Supporting AHS

Dear Alumni and Friends,

Lee McLean, Associate Dean and Chair

The dedicated faculty and staff of the Department of Allied Health Sciences depend on private financial support to advance our mission to improve the quality and accessibility of health care for the people of North Carolina and the world through exemplary teaching, innovative research, and patient-centered clinical practice.

At the heart of the Department’s success in producing the nation’s leading allied health professionals for over 42 years is a set of key program values that guide faculty, students, and alumni:

• Exemplary Teaching: To produce excellent health care practitioners and researchers who are prepared to provide leadership to their disciplines and their future work settings.
• Innovative Research: To conduct research and generate new knowledge that will inform future practice and policy in allied health disciplines.
• Patient-Centered Clinical Practice: To advance the art and science of clinical practice with a focus on patient outcomes and quality of life.

Your financial support will help meet the increasing needs of our faculty, students, and programs that are not fully state supported. I encourage you to join me in making a gift to the Department of Allied Health Sciences. We greatly appreciate your ongoing support.

Warm Regards,
Lee K. McLean, PhD
Associate Dean and Chair
Department of Allied Health Sciences

Private Investment at Work

The Department of Allied Health Sciences depends on contributions from generous individuals, private organizations, and foundations to support the work of its dedicated faculty. Private contributions are already making a big difference:

The David E. and Dolores J. (Dee) Yoder Distinguished Professorship

The Yoder Professorship has been established through the generosity of Maynard and Carolyn Sauder of Archbold, Ohio. The endowment stands as a perpetual tribute to the dedicated professionalism and skilled teaching and research of David E. Yoder, PhD, and the lifetime support of his spouse, Dee.

David and Dee Yoder and Carolyn and Maynard Sauder (seated).

Louise M. Ward Scholarships and Teaching Excellence Fund for Clinical Laboratory Science

A bequest from the estate of Louise M. Ward, a former director of the UNC-Chapel Hill Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, has provided funds to assist and reward students at UNC studying to become clinical laboratory scientists.  The CLS faculty select three Louise Ward Scholars each year.

Rebecca Irene Sande Scholarship Fund for Physical Therapy

A $757,000 bequest from the estate of L'Vir Sande of Salisbury established the Rebecca Irene Sande Scholarship Fund in Physical Therapy at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2002, allowing the division to offer 10 scholarships annually to prospective students.

The 2009 Sande Scholars: John Sizemore, Aisha Jones, James Hoffman, Estelle Tsalik, Bevin Mraw, Sheri Hazelbaker, Monica Murrell, and Steven Essa.