Board of Trustees Report to the Constituencies
1997
President's update
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| During the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Higher Education Summit held at LLU, B. Lyn Behrens, MBBS, president of LLU, points out campus highlights from the north helipad. Summit participants broke into small groups to tour the campus. |
Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center (LLUAHSC) began its first full year of operations. LLUAHSC was created on March 27, 1997, when the constituency of Adventist Health System-Loma Linda met and voted to change its name to Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center. The constituency also voted to change the bylaws making LLUAHSC (pronounced ćlew-ask) the corporate member for Loma Linda University, as well as Loma Linda University Medical Center.
United Nations Under-Secretary-General Joseph Verner Reed addressed the LLUAHSC Board of Trustees, meeting in session on February 12.
During the full session of the University Board of Trustees on February 11, Tom Zapara, a Trustee since 1981, and his wife, Vi Zapara, were honored by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists for their support of Adventist education. The Global Award in Adventist Education was presented to the Zaparas for their visionary leadership, time, and substantial contributions to support Adventist education in North America and abroad.
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| Ambassador Joseph Verner Reed, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, presents a United Nations flag to Dr. Behrens and Ralph Perrin, DrPH, dean, student affairs. Mr. Reed was a recent chapel speaker. |
Approximately 100 delegates to the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventistsā Spring Council met at LLU. This was the third time in the history of the Adventist Church that the Council has met at Loma Linda.
LLU president B. Lyn Behrens, MBBS, presented an update on strategic plan objectives and strategies to the LLU Board of Trustees. The strategic plan for 1998-03, which included the operational plan for 1997-98, was approved by the Board. The plan reflects input from the faculty of all departments of the University. A copy of the 1998-03 strategic plan is on file at the Del E. Webb Memorial Library.
Donald G. Prior, MA, was appointed emeritus vice president for advancement. Mr. Prior served as vice president from 1976 to 1979. After working for a period of service at Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Mr. Prior returned to Loma Linda University in 1988 and served as vice president for advancement until June 30, 1997.
Gerald Winslow, PhD, was appointed as special assistant to the president for spiritual life & wholeness for Loma Linda University. This appointment follows the resignation of Wil Alexander, PhD, who will be concentrating his efforts on the directorship of the Center for Spiritual Life & Wholeness. In June, Dr. Winslow was also appointed vice president for spiritual life for Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center.
The California Endowment has awarded $394,717 to the Social Action Community Health System (SACHS) clinics.
Fletcher Jones Foundation awarded a $414,595 grant to improve student and faculty access to computers and electronic information
Former senior pastor of the Oakwood College Church in Huntsville, Alabama, Leslie N. Pollard, DMin, was named special assistant to the president for diversity and director of diversity at LLU; special assistant to the president for diversity at LLUMC; and vice president for diversity, LLUAHSC.
Loma Linda University honored the Del E. Webb Foundation with the University Distinguished Humanitarian Award for their support and humanitarian and philanthropic endeavors on behalf of Loma Linda University and Medical Center.
The Henry L. Guenther Foundation awarded $1,485,000 toward research on the use of protons to treat Parkinsonās disease.
A distance learning degree for occupational therapy assistants in Fresno, California, was initiated through interactive video technology. Ten students will complete the program in September, 1998. The new class to enter in September, 1998, has a prospective enrollment of 15 to 18 individuals.
The Loma Linda University Board of Trustees approved the new degree program for a masterās degree in health information systems (MHIS). This program will reside in the School of Allied Health Professions. The curriculum, open to all who currently hold a baccalaureate degree, is designed to accommodate the working professional and can be completed in one year plus a ten-week internship.
The School of Allied Health Professions has been approved to offer an entry-level doctorate in physical therapy (DPT). This represents an alternate track in the DPT program, and will be open to students accepted into the masterās of physical therapy degree program but who already hold bachelor of science degrees. The department of physical therapy now offers every type of physical therapy degree available in institutions of higher education: the physical therapist assistant (AS); progression masterās of physical therapy (for those who are already PTAs); entry-level masterās in physical therapy; advanced masterās (for bachelor of science graduates in physical therapy); and doctorate in physical therapy.
The division of continuing dental education (CDE) once again sponsored the highest number of CDE programs and registered the highest number of attendees last year of any university-based CDE program in the United States.
The LLU School of Nursing and Teacherās College, Columbia University, New York City, are collaborating on nursing education in Vietnam with the Vietnamese Ministry of Health. The two educational institutions will coordinate efforts to develop a baccalaureate curriculum for schools of nursing in Vietnam.
On May 11, the faculty of the School of Nursing joined the LLU Board of Trustees for a luncheon in West Hall, after which the newly remodeled School of Nursing space was toured.
The School of Public Health received funds for a four-year training program to help train physicians who will serve as public health leaders in the Peopleās Republic of China.
The School of Public Health formally developed a generalist MPH major to provide increased flexibility for eligible health professionals when pursuing their degrees. This provides established professionals with more elective course options in a variety of topical areas.
The Graduate Schoolās master of social work program received official word that it had passed the final stage in the accreditation process from the Council on Social Work Education.
William H. R. Langridge, PhD, professor of biochemistry, molecular biology and gene therapy in the School of Medicine, and his team of researchers found a way to trick potato plants into producing ćspuds that have successfully vaccinated laboratory mice against cholera toxin.
The LLU Board of Trustees approved a conjoint masterās degree in biomedical ethics and a PhD/PsyD in psychology through the Graduate School. Students completing the combined program will have an opportunity to explore ethical theory and practice in more detail. Students will earn both degrees with 22 fewer units than would be required for the separate degrees.
The Center for Christian Bioethics and the Center for Spiritual Life & Wholeness held an open house to celebrate the grand opening of their new facilities in Coleman Pavilion on February 17.
Establishment of the Center for Dental Research was approved by the Board of Trustees. This Center has been developed as a result of growth in the area of dental research. The Center provides administrative coordination and oversight of dental research, strengthens fiscal matters and the School of Dentistry position when competing for corporate and governmental grants.
On Sabbath, May 16, the Fifth Annual Minority Graduate Consecration Service was held at the La Sierra Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church in Riverside. More than 100 minority graduates from Loma Linda University and La Sierra University attended the event.
According to the April 18, 1997, issue of The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine, LLU was ranked in the top 30 colleges and universities in the U.S. which conferred bachelorās degrees in the health professions to Hispanic students.
Approximately 300 guests attended the first annual scholarship fundraiser dinner sponsored by the Hispanic Alumni of Loma Linda University (HALL). Held October 5 in the Wong Kerlee International Conference Center, the program featured guest speaker Jaime A. Escalante.
Thirteen California-based colleges and universities, including Loma Linda University, have added their online and technology-mediated distance education courses to the California Virtual University online catalog.
LLU has been notified by the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists Trust Services Certification and Accreditation Committee that the University will continue to keep a Level A accreditation for trust management. This is the highest level of accreditation given by the finance committee.
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