2014-Winter-DU-Magazine

STUDENTS IN ACTION
Students in
Action
Keith Gorse, assistant professor of athletic training
and clinical coordinator, and Timothy Rogers,
Shaler Township manager, with the athletic
training service-learning students.
In the fall, seniors in the Rangos
School of Health Sciences’ athletic
training program participated in
a semester-long service-learning
project to assist Kiwanis Park
in Shaler Township. Applying
information learned throughout the
course, the class analyzed the park
and developed an emergency action
plan (EAP) and standard operating
procedure (SOP) documents to
help eliminate potentially harmful
situations, construct a more
timely response plan to deal with
emergencies and decrease the
Students from Evergreen, an environmentally
conscious organization that helps to educate
the Duquesne community on sustainability
on campus and works to keep local
neighborhoods clean and green, worked
with residents of Pittsburgh’s Uptown
neighborhood and the Uptown Partners of
Pittsburgh on a “Tree Care Day” on Sept. 21.
The students helped to plant new trees, as
well as trim back and re-mulch existing trees.
overall liability of the park. The completed project was presented in front of Timothy
Rogers, Shaler Township manager, and the Shaler Township board for approval and
implementation.
Continuing a tradition that dates
back to 2002, the Duquesne chapter
of the Delta Zeta sorority recently
presented the Speech-Language-
Hearing Clinic with a $1,500 donation
to support clients receiving therapy.
Chapter members presented the
check to Dr. Mikael D.Z. Kimelman,
associate professor and chair of
the Department of Speech-Language Pathology, on Oct. 22. Over the years, funds
contributed by the Delta Zeta chapter have helped 28 adults and children receive
services. The Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic serves clients from the greater
Pittsburgh area that have a variety of communication disorders.
Dozens of Duquesne students, each holding the image of the face of a homeless
child, stood silently on Forbes Avenue across from the Power Center on Oct. 24.
Held in conjunction with the School of Nursing’s annual Rita M. McGinley Symposium,
the group of students was participating in Stand Up, a silent art installation organized
to call attention to homeless children in Allegheny County. This year’s symposium
focused on Exploring Social Justice for Vulnerable Populations: The Face of the Child.
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