Loma Linda University
- WASC re-accreditation team completes site visit to Loma Linda
- LLU disaster planning committee evaluates evacuation drill
- Loma Linda University Board of Trustees Report
- Third annual SAC-Norton Christmas party held December 4
- A gift for minority scholarships
- Chicken can cause cancer, too, Loma Linda study finds
- Faculty notes
- BALL/BHPSA Retreat held at Pine Springs Ranch
[TODAY,December 17, 1998]
WASC re-accreditation team completes site visit to Loma Linda
More than 200 members of the University community--faculty, students,
staff, administrators, and Board members--worked on a required self-study
report that was sent to the WASC accreditation team prior to their arrival
at Loma Linda, says Ian M. Fraser, PhD, vice president for academic affairs
and WASC accreditation liaison officer.
The 280-page report was sent to the members of the WASC committee in October,
along with many supporting University documents.
The Loma Linda steering committee was chaired by Beverly Buckles, DSW,
chair, department of social work in the Graduate School. Serving as chairs
of various subcommittees of the WASC self-study steering committee were
S. Eric Anderson, PhD, chair and associate professor of health administration,
School of Public Health; Ronald L. Carter, PhD, chair and professor of
natural sciences, Graduate School; Ronald J. Dailey, PhD, associate dean
for academic administration, School of Dentistry; Delia R. Gutierrez,
EdD, associate professor of physical therapy, School of Allied Health
Professions; Marilyn M. Herrmann, PhD, associate dean and assistant professor
of nursing, School of Nursing; W. William Hughes III, PhD, professor of
physical therapy, School of Allied Health Professions; and Gerald R. Winslow,
PhD, dean, Faculty of Religion.
"This committee and its many subcommittees worked very hard for almost
two years to prepare the self-study," Dr. Fraser says. "This
report was highly praised by the visiting team."
In addition to responding to the nine WASC accreditation standards, the
self-study adopted "wholeness" as a theme that was woven throughout
the report.
While on campus, each WASC team member was assigned to examine one or
more of nine WASC standards. These standards include institutional integrity
(standard 1), institutional purposes (standard 2), governance and administration
(standard 3), educational programs (standard 4), faculty and staff (standard
5), learning resources (standard 6), student services (standard 7), physical
resources (standard 8), and financial resources (standard 9). In addition,
the self-study report included sections on organization for the self-study;
history, overview, and LLU at-a-glance; summary data form; demographic
information; response to recommendations from the 1992 WASC letter; wholeness
at Loma Linda University; and 2000 and beyond--conclusions from the self-study.
During their four-day visit to Loma Linda, the nine-member team met with
numerous faculty, students, staff, administrative groups, and various
University committees. In addition, some members of the WASC team had
an opportunity to tour the campus.
Following their intensive three days of meetings and campus tour, the
team members drafted reports on the compliance of the University with
each of the nine WASC standards. They also presented a brief exit report
describing the many strengths and some weaknesses of the University—including
recommendations for improvement.
"In the exit interview, Dr. DeRosa commended the commitment and dedication
of students, staff, and faculty of the University to the mission of Loma
Linda and to the concept of wholeness," says B. Lyn Behrens, MBBS,
president of the University.
The WASC team chair will synthesize the draft reports from team members
assigned to the various standards. He then will provide a copy of the
draft report to the University in early January, 1999, for review of factual
content.
"At that time, the University WASC steering committee will review
the report for factual errors and make appropriate corrections,"
Dr. Fraser says.
This information will then be sent back to the re-accreditation commission
for their consideration at the commission meeting on February 24 and 25.
At that meeting, Dr. Behrens and Dr. Buckles will have the opportunity
to comment briefly on the team report and visit process and discuss what
changes have been proposed as a result of the team visit and report.
Within two to three weeks following the WASC commission meeting, the University
will receive a letter from the commission describing their action regarding
the re-accreditation of the University.
Members of the WASC re-accreditation team included Dr. DeRosa, chair of
the WASC re-accreditation team; William Chobotar, PhD, professor of biology,
Andrews University; Scott Evenbeck, PhD, dean, University College, Indiana
University, Indianapolis; Leroy M. Fulton, PhD, vice president of administration,
Hope International University, Fullerton; Michael J. Garland, DScRel,
vice chair, department of public health, School of Medicine, Oregon Health
Sciences University, Portland; Linda Hatzenbuehler, PhD, dean, College
of Health Professions, Idaho State University, Pocatello; Sarah B. Keating,
EdD, dean and professor of nursing, Samuel Merritt College, Oakland; Erik
Peper, PhD, director, Institute for Holistic Healing Studies, San Francisco
State University, San Francisco; and C. James Schmidt, PhD, university
librarian, San Jose State University, San Jose.
The self-study report submitted to the WASC site visitors is available for review at the Del E. Webb Memorial Library or on the Intranet at <http://151.112.2.27/wasc>.
LLU disaster planning committee evaluates
evacuation drill
At 4:00 p.m. on November 10, the power plant steam whistle blew and the
administrative group page was activated, thus beginning a campus-wide
evacuation of buildings on the Loma Linda University campus. A component
of the drill was to test and evaluate each school and department on its
internal communication system as it pertained to the disaster management
plan.
Members of the LLU disaster planning committee reviewed and critiqued
the campus-wide disaster evacuation drill. Floyd Ferguson, chair of the
drill and training group (D&TG), and members Donald Bender and Tim
Hickman reported the D&TG analysis of drill activities and evaluation
outcomes.
Achievement of drill objectives were assessed:
- Excellent campus-wide participation was noted;
- Reassembly at emergency assembly points was generally implemented and effective;
- Identification and accounting for each person in each area was accomplished; and
- With minor exceptions, reports from each facility were delivered to the EOC.
- The D&TG noted that improvements were needed in at least three areas:
- Communication in initial notification, dissemination of information, and within the organizational unit;
- Accounting for persons in a methodical, consistent manner; and
- Reporting information in a consistent, comparable format.
If you would like more information on safety issues, call the safety education center at (909) 558-4917.
Loma Linda University Board of Trustees
Report
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Stamp of approval Tom Zapara, a member of the LLU Board of Trustees since 1981 (center), accepts a pillow-replica of the 1998 U.S. Postal Service philanthropy stamp, "Giving & Sharing: an American Tradition," from Alfred C. McClure, vice chair of the Board. Looking on are (from left) Board members Robert L. Rawson, Board member and treasurer, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; Calvin B. Rock, DMin, PhD, chair, LLU Board of Trustees; and B. Lyn Behrens, MBBS, president of Loma Linda University. Tom and Vi (not shown) Zapara were the first donors among the 26 national patrons who made the stamp possible. "He basically assured the stamp," says Milton Murray, former director of Philanthropic Service for Institutions, who spearheaded the 27-year effort. "He believed in the possibilities when few other people did."A nine-member re-accreditation team from the senior commission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) completed their site visit to Loma Linda University on Friday, December 4. Chaired by Donald V. DeRosa, PhD, president, University of the Pacific, Stockton, the WASC accreditation team began their site visit on Tuesday, December 1. |
The executive committee of the Board of Trustees, meeting on Tuesday,
December 8, received a report on the nine-member review team from the
senior commission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
which visited the campus from December 1 to 4, 1998, for the re-accreditation
visit. Erwin Seibel, PhD, associate director of the commission, accompanied
the team to provide initial introduction and orientation to the team and
the University.
The team was chaired by Donald DeRosa, PhD, president of the University
of the Pacific in Stockton, California, and included selected faculty
and administrators from universities and colleges located in California
and several other states, most of which have health-science programs.
They had already reviewed the self-study prepared under the direction
of the University self-study steering committee, chaired by Beverly Buckles,
DSW, professor and chair of the department of social work in the Graduate
School.
This committee and its many subcommittees have worked very hard for almost
two years to prepare the self-study, which was highly praised by the visiting
team. In addition to responding to the WASC accreditation standards, the
self-study adopted "wholeness" as a theme which was woven throughout
the report. Loma Linda University president B. Lyn Behrens, MBBS, expressed
her appreciation for the self-study and for the efforts of all students,
staff, faculty, administrators, and Board members who assisted in so many
ways in the preparation for--and during--the visit.
During the four-day visit, the team met with many University committees
and groups of students, staff, faculty, administrators, and Board members,
to obtain a cross section of opinions and information regarding the University
which they use to compare with and validate the self-study. A representative
group of students, staff, faculty, administrators and Board members attended
an opening reception and dinner for the team on the evening of December
1.
Donald G. Pursley, DBA, vice president for financial affairs, conducted
a campus tour for several members of the team on the afternoon of December
2. Following the meetings and tour, team members drafted reports on the
compliance of the University with each of the standards.
They also prepared a brief exit report describing the many strengths and
some weaknesses of the University, plus recommendations for improvement.
Dr. Behrens noted that in the team exit report, Dr. DeRosa especially
mentioned the commitment and dedication of students, staff, and faculty
of the University to the mission of the University and to the concept
of wholeness.
The chair of the team will synthesize a report from the team members'
evaluation of the assigned standards. A copy of the draft report will
be sent to the University in early January, 1999, for review of factual
content. Following the review of input from the University, the final
team report will then be sent to the commission office for consideration
at the commission meeting on February 24 and 25, 1999.
At that meeting, Dr. Behrens and Dr. Buckles will have opportunity to
comment briefly on the team report and visit process, and to discuss what
changes have been proposed as a result of the team visit and report. Within
two to three weeks following the commission meeting, the University will
receive the commission letter describing the action of the commission
regarding the re-accreditation of the University.
Third annual SAC-Norton Christmas
party held December 4
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| Above left: Santa Claus (Stafford Ormsby, administrative director for the Center for Health and Development, School of Public Health) arrives by Mercy Air helicopter. Mercy Air donated their flight time for the children attending the third annual SAC-Norton Christmas party. Above right: Ninety-four children attended a Christmas party held on Friday, December 4, at the SAC-Norton clinic located in south San Bernardino. Here Ashley Bunn gets her face painted by a volunteer artist at the party. | |
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| Above left: Santa Claus passes out Christmas presents to the waiting children. Assisting with the Christmas party were 95 volunteer Loma Linda University students and staff. Above right: Children "ride" in a fire truck from the City of San Bernardino fire department. For some children, this was the firest time they were able to see a fire truck close-up. | |
A gift for minority scholarships
Calvin B. Rock, DMin, PhD, chair of the Loma
Linda University Board of Trustees and chair of Operation ReachBack, Inc.,
the Association of Black Seventh-day Adventist Professionals (left), accepts
a gift of $5,000 for minority scholarships from Ray and Madlyn Lewis Hamblin.
The Hamblins made the donation in honor of Chessie Harris, profiled by
Mrs. Hamblin in her book, Promise in the Cornfield, published by Pacific
Press in 1989. For her work on behalf of hundreds of children, Mrs. Harris--an
African-American from Alabama--was chosen in 1987 as an "outstanding
American woman" by Women's Day magazine. The Hamblins own and operate
the Hamblin Company in Tecumseh, Michigan, where they have recently printed
many of the widely distributed publications produced at Loma Linda University
and Medical Center--including SCOPE, Viewbook, Dimensions, the Annual
Report, and the yearly calendar. Looking on are B. Lyn Behrens, MBBS,
president of Loma Linda University, and W. Augustus Cheatham, MSW, vice
president for public affairs, LLU.
Chicken can cause cancer, too,
Loma Linda study finds
People who have quit eating steaks for health reasons but still eat chicken
and fish may still have a higher risk of colon cancer, Loma Linda researchers
recently said.
So-called white meat is no less likely to cause cancer than "red
meat," they found. But the more peas and beans a person eats, the
lower the risk of colon cancer.
"There is evidence of an excess risk of colon cancer for higher intakes
of both red meat and white meat," Pramil Singh, MPH, instructor,
and Gary Fraser, MD, PhD, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics
in the Center for Health Research at Loma Linda University wrote in a
recent issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology.
"The strongest (food-related) risk factor...was found for total meat
intake," they added. Genetic makeup can also affect a person's risk
of colon cancer.
The researchers used information from the Adventist Health Study, which
examines the health of 34,000 Seventh-day Adventists. They are supposed
to follow a largely vegetarian diet, but many sometimes eat meat.
Between 1977 and 1982 they found 157 cases of colon cancer in this group.
Colon cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in the United
States, after lung cancer.
People who said they ate red meat once a week had a 38 percent higher
risk of colon cancer than those who ate no meat. People who reported sometimes
eating white meat had a 55 percent higher risk of colon cancer compared
with vegetarians.
The more meat the Adventists ate, the higher their risk. People who ate
red or white meat four times a week or more had up to 200 percent--three
times--the risk of colon cancer.
Dr. Fraser and Mr. Singh said they did not know why meat had this effect,
but diets high in fat and meat, and low in fruits, vegetables, and fiber,
have been linked to several forms of cancer, including colon cancer.
Several teams of researchers have found that cooking red meat produces
chemicals known as heterocyclic aromatic amines, which have been found
to cause tumors in rats and mice.
Last year the American Institute for Cancer Research and the World Cancer
Research Fund estimated that as many as 4 million cases of cancer worldwide
could be prevented every year if people ate less meat and more vegetables.
The World Health Organization agrees people should cut back on meat and
eat more fruits and vegetables to avoid cancer.
A 1996 study found that heavy consumption of animal fat, saturated and
mono-unsaturated fat, and red meat was associated with the development
of non-Hodgkin lymphomas in women.
- Jay S. Kim, PhD, professor of statistics, School of Dentistry, attended the 42nd Annual Fall Technical Conference in Corning, New York. He was a session moderator on "Special Issues on Statistical Process Control." This meeting is organized and sponsored by the American Statistical Association and the American Society for Quality.
- John C. Munce, DDS, diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics, and volunteer assistant professor of endodontics, was recently awarded fellowship in the Academy of Dentistry International. Fellowship in the Academy is an honor bestowed upon dentists who have distinguished themselves in their profession and who were nominated for the award by an active fellow of the Academy.
- The Academy is an honor organization founded to assist in providing continuing dental education to the dental profession in lesser developed countries. In addition, the Academy is involved in humanitarian projects around the world and through its Foundation provides grants and funds for research, patient care, and professional improvement.
- Fred Berry, DDS, associate professor of restorative dentistry, presented a table clinic at the ADA National Convention in San Francisco on Sunday, October 25. It was titled "Extruding Teeth to Save Them."
BALL/BHPSA Retreat held at Pine Springs
Ranch
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| More than 100 students, faculty, and alumni attended the annual BALL/BHPSA Retreat held on November 20 and 21 at Pine Springs Ranch. |
Attorney Stafford Byers, professor of law at Texas Southern University and a Seventh-day Adventist pastor with the Southwest Region Conference, challenged Retreat attendees with a Friday night message titled "Brainstorming." In his message, he asked health-care professionals to decide once and for all the identity of Jesus Christ.
On Sabbath morning, Pastor David King, senior pastor at the Tamarind Avenue Seventh-day Adventist Church in Compton, thrilled, challenged, and inspired the audience, inviting the group to make a difference in their respective professions. His message was titled "This Mission."
The Sabbath afternoon program was led by Wendy Goodridge, a Graduate School student in the marital and family therapy program. Ms. Goodridge led the group into exercises designed to create a supportive community culture for minority students. A gospel concert provided by the youth choir of the All Nations African Seventh-day Adventist Church followed.
The event concluded with a picnic supper prepared by BHPSA students.
"The success of this Retreat is directly attributable to the skill, dedication, and care of our BHPSA planning team," comments Leslie N. Pollard, DMin, special assistant to the president for diversity. "They did another outstanding job. We were all benefited by their good work."
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