Series Overview: The Gerber Institute, together with Via Christi Health, will present a series of panel and participant discussions on the topic of health care reform on April 8, 15, and 22. All discussions will take place over breakfast at Newman University: the sessions on April 8 and 22 will be in the Tarcisia Roths Alumni Center, inside the Dugan Library and Campus Center; the session on April 15 will be in the Cardinal Newman Room, on the lower level of Sacred Heart Hall. Breakfast will be served beginning at 6:45 a.m., with panelists speaking at 7:15 a.m. and discussion to follow. Sessions will conclude at 8:15 a.m.
April 22, 2010 | Session Three
Healthcare and Immigration Issues
Tarcisia Roths Alumni Center (inside the Dugan Library and Campus Center)
Breakfast @ 6:45 a.m.
Panel @ 7:15 a.m.
Join panelists Fran Betzen Cook, Marlene Dreiling, and Deborah Snapp as they take up a variety of issues related to the complex intersection of healthcare and immigration, and the challenges that lie therein.
Panelist Bios
- Fran Betzen Cook, LSCSW, Director, Catholic Charities Help Center and Immigration Services
Fran Betzen Cook, LSCSW
Grew up in Wichita and obtained a BSW from Avila College in Kansas City in 1999 and a MSW from Newman University in 2000.
For the past 10 years she has served at Catholic Charities in a variety of roles including counselor, staff supervisor, and currently as the Director of the Help Center and Immigration Services. Her passion is in serving the poor and in ending oppression.
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- Deborah Snapp, LBSW, Executive Director for Catholic Social Service in the Diocese of Dodge City
Has been employed with the agency since 1987, starting as a Social Worker, before becoming Program Director in 1991 and being appointed as Executive Director in 2006. In addition, Debbie also serves on the board of directors of The Crisis Center in Great Bend, is a committee member of the South Central Kansas Tornado Recovery Organization, and active with many diocesan functions. Before moving to Dodge City in 1980, she received a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work and a Bachelor’s Degree in Family Life and Human Development from Kansas State University. Debbie is also a strong advocate for adoption, as she and her husband adopted two sons through the adoption services of Catholic Charities.
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- Marlene Dreiling, Executive Director Guadalupe Clinic
- John McCormick, Associate Professor of Theology, Newman University
John McCormick
Dr. McCormick is an Associate Professor of Theology in the Department of Theology and Philosophy and Director of the Liberal Studies Program. McCormick joined Newman in the Fall of 1996. His academic interests include the areas of Sacraments, Church, and Catholic Social Teaching.
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