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News from Friday, August 27, 2010

• Faculty Notes
  

  • Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism, (Columbia/Hurst), by John Calvert, Ph.D., the Henry W. Casper Professor of History, is now available in the United States. According to a review in The Economist, “This rich and carefully researched biography sets Qutb for the first time in his Egyptian context, rescuing him from caricature without whitewashing his radicalism. It is no small achievement.”

    Jeffrey Maciejewski, Ph.D., Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, has been elected to the board of directors of the American Advertising Federation-Omaha where he will chair the public service committee.

    The novel The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia (W.W. Norton & Company), by creative writing professor Mary Helen Stefaniak, will be available in bookstores on Sept. 6. For more information about the novel, visit www.maryhelenstefaniak.com. The Bookworm, located in Countryside Village at 87th and Pacific streets, will host an author reading and signing at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 30.

     

• News from Creighton Medical Associates
  

  • New in the latest issue of the Creighton Medical Associates e-newsletter,
    Check-Up: Naureen Rafiq, M.D., has joined Creighton Medical Associates as a family medicine physician at the Twin Creek clinic; experts from the Creighton Cardiac Center provide a special class for people who have been diagnosed with heart failure; representatives of the Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions answer your health-related questions at Omaha's downtown Farmers Market; and research study opportunities – from COPD to asthma to osteoporosis

• Program Prioritization Template Training Sessions
  

  • Additional Program Prioritization template training sessions have been scheduled for: Monday, Aug. 30, 9:30-10:30 a.m. and 2:30-3:30 p.m., Skutt Student Center, room 105; Tuesday, Aug. 31, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Skutt Student Center, room 104; and Thursday, Sept. 2, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., Skutt Student Center, room 104. There is no need to register for the sessions. If you are a Department chair or director, program director, assistant/associate VP or dean and will be completing or reviewing a program report, you are encouraged to attend one of the training sessions. Program templates are accessible by user ID and blue password for those individuals identified by their deans and vice presidents. Online instructions are included at the Program Report website located at http://prioritizationprogramform.creighton.edu/. Please contact John Wilhelm at 280.2762 or priority@creighton.edu if you have any questions.

• Admissions Volunteer Open House
  

  • All students are invited to the Undergraduate Admissions Volunteer Open House on Tuesday, Aug. 31, from 2 to 6 p.m. in the Admissions Office at the Harper Center. Come for free ice cream and prizes, and learn more about opportunities to help Admissions recruit the next great class of Bluejays! Questions? Contact Admissions at x2703.

• Notice to Humanities Faculty
  

  • Creighton will again nominate two humanities scholars for the annual National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipend awards. Nominees may be junior or senior faculty members. Stipends of $6,000 are for two months of full-time research and writing. Application materials and guidelines are available at www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html. Applicants must submit a Creighton University Proposal Routing Form (green sheet) along with the proposal and all application materials, except the outside letters of reference, to Grants Administration by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. The two selected nominees will be informed by Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. The nominees must then submit their final application to the Washington NEH office via Grants.gov by Oct. 1, 2010. If you have questions or need assistance with an application, contact Richard Murcek at x1175 or Beth Herr at x5769 in Grants Administration.

• Farewell Reception for Sharon McGuire
  

  • Come wish Sharon McGuire, billing manager, Department of Radiology, farewell as she says goodbye to Creighton after 30 years of employment. An open house for McGuire will be held Friday, Aug. 27, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Creighton University Medical Center, Department of Radiology Conference Room #3663. Refreshments will be served.

• New Service Desk for Creighton
  

  • An initiative is under way to combine the separate Creighton IT service desks into a single IT service contact center for campus, unifying multiple call centers into one. When operational, all IT service request calls for all of Creighton University will be answered within the same contact center, using the existing internal extension of x1111 or (402.280.1111) and the existing toll free phone numbers for off campus clients. Service calls to x1111 will be answered by an external local service desk provider and promptly routed to the correct Creighton resource for timely support. The new service desk model is an important initial step toward maximizing the quality of IT service provided to the Creighton community by providing streamlined support and services. The service desk will have extended hours of operation and an enhanced self-service portal for reporting failures and opening service requests. The portal is located at www.creighton.edu/servicedesk. The project has been in progress since June and will continue through October, with most of the consolidation within the first two to three weeks of the fall semester. The Department of Cardiology is now using the new service. DoIT, CMA and the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions will complete transitioning to the new service in early October. Additional campus wide updates will be sent to keep you informed about the progress status. If you have specific questions, feel free to contact the project manager, Bob Duros at bobduros@creighton.edu.

• Do You Like Grapefruit Juice?
  

  • The Cardiac Center is looking for healthy volunteers ages 19-40 to participate in a four-week study on the effects of grapefruit juice on an anti-platelet medication. If you do not take any prescription or over-the-counter medications on a regular basis, you may qualify. Compensation will be given to participants. For more information, call Jennifer Campbell at x4826.

• CMA at Corporate Cup
  

  • Come by and visit Carrie Valenta, M.D., of the Creighton Medical Associates – Dundee Clinic, on Sunday, Sept. 19, at the American Lung Association Corporate Cup. CMA will be offering free blood pressure checks, health information and giveaways from 7:30 to 11 a.m. Come by and visit us in the race registration area in the Civic Auditorium on 19th and Chicago streets.

• Asthma Research Study - Investigational Medication
  

  • Research participants with asthma are needed for a research study. Do you have asthma? Have you used prednisone pills in the last 12 months? Are you between the ages of 19 and 65? The Creighton University Allergy Division is currently seeking non-smoking asthmatics for a 12-month study of an investigational asthma medication. All study medications and visits are provided at no cost to you. You may be eligible to receive compensation for your time and participation. For more information, please call Janie at 280.5972.

• A Reading by Writer Dinty Moore
  

  • The Creative Writing Program of the English Department will present a reading by writer Dinty Moore, author of Toothpick Men, The Accidental Buddhist, Between Panic and Desire and Crafting the Personal Essay. He will read from his work on Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. in the Skutt Student Center, room 105. Admission is free.

• Asthma Research Study
  

  • Do you have asthma? Creighton University Medical Center Allergy & Immunology Division is looking for qualified participants for an asthma trial. If you are at least 19 years of age, have a diagnosis of asthma, are a non-smoker and use an inhaler as needed, you may qualify for this research study. Qualified participants will have 10 scheduled visits over approximately a 20-week time period. You will be compensated for time and travel. For more information please call Jean at 280.5965.

• Pediatric Asthma Study
  

  • Does your child have asthma? Are they between the ages of 6 and 12 and on an inhaled steroid? If so, they may qualify to participate in an investigational asthma medication research trial that lasts approximately 10 weeks. Compensation will be available for your time and travel if you qualify. For more information please call Janie at 280.5972 or Renee at 280.4613.

• Volunteers Needed for Dental Study
  

  • The Creighton University School of Dentistry is seeking volunteers to help complete a clinical research study. Volunteers are needed if they have sensitive teeth with at least two teeth. This study involves placing a prophy paste for reduction of tooth hypersensitivity after dental cleaning. Volunteers must be at least 19 years of age to participate and have not had a dental cleaning within 30 days prior to being in the study. Please contact Gina McCallum at 280.4317 at Creighton Dental Center for Oral Research for a screening appointment to see if you qualify for this research study. The cleaning will be done by Mark Latta, D.M.D., or another faculty member at the Creighton School of Dentistry.

• CHRP Meet the Researcher Series
  

  • You are invited to an informative 60-minute presentation hosted by Creighton’s Center for Health Services Research and Patient Safety (CHRP). CHRP is hosting a presentation via webinar with Suresh Madhavan, Ph.D., who will present “Building the West Virginia CoHORTS Center” on Thursday, Sept. 16, at 10 a.m. in Boyne 131. Madhavan is director of the West Virginia Collaborative Health Outcomes Research of Therapies and Services (West Virginia CoHORTS). Contact Kelly McColley-Anderson (402.280.3426 or kellymccolley-anderson@creighton.edu) to reserve a seat or for more information about the Meet the Researcher Series. Learn more about the presentation here.

• Dundee Days at CMA's Dundee Clinic
  

  • Mark your calendars for Dundee Days at CMA’s Dundee Clinic (5002 Underwood Ave.) on Saturday, Aug. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The clinic will be offering free screenings for glaucoma and blood pressure, and other free giveaways.

• Osteoporosis Study – Have You Had a Broken Bone?
  

  • Have you had a broken bone in the last five years? If so, the Creighton University Osteoporosis Research Center is currently recruiting for a bone quality study. Call if you meet the following criteria: ages 45-80, at least four years since last menstrual period, not currently on treatment for osteoporosis, and the broken bone was not a result of an auto accident. For more information, please contact the research staff and mention the bone quality study at 280.2663.

• Catholic Comments Podcast: The African Church in the Congo
  

  • Catholic seminarian Albert Shuyaka from the Congo shares his first hand knowledge of the Catholic Church in his native country with Catholic Comments hosts John O'Keefe and Wendy Wright. A new podcast is posted weekly.

• Service and Justice Volunteer Fair
  

  • On Wednesday, Sept. 1, from noon to 4 p.m., the Creighton Center for Service & Justice invites all faculty, staff and students to attend the annual Volunteer Fair at the Harper Center, Ahmanson Ballroom. Representatives from more than 70 local agencies will be on hand to share information about their agency and to recruit volunteers. Refreshments will be served.

• Health and wellness
  

  • Join the CU/CUMC team to walk, jog or run in the 30th annual American Lung Association Corporate Cup on Sunday, Sept. 19. Click here for event and team details, registration, etc.

• CU/CUMC Corporate Cup Team - Join Today!
  

  • Need a reason to get in shape or take your current fitness levels up a notch? Join the Creighton/CUMC team to walk, jog or run the 30th Annual American Lung Association Corporate Cup on Sept. 19. Click here for more information and to register. The Creighton Employee Wellness Program sponsors the team fee and post race breakfast for all team members. You must register by Sept. 3 to receive a team T-shirt. Your tax-deductible registration goes to help make a difference in the lives of over 200,000 Nebraskans affected by lung disease. Sign up and start training today!

• Spiritual Direction and Ignatian Retreats
  

  • Cardoner will fund a four to eight day spiritual retreat or spiritual direction through May 15, 2011. Your retreat application must be made by Oct. 9, 2010, to finalize financial commitments to this program. Your retreat will include a spiritual director (find sites here). E-mail Janine ter Kuile for more information on how to be reimbursed. Only one retreat reimbursed by Cardoner is considered within a five-year period.

    Ignatian spirituality, the vision of the relationship between God and the human person grounded in the mystical experiences of St. Ignatius, has its primary expression in his book of The Spiritual Exercises. More than 20 retreat houses and spirituality centers in the United States provide a variety of services based on The Spiritual Exercises for clergy, men and women religious and lay people. The Creighton Retreat Center in Griswold, Iowa, can set up a retreat for you. Contact Fr. David Smith for more information.
    
    What is Spiritual Direction? Spiritual direction is the process of accompanying people on a spiritual journey. Spiritual direction exists in a context that emphasizes growing closer to God (or the holy or a higher power). For more information on spiritual direction and how to find a person to direct you, visit www.sdiworld.org/. Cardoner will pay for four visits for spiritual direction (for a total of $100 at $25 per hour). For further assistance in choosing a director, contact Janine ter Kuile.