When Derrion Smith walks into the St. Louis Dental Center, he is greeted as if he’s family. From reception to the clinic floor, everyone smiles and says hello, calling him by name. The dental center staff know him well. They’ve watched him grow up. As a patient, Derrion knows his way around the clinic – […]
For more than a century, the term “ATSU legacy family” was rightfully associated with a single thing – multiple generations of ATSU-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) graduates from the same family. With more than 130 years of history as the world’s founding school of osteopathic medicine, it made sense children seeking to become physicians […]
Across the hall from ATSU’s Clinical Performance Center in Mesa, Arizona, where many students first begin their journey into patient care, is the Wesley Community & Health Center Recker campus. Embodying the center’s mantra, “Together We Empower Positive Change,” and embracing the mission of their alma mater, ATSU-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine alumna Caitlin Lee, […]
Being in Kirksville, Missouri, in 2024 was never part of the plan for ATSU Board of Trustees member Bertha Thomas. She moved to Kirksville with her husband, a professor of French, in 1992 when he got a position at what is now Truman State University. Like their previous stops to that point, they figured their […]
A.T. Still University (ATSU) hosted its annual Missouri campus Employee Recognition & Award Ceremony on Feb. 29, 2024, honoring outstanding achievements and employment anniversaries. ATSU’s Kirksville, Missouri, campus’ Distinguished Service Award went to Merle Glaspie, service worker, Environmental Services, ATSU. Nominators submitted the following comments in support of Glaspie: Other awards presented were as follows: […]
When Rosie Allen-Herring, MBA, looks back on her nine years as a member of ATSU’s Board of Trustees, she is nothing but grateful. “Being a trustee at ATSU has been one of the greatest joys of my life and also one of my greatest professional accomplishments. It’s all about bringing who you are to the […]
1980s Lori Kemper, DO, ’81, was named chair of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners. She previously served as vice chair and secretary-treasurer of the board of directors. In addition, Dr. Kemper is an osteopathic family physician and dean of Midwestern University, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine in Glendale, Arizona. Michael R. Jaff, DO, […]
ATSU Robert Behnen, MBA, was named chief advancement officer, effective June 1. Behnen has served ATSU for more than 17 years, including the past year as interim vice president. Lindsey Blake, executive assistant, president’s office, received the Employee Excellence Award for the Missouri campus for the third quarter of 2023. Brian Castillo-Murillo, coordinator, diversity & […]
Gary P. Brigham, DDS, Phoenix, Arizona, died Dec. 25, 2023. Dr. Brigham was a former faculty member. Russell M. Broadwell, DO, ’67, Fort Myers, Florida, died Oct. 6, 2023, at age 81. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Dr. Wayne and Dolores Broadwell. He attended The Ohio State University where he was a member […]
A.T. Still University’s (ATSU) Arizona campus honored outstanding achievements and employment anniversaries at its annual Arizona campus Employee Recognition & Award Ceremony on Feb. 20, 2024. Kathy Moralez, senior dental assistant, Advanced Care Clinic, ATSU-Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, was the recipient of this year’s Arizona campus Distinguished Service Award. Nominators submitted some […]