Wednesday, June 3, 2009

The latest at Palmer

It's been a while since I posted a blog, so I thought I'd better. Here are some upcoming events plus information from the three Palmer campuses:

Davenport Campus

The next Clinical Research Journal Club meeting on the Davenport Campus is Tuesday, June 9, from 9:20-10:10 a.m. in the basement seminar room of the William and Jo Harris Building. The article to be presented is “Hip strategy for balance control in quiet standing is reduced in people with low back pain.” Spine. Mok NW, Brauer SG, Hodges PW.. 2004;29(6):E107-E112. Click here <http://w3.palmer.edu/tnews/lowbackpain.pdf>  to view the article. 

Send in Your Team Member Names for Dr. Kern’s Health Challenge! While orientation and final registration for Dr. Kern’s Health Challenge will take place at the beginning of the next trimester in July, you may register your team for the challenge any time before then. The challenge is for teams of six faculty and/or staff members, and will include several component challenges, including weight loss, a walking program and a wellness education section with fitness, nutrition and other classes. If you’ve already organized your team, just send an e-mail to Dr. Roger Hynes with the names of your six team members, your team name (i.e. The Palmer Wellness Champs) and indicate which person is your team captain.

There will be a $5 registration fee per person, which may be paid during the orientation meetings for faculty and staff in July. You’ll receive your official Dr. Kern’s Health Challenge T-shirt at those meetings. In addition to registering as a team, employees will sign up as individuals for any or all of the challenge’s components, and earn points that contribute to their team’s overall total. Prizes will be awarded for the top finishers in the component challenges as well as overall. Start thinking about your team and how you would like to participate, and look for more information in TuesdE-news, Palmer News Online and Palmer Communications e-mails. This is a pilot program for one trimester (July-October 2009) that will hopefully prove to be ongoing and implemented on all three campuses. It’s a great way to start healthy habits for a healthier you!

 

Don’t Miss Out on the Savings. Early Registration for Homecoming ends June 15. Register today for the Davenport Campus Homecoming, Aug. 13-15. The registration fee for faculty and staff is $50 until June 15 and includes admission to all sessions, the exhibit hall, a registration packet, breakfasts, lunches, refreshment breaks, as well as the Saturday Night Festival. Visit the website at www.palmer.edu/homecoming  <http://www.palmer.edu/homecoming> for event details and ways to register. Be sure to check out this year’s great line up of speakers including keynote sessions with Bob Harper, fitness trainer for NBC’s “The Biggest Loser,” Jeffrey Zaslow, Wall Street Journal columnist and co-author of “The Last Lecture,” and Louis Sportelli, D.C., president of NCMIC Group, Inc. Please contact Pamela Landers-Kundel in the College Events Department at Ext. 5289 with any questions.
 
Show Your Palmer Pride at the Bix
Running the Bix? Sign up for your free Palmer Bix tank top. To guarantee your shirt size, sign up by Friday, June 26, at the Welcome Center desk in the Academic Health Center. Women’s and men’s sizes will be available. Registration forms also will be available.
 
Pick up your tank top at the same location Monday, July 20, through Friday July 24, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. For more information, contact Katie Hoyt at Ext. 5518 or katie.hoyt@palmer.edu.

Student Patient Education Awareness and Knowledge (S.P.E.A.K.) is working with Country Corner Farm near Galesburg, Ill., to make locally-grown fresh fruits and vegetables available to Davenport Campus students and employees. By becoming a shareholder in this Community Supported Agriculture program (CSA) you will receive the produce you’ve requested within 24 hours of being picked. You select a half or full bushel of the produce you want which will be delivered to the campus once per week or every other week, depending on the quantity desired.

Students who want to become shareholders must submit a $50 deposit with their application, with the remaining balance due by the first week of the Summer Trimester.

Employees who wish to become shareholders for the entire season must submit payment for the entire share selected with their application.

All applications should be submitted to Dr. Julie Johnson by Monday, June 1, for the full 16-week schedule. Student applications for the abbreviated schedule are due by graduation day, June 19.

To find out more about this CSA program, meet with a representative of Country Corner Farm tomorrow, Wednesday, June 3, in the Skywalk from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Applications also will be available to sign up that day.

Further information including a list of available produce available can be found at www.country-corner.com. <http://www.country-corner.com>  Click here <http://w3.palmer.edu/tnews/SPEAKCSA.pdf>  for an application and pricing list for students and employees. 


Send in Your Team Member Names for Dr. Kern’s Health Challenge! While orientation and final registration for Dr. Kern’s Health Challenge will take place at the beginning of the next trimester in July, you may register your team for the challenge any time before then. The challenge is for teams of six faculty and/or staff members, and will include several component challenges, including weight loss, a walking program and a wellness education section with fitness, nutrition and other classes. If you’ve already organized your team, just send an e-mail to Dr. Roger Hynes with the names of your six team members, your team name (i.e. The Palmer Wellness Champs) and indicate which person is your team captain.

There will be a $5 registration fee per person, which may be paid during the orientation meetings for faculty and staff in July. You’ll receive your official Dr. Kern’s Health Challenge T-shirt at those meetings. In addition to registering as a team, employees will sign up as individuals for any or all of the challenge’s components, and earn points that contribute to their team’s overall total. Prizes will be awarded for the top finishers in the component challenges as well as overall. Start thinking about your team and how you would like to participate, and look for more information in TuesdE-news, Palmer News Online and Palmer Communications e-mails. This is a pilot program for one trimester (July-October 2009) that will hopefully prove to be ongoing and implemented on all three campuses. It’s a great way to start healthy habits for a healthier you!

Don’t Miss Out on the Savings. Early Registration for Homecoming ends June 15. Register today for the Davenport Campus Homecoming, Aug. 13-15. The registration fee for faculty and staff is $50 until June 15 and includes admission to all sessions, the exhibit hall, a registration packet, breakfasts, lunches, refreshment breaks, as well as the Saturday Night Festival. Visit the website at www.palmer.edu/homecoming  <http://www.palmer.edu/homecoming> for event details and ways to register. Be sure to check out this year’s great line up of speakers including keynote sessions with Bob Harper, fitness trainer for NBC’s “The Biggest Loser,” Jeffrey Zaslow, Wall Street Journal columnist and co-author of “The Last Lecture,” and Louis Sportelli, D.C., president of NCMIC Group, Inc. Please contact Pamela Landers-Kundel in the College Events Department at Ext. 5289 with any questions.
 

Show Your Palmer Pride at the Bix
Running the Bix? Sign up for your free Palmer Bix tank top. To guarantee your shirt size, sign up by Friday, June 26, at the Welcome Center desk in the Academic Health Center. Women’s and men’s sizes will be available. Registration forms also will be available.
 
Pick up your tank top at the same location Monday, July 20, through Friday July 24, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

For more information, contact Katie Hoyt at Ext. 5518 or katie.hoyt@palmer.edu.

Student Patient Education Awareness and Knowledge (S.P.E.A.K.) is working with Country Corner Farm near Galesburg, Ill., to make locally-grown fresh fruits and vegetables available to Davenport Campus students and employees.

By becoming a shareholder in this Community Supported Agriculture program (CSA) you will receive the produce you’ve requested within 24 hours of being picked. You select a half or full bushel of the produce you want which will be delivered to the campus once per week or every other week, depending on the quantity desired.

Students who want to become shareholders must submit a $50 deposit with their application, with the remaining balance due by the first week of the Summer Trimester.

Employees who wish to become shareholders for the entire season must submit payment for the entire share selected with their application.

All applications should be submitted to Dr. Julie Johnson by Monday, June 1, for the full 16-week schedule. Student applications for the abbreviated schedule are due by graduation day, June 19.

To find out more about this CSA program, meet with a representative of Country Corner Farm tomorrow, Wednesday, June 3, in the Skywalk from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Applications also will be available to sign up that day.

Further information including a list of available produce available can be found at www.country-corner.com. <http://www.country-corner.com>  Click here <http://w3.palmer.edu/tnews/SPEAKCSA.pdf>  for an application and pricing list for students and employees.