-Rhyne University 2011 Campus Read book will be The Other Wes Moore: One name, two fates by author Wes Moore. Workers install new banner on the outside of the P.E. Monroe Auditorium. Photo credit: L. Harris

Correction to the May issue of The Rhynean

The Rhynean incorrectly announced Professor Michael Dugan’s retirement from LRU. Mr. Dugan will be returning to LRU in the fall in his capacity as Business Professor. The Rhynean sincerely regrets any inconvenience that this report might have caused.

LRU Students to Present Posters on Public Health Preparedness

The Lenoir-Rhyne University Master of Public Health program and the Solmaz Institute for Obesity at L-R will host a joint poster session on Thursday, April 28 at 3:00 p.m. in the McCrorie Center on campus. The poster presentations will be followed by an open house at the Solmaz Institute, also in the McCrorie Center. Attendees will have the opportunity to see the new facility prior to the Institute’s grand opening in the fall.  Both events are open to the public.

The Master of Public Health graduate program began at Lenoir-Rhyne in August 2010.  This first group of students will be presenting their final Environmental Health risk assessment poster presentations focused on public health preparedness.  In light of such disasters as the radiation emergency in Japan, the Malaria outbreak in Haiti, the BP oil spill, the Katrina aftermath, H1N1, SARS, and September 11, emergency preparedness has become an important public health priority.  Student posters will share a statement of the risk or hazard being invested, a discussion of the legal, political, and social issues affecting the problem; strategies for addressing the problem; an assessment of how the hazard is currently being addressed in a local context; gaps in current practice; and recommendations for the future. 

Topics being explored include tornado safety for a long term care facility for older adults, emergency preparedness during a hurricane for Catawba County’s homeless population, needle safety for clinicians at a local hospital, mental health preparedness for both children and adults during emergencies, radiation as a threat to food security, preparedness for patients with Type 2 diabetes, and chemical spill safety at a local factory.

On behalf of the Solmaz Institute for Obesity, undergraduate sports nutrition students will present their final poster presentations on sports specific nutrition recommendations for the following L-R sports teams:  men and women’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, men and women’s tennis, baseball, softball and women’s basketball.  Posters will focus on the nutritional needs of collegiate athletes specific to their sport.  Information will include dietary needs for daily intake, pre-performance, during performance, and post performance.  Hydration and ergogenic aids will also be highlighted.

This event is the first of many which will reflect the important relationship being established between the Dietetic Internship and Master of Public Health programs.  Collaboration between these two programs symbolizes an understanding of the importance of obesity prevention not only for individual health but also the greater public health infrastructure. 

Obesity is one of the three factors (physical activity and smoking being the other two) driving the prevalence of four chronic diseases that account for 50% of all mortality (Healthy People, 2011).  To address the myriad of factors which lead to obesity takes a systems approach that considers not only individual behavior, but also the environment, social determinants, genetics, and health policy.  These factors are addressed in both the Dietetic Internship and Master of Public Health Program.

SOURCE 2011 - Tuesday, April 12

Mark you calendars for the upcoming SOURCE event
this coming Tuesday, April 12. Convocation create for "intellectual development" available.

Welcome Reception - 12:15 pm (Belk Centrum)

Keynote Speaker  - 1:00 pm (Belk Centrum)
Plastic Bee Brains |
Dr. Susan Fahrbach
Reynolds Professor of Developmental Neuroscience
Wake Forest University

Student Session One 2:15-3:15 

• Natural Sciences 1, Rhyne 149 (Convocation Category: Intellectual Development)
• Jordan Rockensuess, “Analysis of Antioxidants in Wines, Teas and Spices”
• Rebecca K. Smith, “Deuterium Isotope Effect on the Rate of Reduction by Yeast Alcohol Dehydrogenase”
• Morris Patton, “Using the Design of Experiments (DOE) Technique to Optimize Pharmaceutical Tablet Fomulations – A Study of Aspirin Drug Product Formulation”
• Literature and History, Rhyne 249 (Convocation Category: Intellectual Development or Cultural Development)
• Anne-Marie Bangs, “The Impact of Translation on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
• Jeremy Ard, “Echoes of Justice: The Justice of God against Imperial Ritual and Myth in Romans 1:18-32”
• Colin Corpe, “Socialism is the Best Medicine: Wilde’s Socio-Political Ideal in The Importance of Being Ernest”
• Christopher Scott Teague, “Is the Internment of Japanese Americans Properly Represented in High School and College Classrooms?”
• Creative Expression 1, Music Recital Hall (Convocation Category: Intellectual Development or Creative Development/Expression)
• Julia Byrd, “What is a Musical Masterpiece?”
• Julian Phelps, Youth These Days
• Valerie Frank, QED: A Ten-Minute Play
• Honors Thesis Competition Session 1, Belk Centrum (Convocation Category: Intellectual Development)
• Sarah Embry, "The Marriage of Luther and Blake: Divine Love, Vision, and the Theology of the Cross"
• Jennifer Lawing, “Identifying Qualities Which May Forecast Physical Violence in Acute Care Mental Health Inpatients”
• Sarah Estridge, “The Comparison of Hemoglobin AIC Scores in Type ii Diabetic Clients”
• Lucas Carnohan, “Effects of Temperature and Substrate Color on the Growth and Color Morphology of the Chinese Praying Mantis (Tenodera ardifolia sinesis S.)”
• Mallory Lowder, “A Comparison of the Efficacy of the Earthworm Eisenia fetida S. and a Locally Collected Earthworm, Lumbricus rebellus H. on the Rate of Decomposition of Leaf Litter”

Student Session Two: 3:30-4:30

• Natural Sciences 2, Rhyne 149 (Convocation Category: Intellectual Development)
• Brian Sullivan, “Effects of Caffeine on Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Development: Growth Rate, Heart Rate, and Motor Function”
• Amanda Withers, “The Effect of Compost Age on Germination and Growth Rate of Clemson Spineless Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)”
• Christopher B. Gilbert, “An Investigation into a Pressurized Water Projectile”
• Satire and Reality of Islamaphobia, Rhyne 249 (Convocation Category: Intellectual or Cultural Development)
• A roundtable presentation/discussion by David Hennig, Skye Sessions, and Jordan White
• Creative Expression 2, Music Recital Hall (Convocation Category: Intellectual Development or Creative Development/Expression
• Randi Duplantis, Michelle Sapanaro, Charity Simmons, and Hannah Simmons, “Loving Love, Ruby Lavender”
• Stepfanie Gaither, Talking of Michelangelo: A Ten-Minute Play
• Corey S. Cavenaugh, Prayers to Tommy
• Honors Thesis Competition Session 2, Belk Centrum (Convocation Category: Intellectual Development or Cultural Development)
• James E. Crapps, Jr., “Going Beyond Design”
• Henry Michaels, “The Unanswered Questions? Why Musicians are Drawn to a Life in Music”
• Emily S. Annas, “Lived Experience of the Participant in the Breast Health Navigation Program”
• Lauren Triplette Hutto, “An Investigation of Intubation as a Risk for MRSA Infection among NICU Patients”
• Madison Holloway, “A Nutritional Comparison of Chia Seeds Salvia hispanica and Acorns of Northern Red Oak Quercas rubra: The Future of Functional Foods” 

Student Session Three 4:45-5:45

• Natural Sciences 3, Rhyne 149 (Convocation Category: Intellectual Development)
• Kenny Vilagos, “Dormitory Energy Use and Waste Generation”
• Tim Johnson, Ben Maguire, Andrew Golden, and Rachel Hoover, “Beach Dynamics in the British Virgin Islands”
• Lucas Carnohan, Brittany Oxford, La Wu, and Heather Sackett, “A Year to Year Comparison of the Water Quality of the British Virgin Island Bays”
• Social and Behavioral Sciences, Rhyne 249 (Convocation Category: Intellectual or Cultural Development)
• Deondrá Newell, “Coming Out: The Impact of Age in Regards to Behavior”
• Jessica Frisina, “Perceptions of and Explanations for Infidelity”
• Kyle May, “Healthcare Reform: How Will it Affect Catawba County and North Carolina?”
• Creative Expression 3, Music Recital Hall (Convocation Category: Intellectual Development or Creative Development/Expression)
• Stories, Poems, and Photography Appearing in Cantos 2011, Read or Presented by the Contributors
• Honors Thesis Competition Session 3, Belk Centrum (Convocation Category: Intellectual Development)
• Joshua Aaron Poole, “The U-2 Affair: Refreezing the Cold War?”
• Leah Ballard, “Preferred Education of CHF Patients”
• Summer S. Gosnell, “Relationship Between Neonate Apgar Scores & Maternal Analgesics”
• Haley Suttles, “Outcome of Clients with Sepsis in a Local Emergency Department”
• Elisabeth M. Campbell, “Extracts on Percent Germination and Radical Lengths of Lettuce Seeds (Latuca sativa)”

Posters Available for viewing in the Belk Centrum Lobby, from 12:15 to 4:45

• Jennifer Martin, “Attitudes towards Tattoos: Does Gender Matter?”
• Rachel Chapman, “The Eating Behaviors of Students at Lenoir-Rhyne University”
• Stephanie Watts, “Looking Past the Disability”
• Von Carmack and Jason Lazo, “Lacrosse and Nutrition”
• Dustin Absher and Dewayne N. Jones, “Analysis and Application of Nutrition for Men’s Soccer at Lenoir-Rhyne University”
• Robert Knight, “Static Electricity Effects of Nitrogen Fixation on Wisconsin Fast Plants Growth”

Nursing Professor Presents Poster and Writes Book Chapter!

Congratulations to Dr. Judy Hilton, who presented a poster at the 19th Annual Congress: Women's Health 2011 in Washington, D.C., April 1-3. The name of the poster was "Folic Acid Awareness and Intake Among Young Women Aged 18-24 years".

Dr. Judy Hilton also wrote the chapter entitled "Normal Postpartem Care" for Maternal Newborn Nusing Care Plans, 2nd ed. Jones and Bartlett Learning, recently published.

Youthful Voices to Perform Classics at Spring Concert

 
The Lenoir-Rhyne Youth Chorus, under the direction of founder and conductor Florence Jowers, will perform their annual Spring Concert at Corinth Reformed Church on Palm Sunday afternoon, April 17th, at 3:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken to help with tour expenses.

The more than 100 singers will perform favorites such as “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” with a jazz twist and “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” as well as many nature-themed pieces. Pianist Freda Herrell will accompany them. Repertoire is chosen from classical, folk, world music, spirituals, and contemporary pieces with texts that are worthy of memory.

Four seniors will be honored at this concert: Mary Grace Sheets from Newton-Conover High School; Katie Keyes, Emily Byrd and Mary Kathryn Kuehnert, homeschooled singers.

The tour choir from this chorus sang last summer in a concert in Carnegie Hall, New York City. The chorus has also traveled extensively in the southeast, and will perform in Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina in May of this year.

For more information or to schedule an audition, contact Jowers at 828-328-7195.