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News for Students from CHBS March 21, 2016
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Updates
New Building
The new building will be complete at the end of May with furniture and equipment starting to move in in June! This new building will provide a variety of labs, classrooms, and research spaces that will allow cutting edge learning opportunities for students. For additional photos, visit the new building blog<http://sites.jmu.edu/chbsbuilding/> or watch the live webcam<http://oxblue.com/open/Skanska/Harrisonburg>.
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New Building - North View
Lecture Hall
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Hallway Near Offices
Nursing Skills Lab
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CHBS Students and Faculty in the News
Students /Alumni
· Congratulations JMU Hack Team with their Grand Prize win!!! This weekend, five students from Engineering, Occupational Therapy, and Social Work participated in the annual "Caring for the Caregiver" Hackfest event in Richmond, VA. Dr. Morgan Benton (ISAT) coached the team. Team members were:
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§ Collier Apgar, Engineering
§ Christie Briskey, Occupational Therapy
§ Jessica Hilleary, Social Work
§ Kiley Petencin, Occupational Therapy
§ Michaela Schnier, Social Work
More details about the event and the team's experience will be posted on our website and included in the next newsletter. Congratulations team!
· Scott Goldschmidt (Health Services Administration) placed second in the undergraduate division of the annual Richard J. Stull Student Essay Competition in Healthcare Management for his essay "Case Management of Heart Failure Patients: A Strategic Framework for Reducing Readmissions and Improving Patient Outcomes." The competition is a national contest sponsored by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). The purpose of the competition is to stimulate and demonstrate the ability of future healthcare executives to identify important issues in their professions. Contest winners and their respective institutions were presented with certificates and monetary awards at the Congress on Healthcare Leadership meeting last week. Congratulations Scott and the HSA program for continuing the impressive tradition of JMU essay contest winners!
· Kristen Smith, a Graduate Psychology doctoral student in Assessment and Measurement, was appointed to serve as Division D Senior Representative for the Graduate Student Council (GSC) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in 2015-2016. As part of her responsibilities, Kristen will attend the AERA Annual Meeting in April in Washington, D.C.
· On March 3rd, senior CSD honors student Harley Wheeler presented his thesis work (poster) at the 2016 American Auditory Society Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, AZ. His work, "Build-up Effect of Auditory Stream Segregation Using Amplitude-Modulated Narrowband Noise," was supported, in part, by a Research Grant from CHBS and funding from the CSD department. This work was conducted under the supervision of Dr. Yingjiu Nie.
· Michael Morikawa, an AuD student (graduate student in CSD), will present his dissertation work on April 13-16, at the AudiologyNOW! (American Academy of Audiology) 2016 Conference in Phoenix, AZ. This project was supported by the Ruth Symposium Student Research Grant and faculty funding from CSD. Michael recently received the Graduate Travel Grant to support his attendance at this conference. Michael's work, entitled "Effects of age and musical experience on melodic contour ID and sentence recognition by children," was conducted under the mentorship of Dr. Yingjiu Nie.
· Four Nursing students have been elected to the new VNSA (Virginia Nursing Student Association) Board. Congratulations to the following students:
o Katie Retan - First Vice President
o Emma Richer - Secretary
o Lauren Drake - Treasurer
o Monica Whitby - Historian
· Psychology students have posted an impressive record of past and upcoming conference presentations. Below is a list of those presenters, their presentation titles and the conferences at which they have presented or will present. Nice job students - you represent JMU and CHBS well!
o Grant Pointon, Anna Gangsaas, Nancy Mack, Marcos Contreras, & Ben Krause "Sleep Deprivation and Voluntary Alcohol Consumption: the Neuroplasticity of Chronic Behaviors," Society for Neuroscience conference in Chicago, IL on October 17-21, 2015.
o Jeremiah Brown, Taylor Livesay, & Michael Phelan "Delay Discounting in the Pigeon," Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis in Roanoke, VA on October 22-24, 2015.
o Daroon Jalil "Effect of Foreign Accent on Lexical Retrieval, Veridical and False Memory," Psychonomic Society conference in Chicago, IL on Nov 19-22, 2015.
o Hannah Pellegrino "Recognition Memory across Teaching Methods: A Lab Study," Team Based Learning annual meeting in Albuquerque, NM on March 3-5, 2016.
o Michael Noel, Cassidy Gonzalez, Michelle Goodwin, Emily Mazzola, Kacie Bornheimer, Jason Cotton, Tierney Patton, & Nancy Windsor "Altruism, Service Learning, Purpose in Life, and Positive Global Change," Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology (SETOP) in Atlanta, GA from March 4-5, 2016.
o Nicole Fox, Gabrielle Reimann, Melissa Manley, & Megan Mischinski "Monument-al Assessment of Peer Advising!" National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) in Hyattsville, MD from March 16-18, 2016.
o Elisabeth Burleson, Emily Ingersoll, & Mikala Morrow "A Unique Peer Advising Practicum at Work," National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) in Hyattsville, MD from March 16-18, 2016.
o Allison Piotrowski, Kathryn Tousley, Olivia Kimmel, & Jacqueline Given "'Tech Wizards' Capitol-ize on Social Media for Peer Advising," National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) in Hyattsville, MD from March 16-18, 2016.
o Olivia Jewell "Age at First Sex as a Predictor of Adolescent Anxiety, Depressive Symptoms, and Self-Esteem: Relationship Context as a Moderator," Society for Research on Adolescence biennial meeting in Baltimore, MD on March 31-April 2, 2016.
o Lauren Barlotta "Number of Facebook Friends and Coping Online as Predictors of Rejection Sensitivity," Society for Research on Adolescence biennial meeting in Baltimore, MD on March 31-April 2, 2016.
o Michael Noel, Jordayn Price, Olivia Saillen, Cassidy Gonzalez, Michelle Goodwin, Paulius Satkus, Emily Mazzola, Kacie Bornheimer, & Jason Cotton "Altruism, Service Learning, Purpose in Life, and Positive Global Change," Teaching of Psychology (TOP) in Tarrytown, NY from April 1-2, 2016.
o Amanda Feldman "Context Effects in Phantom Recollection in Older and Younger Adults," Cognitive Aging conference in Atlanta, GA on April 14-17, 2016.
o Anthony Chhoun, Danielle Guirgis, Caroline Lanzara, Brianne Rodgers, & Lily Takahashi "Facial Processing of Chimps and Humans Related to Own-Species Bias," Virginia Psychological Association (VPA) Newport News, VA on April 21, 2016.
o Allison Brandmark & Amariah Vega "Recognition Memory Across Pedagogies," Virginia Psychological Association (VPA) Newport News, VA on April 21, 2016.
o John Sefcik "What Form of Passion is Found in Gritty Individuals?" Virginia Psychological Association (VPA) Newport News, VA on April 21, 2016.
o Rachel Youssef "Passion for Academics, Competition, and Choice in the Prisoner's Dilemma," Virginia Psychological Association (VPA) Newport News, VA on April 21, 2016.
o Katie Salatino "Passion and Nutrition Labels," Virginia Psychological Association (VPA) Newport News, VA on April 21, 2016.
o Nikole Gregg & Lachelle De Groat "An Examination of the Psychometric Properties of the Alliant Intercultural Competency Scale," Association for Psychological Science in Chicago, IL on May 26-29, 2016.
o Kenna Dickard, Rachel Bily, & Akyla Joseph "CMSS Male Rape Myths," Association for Psychological Science in Chicago, IL on May 26-29, 2016.
o Audra Turner, Erin Sullivan, & Elizabeth Smith "Sociocultural Assessment Data," Association for Psychological Science in Chicago, IL on May 26-29, 2016.
· Sixteen Occupational Therapy faculty and students are scheduled to present their scholarly work at the national AOTA Conference in Chicago in April.
· During the winter months, Occupational Therapy graduate students Jake Gilbert, Heidi Maeyer, Thomas Grunwald, Kiley Pentencin, Christine Tuebner, Hope Sadowski, Chanele Molano, Emily Lupin and Katrina Lauer volunteered on weekends at Massanutten Ski Resort with Therapeutic Adventures, a program that assists persons who have disabilities with skiing.
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· A group of first year Occupational Therapy students volunteered as support staff for Woodrow Wilson's Winter Games in February. It sounds like they were a huge hit in the eyes of the participants and staff members. Way to go OT students!
· A large delegation of JMU faculty, administrators, and students from the Assessment and Measurement program (Graduate Psychology) traveled to Houston in December to attend and present at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC). Dr. Keston Fulcher (Center for Assessment & Research Studies), Dr. John Hathcoat (Assistant Assessment Specialist), Kristen Smith (2nd year Ph.D. student), and Courtney Sanders (2ND year Ph.D. student) presented workshops at the meeting.
· Dr. John Hathcoat (Graduate Psychology) and members of Student Affairs Assessment Support Services (SASS) (Heather Harris, Madison Holzman, and Derek Sauder) provided a webinar about implementation fidelity assessment through The Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE) in January. Approximately 500 people registered for the webinar.
· Dr. Tom Moran (Kinesiology) and Shelly Bloomfield (Occupational Therapy) are teaming up to develop a soccer team for children from refugee families and children who have disabilities.
· Dr. Chris Clinard and Sarah McClements Hodgson (AuD student - CSD) presented their research "Neural correlates of the binaural masking level difference in humans" at the Scientific and Technology Meeting of the American Auditory Society in early March.
· Chance McDermott, a doctoral student in Graduate Psychology's Combined-Integrated Clinical and School Psychology program is respected by faculty for his strong gifts in teaching and presentation. He presented a section of the Building Cultural Competency Workshop (BCCW) entitled "Two Minds," based on Gregg Henriques' justification hypothesis. In addition, Chance has been a co-presenter for three recent conference presentations including the Collaborating Across Borders (CAB V) conference in September.
Faculty
CHBS Faculty Awards
Congratulations to the following CHBS Distinguished Faculty Award Honorees. A reception to honor and celebrate these award recipients will be held in April.
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Madison Scholar Award
Dr. Nicholas Luden
Kinesiology Department
Distinguished Teacher Award
Dr. Jessica Irons
Psychology Department
Distinguished Service Award
Dr. Terry Wessel
Health Sciences Department
Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
Dr. John Hathcoat
Graduate Psychology Department
Faculty in the News
· Dr. Carol Dudding (CSD) has been named as a Distinguished Scholar and Fellow to the Speech & Language Pathology Academy in the National Academies of Practice (NAP). This honor recognizes outstanding achievements in practice, scholarship or policy. Congratulations Dr. Dudding on the honor.
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Dr. Carol Dudding
· Dr. Jeff Dyche (Psychology) will serve as a consultant to the Geneva Foundation to assist with a three-year research project on actigraphy (a non-invasive method of monitoring human rest/activity cycles). This project will also fund a graduate student and travel support.
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Dr. Jeff Dyche
· Dr. Julie Sanford (Nursing) was elected to serve on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Nominating Committee.
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Dr. Julie Sanford
· Dr. Yingjiu Nie (CSD) gave a podium presentation at the 2016 American Auditory Society Annual Meeting entitled "Reduced masking release revealed in glide detection for hearing-impaired listeners."
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Dr. Yingjiu Nie
· Dr. Chris Clinard's (CSD) most recent paper was published in January. [Won JH, Tremblay K, Clinard CG, Wright RA, Sagi E, Svirsky M (2015). The neural encoding of formant frequencies contributing to vowel identification in normal-hearing listeners. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 139(1)] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26826999
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Dr. Chris Clinard
· Welcome new faculty member Catherine Brown (Nursing)! Catherine's primary responsibilities will be teaching in clinical applications and psych clinicals.
Programs
· The December 2015 graduating cohort of the Physician Assistant Studies program has earned a 100% first time pass rate on the Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE), the national board exam for certification as a physician assistant. Twenty-three students sat for this exam. This is the second consecutive year this program has posted a 100% first time pass rate. Congratulations PA program!
· The JMU-OTCES (Occupational Therapy Clinical Education Services) has received Medicaid approval for billing. This approval opens the door to provide important services to additional families in the local community and expands the educational opportunities for the students.
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Enhancement and Engagement Opportunities
Hunger Banquet presented by the Health Sciences Interprofessional Education Committee
Hunger in America is a very real problem that does not discriminate between age, sex, ethnicity or location. At some point in our lives, most of us will experience a personal or professional connection to someone grappling with chronic hunger. Please join the Health Sciences Interprofessional Education Committee at their interactive Hunger Banquet designed to raise awareness and target our professional responsibilities for this very significant social issue.
WHEN: Monday, March 21, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Festival Highlands Room
REGISTER TO ATTEND: http://jmu.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bJhxpxerWpvP4cR
WHO: Open to all faculty, staff and students
Viewpoints on Health Event
"Population Health and Interprofessional Care Management" with Guest Speaker Colleen Kraft, MD. Dr. Kraft is the Medical Director, Health Network at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and former Pediatric Program Director at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.
WHEN: Tuesday, March 29, 5:00-6:00 p.m.
WHERE: Festival Conference and Student Center, Ballroom A
WHO: Open to all faculty, staff and students
We encourage you to attend this important event!
Ability Olympics
On April 22-23, 2016, James Madison University will host its third annual Ability Olympics. Ability Olympics is an inclusive athletic opportunity that promotes empowerment through sport for individuals of any and all ages and disability to experience a variety of sports. For more information, see a short video at https://youtu.be/pbYmHWMN6yw. Registration is free; donations are accepted. To register: complete the Participant Registration form at http://goo.gl/forms/BI9kEOgnHK<https://exchange.jmu.edu/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=kVDnCHHGtytlWRlGZjMIIOcnNHvhBDdo9Q-w90VrGpE6Z_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&URL=https%3a%2f%2furldefense.proofpoint.com%2fv2%2furl%3fu%3dhttp-3A__goo.gl_forms_BI9kEOgnHK%26d%3dBQMFaQ%26c%3deLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0%26r%3d8tEZI7mEcCdlvTi443qa5w%26m%3daaqUa_YV6wJrj9lcqAJDNm_Sk76eu0R1ue_wB0pb3A0%26s%3dmJwVTX5ELbpeRrd-A-Vb-ZPlFiEXmiqREGnPew8WkQg%26e%3d>. For additional questions about the event or concerns for your participants, please email Rylie Power at [log in to unmask]<https://exchange.jmu.edu/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=21672lJ65C6hzssqs5FO2k3OLPO2iusnz8axPzcK1GChyfayNFHTCG0AYQBpAGwAdABvADoAYQBiAGkAbABpAHQAeQBvAGwAeQBtAHAAaQBjAHMAagBtAHUAQABnAG0AYQBpAGwALgBjAG8AbQA.&URL=mailto%3aabilityolympicsjmu%40gmail.com>.
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General Announcements and Reminders
Students:
Deadline Reminders
It's that time to place your orders for commencement regalia rentals! You may place your order by contacting the JMU Bookstore at (540) 568-4541, emailing them at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, or by stopping by in person. Regalia orders must be placed by April 13, 2016 (regular pricing). Orders placed after April 13th will include a late fee of $10.00. Rental requests cannot be accommodated after April 29, 2016.
Summer Courses
Interested in taking a summer course this year? Check MyMadison for the complete list of courses (both on-line and traditional courses). Interested in taking a Psychology course? The following courses may be of interest to CHBS students:
· PSYC 101: General Psychology (online and face-to-face sections available)
· PSYC 160: Lifespan Development (online and face-to-face sections available)
· PSYC 200: Mental Toughness (online)
· PSYC 250: Introduction to Abnormal Psychology (online and face-to-face sections available; not for Psychology majors)
· PSYC 285: Drugs and Behavior (online)
· PSYC 308: Health Psychology (online)
Fall Class to Help with Honors Project
Are you an Honors student in the proposal stage of your project and wishing you had help and direction with determining your project question, the literature review or the writing process? Consider enrolling in HON 300 - CHBS Honors Research and Writing Seminar with Lucy Malenke. Students who have taken this class have given it very high marks for its impact on their projects and overall writing and research abilities. The class is limited to 15 students.
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