March 3, 2021
Cheri Ghan creates scholarship fund for student ambassadors
If you’re struggling to believe in yourself, you always have one person in your corner: Cheri Ghan. A former journalist, Ghan came to Mizzou in 2006. Originally hired to manage communication for the School of Health Professions, she now leads student recruitment efforts for the school. This position connects her with prospective Mizzou Health Professions students and their families. “I see the post-secondary education decision as one of the most important decisions students make in their lives,” Ghan said. “I take a lot of pride in helping students and their families understand what their options are.” Mentoring student ambassadors Above: Cheri Ghan sits with…
Feb. 25, 2021
Health Sciences major named Intern of the Week
Congratulations to Caleigh Achim, a Health Sciences major who was named Intern of the Week at Sprekk Supply Group (SSG)! SSG is a medical technology company focused on accelerating the use of cutting-edge technologies for chronic pain treatments, specifically for neck and spine. In January, Achim started working for SSG as a medical device sales intern, where she learns about their products, devices and pain-managements strategies, creates sales presentations on the products, and gets hands-on experience pitching the products and devices in sales meetings with medical professionals and clients that SSG serves. “I have truly been privileged to have an…
Feb. 25, 2021
Tori Specketer represents SLHS as grad student board member
Feb. 26, 2020 Victoria (Tori) Specketer, MHS student in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, has been selected as the next Missouri Speech-Language Hearing Association (MSHA) graduate student board member. Specketer will start this executive board position on Aug. 1, 2021. The graduate student board member advocates for speech-language pathology and audiology students in Missouri. Tori will communicate with the ten NSSLHA chapters from around the state about MSHA events and activities, including opportunities for students to participate at the state level. “I am really looking forward to getting to know all of the MSHA Executive Board Members,” Specketer said. “I…
Feb. 25, 2021
Students present research at American Physical Therapy Association’s centennial event
Feb. 25, 2021 The Department of Physical Therapy would like to congratulate Mizzou DPT students Morgan Woods, Connor Redmon, Jason Cook, Jenna Lawler, Kayley Stock, and Breanna Sitzes on their recent research presented virtually at the 2021 APTA-Combined Sections Meeting (CSM). This year marked the centennial anniversary of the APTA, and the CSM is the profession’s premier event. Congratulations to these outstanding students, as well as their faculty mentors and fellow co-authors. Adapting to COVID-19: Pediatric Physical Therapists and Telehealth Authors: Hall JB, Woods ML, Luechtefeld JT. Poster Presentation Differences in Sleep, Pain, and Depression Among Chronic Pain Populations: Implications…
Feb. 22, 2021
Future Tigers: Meet your professors!
The School of Health Professions is excited to offer a series of evening video sessions for admitted students to meet their professors and explore our degree programs. These Zoom sessions will be led by faculty members and students in each discipline. At least one School of Health Professions student ambassador – maybe one you’ve met! – will be on hand as well. You can sign up for as many info sessions as you want. Ask as many questions as you want in the sessions. Or, if you’re the quiet type, feel free to just watch, listen and learn! All sessions…
Feb. 10, 2021
Health care students give — and receive — COVID-19 vaccinations
Patient-facing students from the School of Health Professions, School of Medicine and School of Nursing headed to Faurot Field to help protect themselves, their patients and our community. Students at the University of Missouri are joining health care workers on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19. MU Health Care and the Student Health Center recently held a vaccination clinic where dozens of patient-facing students from the School of Health Professions, School of Medicine and School of Nursing received their first COVID-19 vaccination. Hear from students who received — and helped administer — the vaccine as they share why…
Jan. 15, 2021
Fall 2020 Dean’s List
Jan. 15, 2021 Congratulations to all students who made the Fall 2020 Dean’s List! Each school and college at the University of Missouri determines its own dean’s list eligibility for undergraduate students. Students who had privacy holds in MyZou are excluded from public lists. To qualify for the dean’s list in the School of Health Professions, a student must earn a 3.3 GPA in a minimum of 12 graded (A-F) credit hours. Dean’s list honors only apply to Fall and Spring semesters. Courses graded S/U or Hearer do not count toward the required 12 graded hours. Self-paced courses must be…
Jan. 7, 2021
Mizzou students recognized by Missouri Public Health Association
The Missouri Public Health Association has announced their award winners! Each year, MPHA makes awards to deserving students in the field of public health. Two Mizzou Master of Public Health students won awards this year: Devin Hursey received The Edna Dell Weinel Scholarship, and Kayla Reil received the Health Profession Scholarship. MPH student Kayla Riel Hursey,…
Dec. 16, 2020
Mizzou student goes from intern to executive director
Plenty of Mizzou grads use an internship to launch their career, though likely few have made the jump from unpaid intern to head of an organization in eight months. But Nicole Cope, who is graduating this week with her master’s of public health, is doing just that. Cope is set to become executive director of the Missouri Immunization Coalition, a nonprofit raising vaccine awareness. It’s a new beginning for Cope, who is also retiring from the Army Medical Corps after a decorated 23-year career, having earned the rank of master sergeant.
Dec. 15, 2020
A class like no other
Show Me Mizzou talked with Social Work graduate Brandon Shults and 10 other graduating Mizzou students about their plans for the future and the moments that defined their time on campus.