Appa Anderson, DC, ND, DACBR, age 88, passed away on July 15, 2012.

Dr. Anderson started as a student at Western States Chiropractic College in 1949 and also began working in the x-ray department that same year. She graduated in 1953 and became the first woman chiropractic radiologist in 1965. She retired in 1989 after 40 years of dedication to WSCC and the profession.

Alumni, staff and friends are invited to join in a celebration memorial for Dr. Anderson on October 13th, 2012 from 2-4pm on the University of Western States campus in Hampton Hall.

Please come and help us commemorate the contributions and dedication of Dr. Anderson’s life.

On July 1, 2012, Dr. Clyde B. Jensen joined the University of Western States as Vice-President of University Relations. Dr. Jensen will develop new and refine such existing University functions as fund raising, Alumni and governmental affairs, community and industry relations and collaborations with higher education and health professions organizations. Dr. Jensen, who holds a Ph.D. in pharmacology and physiology will also teach Clinical Pharmacology and assist as needed with the development of additional courses and programs.

Dr. Jensen is a veteran higher education executive who is regarded for his success in transforming health sciences institutions and fostering collaboration among conventional and complementary health care professions.

He is the only person to have served as the president of colleges of allopathic, osteopathic, naturopathic and oriental medicine. For the past eight years he has served as a public member of the Council on Chiropractic Education and currently serves as a public member of the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education.

Among his accomplishments are the merger of the Oklahoma College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery with Oklahoma State University, planning and fund raising that contributed to the formation of the University of Oklahoma Campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the relocation of the National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) to its permanent campus and the formation of the American Association of Naturopathic Medical Colleges, and the preservation of the Sint Eustatius School of Medicine (Netherland Antilles) following the loss of student financial aid at foreign medical schools. Dr. Jensen has also served as a consultant in the natural products industry where he contributed to the organization of research, product development and university relations at Standard Process, Inc.

Dr. Jensen and his wife, Marteen, live in Happy Valley. They are the parents of three children and have eleven grandchildren.

After a car accident with her two sons brought her to realize she needed help with her life and alcoholism, Jill came to Shepherd’s door on 132nd and Halsey in October of 2011.

Through the assistance of Shepherd’s Door, Jill has been sober and upon graduation, plans to work as a medical assistant and go to school part time to get her nursing degree.

“A lot of the programs have helped me learn how to process things differently and the parenting classes have helped me realize I’m not alone,” Jill says. “There is so much support and I couldn’t have been sober still if not for Shepherds Door.”

A part of the Russell Neighborhood community since the mid-1990s and the Women and Children’s Division of the Portland Rescue Mission, Shepherd’s Door is a residential community that helps dozens of women and children each year. Though it offers educational programs, parenting classes, childcare and resources to its residents, Shepherd’s door also provides community childcare and continued support to graduates of the program.

The University of Western States, committed to improving the quality of human life, has partnered with Shepherd’s Door to donate food from the Chiro Cafe. University students have also assisted with yard work and have future plans of involvement.

“Shepherd’s Door transforms women’s lives and has changed so many people,” Jill says. “They equip people to live life and deal with life appropriately.”

To support Shepherd’s Door or get involved, they are always looking for volunteers and you can learn more at www.portlandrescuemission.org and click on Women & Children.

For the week of July 30 to August 3rd, the ASB is running a Sock Drive in collaboration with the Portland Rescue Mission and Shepherd’s Door! Bring new socks to UWS Student Services to help out!