![During his visit to the College of Allied Health Sciences, UC President Santa Ono, PhD, watched as rehabilitation sciences student Mark Gutteridge pedaled on a cycle ergometer (a stationary bicycle outfitted with an ergometer, or work measurement device).](https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/legacy/healthnews/2013/03/h22167/jcr:content/image.img.cq5dam.thumbnail.500.500.jpg/1534517756694.jpg)
Donations Create Foundation for Growth at Allied Health
On Wednesday, Feb. 20, the University of Cincinnati announced that it surpassed the $1 billion goal of its Proudly Cincinnati campaignfour months ahead of the campaigns June 2013 deadline.
We will be featuring stories to highlight ways the campaign has positively impacted each of the four colleges at the Academic Health Center, improving our tripartite mission of education, research and clinical care.
As UCs newest college, the College of Allied Health Sciences has seen a meteoritic rise since its founding in 1998. More than 2,800 students are enrolled in the collegeboth on-campus and in distance learning programstraining to be part of the health care field as physical therapists, speech language pathologists, medical imaging technicians, respiratory therapists, lab technologists, nutritionists and social workers.
The colleges many programs, which educate students from the undergraduate through doctoral level, have only been able to grow through continued investment from faculty, staff and alumni.
Through the Proudly Cincinnati campaign, two faculty members in particular have sought to create opportunities for growth in their departments, using their own gifts to support programs and their leadership roles to communicate the importance of the campaign to others.
Supporting Unexpected Needs in College Departments
Nancy Creaghead, PhD, and Tina Whalen, DPT, EdD, have had long histories at the college. Creaghead serves as professor and department head of communication sciences and disorders (CSD) and Whalen, professor and former department head of rehabilitation sciences, now serves as associate dean. In their roles leading academic departments, they both saw firsthand the needs of a growing college amid tight budgets.
Focusing on the Students
UC faculty involved in speech language pathologist training and education include (from left to right) Jo-Anne Prendeville, EdD; Sandra Combs, PhD; Nancy Creaghead, PhD; and Lesley Raisor-Becker, PhD.
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