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KU SCHOOL OF NURSING

"An Evening to Remember, 2006 Centennial Celebration & Awards Gala," Sept. 16 celebrated the School of Nursing's centennial anniversary. Recipients of the 2006 KUMC Alumni Awards were recognized, tributes were given to all KUMC reunion classes and traditions and accomplishments of the KU School of Nursing were celebrated.

KU MEDICAL CENTER

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the KU School of Medicine two research grants totaling nearly $730,000 to study the progression of spinal cord injuries. The grants will fund research on neural fiber organization and vascular plasticity following spinal cord injuries with a goal of improving clinical treatment. Mehmet Bilgen, associate professor of molecular and integrative physiology at the KU School of Medicine, will serve as principal investigator.

KLETC

The Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center in Hutchinson will construct a new dormitory. The facility will include 63 rooms that can house 126 law enforcement officers and a multipurpose training facility that can be divided into three spaces to accommodate the training of 100 officers in each space or up to 800 people in audience-style seating. A dining facility expansion, emergency vehicle driver training course, tactical shooting training building and other improvements will also be part of the project approved by the Kansas Legislature in the 2006 session. The project will cost an estimated $16,421,000.

EDWARDS CAMPUS

The Greater Kansas City Public Relations Society of America awarded the Edwards Campus with several awards in its annual PRISM awards competition.

The public relations office received a silver award in the category of Special Events $50,000 or less. In partnership with Trozzolo Communications Group of Kansas City, Mo., the Edwards Campus public relations office won a silver award in the category of Internet Communication Ð More than $20,000.

KUSCHOOL OF MEDICINE- WICHITA

Fred Ervin is the new media relations coordinator.

Ervin, a graduate of Friends University, was the owner of Ervin & Associates, Communication and Media Related Services. Prior to being a small business owner, he was employed for more than a decade as public relations director for Sedgwick County, Kansas. He also has experience working in radio and television in the Wichita market.

TOPONYMS

Lewis Lindsay Dyche earned four degrees at KU. Dyche (1857-1915) was professor and chair of zoology and taxidermy and curator of birds and mammals while leading international collecting expeditions. Dyche Hall still displays some of the thousands of wildlife specimens he collected and mounted.