At 5:41 p.m. on May 22, 2011, a devastating EF-5 tornado ripped through Joplin, Mo. Part of a larger tornado outbreak, the vortex reached a width in excess of threefourths of a mile during its seven-mile path through the southern part of the city. The National Weather Service estimated the storm’s overall path to be 14 miles long.

ATSU celebrated with visiting alumni and the University community during Founder’s Day. Missouri campus activities began Sept. 29 and ended Oct. 1. The Arizona campus held its daylong event Dec. 9*.

Chris Bowen, D.M.D., ’07, is an ATSU-ASDOH grad and United States Army Major. He is the primary dentist for the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Carson, Colo., and is responsible for the dental readiness of a 1,800-personnel task force of Green Berets.

The Center for Advanced Oral Health Education is advancing ATSU’s vision to be the preeminent university of health sciences. In its first phase, a 22-chair orthodontics clinic has 192 patients ready to receive specialized care, five residents have enrolled in a postgraduate certificate program in orthodontics, and its cutting-edge clinical research is gaining international attention.

Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum has devoted her career to matters of the heart. The 1994 ATSU-KCOM graduate grew up performing and even taught ballroom and jazz dancing while in medical school. No stranger to limelight, she seemed the perfect fit for an interview on medical training with CBS News her very first week as a medical intern in New York. That initial television appearance has led to a vibrant, on-camera medical career.