CAMPUS ROUNDUP
KU MEDICAL CENTER
John A. Ferraro, chair of the hearing and speech department at the School of Allied Health, has received the highest honors of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association for his contribution to the field of speech.
KU SCHOOL OF NURSING
Michael Bleich, associate dean for clinical and community affairs at the school of nursing, was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing on Nov. 11. He was nominated for the honor by two current academy fellows and selected by the academy's 15-member Fellow Selection Committee.
EDWARDS CAMPUS
Lissa Lord, librarian at Edwards Campus, created a dissertation research blog that has been named one of "Top 100 Education Blogs" by Online Education Database.
To view Lord's blog, visit diss ertationresearch.blogspot.com.
KU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-WICHITA
Rick Kellerman, professor and chair of family and community medicine and president of the American Academy of Family Physicians, and 40 Kansas doctors joined about 2,000 physicians on Capitol Hill to urge increased federal support to help avoid potential family medicine shortages in rural states.
KU HISTORY
As World War I raged in Europe, there was talk in the states of instituting compulsory military training at university campuses. KU Chancellor Frank Strong was vehemently opposed to the idea. In a Jan. 16, 1916, article in the University Daily Kansan, he said he was "strongly opposed to military training in our colleges and universities," adding it would be "highly impractical" and would undermine discipline. For more, visit
www.kuhistory.com
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