Save the Date:
July 1-3,
"Global Patient Care: Preventing Chronicity Naturopathically,"
is the theme of the 3rd International Congress on Naturopathic Medicine (ICNM) in
Barcelona, Spain.
ICNM brings together natural health practitioners from more than 50 countries each year to connect, learn, collaborate and return to their practices with insights and techniques they can immediately incorporate into patient practice.
a four part series whichoffers basic training for physicians interested in learning more about current HIV treatment and protocol. You can either purchase each part individually for $25 or the whole series for $75.
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Nov. 25: Title IX, OSHA Training
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9:30 a.m. Radelet Hall. Mandatory for all faculty and staff. There will be a video link posted for those unable to attend personally. More info, Dave McAllister
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GARDEN GROOVIN' - Students from the Reynolds Learning Academy volunteered recently to help NCNM's Brian Landever, (center) advancement officer for campus beautification, transfer medicinal plants from the Galen's Way Garden to entryways near the Academic Building. The teen vocational students also received a formal welcome by HR Director Kathy Stanford, learned about gardening from Brian, and were welcomed by NCNM students for ping-pong and lunch in the Student Lounge. Read more about this story.
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Space Crunch? Librarians Get Creative
With seating often at a premium in NCNM's small library, Librarian Noelle Stello and staff are always on the lookout for ways to maximize space.
As a result, they have transformed two large window wells that held, as Stello puts it "a plethora of little-used stuff, low-use models, skeleton parts, old student projects." Adds, Stello, "This summer, we got the bright idea of turning them into cozy study space. We thought it would work because we've observed that our other "soft" study spaces - a floor bean bag, our futon - are frequently occupied."
Plan A was to move the stuff, repaint the space, and buy some cushions to create a cozy study space. Unable to find cushions that fit, though, Stello and staff decided to make them themselves. During slow periods this summer they scoured the Internet for instructions and supplies. They consulted Facilities Manager Dave McAllister on logistics and Security Officer Mike Hale hung reading lamps.
 Stello then declared a Library Beautification Day: "On Friday, Sept. 4, we closed the library for the day. Three of us brought our sewing machines, and we set to work making the box cushions and pillows from foam, pillow forms and fabric. We worked all day, then finished up the details the following week: repainting the nook walls yellow, hanging reading lamps and wire molding." The group, along with Stello, included Christina King, associate librarian; Jessie Gorton, circulation coordinator; and Jenny Kim, evening and weekend library supervisor. Said King, "
The students have seemed really pleased and the nooks are almost always full. They are frequently occupied even later into the evening. I had one student tell me that it is necessary to stalk the nooks from a distance and wait for one to open up."
MSOM Student Maria Hicks certainly likes the change. She posted a photo on Facebook, saying "My school sometimes amazes me. Our librarians handmade these beautiful and comforting study nooks! I mean they literally hand sewed the cushions and pillows even. Feeling the love."
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AOM Days...and an Evening
It was a standing room only at the School of Classical Chinese Medicine's AOM Day reception held at Spaulding House Oct. 23. The day was designated as NCNM's "official" celebration of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Day.
 The tasty catered fare from Taste of Sichuan restaurant drew a crowd, but the real treat was a fascinating Scholar's Hour presentation by Professor
Bob Quinn. Dr. Quinn offered his insight-as a clinician who also happens to be a philosopher. His talk, "(W)holistic medicine?? & the Path of the Superior Physician," examined the challenges of the profession, including the movement away from the cultivation of the senses through language, reductionism and scientific materialism, among others. The talk also introduced the philosophers who inspired Dr. Quinn (a cast of characters, including Owen Barfield, David Bohm, Goethe, Alan Watts, Bucky Fuller and many others) and an examination of how the mind derails deeper experiential understanding-that can impact Chinese medicine patients.
 Sports Medicine: Attendees, including a strong contingent of medical students, came from all over to NCNM's first Integrative Sports Medicine Conference Nov. 6-8, said Continuing Education Director
Audra Mehan, who coordinated the event. Workshops in nutrition, soft tissue and rehab were especially well received and attendees learned first-hand from four athletes training for the Olympic trials. "Overall there was a strong feeling of camaraderie among the attendees, presenters and vendors, which truly exemplified the power and advantage of an integrative approach to sports medicine," she said. "People walked away talking about 'next year,' which I always take to be a good sign!"
NCNM Cyclists Smash Record: According to the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA), the recent Bike Commute Challenge had 10,772 people participating, which included 1,363 new bike commuters who biked almost 1.25 million miles. That's about 60,800,000 calories burned and about 1,215,000 pounds of CO2 saved. NCNM riders did their part, too. Captain and faculty member
Jennifer Brusewitz said NCNM more than doubled the school's finish from last year, totaling 186 commutes and over 2,000 miles cycled. The top four NCNM commuters (based on number of times biking to work during the challenge) were
Georgia Portuondo and
Kelly Stangl at 100 percent;
David Berkshire at 95.2 percent; and
Nikolajs Belikoff-Strads at 84.4 percent. Top four NCNM total miles pedaled were
David Berkshire, 250 miles;
Georgia Portuondo, 232 miles;
Kelly Stangl, 205 miles; and
Austin Brandt, 135 miles. Your local editor got back in (on) the saddle and contributed 33 miles. Well, it was something. Go team!
 Halloween Winners: The annual Staff Association Halloween Contest was won by the
Helfgott Research Center, with a nifty Headless Horseman and pumpkin motif.
They scored $50 in gift cards, which I'm sure they will put towards an all-campus party!?
HR
and the
Financial Aid Office
tied for second and third place; each won $25 gift cards.
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NPR reports that the FDA is asking for public comments regarding the use of "natural" in food labeling, which, under current regulations, is ambiguous at best.
Comment on the FDA website.
"How Stress Makes You Sick,"
a TedEd video carried by The Naturopathic News Digest and
Atlantic Monthly
details how worrying affects the human body.
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Congratulations to Rae Wright, who has been promoted to director of clinic operations. Rae
joined NCNM in September 2014 as assistant director of clinic operations and has served as acting director of Clinic Operations since June. Also congrats to Sandra Brydson, who has been promoted to payroll and health benefits manager, from her former position as payroll specialist.
Welcome to NCNM:Sally Swire
, administrative assistant, Institutional Research and Compliance; Mari Saint-Pierre, clinical education and residency coordinator, School of Naturopathic Medicine; Kevin Wilson, adjunct faculty, School of Naturopathic Medicine; Heather Sutch, mental health therapist, Student Life; and Neeta Thakor, lab technician, NCNM Lab. Eric Withee returns to the college as a research coordinator, joining two new adjunct faculty members, Dulcinea Childs and Krista Tricario at the Helfgott Research Institute.
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