November 2009 Insider Story Continuations - Back to the Newsletter

ARC Sponsors Book Drive for KIPP Charter School
Several years ago, the Department of Campus Recreation began supporting KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) Charter School in North Philadelphia. Over the years, they have supplied them with sports equipment, books, funds, and more. 

In September 2009, KIPP opened up a school in our neighborhood, KIPP West Philadelphia Preparatory Charter School. Taking a hands-on approach in supporting the KIPPsters, members from the Student Recreational Committee (SRC) have been tutoring students at KIPP a few times each week. 

To further our support of the local school, from now until April 1, 2010, the Campus Recreation and the SRC is holding a book drive. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. See below for suggested books. Any group or individual who donates the most books, wins a prize!  All books can be dropped off at the front desk of the Athletic/Recreation Center (ARC).

Requested Books
A Light in the Attic, Also Known As Harper, Anansi the Spider: A Tale from Ashanti, Any Which Wall, A Pizza the Size of the Sun, The BFG,Beauty, Best Shorts: Favorite Stories for Sharing, Crash, Faith, Hope, and Ivy June, Falling Up, Fantastic Mr. Fox,Freak the Mighty, Game,The Glory Field, Guinness Book of World Records, Hoops, How the Stars Fall Into the Sky, If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late, Lawn Boy, Love, Stargirl, Love That Dog, Make Lemonade, Mudshark, My Dog May Be a Genius, The Name of This Book Is Secret, NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society, Nothing But the Truth, Oddballs, The Oxford Illustrated Book of Children’s Poems, Peace, Locomotion, Pictures of Hollis Woods, Piggybook,Report to the Principal’s Office!, Revolting Rhymes, Romiette and Julio, School of Fear, Scorpions, Silly Billy, Smiles to Go, Somewhere in the Darkness, Space Station Seventh Grade, Stargirl, Surviving the Applewhites, There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom, The Snowy Day, This Book Is Not Good for You, This Full House, True Believer, Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast,The Twits, Voices in the Park, What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything?, When You Reach Me, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Who Am I Without Him?, Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush?, Willy the Champ, Willy the Dreamer, Willy the Wimp, Willy the Wizard, Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa, The Zoo, Zoobreak, Captain Underpants, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Goosebumps, Harry Potter, Junie B. Jones , Judy Moody, The Magic School Bus , Magic Tree House, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Septimus Heap, Twilight

About KIPP Philadelphia Charter School
KIPP, or the Knowledge is Power Program, currently serves nearly 20,000 students nationwide. KIPP Philadelphia Schools (KPS) is a network of open-enrollment, college-preparatory public charter schools, and part of the national KIPP Network of schools.  KPS currently serves grades 5-8 at KIPP Philadelphia Charter School and serves grade 5 at KIPP West Philadelphia Preparatory Charter School.
84% of students qualify for the Federal Meals Program, and 99% are African-American or Hispanic.  Despite the fact that students consistently enter KIPP schools 2-3 grade levels behind, by providing a safe and structured learning environment, more time in school, and high-quality teachers, 100% of KIPP students have been accepted to college-preparatory high schools.

Questions? Contact Marc Caserio, MEd, Director, Campus Recreation, at 215-596-7432 or m.caseri@usp.edu.

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Swine Flu Information Session for Children & Adults
Students, staff, faculty, and community members are invited to attend an H1N1 Information Session presented by student members of the American Pharmacists Association and a panel of USciences faculty experts.

Program will include:
Information on symptoms, prevention, and the H1N1 vaccine

A Children’s Program with fun learning activities focusing on good hygiene and its place in flu prevention (Children 5 years & older)

Date: Wednesday, November 18
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: University of the Sciences
McNeil Science and Technology Center
43rd St. & Woodland Ave.
     
For more information, or to let us know you’re coming, please contact Colleen Teti in the Office of Community Partnership at 215-596-8549 or c.teti@usp.edu.

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Sodexo Cooks Up New Campus Dining Options
The country’s leading university food services provider, Sodexo, joined the University of the Sciences family this past summer with a commitment to understanding and listening to the campus culture. In response to student, faculty, and staff feedback, on October 19, Sodexo announced several changes to the campus dining experience.

• Take-Out Meals: For busy students on-the-go, Sodexo now offers a take-out meal privilege available Monday through Friday during dinner. The program is currently on a trial basis, but may increase if it is successful. To utilize take-out privileges students must sign a one-time agreement and may only take-out one beverage and food items that fit into a Sodexo provided container with the lid. Students have 15 to 20 minutes allotted to get food and a cashier will hold their student ID until they exit the dining room. Students must exit the dining hall after collecting their food items and food cannot be eaten in the dining room when using the take out privilege.
• Grab & Go at Dining Hall Entrance: Refuel in a hurry with grab-and-go items now available at the entrance of the dining hall from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Taco Tuesday & Stir Fry: Taco Tuesday returns as a dinner item available every other Tuesday and stir fry will be an option at the Bamboodles station on a rotational basis.
• Take Three: Take Three is no longer available at the McNeil STC Coffee Lab. Students who have late classes or athletic practice can e-mail Sodexo at catering@usp.edu to make arrangements to use a meal swipe at Wilson Express until 9 p.m. on the evenings that conflict with their schedule.

For more campus dining updates and upcoming events, please review the Calendar of Events. Additionally, please note the Thanksgiving Holiday Dining Schedule.

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Dr. Kevin Murphy Helms UArts Exchange Program
In 2006, University of the Sciences and University of the Arts (UArts) partnered to develop a student exchange agreement to allow 10 students from each university to take one course a semester at the other for no additional tuition. Under the agreement, USciences students have the unique opportunity to take private lessons in woodwinds and strings, percussion and brass, and enroll in courses in fields as varied as music, e-publishing, multimedia, and dance, at UArts campus in Center City Philadelphia.

Dr. Kevin Murphy, chair of the Humanities Department, was recently appointed as exchange program coordinator and moving forward, will serve as the point of contact for all USciences’ students interested in taking a course at UArts, and for all faculty interested in learning more about the partnership.

For more information, please visit contact Kevin Murphy at k.murphy@usp.edu or visit http://www.usp.edu/academics/specialPrograms/uartsExchange.aspx.  

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Tox Club Presents The Truth Behind Celebrex and Tylenol
You’re invited to attend The Story Behind Tylenol and Celebrex, a story of the drug program sponsored by the University of the Sciences Tox Club.

Nov. 19 at 1 p.m. in Griffith C and Nov. 19 at 6 pm. In Griffith A

Presented by Katie Steenstra PH/TX’10 and Mitch Nothem PH/TX’11

Do you know what you’re putting in your mouth?

Come and listen to the Story of the Drug! Lee’s Hoagies will be provided!

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Student and Faculty Achievements

• Clyde M. Ofner III, PhD, RPh, associate professor of pharmaceutics and director of the Graduate Program in Pharmaceutics, was invited to join a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study section for the review of grants. On October 26-27, Dr. Ofner met with roughly 30 academic and industry reviewers from across the country for the Drug Discovery and Development Study Section for review of SBIR and STTR grants in Bethesda, Md.
  
  
• Malachy Clancy MOT’10 was chosen as the 2009 recipient of the Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association Student Award of Recognition. The award recognizes an occupational therapy student who has demonstrated leadership and excellence in academic or clinical performance, and an exceptional ability to promote occupational therapy through his or her activities.
  
  
• Caitlyn Capella MOT ’10 was chosen as the 2009 recipient of the Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association Student Scholarship Award.
  
  
• Carres Martinez PH/TX’11 received first place for her poster presentation titled Evaluation of MTT and BrdU Assays on Human Melanoma, Breast, and Prostate Cancer cell lines after Doxorubicin Treatment at the annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Pharmacology Society (MAPS) on November 2 at Temple University Health Sciences Center, College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa. Her co-authors were Kathleen Galm, Dr. Adeboye Adejare, and Dr. Natalia Coleman.
  
  
• Adegoke Adeniji PH/TX’10 won a travel award to present his poster, titled Synthesis and In-vitro Evaluation of a Novel Adamantane γ-Secretase Inhibitor, at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) 3rd Annual Julius Axelrod Lecture on October 18 in Chicago, Ill. His co-author was Dr. Adeboye Adejare.

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