Today - Volume 02, Number 14

              Loma Linda University
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Adventist Health System I Loma Linda TODAY
Wednesday, July 26, 1989
LOMA LINDA UNIV. LIBRARY
SERIALS DEPARTMENT
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Volume 2, Number 14
^ 1 T T T f L28 I989 1 Commission explores LLU structural options
A select commission establish
ed by the Loma Linda Universi
ty Board of Trustees met last
week to explore various options
regarding the future structure of
Loma Linda University.
Headed by Gordon Madgwick,
PhD, executive secretary for the
North American Division Board
of Higher Education, and assisted
by commission members Charles
T. Smith, Jr., PhD, associate ex
ecutive secretary and coordinator
of " Project Affirmation" for the
Board of Higher Education;
Dallas Kindopp, director of in
stitutional research for the Board
of Higher Education; and Richard
Executive secretary of the North American Division Board of Higher Education Gordon Madgwick,
PhD, chairs a meeting of Loma Linda campus deans. A select commission appointed by the Univer
sity's Board of Trustees met last week to explore various options regarding the future structure of
Loma Linda University.
WHAT'S INSIDE. ..
Volunteer program ...... 2
Circle of Care ......... 3
Honored MC employees . 6
Faculty notes .......... 8
Bone density study ..... 9
SIMS in India ........ 12
Deans' lists ........... 15
Cancer program ....... 16
NIW1 program ........ 17
Careers in medicine .... 17
MC service pins ....... 18
Kim Family
Counseling Room .... 19
Friends of LLU ....... 20
Chamber Music Festival 21
Breathe Free revised ... 22
Young kidney transplant 23
The Back Page ......... 24
Service honors 26
Elderhostel students
A graduation service on Friday,
July 14, in Matheson Chapel,
honored the 26 students who par
ticipated in the first of this sum
mer s Elderhostel sessions on the
La Sierra Campus. In this ses
sion, the students spent one week
learning about vegetarian cooking,
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W. Johns, JD, legal counsel for
the Board of Higher Education
and a member of the law firm of
McKenna, Conner and Cuneo,
Washington, DC; met last week
with various Loma Linda Univer
sity groups including faculty,
deans, student association
leaders, alumni association
presidents, officers of the Pacific
Union Conference, and Univer
sity administrators.
" We were asked to solicit frank
opinions regarding possible op
tions the Board of Trustees might
wish to review," Dr. Madgwick
says. " The purpose of the
meetings is to listen carefully and
objectively to all opinions that in
dividuals and members of various
University groups may wish to
express.
" Our job is to listen objective
ly not to react or be critical of
them, but basically to gain as
much information as possible
from these various groups
concerning their ideas."
The various entities that the
select commission met with last
week included:
Elected faculty representa
tives, La Sierra campus.
Elected faculty representa
tives, Loma Linda campus.
Deans of the schools for
both campuses.
Elected presidents and
selected officers for the La Sierra
and Loma Linda campus student
associations.
Presidents of the Universi
ty's various alumni associations or
their designates.
Representatives from the
Loma Linda University Medical
Center Board of Trustees.
President, Loma Linda
University.
Provost and vice president
for the La Sierra campus.
" Those of us from the Board
of Higher Education are function
ing as facilitators, communicators,
and resource agents for the
University's Board of Trustees,"
Dr. Madgwick says. " We will do
this as objectively as possible, and
recognize the high standards of
ethics that must beTnaimained."
" Our main objective is to pre
sent information designed to help
the board in its efforts to provide
a structure that will ( 1) enhance
the opportunity for each campus
to fulfill their complementary mis
sions, and ( 2) resolve the con
cerns related to continuing ac
creditation," Dr. Madgwick says.
[ See page four for the options be
ing discussed.)
" Some may feel that it will be
the number of people who are in
favor of a particular option that
should count," Dr. Madgwick
states, " but we feel that it should
be the strenffh of the data that real
ly should count first."
In their report to the board, the
select commission will do every
thing it can to remove emotions
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' AIM program
begins
July 31
The kickoff day for the AIM
program will be July 31, says Bud
Cannarella, assistant vice presi
dent for special projects at Loma
Linda University Medical Center.
ATM ( Advancement In Making
Man Whole) is a recognition pro
gram designed to honor
employees and volunteers for
their faithful support of Loma
Linda University Medical
Center's mission.
" We are excited about this pro
gram," states Ron Anderson,
senior vice president and chief
operating officer. " We have felt
for a long time that we wanted
to recognize in a tangible way
employees who do something
outstanding for patients or
coworkers. This program will do
that."
Employees to be honored will
be chosen from information
received from one or more of the
following channels:
responses from the AIM pa
tient survey.
nominations received from
coworkers.
comments from patients,
visitors, or coworkers written on
" Give Us a Clue" cards, which
will be found at various locations
throughout the Medical Center.
the AIM program button.
Approximately 10 days before
the AIM program actually begins,
a " Button Watcher" will roam
around the Medical Center on
random days. The " Button Wat
cher" will present a number of
employees and volunteers who
are wearing their AIM button,
with a button recognition card
and a free meal ticket to the
Medical Center cafeteria. Any
employee or volunteer who ac
cumulates five recognition cards
will be able to use a VIP parking
space for one month.
Other awards will be as follows:
Weekly: After verifying recom
mendations, the AIM committee
will award each employee and
volunteer who has been mention
ed in a positive way by patients
in a patient survey with a thank-you
note and a free cafeteria meal
card.
Monthly: An employee or
volunteer from a nonclinical and
another from a clinically related
area will be recognized each
month. In the event of a draw,
additional awards will be given.
Those chosen will each receive:
a gift certificate for two to a
fine restaurant.
special recognition in the
hospital and AIM newsletters.
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