FOUNDERS DAY
LSU Health Shreveport leaders, faculty, staff and students will celebrate the institution’s 40th Founders Day on Oct. 28. The date marks the anniversary of the day former Gov. Edwin Edwards presided over a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new medical school building in 1975. Nearly 1,000 people attended the dedication ceremony of the $30.8 million complex. The path to establishing and finding a permanent home for a medical school in North Louisiana was far from straight. The idea was first proposed in 1950 by Dr. WE Reid at a Shreveport Medical Society meeting. It would be a full 15 years later until Gov. John McKeithen signed a bill into law establishing the LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport – but without funding. Ultimately funding was secured, and the first class of 32 students began medical school September 15, 1969 at the VA Hospital. Construction funds for a building were approved the next year and the five years of construction leading to the October dedication began.
PUMPKIN RUN
Start your Halloween on a healthy note. The Great Pumpkin Run for Research will take place at 8 a.m. Oct. 31 at Centenary College’s Gold Dome. Registration forms are available at Feist-Weiller Cancer Center and Sportspectrum. The Great Pumpkin Run for Research features a traditional 5K competitive run or health walk, half-mile kids’ fun run, bounce houses, face painting, Halloween costume contests and a pumpkin decorating contest. The FWCC Partners in Wellness Mobile Mammography Clinic will be onsite and open to the public. Registration is $30 for adults and $25 for children through Oct. 29. Pre-registers receives the 2015 Great Pumpkin Run long-sleeved T-shirt. All proceeds from the Great Pumpkin Run for Research stay at Feist-Weiller Cancer Center at LSU Health Shreveport to fund the Idea Grant program. Established by the Feist Legacy, this program offers funding to LSU Health Shreveport faculty to develop their cancer research ideas.
For more information, contact Kelli Strong Dauphin at 813-1056 or kstron@ lsuhsc.edu. Find the event on Facebook at www.facebook.com/greatpumpkinrun.
UNIVERSITY HEALTH’S ANNIVERSARY
University Health marked its second anniversary in Shreveport on Oct. 5. Cake was served to employees in the hospital’s cafeteria. According to a press release, “The hospital system has saved state taxpayers money, reducing wait times for patients and offering improved services are just some of the successes of University Health over the last two years. Also, during this time the system has seen an increase in admissions and clinic visits.”
SLP TAKING PATIENTS
Kelly McCoy Hargrove, an ASHAcertified Speech/Language Pathologist, established Hargrove Speech-Language Pathology, LLC and is accepting preschool to school-aged clients with deficits in their speech and/ or language skills. Services provided include evaluation and treatment of communication disorders, as well as parent education. Her office is located at 8870 Youree Drive, Suite 210. For more information, call 798-2981.
