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JCHS Faculty/Staff Congratulations and Recognition

Welcome to the JCHS Congratulations and Recognition webpage, a resource where you can learn more about the accomplishments of JCHS faculty and staff.

This page is updated routinely with new information. If you have an accomplishment you would like to share with JCHS faculty, staff, alumni, friends, visitors and more, contact Mark Lambert, Communications and College Relations, at (540) 985-9031 or via e-mail at mlambert@jchs.edu.

Click on a link below to skip to a faculty or staff member's information:

·       Carolyn Finney

·          Sharon Hatfield

·          Paula Prince

·          Susan L. Booth

·          David Haynes

·          Sarah Ross

·          Warren Clark

·          Debra Johnson

·          Carol Seavor

·          Connie Cook

·          Wilton Kennedy

·        Darrell Shomaker

·          Judy Cusmano

·          Mike Krackow

·        Mike Slaughter

·          Denise Dillingham

·          Glen Mayhew

·        Douglas Southard

·          Bonny Dillon

·          Judith McKeon

·        Stuart Tousman

·          Anne Frazier

·          Carol Molinari

·        Diana Willeman

·          Jeannie Garber

·          Bridget Moore

·        Linda Williams

·          Rebecca Greer

·          Monty Gross

·          Ava Porter

·       Chase Poulsen

Carolyn Finney, JCHS College Receptionist and front line interceptor of visitors to Admissions/ Financial Aid, celebrated her 20^th anniversary with JCHS on Friday Feb. 29! Congratulations to Carolyn and thank you for all of your hard work, dedication and service to our school over the past two decades!

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Susan L. Booth, currently in our Security Department, will become the new JCHS Physical Plant Officer in March 2008. Susan will oversee all of our buildings and ensure everything in them continues to run smoothly. Congratulations, Susan!

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Dr. Warren Clark, R.N., Faculty in Nursing, has agreed to become the interim program director for the Master's in Nursing program.

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Connie Cook, Admissions, received her B.S. degree in Communications from Old Dominion University.

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Judy Cusmano, Ph.D., Department Chair of Arts & Sciences and Faculty in Health Psychology, presented a poster entitled “Meeting the Need: Developing an Undergraduate Health Psychology Program” at the Rehabilitation Psychology 2008 Conference. The conference took place in Tucson, AZ and is the annual conference for the American Psychological Association.

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Denise Dillingham, P.A.-C., Faculty in Physician Assistant, was accepted as a member of the Physician Assistant Education Association’s Physician Assistant Clinical Knowledge Rating Assessment Tool Committee. Denise’s term on the committee began in January 2008 and will run through Dec. 31, 2009.

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Bonny Dillon, B.C.C., Faculty in Humanities and Social Sciences, has accepted the volunteer position of Client Services Group Manager in the Readiness and Response Team with the Roanoke Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross (ARC). Bonny is a Licensed Professional Counselor and has practiced psychotherapy for over 20 years. Her original ARC connection was through the Spiritual Care Response Team (an ARC Partner). Bonny's first ARC Spiritual Response Team (SRT) deployment was to Virginia Tech, where she served as the Assistant Manager for SRT. She has been associated as a Red Cross Volunteer in mental health since March 2007. Bonny will continue teaching at JCHS in addition to this new volunteer position.

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Anne Frazier, B.C.C., Faculty in Humanities and Social Sciences, has become a member of the College English Association in addition to the National Council of Teachers of English and the Conference on College Composition and Communication.

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Jeannie Garber, D.N.P, R.N., Faculty in Nursing, and Tammy Kemp, Director of Med/Surg at Carilion Clinic, conducted a research study of Carilion’s 2,653 registered nurses, 416 physicians and 156 medical residents for their doctoral program at Case Western Reserve University. The survey offered participants the opportunity to share their opinions and perceptions on a variety of topics including implementation of electronic medical records, collaboration among professions and perceptions of servant leadership.

In addition, Jeannie successfully defended her doctoral thesis at Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and is now officially Jeannie Garxber, D.N.P., R.N. The title of her research is, “Nurse, Physician and Medical Resident Attitudes Toward Collaboration and Servant Leadership.”

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Rebecca Greer, B.B.A., M.S.N., R.N., Director of AD Nursing Program, successfully defended her doctoral thesis at Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing with a Doctorate of Nursing and is now officially Rebecca Greer, D.N.P., R.N.. The title of her research is, “Cultural Competence and Faculty Development.”

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Monty D. Gross, R.N., Faculty in Nursing, spent the summer working on a set of PowerPoint slides that will be available online for instructors when the new edition of the Black & Hawkes Med-Surg textbook comes out in 2009. There are between 2,500 and 3,000 slides for all 82 chapters of the textbook. In addition, he co-authored a book chapter on women’s and men’s health in the book, “Community and Public Health Nursing,” which was published in October 2007. Monty also presented research on instructional design processes of expert nurse educators at a national conference in November 2007. Finally, Monty was named Basic Literacy Tutor of the Year. The honor is given annually by the Literacy Volunteers of Roanoke Valley in recognition of the work completed with that organization.

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Sharon Hatfield, R.R.T., Interim Chair of Community Health Sciences and Program Director of Respiratory Therapy, has earned a national respiratory therapy board advanced credential. Sharon, who is a Registered Respiratory Therapist, is now also a Certified Pulmonary Function Technologist (CPFT). A CPFT works with specialized equipment to measure and evaluate lung function.

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David A. Haynes, O.T.R., Director of the Occupational Therapy Master’s Program, graduated with a Doctorate of Health Sciences in Occupational Therapy from the University of Indianapolis in August 2007. In addition, he had an article published in the April 2007 edition of the journal Occupational Therapy in Health Care entitled "Achieving AOTA's Centennial Vision: The Role of the Educators.”

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Debra Johnson, Director of Financial Aid, received her B.S. in Management from Bluefield College.

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Wilton Kennedy, Program Director of the Physician Assistant Program, had a case study published as the Case Study of the Month by The Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. The case study presents the symptoms, the diagnosis and a discussion of the treatment and outcome. The Journal published the case study both in print and online.

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Mike Krackow, A.T.C., P.T.A., C.S.C.S., Chair of Rehabilitation and Wellness and Faculty in Health & Exercise Science, spoke at the Annual Virginia Athletic Trainers' Association Meeting. The topic was Hip Musculature and its Role in Lower Extremity Kinetic Chain Function.

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Glen Mayhew, N.R.E.M.T.P., Program Director of EHS-Paramedic and Fire & EMS Technology, was named the Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, a half-time position with a primary focus on our continuing education programs. In addition, he had an article published in the winter issue of Virginia Fire and Rescue Magazine. The article was entitled, “We Don't Need No Education, or Do We? A Look at Virginia's Fire and EMS Higher Education.” In addition, Glen received notice that his proposal, “Tree Stand Fall Prevention and Associated Complications” was selected to be taught at the 2008 Virginia EMS Symposium to be held in Norfolk.

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Judith McKeon, Director of Admissions, received a Master of Arts degree in Social Sciences from Hollins University in May 2007. The title of her thesis was, “The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1998: A Review of the Laws’ Foundations and its Impact.”

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Carol Molinari, Program Director of Healthcare Management, is the author of Up Close and Personal: Ways to Enhance Relations Between Program Directors and Their Advisory Boards, which was accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed Journal of Health Administration Education. In addition, Carol teamed up with Dr. Joel Atance, Faculty in Science and Mathematics, to judge high school science projects at the Project Forum, an event for students at Roanoke Valley Governor's School for Science & Technology. Over 190 students participated in projects covering over 40 different subject areas. They joined many other educators from across the region to help judge and advise these budding scientists. This was the second year the pair has participated as judges.

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Bridget Moore, Dean for Technology Services, recently earned an "Executive Certificate for Chief Information Officers" at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC). This rigorous program represents 24 graduate credits covering several areas including policy, leadership, change management, information resources strategy, performance assessment, project management, capital planning and technology management. This program is offered by a consortium of selected universities (including UMUC) that make up the CIO University. It is managed by The Federal U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and has a goal of improving government's service to citizens.

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Ava Porter, M.S.N., R.N., B.S.N. Program Director, has successfully defended her doctoral thesis Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and is now officially Ava Porter, D.N.P., R.N. The title of her research thesis is, "Use of Interactive Audience Response System Technology in Nursing Education."

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Chase Poulsen, B.S.R.T., and Linda Cochran, R.R.T., both Faculty in Respiratory Therapy, were part of a team representing the Virginia Society of Respiratory Care in the National “Sputum Bowl” competition in Orlando, FL. They won first place in the Jeopardy-like program.

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Paula Prince, Ph.D., Faculty in Humanities and Social Sciences, was elected Chair of the Roanoke Valley Alleghany Regional Advisory Council on Homelessness. The group was formed in 1987 by Roanoke City Council to address issues in the first report on homelessness, “No Place to Call Home.”

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Sarah Ross, Admissions, graduates from Radford University on May 3, 2008 with a Master of Science in Counseling and Student Affairs Administration. In addition, Sarah received the New Professional in Student Personnel Award at the Virginia Association of Student Personnel Administrators Outstanding Professional Awards Event in November 2007.

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Carol Seavor, President of JCHS, published a chapter in the 2007 edition of FA Davis' Nursing Leadership and Mangement, a nursing text. The title of the chapter is "Building Teams for Productivity and Efficiency."

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Darrell Shomaker, Faculty in Bioethics, graduated in May 2007 from Virginia Tech's Graduate Certificate Program in Gerontology. He was also recognized by Virginia Tech's Graduate School and given a Citizen Scholar Award for a focus-group project he designed and facilitated for members of the Blacksburg, Virginia Senior Center Association.

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Mike L. Slaughter, Faculty in Science and Mathematics, presented a poster entitled, "Targeted Strategies in Technology to Improve Student Success in Anatomy and Physiology" at Campus Technology 2007: 14th Annual Education Technology Conference in July 2007 in Washington, D.C.

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Doug Southard, Ph.D., P.A.-C., Provost and Dean for Academic Affairs, coauthored an article on cardiac rehabilitation with scientists from the American Heart Association and American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. The article, published in the May 2007 edition of the journal Circulation, is entitled Core Components of Cardiac Rehabilitation/Secondary Prevention Programs: 2007 Update and it represents an official scientific statement from these organizations.

In addition, Dr. Southard also recently returned from Salt Lake City where he gave a presentation at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. The presentation titled "The Pleasure Trap: When and when not to listen to your body" addressed the sociocultural history of the human diet and treatment implications for the current obesity epidemic.

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Stuart Tousman, Ph.D., Faculty in Health Psychology, presented “Behavioral Issues in Managing Chronic Diseases: An Asthma Example” at the Carilion Clinic Psychiatry Grand Rounds in January 2008.

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Diana Willeman, M.S., Faculty in Science and Mathematics, completed her Master of Science in Public Health at Walden University. She continues to work on her Ph.D. in Public Health with a specialization in Epidemiology, also at Walden University.

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Linda Williams, JCHS Registrar, presented, “Desktop Diploma Printing: Taking Charge and Saving Money” at the annual VACRAO (the Virginia Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers) conference held at Virginia Tech.

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