This time of year may find you chomping at the bit to ramp up your outdoor running routine. Maybe you’re training for a marathon or other distance race. Or perhaps you just want to shave off a few pounds, enhance your overall health or reduce stress through exercise. Here are tips for avoiding injury as you hit the road or track.
From a new president and a new era at DMU, from new adventures undertaken by alumni to a newly structured DMU Alumni Association board of directors, we celebrate several “firsts” in this issue. When was the last time you tried something for the first time?
First-time experiences often launch great enterprises Read More
Anatomy Professor Frank Maximilian Kneussl taught and mentored students, co-founded DMU’s physician assistant program, helped develop the podiatric medicine program and inspired an award given annually to outstanding PA students.
DMU mourns loss of beloved professor Read More
J. Leonard Azneer’s 22-year tenure as DMU’s president was marked by a new campus location, two new colleges, several new facilities and a controversial conclusion.
DMU notes passing of past president Read More
A recent study of DMU’s economic impact on Polk, Warren and Dallas counties and on the state reveals that the University generates some nicely hefty benefits.
David Vellinga, M.H.A., president and chief executive officer of Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines since 1998, was appointed to the Des Moines University board of trustees during the board’s December meeting. Vellinga has also been CEO of Mercy Health Network since 2000.
David Vellinga added to DMU board of trustees Read More
He has served in the U.S. House of Representatives, taught on the faculty at Princeton and Harvard and, in 2009, was appointed by President Barack Obama as the ninth chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. On May 28, Jim Leach will be the keynote speaker at DMU’s commencement.
NEH chair to speak at commencement Read More
The Iowa Psychological Association (IPA) named Des Moines University the 2010 Iowa Psychologically Healthy Workplace. Presented last October at the association’s fall conference, the award is given annually to recognize an Iowa organization that promotes a healthy work-life balance and provides a healthy work environment for employees.
Psychologically, DMU is super Read More
Some of the athletes wore mullet hairstyles; others, domino inspired uniforms or Hawaiian shirts and leis. They all ducked, dived and hit hard to help a good cause at DMU’s second annual Dodgeball Derby. DMU’s American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine Club (AAPSM) sponsored the Feb. 19 derby to raise money for See-Us Run Des Moines.
DMU dodges, dives, ducks for a good cause and great fun Read More
Tafline Arbor digs into the body’s structure, literally, by combining paleontology and anatomy. Not many people can claim a paleoanthropological site in South Africa as their second home, but for Tafline C. Arbor,Ph.D., it’s true.
Drilling into research that rocks Read More