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Health center: Changes to improve access Continued from page 1 Ryan said the center wants to pro mote health and wellness, so the Health Education Program will be moving out of the basement and into a position near the front en trance, making free medical advice more accessible. Another expansion will double the size of the travel medicine clinic to ac commodate a growing demand for im munizations and medications as more students become involved in interna tional studies and travel abroad. Staff members whose offices are in the basement are optimistic about the upcoming changes. “We’re excited to have windows,” Director of Health Education Paula Staight said. Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy Manager Tim McDonald said that in addition to windows, he’s looking forward to having more room and being able to interact with other staff members. The health center will also transfer its paper medical records to an elec tronic system that will allow doctors to gain quick access from their of fices. In addition, film X-rays will switch to charged plates, which can HEALTH CENTER TIMELINE 1918: The first dispensary and infirmary, located in a portion of the men’s residence hall in Friendly Hall, were organized to provide students and faculty with health and sanitation. In the years that fol lowed, the infirmary was located in a variety of buildings, usually former residence halls. Late 1920s: A group called the Oregon Mothers worked to raise money to build a new Student Health Service, but funds were limited because of the Great Depression and other building drives. 1936: A grant from the federal government made a new health center building possible, and the money raised by the Oregon Mothers was used to buy equipment. This new building, currently the Volcanology Building, housed the dispensary and a 26-bed infirmary. 1965: The building that currently houses the health center on the corner of Agate Street and East 13th Avenue was opened. The second story served as a 40-bed infirmary with an isolation wing and kitchen facility. The outpatient clinic on the main floor had a laboratory, X-ray department, pharmacy, nurse treatment area and two large areas to accommodate the 10 physicians on staff. 1981: The in-patient unit was closed as the need for infirmary beds lessened. 1982: The health center became one of the select few in the country to be nationally accredited. 1987: The dental clinic was added and sports medicine and physical therapy staff and services were significantly expanded. 1988: The first full-time educator was hired to formalize an approach to health education. 1990s: All health programs went through expansion and/or technological updating. 1997: The Student Building Fee Committee, composed of University students, awarded the health center $10 million for renovation and expansion. 1999: The University approved the expansion and the center developed a satellite clinic. 2002: The programming phase for expansion and renovation began. 2005: The health center will break ground for expansion in the fall. Source: Health Center Director Tom Ryan be manipulated on a computer moni tor and will result in fewer failures and less radiation exposure. BOORA architect Eve Fagenstrom said the construction documents are 75 percent complete. emilysmith@dailyemerald. com Race: Conversations can yield positive effects Continued from page 1 “Beliefs about what defines race are, to some extent, malleable,” Tate said. The focus groups also made rec ommendations for administrators, faculty, staff and students to improve the climate for diversity on campus. Recommendations included better publicizing of information about clubs, activities and teacher perform ance, making changes in class in struction and curriculum, and re cruiting more diverse people to all areas of the University. Tate said there were several weak nesses to the study, including that stu dents were self-selected and the re spondents were not representative of the ethnic makeup of the University. In addition, student perceptions of race and ethnicity clearly changed over the course of the study, but whether the study will have any lasting effects is unknown, Tate said. Nevertheless, the fact that percep tions did change was evidence that “just having conversations about these concepts can really, actually, have some good effects,” Tate added. About 70 people, including Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Di versity Greg Vincent, were present for the hour-long presentation. Nearly 40 remained for break-out discussion groups afterward, in which they dis cussed the study’s findings and stu dent recommendations. The RIT report can be found online at codac.uoregon.edu/RIT summary.pdf. adamcherry® daily emerald, com SELLING BOOKS?! s all year. Campus Downtown 768 East 1 3th 525 Willamette Please bring student ID and a driver's license
