CHHS Magazine 2024
CHHS Highlights
What's going on in the College of Health and Human Services? Plenty. Stay tuned to this page for highlights of current, future, and past events across the college.
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New Driver Rehabilitation Program in the GovState
The Driver Rehabilitation Program in the GovState Department of Occupational Therapy is excited to announce the Driver Simulator!! The Driver Rehab program is underway in planning with Educating Occupational Therapy Students; working with the GovState Community with Driver needs; and developing the plan for Community member Driving Evaluations and Training!!! Look for more information to come!
GovState Physical and Occupational Therapy Introduces New Strolll System
Govstate 3rd year Doctor of Physical Therapy student Kayla Callahan works on the new STROLLL system with a client who had experienced a stroke and has resultant paralysis of his right arm and leg. This client was navigating obstacles. Since Strolll® is a revolutionary all-in-one digital therapeutic software solution for commercially available augmented reality (AR) glasses, check out some of their informative Clinical Trials. For more information, contact GovState Professor Maryleen Jones at mjones1@govst.edu. Follow us on Facebook!.
Watch this video of STOLL visiting the GovState campus
GovState Represents VAWA at the White House!
Governors State University Social Work, faculty member, Lori Crowder, PhD, was invited to attend the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) at the White House! Dr. Crowder is pictured above standing with other advocates from around the country and President Biden in the East Room (She is on the left, end of the second row from the bottom).
This year, we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act. Since 1994, this Act has funded services and support for countless survivors of sexual and domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
In 1994, Dr. Crowder started her career working the night shift in a domestic violence shelter in Texas, and her colleagues here and across the country, like her, have personally witnessed the tremendous impact that VAWA has made for survivors over the past 30 years.
Dr. Crowder was honored to be invited to the White House by President Biden to stand alongside him on September 12th as he reflected on the impact of three decades of legislation that he co-sponsored when he was a senator. He personally thanked them for their work and called VAWA the proudest legislative achievement of his career.
While there is still much more work to be done, it is especially important to support community-led solutions. It was a pleasure and honor, Dr. Crowder shared, to celebrate the progress we've made to promote safety and accountability in Illinois and across the country.
Interested in Getting a GovState Professional Headshot?
It really helps us to have portraits for when awards or events come up in the future and we want to feature someone in a story for the Agora or other promotions. Students, Faculty, and Staff can use this link to sign up for headshots. Venn will have availability after February 1st, 2025. He holds his photoshoots in GovState's E-Photo Studio located in E Wing, Room E-1522 from 9am-5pm(next to the Art labs).
College of Health teams with Extended Learning for Jaquar Jumps!
Congratulations to Dr. Robbie O'Shea, a faculty member in CHHS for being recently featured by the Chicago Tribune. Alongside SXL Staff member Michelle Sebasco, they were interviewed for creating the Jaguar Jumps program that assists children with mild to moderate cognitive disabilities held at #GovState.
Read this article From the Chicago Tribune titled: "GovState Program allows students with disabilities to find their place".
Congratulations to our CHHS SUMMER 2024 Dean's List Members
ASHA Minority Student Leadership Program: A Student’s Perspective
This article features an interview with Xochitl Regalado, a graduate student at Governors State University, who participated in the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Minority Student Leadership Program (MSLP) in 2023.
Students can benefit from reading this article because it provides an authentic account of the opportunities and experiences offered by the MSLP, highlighting the program's role in fostering leadership among minority students in communication sciences and disorders.
Congratulations GovState Nursing Department