SAIM Summer Social
(Student Alliance for Integrative Medicine), Aug. 13 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Green Dragon Bistro and Pub, 928 SE 9th Ave. Portland. David Riley, MD, will be doing a "TED talk" session at 7:30 p.m. More info,
Esther Tak
The Food as Medicine Everyday Series
picks up again on Monday evenings, Sept. 14 through Dec. 7, and Thursday evenings Sept. 17 to Dec. 17 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Early-bird discount until Aug. 31.
For more information.
Diet and Optimum Health
Sept. 9-12, Oregon State University, Corvallis. Emphasis on dietary and lifestyle approaches to improving human health and preventing or treating disease, including dietary supplements, micronutrients and antioxidants.
More info
Society for Acupuncture Research Conference
in Boston, Nov. 12-14; early-bird registration ends Aug. 31. "Reaching Across Disciplines to Broaden the Acupuncture Research Network."
Info, registration.
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HELPING OUT - ND Student Shannon Curtis (left) and faculty member Julie Briley, ND ('06), deliver one in a series of popular Food as Medicine Everyday classes at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.
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FAMI Reaches Out to Women in Prison
Learning gardening, good nutritional cooking and savvy consumer techniques, such as how to decipher a label, is always a good idea. For a select group of women at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, it's much more than that. It's a ray of hope, a little bit of the everyday life they left behind when the jail doors closed.
The women, incarcerated in the minimum security section of the prison, are six months or less from release. For the past year, the inmates have been receiving nutrition education through NCNM's Food as Medicine Institute (FAMI), with classes funded by
Charlene Zidell, director of Corporate Relations at the Zidell Companies, and daughter of
Min Zidell.
A group from NCNM, including FAMI co-founder
Julie Briley, ND ('06), students
Shannon Curtis and
Mallory Aye, Director of Public Relations
Marilynn Considine and Photographer/Graphic Artist
Vanessa Morrow, visited a class of nine women recently. They were joined by independent filmmaker Lenore Eklund, who is making a documentary about food as medicine.
The series of classes has been very popular with inmates, with the waiting list currently at 100. Dr. Briley said she has heard overwhelmingly enthusiastic comments from women in the class, including, "This has been the most productive and positive thing I have done here," and "I've tried foods, toppings and combinations I would have never tried that will make a difference in how I feel, which will help me stay sober and fight depression." Classes will continue through the fall.
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In Memoriam: Sad to hear of two recent deaths in the NCNM
family,
Jeannette Lyons, ND ('00), passed away in July after a long illness. Dr. Lyons practiced in Tigard.
Ralph Weiss, ND, DC, also passed away in July. Dr. Weiss, who was 94, was one of the small group of naturopathic doctors who worked to keep the profession alive in the 1940s and 1950s, and was a leader of the Oregon profession for many years. He held multiple degrees, including two NDs, a Doctorate of Divinity and a PhD. He earned his first ND from the Lust School of Naturopathy in 1940 and was one of the first Western physicians allowed to study acupuncture in China.
See his full obit in the Medford Mail-Tribune.
China Bound: NCNM faculty members
Brenda Hood, PhD, LAc, and
Brandt Stickley, LAc, and nine students are headed for Shanghai on August 15 for 15 days of classes in acupuncture, herbs and pulse taking. The group will take a two-day side trip to Suzhou and Hangzhou. Classes will be held at the clinic of Li Xin, the noted Chinese medicine practitioner, consultant and teacher who visited NCNM last fall. Instruction will include a day-long course in herbal preparation followed by a trip to Shanghai University of TCM where the group will also tour the Chinese Medicine Museum.
Guess the Pet Contest! The Staff Association has cooked up a bit of summer fun, launching a contest to match photos of faculty and staff pets with their human friends. All faculty and staff are encouraged to send in photos of themselves and a favorite pet to
Teal Niles,
[email protected]. Let her know if you'd like to use a photo Marketing has on file, and include a couple of lines about you and your pet (optional).
Deadline August 21. Voting via an email survey begins Aug. 28. Prizes and fame for the winner.
Not So Lazy Days of Summer: More like the Crazy Days...While summer is a slower time for some on and off campus, Facilities Manager
Dave McAllister and contract crews have been busy upgrading and spiffing up campus. Among the projects: repairing water-damaged brickwork on the outside of the Academic Building, painting trim on the Administration Building, and distributing a truckload of new picnic tables around campus. Much more to come, according to Dave, including restriping the Academic Building parking lots.
Library Open for Business: The Library's summer hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Thursday; Fridays 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Nice spot for a cool, quiet break!
No Parking at Helfgott: Beginning August 3, the parking lot at the
School of Research & Graduate Studies, including
Helfgott Research Institute, will be closed for about two weeks while workers make changes to meet city regulations. Limited street parking is available and students can use white striped parking spaces on the main campus in the meantime.
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NCNM was awarded $387,000 by Washington County Health & Human Services to provide naturopathic primary care services to its residents. Read the Beaverton Valley Times article, July 15, 2015.
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Bob Jackson was a shy kid growing up in Montana. His family moved around a lot, which made it hard to fit in and make friends. But Bob, NCNM's accounting specialist, blossomed as a high school sophomore when he signed up for a part in a one-act play. It helped that the play was a comedy, and people laughed, but Bob wasn't nervous at all. More importantly, he was hooked.
About that same time he also joined the school choir at the suggestion of a female student, launching two of his great joys in life: music and acting. Ah, but practicality is also in Bob's DNA, so while studying music and acting at the University of Montana, Missoula, and later Portland State University, he minored in business.
Although he has worked full time as an entertainer, most notably a three-year road trip as director and actor of a musical children's theater and as an outreach performer for the Portland Opera, the business acumen has really come in handy. He's been at NCNM for nearly two years, and before that worked as a business analyst with a local compound pharmacy.
Along the way, he's acted in the Broadway Rose productions of
The Music Man, and
CATS, and just received word that he has been cast in an opera called
Viva's Holiday, which will have its world premiere in Portland on December 2, 3 and 4.
Acting, he said, "Satisfies my inner creative artist. It allows me to express my creativity and have an effect on an audience, whether that's laughing, crying or a gasp. Giving a story to the audience, the camaraderie of fellow actors, that cohort of creative folks," keeps him coming back for more.
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Colleen Doherty has joined Student Life as an academic advisor;
Margaret Mills is a new adjunct faculty member at Helfgott Research Institute, teaching in the Master of Science in Nutrition program;
Stephen Jacobsen is the new medicinary representative at the NCNM Clinic; and
Keegan Murphy has joined Advancement as the CE project and tech assistant. Welcome all and best of luck!
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