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Pat Heim video
series scheduled for
February 2009
During February 2009, two video
presentations with Pat Heim, Ph.D., CEO of The Heim
Group and best-selling author, are scheduled. Heim has been leading
The Heim Group since 1985. She is internationally recognized as an expert
in the area of research on gender issues and differences in the workplace.
Heim has brought together a team of speakers and facilitators who are
dedicated to identifying and solving gender-related issues which are
invisibly present in business today.
Men and women live in different
cultures. As a result they have different rules regarding what is considered
"appropriate" adult behavior. Unfortunately neither gender
is aware of these disparate norms and rules and often misread what is
being communicated. Women may see men as belligerent and insensitive.
Men often see women as over-emotional. What they don't understand is
that both men and women are doing what works in their own culture. Unfortunately,
the same behavior can backfire across culture. Consequently, what seems
natural to one gender culture can seem mysterious and baffling to the
other.
In her thoughtful and
lively presentation, “The Power Dead-Even Rule and
Other Gender Differences In The Workplace,” Heim
will explain some of the different rules of the male and female cultures
and help viewers understand and learn to improve workplace communication
between men and women instead of placing the blame on either gender.
The Power Dead-Even Rule is scheduled for
Tuesday, February 3, 2009.
The second session,
“Invisible Rules,” is scheduled
for Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at noon. Heim discusses what seems natural
to one gender culture can seem mysterious and baffling to the other.
The differences are not right or wrong but they can result in confusion
and conflict. By making these invisible rules visible, Dr. Heim provides
the basis for better understanding, communication and teamwork.
Location for both sessions
is the Forum, D.P. Culp University Center. The Heim video series is
sponsored by the Office of Women in Medicine and the Women’s Resource
Center. For more information on this Women’s Professional
Enrichment Lunch Break Series, contact the Women’s Resource
Center at 423-439-7847.
Article contents adapted from The Heim Group
web site at http://www.heimgroup.com/index.asp.
From
yoga to heart health –
women’s health series lineup
Women’s Health
Series seminars scheduled for December 2008 and February 2009 include
presentations by local and regional professionals on yoga fitness and
heart health for women. Whether you are looking for a way to reduce
some of the stress associated with the, oftentimes, hectic holiday season
or looking for heart-related health information to enhance your daily
lifestyle, then join us for one of the following women’s health
seminars.
Do thoughts of standing in long
lines, sitting in snarled traffic, wrestling through throngs of holiday
shoppers, or traveling and entertaining family and guests make you feel
weak in the knees? Are you looking forward to the joy of holidays, but
not the stress that often accompanies the season? Certified yoga teacher
Tonya Moreno, M.S., C.Y.T., can aid in alleviating
some of that holiday-related stress. In her hour-long seminar, “Surviving
the Holidays with Yoga,” Moreno will discuss, demonstrate,
and provide instruction on how you can use yoga while you are out shopping,
traveling, or at the end of a long day to help reduce the effects of
holiday stressors. Participants attending this seminar need to dress
comfortably.
In addition to teaching yoga,
Moreno is an educational advisor with the TRIO Program at Tusculum College
in Greeneville, Tenn. She received a master of science degree in education
and curriculum from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
The Moreno
Women’s Health Series seminar is scheduled for Thursday,
December 11, 2008, at noon. Location is the East Tennessee Room in the
D.P. Culp University Center.
 On
Thursday, February 12, 2009, Phyllis Eldridge, R.N., N.A.S.P.E.,
clinical specialist with Medtronic, Inc., is guest speaker for
“Preventing Sudden Cardiac Arrest.” Location
for the Eldridge seminar is the East Tennessee Room, D.P. Culp University
Center, at noon.
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is
a sudden, unexpected death caused by loss of heart function (sudden
cardiac arrest). It is the largest cause of natural death in the U.S.,
causing about 325,000 adult deaths in the United States each year. SCD
is responsible for half of all heart disease deaths. Eldridge will discuss
how sudden cardiac arrest is different from a heart attack, along with
the symptoms, causes, and risk factors associated with sudden cardiac
arrest. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) are prescribed
for people whose risk factors put them at great risk for sudden cardiac
death; Eldridge will discuss the ICD at length and provide an overview
of ICD technology for the consumer. Even if you are not at risk for
sudden cardiac arrest, oftentimes many of us are caring for a family
member or loved one with an ICD implant and don’t know what to
expect along the way; this Women’s Health Series seminar will
help address many of those concerns.
For more information
on the Moreno or Eldridge seminars,
contact the Women’s Resource Center at 423-439-7847.
Personal
finance seminar set for February 2009
Becky
Frazier, investment representative with
Edward Jones in Kingsport, is guest speaker for “Winning
Investment Strategies for Women,” on Tuesday, February
17, 2009, at noon. This investment-based seminar is designed to assist
you in putting time-tested rules of successful investing to work for
your future needs. Frazier will discuss budgeting for investing, diversification,
identifying quality companies, and working with investment professionals.
Location for the Frazier
Personal Finance Lunch Break Seminar is the East Tennessee
Room, D.P. Culp University Center.
Murray to conduct
visioning workshop
Pam Murray,
B.A., M.B.A., local artist and creative coach, returns to campus
during Spring Semester 2009 to conduct a three-part series entitled
“Creating a Vision Board that Works.”
Murray’s three-session series of workshops is focused on assisting
you in being a person of your own creation and your own choosing by
knowing what is most important to you personally and being in more deliberate
control of the major areas of your life. Participants will be Creating
a Vision Board that Works . . . through understanding
the Universal Law of Attraction and your own personal desires.
What would it feel
like to have what I want? Seeing things as you desire them to be attracts
them as you would like them to be. When you see yourself through the
eyes of others, as people most often do, you often find yourself in
a place that you do not wish to be. When you see yourself through your
own eyes, and know what your heart and soul truly desires, you will
be able to bring more control into your life, to make your law of attraction
a positive attraction.
Scheduled for Tuesdays
during February and March 2009, the dates for the Murray three-part
series are February 24, March 3, and March
10. All sessions will be held at the Women’s Resource
Center, Panhellenic Hall, basement suite 2, at noon. Reservations
are required.
To reserve a space or should you need additional information, contact
the Women’s Resource Center at 423-439-7847.
Black History
Month
February 2009
Theme:
Quest for Black Citizenship in the Americas
Saluting
the Women of ETSU |
Dunn earns state
award for work in trauma care
 In
October 2008 Dr. Julie Dunn, associate professor of
surgery at East Tennessee State University’s James H. Quillen
College of Medicine, received a Meritorious Service Award from the Tennessee
Hospital Association.
This honor recognizes
Dunn’s efforts in strengthening trauma care services in Tennessee
– services that also include improving the level of reimbursement
for care. Dunn is currently director of Trauma at Mountain States Health
Alliance and is a member of the American College of Surgeons’
Tennessee Committee on Trauma. She also chairs the Trauma Care Advisory
Council for Tennessee.
Earlier this year,
Dunn was selected by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) to receive the
Health Policy Scholarship.
Dunn joined the medical
school faculty in 1998 following the completion of her surgical residency
at ETSU. Congratulations on receiving this prestigious award!
Article contents adapted from the East
Tennessee State University web site at http://www.etsu.edu/etsu/news_text.asp?Action=ListEvent&EventID=7518.
 Dumond
among first in nation to earn certification as HIV expert
Dr. Julie
Dumond, assistant professor of pharmacy
practice at East Tennessee State University’s Bill Gatton College
of Pharmacy, is among the first pharmacists in the nation to earn designation
as an HIV Subject Matter Expert for 2009-2010 from the American Academy
of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM). She received this honor after successfully
passing the AAHIVM HIV Specialist Credentialing Exam.
Historically, AAHIVM
has awarded expert designation to physicians and other health care professionals.
However, the academy launched a new pilot program this year that invited
pharmacists with a background in this field to participate in the HIV
Specialist Credentialing Program.
Dumond joined the ETSU
Gatton College of Pharmacy faculty in 2007 after completing an HIV pharmacology
fellowship at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She earned
her Pharm.D. degree from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy
and completed her residency at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo,
Mich.
In addition to her
research and teaching responsibilities, she does consulting work with
the ETSU HIV/AIDS Center of Excellence, which is part of ETSU Physicians
and Associates.
Article contents adapted from the East
Tennessee State University web site at http://www.etsu.edu/etsu/news_text.asp?Action=ListEvent&EventID=7450.
 Herrin
elected to board of directors of Humanities Tennessee
Roberta
T. Herrin, Ph.D., director, Center for
Appalachian Studies and Services (CASS), has been elected to serve a
three-year term on the board of directors of Humanities Tennessee.
Humanities Tennessee
was founded in 1973 through National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
funding and is “dedicated to developing a sense of community through
educational programs in the humanities across Tennessee . . . with two
distinct focuses: studies of community history and cultural life and
studies of language and literature.”
The organization oversees
several NEH-funded programs that support community history and cultural
life, including the Tennessee Community History Program, Digital Humanities
Tennessee and a Grants and Awards Program. In addition, it sponsors
such literature, language and literacy efforts as the Southern Festival
of Books, Tennessee Young Writers’ Workshop and Letters about
Literature.
Article contents adapted from the East Tennessee
State University web site at http://www.etsu.edu/univrel/accent/ac080829.pdf.
6th Annual
“HEAD 2 TOE”
During the last
five years the annual “HEAD 2 TOE”
project and sale has provided the opportunity for more than 350 young
women from the upper-east Tennessee and southwest Virginia region with
the option of purchasing prom- and formal-wear at “rock-bottom”
prices. An annual project that offers alternatives to high-ticket attire
for prom-goers, “HEAD 2 TOE” makes
a large selection of fashionable, like-new gowns available for young
women to purchase at a price of $25 each and oftentimes accessories
can be purchased for just a few additional dollars. All proceeds from
the sales of the items will benefit Girl’s Inc. of Johnson City/Washington
County.
Serving as a drop-off
site for “HEAD 2 TOE” donations,
the Women’s Resource Center is accepting donations through January
30, 2009. Items requested include prom or formal dresses, shoes, and/or
accessories. The annual “HEAD 2 TOE”
sale is held in February of each year at Girl’s Inc., which is
located in the heart of Johnson City at 227 Library Lane. So go through
your closets at home and locate that like-new prom and formal-wear clothing
taking up your valuable closet space and donate those items to a great
community-based project.
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