Pictured are, at left, Teresa Beck and Dawn De Vries; they earned the
National Academy of Recreational Therapy Scholarly Manuscript Award.
Photo Credit:
University Communications
In the News
Teresa Beck, acting dean of the College of Health
Professions and professor of recreation therapy, and Dawn De
Vries, program director and associate professor of
recreational therapy, received the National Academy of Recreational
Therapy Scholarly Manuscript Award for their manuscript, "Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator Profile of Undergraduate Therapeutic Recreation
Students," published in the Therapeutic Recreation Journal.
Peter Wampler, professor of geology in honors, was
interviewed by FOX 17 for a story about the missionaries
in Haiti who were kidnapped.
A new website, In
Memoriam, pays tribute to people who have helped shape Grand Valley.
Sketches
Faculty and staff members who have given presentations or had their
research published are detailed below. The campus community can self-submit
a sketch online for future publication.
Jennifer Fortuna, assistant professor of occupational
science and therapy, wrote an article, "Ikebana:
An Ancient Tradition of Contemporary Healing and Artful
Practice," published in the Open Journal of Occupational
Therapy. Fortuna gave presentations, "Assessment of Modified
Patient Education Materials for People with Age-Related Macular
Degeneration" and "Assessment of Online Patient Education
Materials for People with Age-Related Macular Degeneration," at
the Envision Conference.
Christina Catanese, education specialist at AWRI,
taught an online course, “You Can’t Spell ‘Earth’ without ‘Art’: Art
& Environmental Leadership,” through Brown University’s
Pre-college program. The two-week asynchronous course explored the
connections between environmental science and art; it enrolled 18 high
school students from across the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Nursing faculty members Katherine Moran and
Susan Strouse have been selected to a work group
that will be developing the American Association of Colleges of
Nursing Essentials Toolkit.
A Seidman College of Business planning team, along with other faculty, staff and students, planned an event for Ottawa Hills High School students who were competing in a scholarship contest.
Leanne Kang gave a presentation about research and oral histories of former GRPS students, staff and faculty at a community event. The project was funded by the Kutsche Office of Local History.