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News from Thursday, September 2, 2010

• Pathology Grand Rounds
  

  • "Toxemia of Pregnancy" will be presented by Chhanda Bewtra, MBBS, on Tuesday, Sept. 7, from noon to 1 p.m., at CUMC, Morrison Seminar Room.

• CGCA Root Beer Float Sale
  

  • The Creighton Graduate Clinical Anatomists will have a root beer float sale, featuring root beer from Upstream Brewing Co. and ice cream from Ted & Wally’s, on Thursday, Sept. 9, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Hixson-Lied Science Building, Mutual of Omaha Lounge. Cost is $2. Proceeds will benefit local kidney patient Jon Traver.

• Program Prioritization Template Training - Last Session
  

  • The last Program Prioritization template training session is scheduled for today, Thursday, Sept. 2, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., Skutt Student Center, room 104. There is no need to register for the session. If you are a department chair or director, program director, assistant/associate VP or dean and will be completing or reviewing a program report, you are encouraged to attend the training session. Program templates are accessible by user ID and blue password for those individuals identified by their deans and vice presidents. Online instructions are included at the Program Report website located at http://prioritizationprogramform.creighton.edu/. Please contact John Wilhelm at 280.2762 or priority@creighton.edu if you have any questions.

• Lakota Immersion-Mentorship Program
  

  • The Lakota Immersion-Mentorship Program for Creighton University administration, faculty and staff includes working with Lakota high school students who are preparing for college, visiting historical and cultural sites on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations, and a dialogue with Lakota students currently enrolled at Creighton as well as with other Lakota living on the reservations. Participants in the program will work with students at Red Cloud High School, a Jesuit school on Pine Ridge. Events are designed to allow each mentor to get to know her/his protégés and to begin the very complicated and lengthy process of completing the Gates Millennium Scholarship application. For more detailed information, visit http://puffin.creighton.edu/bucko/projects/immersion.html. Please contact Fr. Bucko, S.J. to indicate your interest in the program or for any questions (bucko@creighton.edu).

• Free CEU Opportunity
  

  • "ALPHA 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency" will be held Thursday, Sept. 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at CUMC, Becic Dining Room. Please send your RSVP to lmahon@creighton.edu if you would like to attend.

• The Catholic Church and Peace Building in the Congo
  

  • The Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society together with the Center for Catholic Thought invites you to a lecture by Bishop Nicolas Djoma, “The Catholic Church and Peace Building in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” on Tuesday, Sept. 21, in the Harper Center, room 3023, at 7 p.m. Bishop Djoma will address the problem of religion and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This lecture is free and open to the public. For more information contact Fran Minear at 280.2303 or fminear@creighton.edu.

• Free Dental Cleaning
  

  • Creighton University School of Dentistry is seeking volunteers to help complete a clinical research study. Volunteers are needed if they have sensitive teeth. This study involves placing a prophy paste for the reduction of tooth hypersensitivity after cleaning. Volunteers must be at least 19 years of age to participate and have not had a dental cleaning within 30 days prior to being in the study. You may wait until after 30 days. Please contact Gina McCallum at 280.4317 or ginamac@creighton.edu for a screening appointment. Cleaning will be done by Mark Latta, D.M.D., or another dental school faculty member.

• Skutt Student Center Advisory Board - Faculty Representative Needed
  

  • The Skutt Student Center Advisory Board is currently accepting nominations for a faculty voting non-student representative. Any current Creighton faculty member may be nominated. Please send nominations to Ryan Lahne (ryanlahne@creighton.edu) by Wednesday, Sept. 8, at 5 p.m. General Board Information: The director of the Skutt Student Center is advised on matters of policy and operation by a single Advisory Board composed of students, faculty, alumni and staff. This Advisory Board shall assume the role of advocate for the various users of the Skutt Student Center. The Skutt Student Center Advisory Board shall make recommendations on all policies and procedures and have advisory capacity over any and all areas of operation and activities in the Center. The decisions and actions of the Advisory Board shall be subject to review and control by the vice president for Student Services.

• JayWalk Early Bird Registration
  

  • JayWalk early bird registration closes on Sept. 4. Register online at www.creighton.edu/jaywalk to get the great early bird prices. The JayWalk is on Sept. 18 at 9 a.m. The race will be followed by a pancake feed and raffle. Don't miss out on this fun time and great opportunity to support the Jesuit Middle School.

• Chartrand Memorial Grand Rounds Sept. 10
  

  • The 10th Annual Stephen Chartrand Memorial Grand Rounds is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 10, at 8 a.m. in the Children’s Hospital Glow Education Center. Janet Englund, M.D. (professor of pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, Wash.), will present “Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Influenza.” If you have any questions regarding the Grand Rounds, please contact Bonnie Niemeier at 280.1238.

• School of Medicine Imaging Facility Installs Advanced Laser
  

  • The Integrated Biomedical Imaging Facility of the School of Medicine has just taken delivery of a Spectra-Physics Mai Tai DeepSee HD near infrared laser for its confocal microscope. The new laser, obtained though a substantial Department of Education/ARRA award, is the most advanced laser of its kind in the region and the only one available for use in a core facility. It will be used by researchers from Creighton University, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to perform advanced imaging studies on diverse basic and clinical questions such as the mechanisms of protein-protein interactions, the regulation of biological energy production and consumption in cells, and methods to treat brain infections.

• Catholic Comments Podcast: Pope Gregory the Great
  

  • Pope Gregory the Great, influential Early Church Father whose feast day is celebrated on Sept. 3, is the subject of Catholic Comments host Wendy Wright's interview with co-host John O'Keefe. A new podcast is posted weekly.

• Do You Like Grapefruit Juice?
  

  • The Cardiac Center is looking for healthy volunteers ages 19-40 to participate in a four-week study on the effects of grapefruit juice on an anti-platelet medication. If you do not take any prescription or over-the-counter medications on a regular basis, you may qualify. Compensation will be given to participants. For more information, call Jennifer Campbell at x4826.

• CMA at Corporate Cup
  

  • Come by and visit Carrie Valenta, M.D., of the Creighton Medical Associates – Dundee Clinic, on Sunday, Sept. 19, at the American Lung Association Corporate Cup. CMA will be offering free blood pressure checks, health information and giveaways from 7:30 to 11 a.m. Come by and visit us in the race registration area in the Civic Auditorium on 19th and Chicago streets.

• Asthma Research Study - Investigational Medication
  

  • Research participants with asthma are needed for a research study. Do you have asthma? Have you used prednisone pills in the last 12 months? Are you between the ages of 19 and 65? The Creighton University Allergy Division is currently seeking non-smoking asthmatics for a 12-month study of an investigational asthma medication. All study medications and visits are provided at no cost to you. You may be eligible to receive compensation for your time and participation. For more information, please call Janie at 280.5972.

• A Reading by Writer Dinty Moore
  

  • The Creative Writing Program of the English Department will present a reading by writer Dinty Moore, author of Toothpick Men, The Accidental Buddhist, Between Panic and Desire and Crafting the Personal Essay. He will read from his work on Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. in the Skutt Student Center, room 105. Admission is free.

• Asthma Research Study
  

  • Do you have asthma? Creighton University Medical Center Allergy & Immunology Division is looking for qualified participants for an asthma trial. If you are at least 19 years of age, have a diagnosis of asthma, are a non-smoker and use an inhaler as needed, you may qualify for this research study. Qualified participants will have 10 scheduled visits over approximately a 20-week time period. You will be compensated for time and travel. For more information please call Jean at 280.5965.

• Pediatric Asthma Study
  

  • Does your child have asthma? Are they between the ages of 6 and 12 and on an inhaled steroid? If so, they may qualify to participate in an investigational asthma medication research trial that lasts approximately 10 weeks. Compensation will be available for your time and travel if you qualify. For more information please call Janie at 280.5972 or Renee at 280.4613.

• CHRP Meet the Researcher Series
  

  • You are invited to an informative 60-minute presentation hosted by Creighton’s Center for Health Services Research and Patient Safety (CHRP). CHRP is hosting a presentation via webinar with Suresh Madhavan, Ph.D., who will present “Building the West Virginia CoHORTS Center” on Thursday, Sept. 16, at 10 a.m. in Boyne 131. Madhavan is director of the West Virginia Collaborative Health Outcomes Research of Therapies and Services (West Virginia CoHORTS). Contact Kelly McColley-Anderson (402.280.3426 or kellymccolley-anderson@creighton.edu) to reserve a seat or for more information about the Meet the Researcher Series. Learn more about the presentation here.

• CU/CUMC Corporate Cup Team - Join Today!
  

  • Need a reason to get in shape or take your current fitness levels up a notch? Join the Creighton/CUMC team to walk, jog or run the 30th Annual American Lung Association Corporate Cup on Sept. 19. Click here for more information and to register. The Creighton Employee Wellness Program sponsors the team fee and post race breakfast for all team members. You must register by Sept. 3 to receive a team T-shirt. Your tax-deductible registration goes to help make a difference in the lives of over 200,000 Nebraskans affected by lung disease. Sign up and start training today!

• Spiritual Direction and Ignatian Retreats
  

  • Cardoner will fund a four to eight day spiritual retreat or spiritual direction through May 15, 2011. Your retreat application must be made by Oct. 9, 2010, to finalize financial commitments to this program. Your retreat will include a spiritual director (find sites here). E-mail Janine ter Kuile for more information on how to be reimbursed. Only one retreat reimbursed by Cardoner is considered within a five-year period.

    Ignatian spirituality, the vision of the relationship between God and the human person grounded in the mystical experiences of St. Ignatius, has its primary expression in his book of The Spiritual Exercises. More than 20 retreat houses and spirituality centers in the United States provide a variety of services based on The Spiritual Exercises for clergy, men and women religious and lay people. The Creighton Retreat Center in Griswold, Iowa, can set up a retreat for you. Contact Fr. David Smith for more information.
    
    What is Spiritual Direction? Spiritual direction is the process of accompanying people on a spiritual journey. Spiritual direction exists in a context that emphasizes growing closer to God (or the holy or a higher power). For more information on spiritual direction and how to find a person to direct you, visit www.sdiworld.org/. Cardoner will pay for four visits for spiritual direction (for a total of $100 at $25 per hour). For further assistance in choosing a director, contact Janine ter Kuile.