Video of OIT's Young Professional Alumna

Dental Hygiene graduate Sharity Ludwig was honored with the Oregon Tech Alumni Association's Young Professional Alumna Award. Click here to see her acceptance speech.

Miss Klamath County is an OIT Student; Paying it Forward

Stephanie Steers was named Miss Klamath County at the annual Miss Klamath County/Miss City of Sunshine Scholarship Pageant on Saturday. She is a Dental Hygiene student. The scholarship pageant is part of the Miss America pageant system. More than $28,000 in scholarships were awarded locally.

Five other OIT students were participants, including:

• Chelsea Clarke, Communication Studies
• Kaitlin Endres, Biology
• Chelsea Hunter, Operations Management
• Beth Narramore, Radiologic Science
• Statia Smith, Small Business Management

Among the scholarships being vied for was the Pay It Forward Scholarship, based upon the book by Catherine Ryan Hyde. Each contestant wrote an essay about the concept, how it applied to their own lives and their plan to implement paying it forward personally. Visit the Pay It Forward Foundation for more information on the concept.

The Oregon Center for Health Professions really exemplifies the pay it forward attitude. Numerous individuals and organizations have made the Center a reality. Those making contributions may never need the services of the students educated at the Center, but the donors have made lives better just for the investment in someones education whom they many never know.

It's a very powerful thought.

Campaign video

The Prescription for Oregon campaign video is now on YouTube. Click here to see it. The piece was run inside the Center on the opening day of the first wing.

Click here to visit the Center's Web page.

Radiologic Science externship sites

Here are the current Radiologic Science externship sites. It's great to know our students have opportunities ot learn in such professional settings.

Albany General Hospital, Albany, Ore.
Ashland Community Hospital, Ashland, Ore.
Banner Lassen Medical Center, Susanville, Calif.
Bay Area Hospital, Coos Bay
Central Oregon Radiology Associates (CORA), Bend
Corvallis Clinic P.C., Corvallis
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Corvallis
Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston
Grande Ronde Hospital, La Grande
Kadlec Medical Center, Richland, Wash.
Lebanon Community Hospital, Lebanon, Ore.
Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center, Portland
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center, Portland
Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center, Tualatin
Mercy Medical Center, Roseburg
Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland
Oregon Imaging Center, Eugene
Portland VA Radiology Department, Portland
Providence Alaska Medical Center, Anchorage
Providence Medford Medical Center, Ore.
Providence Newburg Hospital, Ore.
Rogue Valley Medical Center, Medford
Sacred Heart Medical Center, Eugene
Salem Hospital, Salem, Ore.
Shriner's Hospital for Children, Portland
Skagit Valley Hospital, Mt. Vernon, Wash.
Sky Lakes Medical Center, Klamath Falls
St. Charles Medical Center, Bend
St. Charles Medical Center, Redmond
St. Mary Medical Center, Walla Walla, Wash.
Swedish Medical Center, Providence Campus, Seattle
Three Rivers Community Hospital, Grants Pass
Tillamook County General Hospital, Tillamook
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle
Walla Walla General Hospital, Wash.
Western Arizona Regional Medical Center, Bullhead City
Willamette Falls Hospital, Oregon City

Nuclear Medicine Technology externship sites

Here are the current Nuclear Medicine Technology externship sites. It's great to know our students have opportunities ot learn in such professional settings.

Bay Area Hospital, Coos Bay
Kadlec Medical Center, Richland, Wash.
Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center, Clackamas
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center, Portland
Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland
Oregon Medical Group, Eugene
Portland V.A. Medical Center, Portland
Providence Alaska Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska
Providence Medford Medical Center, Medford
Providence Medical Center, Portland
Providence St. Peter Hospital, Olympia, Wash.
Rogue Valley Medical Center, Medford
Sacred Heart Medical Center, Eugene
Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane, Wash.
Salem Hospital, Salem, Ore.
Sky Lakes Medical Center, Klamath Falls
St. Charles Medical Center, Bend
St. Mary Medical Center, Walla Walla, Wash.
St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center, Missoula, Mont.
St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland
Three Rivers Community Hospital, Grants Pass
Tuality Valley Hospital, Hillsboro
U.C. Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, Calif.
Yakima Regional Hospital, Yakima, Wash.
Yuma Regional Medical Center, Yuma, Ariz.

Diagnostic Medical Sonography externship sites

Here are the current Diagnostic Medical Sonography externship sites. It's great to know our students have opportunities ot learn in such professional settings.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Central Oregon Radiology Associates, Bend
Deaconess Medical Center, Spokane, Wash.
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Corvallis
Harris Methodist Ft. Worth Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas
Kaiser Permanente Med Ctr/Interstate South, Portland
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Sunnyside, Clackamas
Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center, Portland
Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center, Tualatin
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland
Oregon Imaging Center, Eugene
Providence Alaska Medical Center, Anchorage
Providence Medical Center, Medford
Providence Portland Medical Center, Portland
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland
Renown Medical Center, Reno, Nev.
Rogue Valley Medical Center, Medford
Sacred Heart Medical Center, Eugene
Samaritan Albany General Hospital, Albany
Skagit Valley Hospital, Mt. Vernon, Wash.
Sky Lakes Medical Center, Klamath Falls
St. Charles Medical Center, Bend
St. John Medical Center, Longview, Wash.
St. Mary Medical Center, Walla Walla, Wash.
Valley Hospital, Spokane Valley, Wash.
Willamette Falls Hospital, Oregon City
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, Yakima, Wash.

Vascular externship sites

Here are the current Vascular Technology externship sites. It's great to know our students have opportunities ot learn in such professional settings.

Baptist Vascular Center, San Antonio, Texas
Bay Mobile Care (BMD) Diagnostics, Oakland, Calif.
Bend Memorial Clinic, Bend, Ore.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
Duke City Vascular, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Fletcher Allen Health Care, University of Vermont, Burlingham
Greenville Hospital System, Greenville, South Carolina
James A. Haley Veteran's Hospital, Tampa, Florida
Karmody Vascular Lab Albany Medical College, Albany, New York
Lake Washington Vascular Lab, Bellevue, Wash.
Medford Medical Clinic, Medford, Ore.
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Vascular Studies Section, Hershey, Penn.
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Ore.
Pacific Vascular, Bothell, Wash.
Peripheral Vascular Associates, San Antonio, Texas
Providence Medford Medical Center, Medford, Ore.
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, Ore.
Quality Vascular, Venice, Fla.
Renown Regional Medical Center, Reno, Nev.
Rogue Valley Medical Center, Medford, Ore.
Sacred Heart Hospital Oregon Heart Center, Eugene, Ore.
Salem Vascular Clinic, Salem, Ore.
Shasta Regional Medical Center, Redding, Calif.
Sky Lakes Medical Center, Klamath Falls
St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, Idaho
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Ariz.
St. Mary's Bon Secours Medical Center, Richmond, Va.
Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Thoracic Cardiovascular Care Group, Belleville, New Jersey
Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
U.C. Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, Calif.
UCLA Gonda Vascular Lab, Los Angeles, Calif.
University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill
University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City
University of Vermont Fletcher-Allen Health Care, Burlington
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle
Vascular Surgery Medical Group, Inc., Oakland, Calif.
Willamette Medical Center, McMinnville, Ore.

Congratulations, Denise Langley

Denise Langley is a 1990 graduate of OIT's Nursing program. In her era, OIT had its own Nursing degree, but things have changed since then. All Nursing programs at Oregon University System schools now are administered by Oregon Health & Science University.

In fact, OHSU's Nursing program will move into the Martha Anne Dow Center for Health Professions' second wing. The program will then be able to admit more Nursing students. It's a great partnership between OIT and OHSU.

Any way, back to Denise. She was nominated by OHSU, the hospital in Portland not the local Nursing program, staff and faculty as the Emergency Department Nurse of the Year. She was lauded as an exemplary nurse, educator and leader. Denise is a wonderful human being who has dedicated her life to helping others, specifically in the area of pediatrics.

OIT alumni are doing wonderful things, and everyone is proud of Denise.

Externships ahead

Medical Imaging juniors will soon learn the location of their externship sites for next year. The clinical externship is one of the great opportunities afforded OIT students in the medical imaging arena. A full year is spent at a site practicing professionalism at medical centers, clinics and other venues.

Dan Hallesy, a member of the President's Advisory Council who works for Toshiba America Medical Systems, said recently that all of the practice scanning done by OIT students makes them highly desirable to employers. He also mentioned that the fact OIT offers bachelor's degrees makes students and alumni more employable.

It's great to have the support of well-respected industry partners, including Toshiba and the clinical externship sites.

Numerically speaking

I thought readers might be interested in some pertinent statistics about the Dow Center. Here's a quick look at some numbers:

Opening date Wing I: September 2007
Opening date Wing II: September 2009 (updated 04.11.08)
Wing I square feet: 42,770
–Classroom laboratories 18
–Classrooms 3
–Study areas & conference rooms 8
–Offices 30
Wing II square feet: 53,022
–Classroom laboratories 5
–Classrooms 4
–Auditorium 1
–Study areas & conference rooms 5
–Offices 26
Student Enrollment (2007) 1,268
Student Enrollment-Anticipated (2012) 1,750

Looking good

Jon Wiener, principal of the SRG Partnership architectural firm, sent along some renderings of the second wing today. I'll post the most visual here. I also have some blueprint-type diagrams. It's wonderful to envision what the future holds.

Being in the money doesn't mean we have all we need

Yesterday's post may have misled some readers to believe that we are finished fundraising.

The reality is that we have fulfilled our financial need from the State of Oregon toward construction. For the first wing of the Center, OIT received a $10 million Article XI-F bond for construction. Toward the second wing, we received $9 million total ($5.5 in the 2007 Legislative Session and $3.5 in the February 2008 Special Session) in Article XI-G bond funding.

What's the difference between an F bond and a G bond? An F is fine, but you have to pay it back to the state. The G is great, because it does not have to be repaid.

The Prescription for Oregon capital campaign continues, as we still need funding for equipment and other expenses.

To visit the Center's Web pages, click here.

We're in the money

The Oregon Legislature Friday approved the $3.5 million Article XI-G bond needed to complete construction on the Dow Center.

Thanks go out to Senator Doug Whitsett, Representative Bill Garrard and Representative George Gilman for their continued support on this project.

We will be able to have occupancy of the second wing in Fall 2009.

Visit OIT's CHP Web site here.