Providing Disaster Response Counseling at a COVID-19 Testing Site For 20 years, Dawn Reinhardt-Wood has served on her county’s disaster response crisis counseling team - during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Hurricane Sandy, and episodes of school violence and suicide - but she never experienced anything like the COVID-19 pandemic. “In this [...]
New Academic Success Center Gives Students Tools to Succeed To help students excel in the classroom, Rutgers School of Health Professions has launched a new Enrollment Management Academic Success Center that offers services to all students. The center provides one-on-one tutoring, writing seminars and academic workshops, as well as coaching and advising. [...]
SHP Faculty and Staff Recognized Each year, Rutgers School of Health Professions honors faculty and staff for their years of service to our school and leadership, and chooses an Employee of the year. This year, we recognized 29 employees for length of service. Dean Gwendolyn Mahon announced that the Employee of the [...]
Transforming Lives Through Community Service At Rutgers SHP, our students are treating underserved patients in areas where health care is unaffordable or inaccessible. Locally or across the globe, they’re making a difference working with vulnerable populations. In Newark, where 30 percent of residents live below poverty levels, physical therapy students run a [...]
Be Caring, Compassionate, Competent and Courageous - Convocation Keynote Speaker Dr. Denise V. Rodgers Text of RBHS Vice Chancellor Dr. Denise V. Rodgers' 2019 Convocation keynote speech: Good Afternoon. What a pleasure and privilege it is to have been asked to be the convocation speaker for the Rutgers School of Health [...]
Meet Our 2019 Award Winners We are proud to announce our Awards of Excellence winners for 2019. Samantha Herrick, Ph.D., CRC, NCC, ACS Students in Dr. Herrick’s graduate-level rehabilitation counseling course learn what limited mobility feels like through a wheelchair scavenger hunt, where they navigate ramps, elevators, and restrooms. While other colleges use the disability awareness exercise, the [...]