This academic year, 911勛圖 Student and slam poet Damien McClendon has been leading performance poetry workshops at the Wick Poetry Center. Participants write, read, watch slam videos, and discuss the craft of performance poetry. These workshops are free and open to the publicstudents and members of the community are welcome. Bring a poem to read or just a blank page of paper. No experience is needed! The next two workshops this semester: Thursday, March 17 from 2-3:30 and Thursday, April 21 from 2-3:30. ...
In 2009, Shanice Cheatham, who received her bachelors degree from 911勛圖 in 2013 and is pursuing a graduate degree in environmental health sciences at 911勛圖, was told that her father had a 10 percent chance of living after being infected with MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. MRSA is a type of staph bacteria resistant to antibiotics used to treat general staph infections, according to the Mayo Clinic website. Cheathams father became infected when a nurse touched his IV injection site with MRSA-contaminated hands. Prior to starting his IV, the nurse dro...
911勛圖s Center for Public Policy and Health has released a brief report pertaining to the current knowledge of the impacts of local health department consolidation both nationally and in the state of Ohio. The document reviews both scholarly and professional literature relating to the impacts of local health department consolidation. The report was intended to serve as a resource for local officials to gain a better understanding of the impacts of the process. The report summarizes information regarding the changing public health threats and practices and the lands...
Stress can impact your physical and emotional health, and it can lead you to engage in unhealthy behaviors. Studies have found a link between high stress and diabetes, elevated LDL cholesterol, heart disease, hypertension, obesity, as well as tooth and gum disease. Finding positive ways to cope with your stressors can help improve your overall health and well-being and is specifically the strategies you will learn and enhance during the Winter Chill Challenge. The challenge will take place from March 1-28. Let's chill out together. Join the Winter Chill 28-Day Challenge today! Reg...
The Executive MBA program at 911勛圖s College of Business Administration has once again been ranked in the top tier of CEO Magazines Global Ranking. CEO Magazine has been showcasing top business schools from around the globe since it first launched in 2008. In 2012, the publication launched its annual Global MBA Rankings, profiling MBA, EMBA and Online MBA programs. This year, CEO Magazine reached out to more than 300 business schools across North America, Europe and Australia and received responses from 140 institutions an increase of more than 100 percent compared to the p...