Walter Ettinger and Brenda Mitchell, describes how older men and women can increase their physical activity to improve their health and function. Everyone is invited to attend the lecture which will be held in SAR 101 and a reception which will follow. As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month efforts, October 15 has been designated National Mammography Day to stress the importance of mammography and urge women over 40 who haven't had a mammogram to get one. Annual mammograms lower the number of deaths caused by breast cancer by more than 30 percent. In addition to a number of BU faculty, staff, and students, Pauline Hamel, clinical associate professor of physical therapy, and her daughter Nicole, a junior in the rehabilitation counseling program and an RA on South Campus, participated in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer fundraising walk held on Sunday, October 3rd.
All seminars are free and open to the public.
Seminars are held between noon and 1pm and are held at Sargent College, Room 220. The conference was sponsored by the Department of Education, US Dept of Justice, Health and Human Services. Patricia Nemec , clinical associate professor of rehabilitation counseling, presented two workshops at the annual conference of the New York State Chapter of the International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services on September 17, 1999. Elsie Vergara, was a short-term visiting professor at the University of Puerto Rico this summer. She served as a consultant in the development of a Master's level curriculum.