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Department of Counseling winners

Â鶹´«Ã½AV Department of Counseling is first to receive Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Counseling Award

September 24, 2018

POCATELLO – Â鶹´«Ã½AV’s Department of Counseling received the very first Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Counseling (ALGBTIC) 2018 Conference Award. The newly created ALGBTIC award is presented biennially to a counseling program that has demonstrated a commitment to the promotion of LGBTQQIA+ awareness and affirmation.

ISU-Meridian team screens 100 people for traumatic brain injury

September 20, 2018

BOISE—Â鶹´«Ã½AV-Meridian senior research associate Russell Spearman and his volunteer team screened more than 100 people for traumatic brain injury or TBI at the AMEN Free Clinic in Boise, Sept. 12-14.
Photo of people participating in CarFit from previous year.

Â鶹´«Ã½AV’s annual CarFit event is Sept. 24 at Holt Arena

September 12, 2018

POCATELLO– Does your leg go to sleep when you drive?  Any way to minimize those nerve-racking blind spots? What can happen if you sit too close to the steering wheel?
Willam Woodhouse headshot

Â鶹´«Ã½AV Associate Dean Bill Woodhouse becomes president of Idaho Medical Association

September 12, 2018

POCATELLO – Dr. Bill Woodhouse, associate dean for Â鶹´«Ã½AV Graduate Medical Education and Professional Relations for the Kasiska Division of Health Sciences, has recently been installed as the president of the Idaho Medical Association.

Free flu shots and basic physical exams offered at ISU/Ada County Health Screening Sept. 20

September 7, 2018

Free flu shots, basic physical and dental exams, and onsite testing for blood sugar levels and cholesterol are included in free services offered at a community health screening Thursday, Sept. 20, 4-7 p.m., at Whittier Elementary School, 301 N. 29th St., in Boise.
Photo of dignitaries at ICOM ribbon-cutting

Idaho’s first medical school hosts ribbon cutting, celebrates partnership with ISU

September 6, 2018

MERIDIAN, Idaho —Several hundred people gathered on the Â鶹´«Ã½AV-Meridian campus Sept. 5 to tour the new Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine and listen to remarks from educators, community leaders and founders of the state’s first medical school.

Free community hearing screenings at Â鶹´«Ã½AV-Meridian begin Sept. 13

September 5, 2018

MERIDIAN – Get your hearing checked for free at a series of screenings starting Thursday, Sept. 13, 3-6 p.m., at the Speech and Language Clinic at Â鶹´«Ã½AV-Meridian, 1311 E. Central Drive.

Graphic with facts on pneumonia immunizations

Adult pneumonia immunizations save lives

September 4, 2018

POCATELLO – According to national research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), less than 67 percent of adults age 65 or older received their pneumoniavaccination in 2016. In Southeast Idaho, 57 percent of Medicare beneficiaries have never received a pneumonia vaccination, putting them at risk for serious illness and hospitalization.
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ISU's Jenifer Reader elected President Elect of the Phi Upsilon Omicron National Honor Society

August 28, 2018

POCATELLO ­– One of Â鶹´«Ã½AV’s newest faculty members in dietetics, Jenifer Reader,  has been elected as President Elect of the Phi Upsilon Omicron (Phi U) National Honor Society.

ISU-Meridian’s NSSLHA Chapter awarded national honor for raising awareness about communication disorders

August 24, 2018

MERIDIAN—The National Student Speech Language Hearing Association has awarded the NSSLHA Chapter at Â鶹´«Ã½AV-Meridian with 2018 Gold Chapter Honors.