From left to right, Vice Chancellor for Support Services Robert Lee, Chancellor
Larry Patten and Executive Dean for Clinic Affairs Kurt Wood, D.C., were among
those who spoke to local newspaper, radio and TV outlets during the press conference. |
Efforts to promote recent successes
on the Davenport Campus have generated
a great deal of positive media
attention over the past few months.
On May 27, the Quad-City Times of
Davenport featured an editorial that
focused on Palmer’s commitment to
Davenport, specifically to the downtown
area, and featured quotes from
Chancellor Larry Patten. The article
pointed out Palmer’s capital campaign
that was successfully completed in
June, the new Palmer College of
Chiropractic Academic Health Center
and plans for the Palmer Center for
Business Development as examples of
the College’s commitment to growing
and investing in Davenport.
Three days later, the Rock Island
Argus/Moline Dispatch, another Quad-
City newspaper, published an article
on the Palmer Center for Chiropractic
Research’s full-scale federally funded
clinical trial on back-related leg pain.
Principal Investigator Maria Hondras,
D.C., M.P.H., and Executive Director
for Research Christine Choate, D.C.,
Ph.D., were quoted and the article
included information on the nature
of the study, its funding and collaborative
nature as well as the need for
local patients to participate. On
June 4, the Quad-City Times also
ran a story about the back-related leg
pain clinical trial.
Eighth Trimester Davenport Campus student
Amy Mathis was one of a half-dozen speakers
to address the press at the June 28 news conference
that announced the successful completion
of the Building the Future Fountainhead capital
campaign. The event was held in the Welcome
Center of the Palmer Academic Health Center
in Pisciottano Hall. |
The positive coverage continued
following a news conference held
June 28, announcing the successful
completion of the capital campaign,
which exceeded its $35 million
fundraising goal, as well as the
upcoming opening of the Palmer
College of Chiropractic Academic
Health Center on July 10. The news
conference garnered coverage June 28
on KWQC-TV, WHBF-TV and
WQAD-TV, along with articles on
June 29 in both the Quad-City Times
and the Argus/Dispatch.