Annalyse Doria of La Grange, a senior at the University of Illinois at Springfield, is a student columnist for The Doings-ClarendonHills. The following column appeared in an April 28, 2011 edition.
"Spring break, in many people's eyes, is a time to relax, go on a warm vacation, or catch up on lost sleep. Until a little over a month ago, that's exactly what it had meant to me; however, this year I decided to look into something that I had heard so much about called alternative spring break. Over the years I had heard extremely positive remarks about experiences people had while on alternative spring break trips. I had wanted to start volunteering again for over a year so when I returned to school after a relaxing summer I signed up to be on the committee. Twenty meetings later and six hours away from home, I found myself standing with 22 strangers a hotel lobby in Memphis Tenn"
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
UIS professor calls attention to medical shortages
An Illinois professor is calling attention to the shortage of medical lab workers. While the focus has been on too few nurses, Professor Paula Garrott says on a percentage basis, the shortage of lab scientists and technicians is even greater. And the problem may only get worse with 40-percent of the current workforce set to retire in the next decade. That could mean delays in test results and other problems.
Garrott chairs the Clinical Lab Science Department at the University of Illinois Springfield. She says the shortage of employees in health labs stems from a lack of awareness.
Garrott's comments were featured in an April 26, 2011, report by WUIS Public Radio.
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Garrott chairs the Clinical Lab Science Department at the University of Illinois Springfield. She says the shortage of employees in health labs stems from a lack of awareness.
Garrott's comments were featured in an April 26, 2011, report by WUIS Public Radio.
Read the story online
Men's Golf: UIS fifth at Cog Hill
Mike McKillips (80-82-84–246) and Shane McCafferty (84-81-81–246) tied for seventh place Tuesday to help the University of Illinois Springfield finish fifth at the season-ending Lewis Intercollegiate at Cog Hill Golf Course.
Lewis won with a 959 total, and the Flyers’ Casey Pyne took medalist honors with rounds of 78, 72, 72 for a 6-over-par 222. UIS finished with a 994 total.
Ryan McKillips (84-77-90–251) of UIS finished in a three-way tie for 16th. Mark Klinger (85-92-86–263) tied for 32nd, and Zach Phillips (96-86-84 –266) was alone in 34th.
The team was featured in an April 27, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
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Lewis won with a 959 total, and the Flyers’ Casey Pyne took medalist honors with rounds of 78, 72, 72 for a 6-over-par 222. UIS finished with a 994 total.
Ryan McKillips (84-77-90–251) of UIS finished in a three-way tie for 16th. Mark Klinger (85-92-86–263) tied for 32nd, and Zach Phillips (96-86-84 –266) was alone in 34th.
The team was featured in an April 27, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the story online
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