New Flu/H1N1 Report Form now online
ASU's Emergency Management's Emergency Communications page has now added a new online Flu/H1N1 Report Form, which faculty, staff, and students are urged to use. (Visit the Emergency Management page at http://www2.astate.edu/info/em/; access the form at http://apps.astate.edu/reportflu/.) This form is for use solely by the offices of Academic Affairs and Student Affairs, the Student Health Center, and Emergency Management for tracking and follow-up care. The form allows self-reporting or reporting on behalf of others, and asks for  information which will allow ASU staff  to offer medical assistance, academic assistance, and healthcare follow-up during and after illness. This form will also provide a useful way to track and assess the health situation on campus.

The form requests various types of information, including the name of the individual with flu-like symptoms; whether the individual is a student, faculty member or a member of staff/administration; and whether the individual lives in campus housing or is a commuter/off campus resident. The form provides blocks for any available contact information, such as e-mail address(es), cell phone numbers, residence hall names/locations, ASU work location, and the names of any friends, parents, or other contacts. An identification box allows the form user reporting for an ill individual to describe his/her relationship to the individual (student, friend, parent, administrator, other) and a second identification box allows the form user to detail whether he/she was notified by e-mail, by phone or in person.

The form user should also select his/her status (student, faculty, or staff/administration), and provide a valid e-mail address and phone number if he/she wishes to be a contact person for the ill individual. An additional space for comments is available. Comments might include needs, access or lack of access to the Internet, or other items of note. Parents of commuting students or students who live off-campus are especially urged to report the status of their student(s).

Contacts are Dr. Lonnie Williams, associate vice chancellor, Student Affairs, ext. 3355; Dr. Deborah Persell, Nursing, coordinator of the Regional Center for Disaster Preparedness Education, ext. 3074, Dr. Lynita Cooksey, dean, University College, ext. 3574, and Renata Vaughn, director, Student Health Center, ext. 2054.

Accreditation renewed for rehab counseling degree
The Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) Commission on Standards and Accreditation has renewed the accreditation of the Masters degree in Rehabilitation Counseling (MRC) program until 2014. The ASU MRC program has been accredited by CORE since 1976. The MRC program is dedicated to the proper training and education of rehabilitation counselors. The MRC program is located within the Department of Psychology and Counseling. There are approximately 30 part-time and full time graduate students enrolled in the program. Dr. Sharon Davis, Psychology and Counseling, is the program coordinator and Dr. Loretta Neal McGregor, Psychology and Counseling, is the department chairperson and former interim program coordinator.

'Resisting Closure' on display through Sept. 25
The Fine Arts Center Gallery presents "Resisting Closure," an exhibition of recent work by painter Mack Gingles, on view through Friday, Sept. 25. Gingles is assistant professor in the Department of Art at Texas A and M University-Corpus Christi, where he has taught painting and drawing since 2006. He earned BFA degrees in Graphic Design and Studio Art at Louisiana Tech University and went on to complete an MFA in Painting and Drawing at Louisiana State University in 2005. Gingles has exhibited his work in solo and group shows throughout the United States. His work was also included in recent exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje, Macedonia and the Museum of Fine Arts in Minsk, Belarus.The exhibition is free and open to the public.  The Fine Arts Center Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For details, contact the Department of Art at ext. 3050, or see the NewsPage release.
  
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