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Gerri Berendzen
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good intention and turn it into action," she said. "To be willing to confront other people and make changes within our own spheres in the places that we work, live and educate to try and shift the culture."
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For that purpose, she said, her work consists of two main parts: being an advocate for students, and being a support and a resource for faculty on campus. Ultimately, given the power difference between faculty and students in classrooms, Wright wants to be the person bridging that divide, she said.
"I'd like to be that per
son in the middle that can help faculty see from the students' perspectives," she said.
At the end of the day, it's about supporting the students. It's about students' success."
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Part of her work involves being partners with people on campus, Wright said. She has spent last fall connecting with organizations like the Center for Teaching
Nate Thomas Vice provost for diversity and inclusion
"I have built an academic inclusion workgroup that consists of mainly staff members across campus who work with and tend to be approached by a lot of students, especially students with marginalized identities," she said.
Excellence and the College of Liberal Arts.
This collaboration is highly important to address inclusion and equity issues in classrooms, and therefore, to offer more support and safe spaces for all students, said Nate Thomas. vice provost for diversity and inclusion.
"At the end of the day, it's about supporting the students," Thomas said.
"It's about students' success."
An online form, which will become available on Jan. 30 on the OMA's website, will help identify issues with inclusion and equity on the classroom. Students can choose to submit the form anonymously.
Wright is a mandatory reporter, which means that if the case falls under harassment and discrimination, she must report it to the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, per the University's policy. However, Wright said many other cases do not fall under these terms.
"We all know there's lots of things that happen in
the classroom that makes students feel unwelcome that don't rise to the level of harassment or discrimination," Wright said. "That's the stuff we're trying to get at."
Wright said she wants to hear what's happening from students to help address these issues. For that, she said she is interested in attending meetings of student groups and organizations to hear about their academic experiences, especially from students with marginalized identities.
"Part of my overall goal in this position is to work towards cultivating a more inclusive culture in this campus," she said.
Hundreds in K.C. protest President Trump
▶ HAILY DIXON
@_hailey_dixon
Despite the rain and foggy weather, more than 500 people gathered Friday in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, to protest the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Among the protesters, a few University students traveled to Kansas City to stand in opposition against
Protesters carried colorful, bright flags and signs while marching through downtown Kansas City, from across Union Station to City Hall. The protest began after 2 p.m and lasted until 6 p.m.
Rayfield Lawrence, a sophomore from Kansas City, Kansas, said he thinks that protests like this encourage people to take a stand.
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"I think when you get people together, I feel like it empowers people. I feel like that's really important, especially now," Lawrence said.
Michael O'Brien, a senior from Lenexa, said that he is not pleased with Trump.
Miranda Anaya/KANSAN Paxten Eads from Fort Scott protests President Donald Trump in Kansas City, Missouri.
"I'm here because I'm a fervent Trump opposer and I would like to exercise my First Amendment right while I still can," he said.
Chants like, "No Trump, No KKK, no fascist USA;" "Hey hey, ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go;" "Not my President;" and "Black Lives Matter," were yelled by the protesters during their approximately 1.5 mile journey to City Hall.
Once the protesters arrived at City Hall, individuals from the protest lead the audience in chants like "Trans lives matter;" "Native lives matter;" "F-k Donald Trump;" and "Dump Trump" were yelled by protesters.
Kansas City police were present on horseback, bikes, motorcycles, car and foot, but there were no instances of physical violence.
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Individuals who supported President Trump were at the protest as well, including Michael Castro, from Springfield, Missouri.
"I'm here to support the decision of the American people to elect Donald Trump," he said.
The protesters began dispersing around 6 p.m.
Brownback looks to train more doctors for rural areas of Kansas
▶ NOLAN BREY
@NolanBrey
Andrea Ringgenberg/KANSAN
University of Kansas Medical Center offers many opportunities for students to learn about and focus on rural medicine.
Almost a third of the doctors in the state will retire
Gov. Sam Brownback announced a plan to spend $5 million on a residency training program for rural doctors earlier this month. Of Kansas' 105 counties, 92 (including Douglas) are currently considered medically underserved, Brownback said.
"With the physician shortage in Kansas, KU Medical Center recognizes the challenge in ensuring adequate numbers of physicians in rural and underserved areas and appreciates efforts to increase the number of medical residency positions," Lutz said in an email.
However, officials at the University Medical Center appreciate the recent efforts to increase medical residency positions.
Natalie Lutz, communications director for the University's Medical Center, said that until a specific program is announced, it is too soon to know possible outcomes and at this point, the governor has just allocated funds to create additional graduate medical education residency positions.
Lutz said that while there are doctors practicing in rural Kansas, more are needed.
To compensate for these losses or match the national average, between 213 and 285 new physicians must be trained each year.
For example, the University's School of Medicine has a four-year medical campus in Salina to address the shortage of physicians in rural areas. The program only accepts eight students from rural areas every year, making it the smallest medical program in the U.S.
or leave their positions and those positions may not be filled, Lutz said.
The University already has programs in Salina and Wichita focusing on training doctors from rural areas.
"I loved being able to know everyone's name, and know people on a personal level so that when a patient
"I think it's so advantageous because not only do you get to know your patients one-on-one, but you get to also be immersed in the community and be a community leader," Lenherr said. Lenherr grew up in a community with about 150 people, and this experience inspired her to want to return to rural Kansas after earning her medical degree.
Emily Lenherr, a first-year medical student at Salina from Windom, thinks many people overlook the benefits of practicing medicine in a rural community.
came into my office, it wasn't just me looking at a patient and treating only their sickness, it was me treating the entire patient," Lenherr said. "It was very holistic care, and I think that was the one thing that really drew me to working in a rural place."
Lenherr is one of only 32 medical students at Salina, but the University has many other rural-focused resources and programs, including the Kansas Medical Student Loan Program. This gives preference to rural Kansas students, and The Rural Medicine Interest Group, a student-run organization that promotes rural medicine.
Medical students can also take part in the Summer Rural Research and Clinical Practice Program, a sixweek program focusing on rural family medicine. All
University medical students must complete a four-week preceptorship with a rural physician during their senior year. This preceptorship has been a graduation requirement since 1951 and is the oldest continuously running rural preceptorship in the U.S.
"There are some really great programs that help people who grew up in small towns get back to small towns to practice," Lenherr said. "A lot of our practicing physicians who are currently working in rural communities are getting close to retiring, and so it would be great to have a young generation help us come in and continue to work in these rural areas that really need physicians."
Garrett Miller Junior
Two photos accompanying a story about students' feelings on the Trump presidency were transposed in Thursday's issue. The correct identifications are to the right.
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Nick Binetti Senior
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