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PA Director Contributes to First-Ever Children Concussion Guidelines
Paulk (left) and Bennet Omalu, a Nigerian-American physician, forensic pathologist, and neuropathologist who was the first to discover and publish findings of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in American football players. Hospital emergency rooms and clinical offices across the world will soon have a copy of a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Read more
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New Faculty Bring Varied Experience in 2015–16 – August Update
Instructors are bringing varied experience as the newest members of the Mary Baldwin University faculty. For Donovan Branche, returning to teach residential and adult degree students at Mary Baldwin after experiencing the school as an adult student is “a dream.” She joins the Healthcare Administration (HCA) Program with a variety of academic interests, including healthcare Read more
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Mary Baldwin Rallies to Support Sweet Briar Sisters
Within a week of the announcement that Sweet Briar College (SBC) will close its doors in August, Mary Baldwin University has stepped up in various ways to lend support to its sisters across the Blue Ridge. From quickly mobilizing an admissions process to smoothing out academic plans to wearing Sweet Briar pink and green and Read more
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Massaro Named PA Medical Director
Administrators have selected Thomas A. Massaro as new medical director for the physician assistant program at the Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences. Massaro is the Harrison Foundation Professor of Medicine and Law, Emeritus at the University of Virginia. At UVa, Massaro held appointments in the departments of pediatrics and public health sciences in the Read more
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Pilot Program Adds Face Time to Writing Center
A pilot program launched this semester to enhance the Mary Baldwin University Writing Center is using software and online access to expand personal interaction between writers and tutors and streamline the assistance students — especially adult learners — receive when preparing writing projects. A partial screenshot of an online tutoring session. Tutor Linnea Barklund, above, Read more
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College Marks Women’s History Month with Beauty Undressed Event
In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Mary Baldwin University community gathered in Francis Auditorium to hear speaker and author Shannon Cutts talk about “Beauty Undressed.” Mary VanNortwick, Mary Baldwin wellness dietitian, hosted the event with sponsorship support from several departments on campus. Shannon Cutts, right, with Mary Baldwin resident assistant Myriell Tyler. “Beauty Undressed” Read more