Tributes--IUPUI

Gill Journey of the IUPUI Police Department, the first and only IUPUI police officer to compete in the international World Police and Fire Games, brought home the gold medal in the 198-pound division of freestyle wrestling this summer. More than 9,000 law enforcement officers and firefighters from 57 countries participated in the June event, held in Indianapolis.

 

Orentlicher

David Orentlicher, School of Law and recently appointed to the core faculty of the IU Center for Bioethics, is the author of Matters of Life and Death. The book, which Princeton University Press will publish in December, addresses how a society translates moral principles into legal rules. Orentlicher considers this question with three difficult life and death medical issues: physician-assisted suicide, the forcing of pregnant women to accept treatments to save their fetuses, and the denial of life-sustaining treatment on grounds of medical futility. (see story in Oct. 26 issue of Home Pages-- http://homepages.indiana.edu/102601/text/biethicsfac)

The work takes into account real-life cases and research of leading scholars in the field. It “represents a solid contribution to the field of bioethics by a distinguished lawyer, physician and ethicist. It engages topics of salient concern with a consistently cogent and controversial perspective. It is clearly written and should be of interest not only to lawyers, but to everyone in the field of bioethics, and indeed to the general reader as well,” writes Bruce Jennings of The Hastings Center.

http://pup.princeton.edu/titles/7153.html

Angela Barron McBride, university dean and Distinguished Professor of nursing, will receive the first Melanie C. Dreher Outstanding Dean Award in recognition of her exceptional chapter support at this month’s biennial convention of Sigma Theta Tau International, the honor society of nursing. The award will provide recognition to nursing program administrators who develop and strengthen support of honor society chapters and work at the regional and international levels. The award was named after a former president of the organization. Also to be honored is Pamela Jeffries, an assistant professor at the IU School of Nursing, who will receive the Elizabeth Russell Belford Award for Excellence in Education.

http://www.nursingsociety.org.

Beth Richardson, nursing, led a national group of pediatric nurse practitioners to Egypt, Oct. 11-22, to offer help in improving the nation’s health care for children. The group traveled at the request of the wife of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The group, initiated by Professional Exchange Programs in Spokane, Wash., traveled to cities throughout Egypt, including Cairo and Luxor, to visit hospitals, orphanages, schools and health organizations. The group talked with physicians and nurses about issues facing their facilities such as staffing, family visitation, salaries, advanced education and more. The group also visited a nursing school in Alexandria that is interested in implementing a pediatric unit. Last summer, Richardson headed a similar trip to China.

 

Hart

Stuart Hart, emeritus professor of education, received a Sagamore of the Wabash designation from the governor for his work on behalf of children. The presentation was made in May on the occasion of his retirement. He has served as president of the International School Psychology Association, the Indiana Psychological Association and the National Committee for the Rights of the Child. He co-chaired the second International Conference on Children’s Rights in Education last year in Brazil.