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Vol. 83 No. 3
CAC Audited APRIL 21 – 27, 2011
COMPLIMENTARY
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INSIDE
STLCC selects next chancellor Myrtle E.B. Dorsey, Ph.D., to take her post in June
NEWS
Missouri legislators cut unemployment benefits Gov. Jay Nixon signed a new law that cuts Missouri unemployment benefits for future recipients from 26 to 20 weeks.
By Rebecca S. Rivas Of the St. Louis American Myrtle E.B. Dorsey, Ph.D., steps into her new office as chancellor of St. Louis Community College on June 16, the Board of Trustees announced last week. Dorsey will succeed Zelema Harris, Ph.D. who became chancellor
in 2007 and is retiring on June 30. St. Louis Community College has four campuses – Florissant Valley, Forest Park, Meramec and Wildwood – and hosts about 90,000 students each year, including those participating in continuing education and
workforce programs. However, students working towards credit hours tallied up to 29,128 last fall. The college has a $164.5 million annual operating budget. Dorsey beat out two other finalists, including Marcia Myrtle E.B. Pfeiffer, Ph.D., president of Dorsey, Ph.D. the Florissant Valley campus
since 2002, and Thomas Klincar, president of John Wood Community College (Quincy, Ill.) since 2008. “We are fortunate to have attracted an educational leader of Dr. Dorsey’s stature,” said Denise Chachere, board chair. “She comes to us with an abundance of senior administrative level experience, having served as chancellor of Baton Rouge Community College for the past nine years.” See DORSEY, A7
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Stepping into a new life
SPORTS
Haitian boy regaining use of leg through Shriners Hospital docs
Top prep sprinters converge in Kansas Michael Hester will lead a strong cast of sprinters from Missouri to Lawrence, Kansas this weekend to compete in the Kansas Relays.
By Sandra Jordan Of The St. Louis American
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HEALTH
Eating and living a better, healthy way Dietary choices and healthier living tips for the young and old alike. Plus, health calendar events, a new recipe and more.
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INSIDE SPORTS Photo by Wiley Price
NBA Playoffs will answer many questions Will veteran teams like the Celtics, Lakers or Spurs hold off the young guns like Derrick Rose and the Bulls?
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Jean Patrickson gets walks and climbs steps as part of physical therapy on his leg being repaired at St. Louis Shriners Hospital for Children.
Jean Patrickson, the Haitian boy brought to St. Louis to save his leg that was severely injured in last year’s earthquake, oftentimes moves faster than most people do with two healthy legs. You last saw him in The American in March, 2010, in a wheelchair after undergoing a fibular osteotomy. The surgery started a process to move a piece of bone from his fibula (skinny lower leg bone) to replace the part of his tibia (shinbone) that was in last year’s “Right now, we are trying to get shattered earthquake in Haiti. Doctors the upper two parts of the bone in Haiti had removed it to fuse, so we put three screws in prior to Jean coming to the U.S. and he could not stand there and some bone graft.” or move unassisted and faced amputation. – Dr. J. Eric Gordon Over the past year, physicians and staff at St. Louis Shriners’ Hospital for Children have helped Patrickson recuperate and rebuild bone and strength in his leg. Although much of his leg is reconstructed, Dr. J. Eric Gordon, an orthopedic surgeon operated on Jean’s leg again last month. “Right now, we are trying to get the upper two parts of the bone to fuse, so we put three screws in there and some bone graft,” Gordon says. “Up around close the knee did not fuse up in there as we had hoped to and we had done one procedure earlier to try to kind of get that area in there to fuse and heal and now that really hasn’t laid down that much bone in there.” Gordon said the bone has fused at the ankle, and his foot is in good position, allowing Jean to walk. “We are looking forward to hopefully getting the fixator off sometime in See HAITIAN, A7
2011 Salute to Excellence in Health care
CREATING DIVERSE PROFESSIONALS IN PHARMACY Health Care Advocacy Organization of the Year – BESt Pharmacy Summer Institute By Rebecca S. Rivas Of The St. Louis American
Chicago’s Derrick Rose
As a sophomore at Clayton High School, Rebakkah Johnson heard from her counselor about an opportunity to be a “college student” for six weeks at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy through the BESt Pharmacy Summer Institute. Her mom was thrilled, but six weeks of science and math in the summer time was a hard sell for her. With the extra nudge of a stipend incentive, she applied and completed BESt I and II over the course of two summers.
“One hundred percent of our students have gone on to four-year colleges and universities.” – Isaac Butler, MBA, PharmD
“It was the best decision I’ve made in my life,” she said. Not only did she enjoy learning with multicultural students like herself, See BESt, A6
Photo by Wiley Price
Otis Howell Jr. from University City High School and Fatima Ahmed of Gateway High School receive lab instruction from Steven Player, inpatient pharmacy manager for Barnes-Jewish Hospital, at the BESt Pharmacy Summer Institute.