Bone marrow donation panel to speak today
Spectator staff
Issue date: 2/16/09 Section: University Briefs
In preparation for a March 3 Bone Marrow Registration Drive on campus, an informational panel discussion will be from noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 16 in the Davies Theatre in Davies Center. Students, faculty, staff and community members are encouraged to ask questions about how to save a life by signing up to be a bone marrow donor.
Introducing the panel speakers will be English professor Asha Sen, widow of mathematics professor and social activist Eberth Alarcón, who died from a rare form of leukemia in September 2006.
Speakers will include Eau Claire alumnus Kyle Buchmann, who recovered from leukemia after receiving a bone marrow donation from his sister in 2003.
A second speaker will be retired wildlife biologist John Cole, who worked with his wife, Sherry, to encourage more than 600 people in the Dunn County area to sign the registry after their good friend James Forster, a Menomonie conservationist, was diagnosed with leukemia.
The final speaker will be National Marrow Donor Program representative John Pawloski, who will answer questions about the need for donors and the donor process.
The actual bone marrow registration drive will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 3 in the Oneida and Ho-Chunk Rooms of Davies Center as part of Second Annual Eberth Alarcón Peace and Justice Lecture Series. The process takes only minutes and those interested in donating may come any time during those hours.
Introducing the panel speakers will be English professor Asha Sen, widow of mathematics professor and social activist Eberth Alarcón, who died from a rare form of leukemia in September 2006.
Speakers will include Eau Claire alumnus Kyle Buchmann, who recovered from leukemia after receiving a bone marrow donation from his sister in 2003.
A second speaker will be retired wildlife biologist John Cole, who worked with his wife, Sherry, to encourage more than 600 people in the Dunn County area to sign the registry after their good friend James Forster, a Menomonie conservationist, was diagnosed with leukemia.
The final speaker will be National Marrow Donor Program representative John Pawloski, who will answer questions about the need for donors and the donor process.
The actual bone marrow registration drive will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 3 in the Oneida and Ho-Chunk Rooms of Davies Center as part of Second Annual Eberth Alarcón Peace and Justice Lecture Series. The process takes only minutes and those interested in donating may come any time during those hours.
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