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Show Westminster Gives Immunization Week A Shot NetworkForOn"Into Target The Streets" Westminster students should know the by Fred Thaller Forum staff writer following facts: People bom between 1957 and 1970 need to be reimmunized for measles. This is critical. If women get the disease during pregnancy, it often leads to fetal damage. All adults should get boosters every 10 a. Ask for the years for Diane Van Os, associate professor of nursing, and two registered nurses, Allison Page and Karen Nash, joined together in an effort with Salt Lake City Mayor Palmer DePaulis, to kick off National Immunization Week which was Sept. 21-2DePaulis signed a proclamation in recognition of National Immunization Week on Sept. 19, 1991, at the Wasatch Homeless Health Care Clinic. DePaulis cited the effort to clinic as an example of grass-root- s educate the public to the importance of immunization. Many childhood diseases continue to pose a threat to unimmunized children, said Van Os, We are anxious to publicize information about immunization to the public in an effort to prevent diseases such as polio, measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, which can cause severe disabilities and even death in children. Van Os said that the latest survey of children in Utah showed only 38.2 percent were adequately immunized. Only92.1 percent ofchildren starting school in Utah this year were immunized. More cases of pertussis (whooping cough) have occurred in Utah in the past 7 years than during the previous 19 years combined. by Bill Kilpack Forum editor tetanus-diphtheri- TDshot 9. If you will be traveling abroad, call the Salt Lake County Health Dept to inquire about any shots needed. They can give you most shots at less expense than private doctors. They are located at 2 100 S. State Street in the south building. The flu vaccine will be available in mid October. Cost will be in the $3-- 6 dollar range (often free if you cant afford to pay). People with chronic diseases and older people should get these shots. College students should also give strong consideration to getting these shots because they are more susceptible to the flu due to high levels of stress, said Van Os. Westminster College supports the immunization effort Van Os was awarded one of two sabbaticals for fall term this year. She is working at the Homeless Shelter in their clinic to help with the immunization drive. She also teaches at their No Name School where children learn about drug and alcohol abuse, antismoking issues and good health in general. In addition. Van Os does Outreach Clin- ics at various shelters and the YWCA. She said children in homeless families often are not immunized. I hope we can encourage all those families to take advantage of free immunization programs at the local shelters, said Van Os. I am very grateful to Westminster chance to teach for this and learn while on sabbatical. once-in-a-lifeti- Position Takes Professor Down Memory Lane A Susan Smith, professor of Heather Bush education. by Heather Bradley Forum staff writer One of Westminsters newest faculty members, Susan Smith, professor of education, has actually been here for 20 years. An alumna of Westminster College, Smith said, I have been in school my whole life. Bom in Atlus, Okla., Smith lived in many parts of the country due to the nature of her fathers work. She moved to Utah in 1962. A Davis High School graduate, she (then Susan Reynolds) .received an academic scholarship to Westminsterand lived in Hogle Hall in 1965. .. . Pago ' . Smith met her husband, Brent Smith, at He couldnt the Westminster library. figure out how to use the copy machine and I walked over to help him, she said. A year and a half later, they were married. After attending Westminster for one year. Smith transferred to the University of Utah for a year. She left school and worked as a stenographer for the FBI in Salt Lake City for three years while her husband finished his education major at Westminster. Smith went back to Westminster fulltime and graduated with a bachelor of arts, majoring in elementary education with an English minor in 1980. She received her MJEd. in 1985. Smith worked as a subFrom 1972-7- 4, stitute teacher at Brighton High School while in school. She taught all subjects, including physics and home economics. I was equally without knowledge in both areas, she said. During her 20 years as a college student, she has seen Westminster go through many changes. Her first year, Westminster had a student body of 600 students, the Shaw Center had not been built and the student union was in the basement of the Payne Gymnasium, she said. At that time, Westminster had a football and basketball team and the student body was required to attend a convocation class on Friday mornings where speakers taught motivation techniques. My lowest grade ever in my college career was from Westminster in Biology 101 from Dr. Barry Quinn, said Smith. After graduating, Smith taught, everything from preschool to graduate school, she said. Smith taught in the Jordan School District for 12 years, and at Westminster last year as an adjunct. Smith fs a full-tim- e professor in the education department, teaching four classes in secondary education. Smith also supervises student teachers and is in charge of field placements. Smith is on temporary leave from Jordan District and will be a professor for one year unless she pursues a doctorate in education. I truly believe change is necessary in education today. The way to do this is on a college level. I need to be here and have a doctorate to do this, she said. Smith said, I am really impressed with the high caliber of Westminster students. They are interested, dedicated, and hard working. Smith has threechildren: Bret,22, graduated last year from the Air Force Academy; Brady, 19, a sophomore at Utah State University; and her daughter Shani, 14, a in Sandy. If I could only do one thing, it would be traveling, Smith said. She has enjoyed traveling with her family to Bermuda, Cancun and Cozumel. Smith scuba dives and said she plans to become a certified diver. She reads novels by Pat Conroy and hikes in the Wasatch canyons and Moab. Smith is a trained workshop presenter in cooperative learning. She travels around Utah instructing school faculties about teaching strategies. I teach the faculty how to use structured, small groups to promote learning, achievement, self and interpersonal skills, she said. Students interested in participating in community service met on Sept. 30 to discuss forming a unifying network for student service at Westminster. The meeting included representatives from the various clubs and organizations on campus, said Don Wagstaff, senior in communications. Four students participated, one representing the Indian Club, along with Kathy Moran, coordinator for cooperative education and placement. Its natural for me to be involved, Moran said. There are so many ways to get experience, and this is just one of the ways, outside of actual internships. At Westminster, the network effort is at These informal groups tend ground-leve- l. to evolve as different members participate and attend the meetings, Wagstaff said. Its not a club, its a way to unify existing with each other and with people who are simply interested in helping others, he said. The network is a way for people to get involved who are interested in planting trees or tutoring children but who are turned off by the idea of another college club, he said. Moran said the network utilizes a global philosophy, rather than a particular club a way to get involved withphilosophy out attaching strings. Lisa Vaonoy, a senior ii social science, said, I know people would be interested in participating if they just knew about it She is in charge of making future community service information available to the Westminster dorm students.-Morasaid the network needs more freshmen and sophomores to get involved. "It can appeal to everybody, no matter what their interests, and its entirely stun dent run. The target project for the network is Into The Streets, a nationwide service day on Nov. 1. 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