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Welcome from Dean Charlotte (Toby) Tate
Welcome to the AHS Alumni E-Newsletter! We are excited about this first issue. The e-newsletter (dubbed @AHS) is an important part of our communications plan designed to enrich the connections among the various constituents of the college. You will receive it six times a year arriving toward the end of the month. @AHS is designed to bring you the latest information about the college's alumni-related activities. Most importantly, the newsletter will give you a venue to share news and for you to remain in contact with your fellow alumni. So please send your good news to ahsalum@uic.edu.
We are pleased that 230 AHS students will be graduating this year and joining you as alumni. Congressman Danny K. Davis (7th District, Illinois) will be the 2005 distinguished speaker at our commencement ceremony taking place on May 5, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. in the UIC Pavilion. The AHS Outstanding Alumna is Lynn Gaudioso, Medical Lab Sciences '73. Wishing you all the best.
Meet the AHS Alumni Board
The AHS Alumni Board is ready to serve alumni like you. It's comprised of dedicated individuals who are volunteering their time to enhance the relationship between the college and its alumni. The board is still growing and hopes to add representatives from every discipline represented within the college. The AHS Alumni Board includes these graduates:
Art Slowinski, Movement Sciences '94 – Chair
Fitness Director at the Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center, Downers Grove, IL
Julie Schwertfeger, Physical Therapy '94 – Vice Chair
Inpatient Therapy Manager at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago at Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village, IL
Adrienne Boutwell, Biomedical Visualization '01 – Secretary/Treasurer
Medical Illustrator and Web Designer for the Department of Ophthalmology at the UIC Medical Center
William Truesdale, Movement Science '86, '89 – Board Member
Principal at Douglas Taylor Elementary, Chicago, IL
Joanne Bradna, Medical Lab Sciences '81 – Board Member
President of Rochelle Scientific, Lisle, IL
Felecia Williams, Health Information Management '99 – Board Member
Senior Analyst at Blue Cross Blue Shield, Chicago, IL
Dinner with an Old "Flame"
Dinner with an old "Flame" is a wonderful new opportunity to bring together current UIC Students and UIC alumni to build relationships for life. Local alumni will host dinners either in their homes or at local restaurants easily accessible to students. Dinners are left to the discretion of the alumni hosts; ideas can range from cook-outs to buffets to catered meals.
For more information, contact Tara Anderson at the UIC Alumni Association at (312) 413-2382 or visit www.uiaa.org and click on "Chicago."
Movement Sciences Department Head, Dr. Mark Grabiner, Featured on Discovery Channel Canada in “The Cure For Clumsiness”
On April 4, Discovery Channel Canada featured Movement Sciences Department Head, Dr. Mark Grabiner, during a segment titled "The Cure For Clumsiness." This piece focused on Dr. Grabiner's research addressing questions related to reducing the incidence of fall-related injuries, particularly upper and lower extremity fracture, in older adults. To view the segment, visit http://www.exn.ca/dailyplanet/view.asp?date=4/4/2005.
Meet Your Favorite Author
Join the University of Illinois Alumni Association (UIAA) at the Union League Club of Chicago for the Author’s Club Program. You will enjoy lunch at the Union League Club of Chicago and hear a current author talk about his or her latest book and have the opportunity to meet the author and have your book signed. The cost of each program is $25 for UIAA Members and $35 for non-members and guests. For more information, call the UIAA at (312) 996-8535 or visit www.uiaa.org and click on "Chicago."
Upcoming authors include:
Thursday, April 28 – Mirta Ojeta – Finding Manana: A Memoir of Cuban Exodus
Tuesday, May 3 – Joe Kanon – Alibi: A Novel
Monday, May 9 – Naomi Wolf – The Treehouse: Eccentric Wisdom from My Father on How to Live, Love, and See
Human Nutrition Partners with Former Chicago Bear Otis Wilson
Seventeen seniors enrolled in the Human Nutrition bachelor of science degree program are teaming up with the Otis Wilson Foundation to teach and promote good eating habits to disadvantaged area kids who already participate in the foundation's physical fitness programs. Wilson, alias the "Junk Yard Dog," was a star linebacker with the Chicago Bears from 1980-1988 and played on the 1985 Super Bowl championship team. For the past 14 years, he has headed the non-profit foundation that promotes fitness among disadvantaged youth in the Chicago area.
Human Nutrition students have fanned out to 16 junior high or middle schools in the western suburbs of Bellwood, Berkeley, Maywood and Melrose Park to provide a series of 50-minute talks on the importance of good nutrition.
Starting this summer, Human Nutrition students will be working with Chicago high school youths in a more intensive three-days-a-week program.
Congressman Davis to Speak at AHS Commencement; Alum Lynn Gaudioso receives Outstanding Alumni Award
Congressman Danny K. Davis will give the keynote address to the 2005 AHS graduating class on Thursday, May 5 at 7:00 p.m. in the UIC Pavilion.
Danny K. Davis was chosen by the people of the 7th Congressional District of Illinois as their Representative in Congress on November 5, 1996. He has been a member of Congress continuously since. Before seeking public office Congressman Davis had productive careers as an educator, community organizer, health planner/administrator and civil rights advocate.
Receiving the 2005 Outstanding Alumni Award is Lynn Gaudioso, a 1973 Medical Lab Sciences graduate. Lynn has enjoyed a successful career in health care, spending 25 years at Pfizer, and most recently, owning her own consulting business, Ivanhoe Strategies, LLC, located in New Rochelle, New York.
If you would like to attend Commencement, please email Caryn in the advancement office at ahsalum@uic.edu.
Support the Fund for Excellence
The college's Fund for Excellence is made up of unrestricted dollars that the college uses to provide the necessary basics (that the state of Illinois does not give) for our students to receive the best education possible.
Fund for Excellence dollars support student travel to professional conferences, enhancements to our instructional technology, additional study and relaxation spaces, upgrades in our computer software, case study videos, and much more!
To make a gift to the Fund for Excellence, please call Caryn in the advancement office at(312) 413-0197 or visit the University of Illinois Foundation at www.uif.uillinois.edu and click on "make a gift now."
Thank you for your generosity!
Alumni Career Center Open House
Is it time to take care of your career? Visit the Alumni Career Center's Open House on May 25. Bring your questions and learn how the career center's self-directed or comprehensive services can help you set new professional goals to advance in your current path or move toward a new one.
Wednesday, May 25
3:00-7:30 p.m.
UIAA Career Center
200 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL
For more information, please contact the Alumni Career Center at (312) 575-7830 or careers@uillinois.edu.
The AHS Alumni E-Newsletter is sent to college alumni and friends on a quarterly basis. Questions or comments? Send an email to ahsalum@uic.edu.
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