Oct. 26, 2022
SLHS student Morgan Linneweh gets valuable research experience in Neurogenic Communication Disorders Lab
By Gracie Hedenberg If there is one thing Morgan Linneweh, a junior and student researcher in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, would tell her freshman self, it would be to embrace her mistakes because that’s how to learn. And Linneweh has learned a lot since she first stepped foot into Dr. Mili Kuruvilla-Dugdale’s Neurogenic Communication Disorders Laboratory her freshman year, including research terminology, how to analyze data from lip, tongue and jaw sensors, and the connections she can make within MU. For about six hours a week, Linneweh works in her lab reviewing charts, analyzing speech errors and determining sentence…
Oct. 11, 2022
COVID-19 pandemic hurt academic experience for African international students
Findings can help universities direct more tailored support to vulnerable populations during times of crisis.
Oct. 3, 2022
Physical Therapy and Radiography students connect with kids
MU Radiography and Physical Therapy students showed 5th-12th grade members of the Caleb Science Club different exercises, skills and equipment from their respective disciplines.
Sep. 21, 2022
Health Professions students visit Monett, Missouri, with Rural Immersion program
Students learned about health care in a rural community.
Sep. 7, 2022
Interprofessional Education Day prepares students for careers with hands-on, collaborative practice
Students from clinical disciplines participated to learn about interprofessional collaboration.
Aug. 25, 2022
A knowing advocate for people with disabilities
Caitlin Bartley Caitlin Bartley’s first foray into disability advocacy came in the second grade when her fellow students repeatedly asked about her wheelchair. In response, Bartley persuaded her teacher to let her speak to the class about muscular dystrophy. Years later, she was still at it. While earning undergraduate degrees, Bartley proposed that the school make two classroom buildings more accessible to individuals with wheelchairs. “It was really exciting to advocate for something like that and then to see it happen. And it’s not just something that benefited me. It will benefit students in wheelchairs for a long time,” she…
Aug. 25, 2022
Health care for newcomers
Gashaye Tefera and his family — wife Mackda and daughters Melos, left, and Barckot — were recently reunited in Columbia after being separated for nearly two years due to the pandemic. Photo by Sam O’Keefe. Gashaye Tefera knows firsthand how difficult it is for international students to deal with unfamiliar health care systems. In 2018, he was a fellow at the world’s largest nonprofit, United Way Worldwide, in Alexandria, Virginia, when he started having gastrointestinal issues. But he struggled to understand the care and the cost of coverage, so he delayed seeking treatment. “I’m used to health services that…
Aug. 15, 2022
Neurologic Physical Therapy Residency program receives accreditation
June 7, 2022
Spring 2022 Dean’s List
Congratulations to 1,497 Health Professions students who made the Spring 2022 Dean’s List!
May 10, 2022
A family reunited
During the pandemic, international student Gashaye Tefera was separated from his family for nearly two years. His African resilience and the support of the MU School of Social Work helped him cope until they could be reunited. May 10, 2022 By Kelsey Allen, MIZZOU magazine Gashaye Tefera’s family (from left), Mackda, Melos, Barckot and Gashaye Gashaye Tefera is one of many internationals who leave family to further their education overseas. While his wife and young daughter were in Ethiopia, he spent two years studying in five European countries through the prestigious Erasmus Mundus scholarship. After earning a second master’s degree…