Campus & Community News

• Service Trips Arrive Safely: Thank you to CU Community
  

  • Thank you to everyone in the Creighton community who helped in so many ways to prepare for 2010’s Spring Break Service Trips Program. All 24 groups arrived safely this weekend. Some of the new trips include one to Detroit, where the students will work with the Daughters of Charity in various outreach projects throughout the city. In Wheeling, W.Va., with the Appalachian Institute, students will be learning about wind power, mountaintop removal, efforts to protect water sources and local community development efforts. Special thanks to the Jesuit Community, Sodexho, Mark Simanek and Mike Willey, Creighton Medical Labs Marjel Whitmore, Ralph Ubillus-Pena and Dave Goodrich, Public Safety, University Ministry and Omar Valentine for all you have done to make connections, provide services and support the students. Thank you to those who purchased raffle tickets, soup or student labor to help the students raise money for these trips. Click here for more information.

• Upcoming Center for Health Policy and Ethics Events
  

  • Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the upcoming Center for Health Policy and Ethics events. The Public Health Journal Club will meet Tuesday, March 16, noon-1 p.m., Health Sciences Library, Thune Seminar Room. The article “Coping with racism: A selective review of the literature and a theoretical and methodological critique” will be discussed. For information about accessing the article, visit http://chpe.creighton.edu/events/other-events/phjc-mar.htm. The following roundtable discussions will be held at the CHPE Conference Room from 3:30-4:30 p.m.: Wednesday, March 24, “Mental Health Resources Research,” discussant – Robert J. Lueger, Ph.D., dean, College of Arts and Sciences; and Wednesday, March 31, “Ethical Issues around female circumcision and reinfibulation at the time of delivery,” discussant – Kathy LaFavor, D.O., fourth year medical resident, Ob/Gyn, School of Medicine. For more information about these events, visit http://chpe.creighton.edu/ or contact Helen Shew at 280.2646.

• PLS490 Research Presentation Event
  

  • You are invited to research presentations given by students, who will present their original independent research and analysis, on Monday, March 15, 2:30-5 p.m., Creighton Hall, room 430. A question and answer session will follow the presentations. The event is co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science and International Relations and Pi Sigma Alpha.

• Free Colon Cancer Test Kits
  

  • March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Did you know that colon cancer is largely preventable and that when it’s caught early it has a 90 percent survival rate? The American Cancer Society wants you to know that if you are age 50 or older, you should get tested for colon cancer. It could save your life. To receive a FREE colon cancer test kit, please contact the CUMC Clinic Pharmacy at 449.4560 or just stop by the pharmacy located in the CUMC hospital, lobby level adjacent to the information desk. Free kits are available through March or while supplies last.

• 2010 Spirit of Creighton Nomination Call
  

  • The Public Honors and Events Committee is calling for nominations for the 2010 Spirit of Creighton Award. One man and one woman will be honored with the award during the 2010 commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 15. Criteria for the award is included in the nomination form. The deadline for nominations is Monday, March 15. Contact Kathy Dare at dareu@creighton.edu for a nomination form.

• Billy Blues Easter Brunch
  

  • Billy Blues will be serving Easter brunch on Sunday, April 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Make your reservation today at 280.1177.

• The Empty Bowls Project: March 16 & 17
  

  • The Empty Bowls Project – a benefit for the Siena/Francis House of Omaha – will be held Tuesday, March 16, from 4-8 p.m., and Wednesday, March 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Lied Education Center for the Arts, art gallery. When you purchase a beautiful handmade ceramic bowl for $10, you will enjoy delicious soup generously donated by Dixie Quicks restaurant of Omaha. Creighton University and Duchesne Academy ceramic students, faculty, staff and many volunteers created each one-of-a-kind piece of pottery.

• Women and Religion Lecture
  

  • The Annual Women and Religion Lecture, “Green Sisters: Women Religious, Earth Justice, and Spiritual Ecology,” by Sarah McFarland Taylor, will be held on Thursday, March 18, at 7 p.m. in the Harper Center, Ahmanson Ballroom. Taylor is an associate professor of religious studies at Northwestern University specializing in the study of religion and American culture, religion and ecology, and women’s studies in religion. She will address the role of women religious in the concern for a sustainable environment. This lecture, sponsored by the Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society and the Women and Gender Studies Program, is free and open to the public. For more information contact Fran Minear at x2303 or fminear@creighton.edu.

• Combat Colorectal Cancer Seminars
  

  • Colorectal cancer is the third most frequently diagnosed cancer in men and women, and the second highest cause of cancer deaths in the United States. The good news is that, if caught early, it is highly curable. The best way to detect the disease, which offers no early warning signs, is through a colonoscopy, in which a tiny camera examines the colon for irregularities, including polyps, which can often be removed during the procedure. If you are 50 or older, you should have a colonoscopy. To find out more, Creighton Medical Associates is sponsoring two health seminars: one at noon on March 23 in Creighton's Skutt Student Center, room 104, and another on March 30 at 7 p.m. in the Morrison Seminar Room at Creighton University Medical Center. At both sessions, CMA's Bennie Upchurch, M.D., a gastrointestinal surgeon, will answer your questions. To schedule an appointment with Upchurch, call 402.449.4692. To register for the health seminar, call 402.280.5920.

• Easter Lily Fundraiser
  

  • The Creighton University Student Nursing Association (CUSNA) is holding an Easter lily sale. Proceeds will go directly to students attending the National Student Nursing Association conference and will be used to help defray costs associated with the conference. Locally grown by Dallas Johnson Greenhouse in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the plants will have approximately six to nine bloom stems, will stand approximately 18-inches and are in a 6-inch pot. This is an exceptional value at only $9.50 each. Orders and payment must be received no later than Friday, March 19. Plants will be delivered March 25 to Creighton School of Nursing. Lily orders can be e-mailed to Lauren Zlomke at laurenzlomke@creighton.edu. Payments can be given directly to Zlomke, or can be turned into Erron Holland in the School of Nursing. If mailing payment (checks payable to CUSNA), please send to: Creighton University-School of Nursing, Attn: Erron Holland, 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178.