CHA/PA Students are Honored and Recognized for Their Achievements
Lynsay MacLaren, PA-S2 received the Rosa Parks Diversity Award at a luncheon on April 10 at St. Cajetan's on the downtown campus. Lynsay was also the recipient of the Outstanding Student award at the Chancellor’s Diversity Recognition and Award Luncheon on April 17. Lynsay was selected for this
award because of her significant commitment to recruitment activities and diversity awareness through
her activities across the campus.
Kevin Bogart, PA-S2 also received the Outstanding Student award at the Chancellor’s Diversity Recognition and Award Luncheon on April 17 for his workto raise diversity awareness of medical professionals in recognizing the medical needs/issues of individuals from the GLB community. Kevin is the student director of the AMC Diversity SAC and works with the AAPA GLBT caucus. Kevin was also awarded the 2009 President’s Diversity Award for his diligent work in helping increase awareness of health care issues for GLBT patients within our program, the campus, and community. His advocacy stretches to the national level with his involvement in the AAPA GLBT caucus. In addition, his compassion has reached across international borders in working with patients of the AIDS epidemic in Africa, having a significant impact in sharing his experiences with his peers and those with Rotary International.
The Silver Society was selected as the AMC recipient of the Outstanding Community Service by a Student Organization award for 2008-2009. This award is also part of the Excellence Awards for Student Organizations, Leadership and Service program. Silver Society was nominated for their commitment to community service through such activities as working at Ronald McDonald House, serving the patients at The Children’s Hospital by offering Halloween activities, as well as various other outreach efforts that serve a wide variety of community needs.
Jennifer Naulty, PA-S2, Silver Society President was selected as a recipient of the Outstanding Student Organization Leader award for 2008-2009. This award is part of the Excellence awards for Student Organizations, Leadership and Service program sponsored by the AMC Student Assistance Office. Jennifer was nominated for her commitment to the University and the service she has provided to the CHA/PA Program’s Student Council and Silver Society.
Student Scholarships Awarded
Amanda Benedict, PA-S1, has received the Colorado Trust Rural Health Scholarship. This very large scholarship awards those with a commitment to rural health care. Amanda plans to practice in northern Colorado after graduation.
Kevin Bogart, PA-S2, has been selected as a recipient of the Kaiser Permanente Diversity Scholarship. Kevin's accomplishments and vision for culturally competent healthcare and an inclusive campus environment are certainly deserving of this recognition.
Melissa VanDonkeelar, PA-S1, has been selected to receive the Physician Assistant Foundation Scholarship. The PA Foundation Scholarship Sub-Committee carefully evaluated 325 scholarship applications from 63 Physician Assistant programs. The carefully designed matrix scored each student based upon his/her academic record, financial need, professional and community service, issues in healthcare and a final statement that talks about their clinical interests and how they would like to impact healthcare in their first years as a practicing PA.
American Academy of Physician Assistants Awards
University of Colorado Denver Director Honorary Membership
(Denver, Colo.) – The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) will award honorary membership to Anita Glicken, MSW, of Denver. Glicken works as director of the University of Colorado Denver’s Child Health Associate/PA Program, where she also is a professor and section head of pediatrics.
The honorary membership award, which will be presented Friday, May 22, in San Diego at AAPA’s 37th Annual Physician Assistant Conference, is given to PAs or non-PAs who have rendered distinguished service to the PA profession.
“This award highlights Glicken’s dedication to the profession, as well as her research to support PAs as an essential component to health care delivery,” said AAPA President Cynthia B. Lord. “Glicken truly understands and believes in the PA concept, and as a result, has advanced the profession through her work.”
Although she is not a PA herself, Glicken has taught and worked alongside PAs for 27 years, researching and gathering data to support PAs as an integral component to health care. Glicken first became actively involved with PA education in 1982, when she signed on as an instructor at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine’s Child Health Associate/PA Program. Glicken has since remained active in PA education, serving as president of the Physician Assistant Education Association; chair of the Faculty Development Institute, Association of Physician Assistant Programs; chair of the Data and Research Workgroup of the Physician Assistant Education Association; and member of the Perspective on PA Education’s Editorial Review Board.
In addition to working at the UC Denver School of Medicine’s Child Health Associate/PA Program, Glicken currently works with the Colorado Health Institute to collect national data on PAs working inter-professionally and recently served as a member of the Journal of Physician Assistant Education’s Editorial Advisory Board.
“I feel incredibly privileged to be part of a profession that’s so invested in making the world a better place,” said Glicken. “There is a heart and soul to this profession unlike any other I’ve encountered. I truly appreciate the opportunity to work with so many bright, committed, and passionate individuals who really care about patients.”
In recognition of her achievements, Glicken is the sole recipient this year of the honorary membership award, which includes a free, life-time membership in AAPA and all of the privileges of membership, except for voting, holding office, or chairing committees.
