This Week@WesternU, Nov. 29-Dec. 3, 2010
From the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific:
Kudos on accomplishments
COMP student Courtney Martin, OMS-IV, wrote an abstract, “Sickle Cell Disease and Contraceptive Use,” that was selected as a poster presentation at the 59th Annual Clinical Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in Washington, D.C. April 30-May 4, 2011. The co-authors are Dr. Penina Segall Gutierrez and Dr. Daniel Mishell Jr. from USC.
From University Advancement:
New Duties
Tim Bamrick, the Director of Development for the Colleges of Podiatric Medicine and Optometry since 2008, will be the new Director of Development for the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific effective Dec. 1, 2010. In his new role at COMP, Tim’s responsibilities will include fund raising efforts for COMP in Pomona and for the COMP-Northwest campus in Lebanon, Ore.
From CDHP:
Kudos on accomplishments
Sandra Rainwater-Lawler, MA, Assistant Director of the Accommodations and Resource Center, and College of Optometry Assistant Professor Jasmine Wong Yumori, OD, have an article published in the Fall 2010 (Vol. 36, No. 1) edition of Optometric Education, the Journal of the Association of Schools and College of Optometry, titled “Diagnosing Reading Disabilities at a Graduate School Level.”
Click here to view the article.
(Scroll down to page 24).
From IT:
New MS Office 2010 Tips and Training
A new feature in MS Outlook 2010 – Conversation View and Ignore Feature
Save inbox space and time. Consolidate long e-mail threads into just a few conversations using the new *Conversation View*, then use the new *Ignore* feature to remove all messages related to the conversation you select, and moves future messages in the conversation directly to your *Deleted Items* folder.
