The Museum of Osteopathic Medicine^SM, located on the A.T. Still University (ATSU) campus, announced the launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and the Department of Defense. More than 1,800 museums across America will offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families beginning Memorial Day through Labor Day 2013. Leadership support has been provided by MetLife Foundation through Blue Star Families. Read more here.

 A.T. Still University’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine is holding the 2^nd annual Pencil Drive to benefit the Schuyler County Title One program.

Donate your old school supplies to help students finish out the school year with basic items like pencils, glue, index cards, etc. Collection bins will be available in the Centennial Commons until May 25.

Last year the Biomedical Sciences Club collected 718 pencils, 1,748 sheets of colored paper, 172 markers, and many other items.

The University Student Association (USA) is seeking design ideas to revive the A.T. Still University  school mascot, the “Ram of Reason”.  Two contests will be held, one to choose the design of the new ram, and the other to name the new mascot.

Rules:

• The contest is open to all ATSU students, faculty and staff  (Missouri, Arizona, and Online).

• The mascot must remain a ram.

• All art work must be completely original.

• Hand-drawn or computer-generated images are both acceptable as long as the work is

completely original. (If hand-drawn, please scan and submit in a file with minimum 300 dpi.)

• All rights to the image must be signed over to A.T. Still University. The University reserves

the right to alter the design.

• The winner of the design contest will receive a prize package that promises to make it worth the effort plus receive the first apparel item with the ATSU mascot.

• Submissions must be uploaded to the ATSU Mascot website at: https://sites.google.com/a/atsu.edu/mascot/

• Deadline for submission: Friday, May 31, 2013

• Design voting: June 3-7, 2013

• Naming voting: June 10-14, 2013

• Winning design and name will be announced by July 1, 2013.

Designs will be compiled by the University Student Association, and voting will be open to the ATSU community.  Along with a vote for the design, you will be asked to submit a name for the new mascot.

Once a design is chosen, the best names will be compiled, and voting will once again be opened up. The winning design and name will be submitted to ATSU administration for final approval.

Please contact Ben Meyer with any questions or submissions at bcmeyer@atsu.edu.

The 2013 ATSU-KCOM graduation will be available via live streaming video on Saturday, May 18,  at 10 a.m., Missouri time. Feel free to share the link http://live.atsu.edu with those who are unable to attend. It will be available for viewing after the event, as well.

Two A.T. Still University (ATSU) athletic training (AT) students have been selected for national scholarships by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Research & Education Foundation Scholarship Committee. “These are competitive, peer-reviewed scholarships, so it is quite an accomplishment to be selected,” said John Parsons, PhD, AT, associate professor and director, athletic training program, Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences.

Kelsey Picha, AT, ’14, was awarded the Gary Delforge scholarship, which is sponsored by the Friends of Gary Delforge. “Dr. Delforge was the founding director of the ATSU AT program, and was also my graduate school mentor at the University of Arizona,” said Dr. Parsons. He was a member of the NATA Professional Education Committee for more than 17 years; he also served on the NATA Board of Directors, keeping education at the center of his focus. Dr. Delforge was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 1988, and is also a member of the Arizona Athletic Trainers’ Association and Rocky Mountain Athletics Trainers’ Association Halls of Fame.

Suzie Aparicio, AT, ’14, was awarded the John A. Mayes Ethnic Diversity Advisory Committee (EDAC) scholarship. This scholarship is provided to a qualified AT student from a diverse ethnic background. Dr. Parsons said that Mr. Mayes has worked tirelessly to champion ethnic diversity initiatives and to promote healthcare and higher education in the minority community. He served as the national liaison to the NATA’s Ethnic Diversity Advisory Committee, and his outstanding leadership efforts have been recognized with the NATA Service Award and also articles in The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, NATA News Journal and the AMA Health Care Career News.

Kelsey Picha

Suzie Aparicio