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SHP Books with Blaze GraphicWelcome to Books with Blaze!

Hello to our children, parents, teachers, grandparents, friends and young at heart! Each week for a month, faculty members from the School of Health Professions will read a children's book with our mascot Blaze!!!!

The books that Blaze chose will tell your little dragons more about the variety of health professions that they can be when they grow up. These books talk about working as scientists who make discoveries, therapists who help people with wellness, administrators who lead teams, and more!

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Finally, we list all the permissions with each video and we extend a grateful thank you to all the authors and publishers who allowed us to share their books with Blaze and you.

Happy Discoveries!


Tera Webb, Clinical Scientist

This Books with Blaze episode features Tera Webb MS, MLS(ASCP)CM - a Medical Laboratory Scientist with our Clinical Laboratory Sciences program. Click here to learn more about our CLS program.

The book she reads with our mascot Blaze is "Angie Wonders: Microscope Fun" written by Ms. Renee Winters and we are reading this book on video with her permission. You can see more of the Angie Wonders books at www.angiewonders.com.

*PLEASE NOTE: THIS VIDEO WAS SHOT BEFORE COVID MASK REQUIREMENTS


Christy Harris Lemak, Department Chair

This Books with Blaze episode features Christy Harris Lemak - department chair of Health Services Administration. Click here to learn more about HSA and health care leadership education.

The book she reads with our mascot Blaze is "A Little Spot of Teamwork: A Story about Collaboration and Leadership" by author and illustrator Diane Alber. We are reading this book with permission of the author and you can see more of her work at www.dianealber.com.

*PLEASE NOTE: THIS VIDEO WAS SHOT BEFORE COVID MASK REQUIREMENTS


Jennifer Christy, Physical Therapist

This Books with Blaze episode features Jennifer Christy - a physical therapist and director of our Doctor of Physical Therapy program. Click here to learn more about our DPT program.

The book she reads with our mascot Blaze is "The Busy Body Book: A Kid's Guide to Fitness" by Lizzy Rockwell. We are reading this book with permission of the publisher, Penguin Random House, and the author, Lizzy Rockwell. You can see more of the author's work at www.lizzyrockwell.com.

*PLEASE NOTE: THIS VIDEO WAS SHOT BEFORE COVID MASK REQUIREMENTS