SAN JOSE, California -- Some 100 Palmer West students have inaugurated the college's new "Fountainhead experience," a program that provides 10th and 11th quarter students the opportunity to visit Palmer College in Davenport, Iowa.
"We've established this program to imbue our students with a better sense of their heritage," said Palmer West President Peter Martin, DC. Though Palmer West students are part of the Palmer University system, Dr. Martin pointed out that living and studying in the "Silicon Valley" is a long way from the "Palmer mystique."
The Fountainhead experience covers the students' airfare and accommodations, and takes place in April and October. The inaugural program speakers included Palmer Chancellor Michael Crawford; Dr. Peter Martin; Palmer President Dr. Virgil Strang; Dr. Don Betz (provost), and Dr. Guy Riekeman (executive director of the Palmer Institute for Professional Advancement).
Alana Callender, director of the Palmer Foundation for Chiropractic History, guided the students on tours of the campus, the Palmer Mansion, and the Ryan Building, where D.D. Palmer gave the first chiropractic adjustment.
Life West Announces New Member to Board of Regents
Robert Coonrod, PhD, an academician with over 40 years in higher education, has become the 14th member of the Life West Board of Regents. The board is chaired by Carl Dieter, DC.
Dr. Coonrod is a resident of Seattle, Washington, and is a professor of history and vice president emeritus of the University of Idaho. He holds a PhD in Russian history from Stanford University. He has worked at the University of Montana, Arizona State University, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and at Stanford University.
Dr. Coonrod was an accreditation consultant to Life College from 1979 until 1985, when the college received full accreditation.
From 1991-96, he was the curator of the historic home of B.J. Palmer in Sarasota, Florida.
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