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.

SGA Winners Announced!

Lenoir-Rhyne is proud to announce the winners of the election for 2011-2012 Student Government Association Executive Officers.
President:           Bart Keeler
Vice President:   Rosa Reyes
Secretary:           Joshua Mackey
Treasurer:           Megan Neubauer
Chief Justice:      Clifton Garmon

Final "Town Hall" Meeting Scheduled for Monday, April 4th

LRU faculty, staff and students are invited to attend the fourth and final “town hall” session on Lenoir-Rhyne’s Institutional Values. The final session will be Monday, April 4 at 9:20 AM in the Belk Centrum.

The fourth and final value to explore is “curiosity.”

Presenters will include: Mr. Justin Hawkins; Dr. Beth Wright; Mr. Rich Duncan; and
Dr. Karen McDougal, who will moderate the session.

Convocation credit is available to students.

Students Earn a Place on the LRU President's List for Academic Achievement

Lenoir-Rhyne University has announced the President’s List for the 2010 fall semester. Qualifying students must be undergraduates with a semester grade point average of 3.9 or better on a 4.0 scale, provided the student carried at least 12 hours of letter-graded courses.

The following President’s List students are listed by their home county in North Carolina followed by out of state students listed by their home state.

NORTH CAROLINA (Listed by counties)
ALAMANCE:
Spencer Dennis Voelkert

ALEXANDER:
Ashley Nichole Bowman, Lauren Elizabeth Bumgarner, Tyler Butler Bumgarner, Chassidy Brooke Campbell, Tameka Yvonne Morales, Sara Rose Rostan, Jacob Ira Stuckey

BUNCOMBE:
Kelley Elizabeth Hensley, Caitlin Nicole Hensley, Kari Elizabeth Jauch, Benjamin Ernest Lawson.

BURKE:
Jeffrey Todd Bedford, Kelly Elaine Brittain, Julia Mary Byrd, Hailey Michelle Garrou,
Amanda Danielle Hodge, Jordan Pah'l Luckadoo, Timothy William Henry Michaels, Hillary Erin Ratliff, Kendra Caroline Williford.


CABARRUS:
Martin Edward Guyer, Brian Patrick Lewis.

CALDWELL:
Brandi Rochelle Collins, Lauren Nicole Davis, Devin Yates Duncan, Rebecca Kerr Smith, John Carlton White.

CATAWBA:
Anne-Marie Hale Bangs, Jonna Rebekah Beard, Logan Nicole Bearfield, Stacy Lauren Beasley, Rachel Joy Birkedal, Crestal Rose Biron, Todd Joseph Bryan, Welland Dane Burnside, Georgianna Lee Cappelletty, Elizabethann Lynn Chambers, Taylor Lauren Covington, Scott Walter Curtis, Maira Parise Eckert, Whitney Rae Edmondson, Honey Yang Estrada, Jennifer Elaine Gold, Judyta Dorota Goscinska, Andrea Denise Harwell, Laura Marie Hutchins, Danielle Linda Jackson, Caitlin Lauren Jones, Katie Marie Long, Brandon Andrew Lucaciu, Norman Grant Meres, Angelica Beth Nichols, Matthew Thomas Paynter, Stephanie Lee Reidel, Andrew Lee Robison, Sabina Rita Rumswinkel, Amanda Lea Shelton, Leah Jennings Sigmon, Charity Elizabeth Simmons, Hannah Patiee Simmons, Heather Nicole Stallings, Matthew Wayne Stephens, Keesha Marie Townsend, Nou Gao Yang, Lauren Marie Yoder, Amanda Leigh Young.

CLEVELAND:
Amber Christine Huffman.

DAVIDSON:
Chelsea Nichole Hill.

FRANKLIN:
Megan Lenore Carper.

GASTON:
Bethany Dawn Sawyer, Amanda Renee Withers.

GUILFORD:
Brooklyn Danielle Bowers, Haley Irene Rawlinson, Eden Denyse Tilley, Amy Lynn VanEgmond.

IREDELL:
Desirae Chari Ball, Alisha Dawn Cordle, Bryan Douglas McNees, Jared Christopher Thompson, Julie Ann Turner, Stephanie Carol Watts.

LINCOLN:
Kathryn Edith Kanupp, Morgan Odelle Mitchem, Joshua Aaron Poole.

MECKLENBURG:
Rachel Christine Arrington, Charles Alexander Askey, Nicole Jeanette Merritt, Courtney Marie Norris.

NEW HANOVER:
Danielle Maria Bongiorno.

ROWAN:
Quinn Susannah Scarvey.

RUTHERFORD:
Kyle Dennis Holmstrom.

STOKES:
Daniel Gray Bullins

SURRY:
Audrey Meacham Hudson, Rosa Maria Reyes.

UNION:
Alyssa Ellen Carlson, Danielle Elizabeth Latoni, Heather Leigh Sackett.

WAKE:
Matthew Christopher Hamm, Kai Jared Thurow, Moriah Christine Walker.


OTHER STATES  REPRESENTED
CONNECTICUT:
Amber Marie Longhi.

FLORIDA:
Kristen Suzanne Fulmer, Kyle O'Donald Starling.

GEORGIA:
Precious Lenise Elkins, Jennifer Michelle Platzer.

IDAHO:
Lucas Paul Carnohan.

KANSAS:
Grace Kelli Brahler.

MARYLAND:
James Augustus Fisher.

MASSACHUSETTS:
Hannah Elena Harkey.

MICHIGAN:
Cameron Joseph Hnot.

NEW YORK:
Jacqueline Eileen Tierney.

SOUTH CAROLINA:
Megan Leigh Neubauer.

TENNESSEE:
Bethany Anne Hickman, Austin Lee Nave, Morris Raymond Patton.

VIRGINIA:
Sabrina Louise Cummings, Brittany Danyele Davidson.

Lenoir-Rhyne University to Hold Relay for Life Event

Lenoir-Rhyne University will hold its fourth annual Relay For Life event on April 15, 2011 beginning at 6:00 p.m. lasting throughout the night until 6 a.m. the following morning.
The event is open to the Hickory community and is $10 for those who have not previously
registered.

Relay for Life is a walk which goes for 12 hours straight and is filled with different ceremonies dedicated to survivors and those who lost their battles with cancer. Teams are formed and they are asked to have a representative walking the whole time; often times they alternate throughout the night. The teams also have mini-fundraisers during the event to donate to the cause.

This year’s theme is “Touchdown for a Cure”. The opening ceremony will begin promptly at
6:00 p.m. and the night will include food, a “Mr. Relay” male beauty competition, the traditional luminary event, live entertainment and more.

According to Hannah Warren, the event chair, Relay For Life is held throughout the United
States. These events are hosted by various groups such as school organizations and churches. Warren says, “Relay For Life is a collaborative project that cannot happen without the help of the volunteers and our Relay For Life planning team.”

Relay For Life is an event held in conjunction with the American Cancer Society to raise money for cancer research. The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization. Headquartered in Atlanta, G.A., the ACS has state divisions and more than 3,400 local offices. The organization focuses on capacity building in developing cancer societies, with the ultimate goal to raise as much money as possible for cancer research.

This organization also works to provide the most accurate, up-to-date information on cancer,
cancer prevention, early detection, treatment, survival, and quality of life. Relay For Life gives
people a chance to celebrate those who have won their battle against cancer, remember loved ones who did not, and fight against the disease.

For more information on Lenoir-Rhyne’s 2011 event visit: lrrelay.org or contact Hannah Warren at Warrenh@my.lr.edu.

Graduation Fair This Week!

The Graduation Fair will take place this week on:

Tuesday, March 29th from 12:00pm – 5:00pm and
Wednesday, March 30th from 9:00am – 1:00pm
Cromer Center Lobby

Students will be able to purchase caps and gowns, (both undergrad and grad) and order class rings. The price of the bachelors unit will be $68.95 + tax, and the masters unit will be $64.95 +tax. If you are unable to attend the Grad Fair the LR Bookstore will have everything you need.

Student’s Involvement with Carolina Donor Services Leads to Campus Award

Carolina Donor Services recently recognized Lenoir-Rhyne University for winning the 2010 National Donation Campus Challenge event.

Started by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, the National Donation Campus Challenge unites the federal government, organ donation community, colleges and universities to educate campus communities on the critical need for more organ and tissue donors. They work to increase donor registration through statewide donor registries.

Lenoir-Rhyne University won the challenge with 127 registrations. Led by student Amber Douglas and the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., the challenge offered students campus-wide donation education sessions, donor drives, and a movie night that featured the movie Seven Pounds. L-R also brought current Mrs. North Carolina, Tammi Murray, to help raise awareness and encourage students to register.

Amber took this challenge on not only for her school, but also for her mother, a recipient of a double lung transplant that improved her life drastically. The tight bond between the Zeta Phi Beta sisters encouraged each of them to help with this cause. Through Amber’s mother, they saw what it means to get a second chance at life.

Along with Lenoir-Rhyne, Alamance Community College, Pitt Community College, and Lenoir Community College participated in the challenge.

About Carolina Donor Services
Carolina Donor Services is the federally designated, not for profit organ and tissue donation organization serving 6.1 million people in 78 counties of North Carolina and Danville, Virginia. In North Carolina, there are over to 3,000 people currently on the waiting list for a life saving organ transplant, across the United States there are over 110,000 people waiting for an organ transplant. For more information about Carolina Donor Services please visit our website at www.carolinadonorservices.org or call 1-800-200-2672.