Message from the Dean
Welcome to the inaugural issue of TCU Harris College e-News, the official electronic newsletter of the TCU Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences. As you read about our accomplishments and initiatives in this issue you will notice the themes of growth and change. The College is experiencing tremendous growth in our numbers of undergraduate and graduate students, new academic programs to meet nursing, health care, and education workforce demands, and new Centers that focus on timely, urgent health concerns of the nation. (more)
News - TCU and Arlington ISD join forces to strengthen future nursing industry
TCU and Arlington Independent School District (AISD) recently announced a new partnership to strengthen future nursing professionals. Qualifying AISD students are now guaranteed admission status to TCU and the Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences. Students can begin in the program at TCU next fall. (more)
More news - Miller Speech and Hearing Clinic benefits from grant
TCU received a $15,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to benefit the Miller Speech and Hearing Clinic, a part of the Communication Sciences and Disorders program at TCU. With the help of the Bank of America grant, the Clinic will have the ability to expand its services and provide more care to the surrounding community. (more)
Events
TCU students and renowned nurse futurist interact online
Renowned nurse futurist Tim Porter-O'Grady, D.M., Ed.D., FAAN presented an online, interactive lecture in the course “Complexity and Innovation in Health Care,” to 35 doctoral students in TCU's Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. “Because our DNP program is online, we are able to invite national experts to teach our DNP students across multiple states,” said Linda Harrington, DNP program director. “The opportunity to exchange ideas and questions with such experts is an added value to the program.” (more)
TCU's Department of Kinesiology hosted lecture on obesity research
Dr. Thomas W. Gettys, professor and chief of the Division of Experimental Obesity at Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Center, was the 2007 Kinesiology Green Honors Chair lecturer. Dr. Gettys conducted a public lecture in the spring of 2007, which also included a dinner and reception. (more)
Accolades
Nurse Anesthesia students get hands-on experience
Since 2003, TCU's School of Nurse Anesthesia in the Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences, has been providing students with advantageous learning opportunities through a rigorous 28-month program that involves students getting hands-on experience. (more)
Linda Moore recognized for Creative Teacher and Scholar
Dr. Linda Moore, former chair of the Department of Social Work and current professor, receives the most joy in working closely with students to enhance their future and education, which she believes is the key to their success - as a result, she volunteers for numerous leadership positions on campus. (more)
Research
Probing differences in heart disease
Heart disease – not breast cancer – is the top killer of women in the United States. In fact, 50 percent of women die from cardiovascular disease compared with 4 percent who succumb to breast cancer, according to the National Institute for Health. Surprised? There is good reason to be.
Until recently, doctors and researchers were mostly in the dark about heart disease in women. Like the rest of us, they have clung to the long-held notion that it mainly afflicts men. Even research, historically, has been devoted mostly to young and middle-aged white males, yet findings are applied globally to women. (more)
Kinesiology professor revolutionizes P.E. in the DFW area
Over the past six years, Dr. Debbie Rhea, associate professor of kinesiology at TCU, has committed herself and her time to ensuring that K-12 students in Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) have a multitude of options for physical activity in a P.E. setting. In September, the Dallas Business Journal named Dr. Rhea a Healthcare Hero for 2007 for her commitment to combating obesity in Fort Worth schools. With the help of Dr. Rhea, FWISD has received and implemented five physical education program grants from the federal government to aid in revamping the district’s physical education program for K-12 students. (more)
