Application (please print or type) Student Name: Benjamin Magee Date_2/22/2012 Mailing Address: 121 Bartlett Rd., Weaverville, NC 28787 _ Telephone Number _828.658.0310__________________ Email [email protected]Class at time of application (circle) Fr So Jr Sr Cumulative GPA _3.6____________ Major Department ___Health and Exercise Science_ (Attach current Wake Forest transcript; Deacon sheet is acceptable) Anticipated Date of Graduation _May, 2013______________________________ Faculty Mentor/Department Dr. Sam Gladding/Counseling _________________ Will credit be awarded in association with this project? Course number? _No_______________ Are you applying for other funding for this project? What source?_No_________________ Synopsis of Proposed Independent Study Project: I propose to shadow and interview healthcare providers in Nagaland, India, to better understand how they integrate both traditional healing practices and conventional medicine in order to serve a large population with limited resources. Richter Scholarship Program
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(6 nights in Kolkata(see below for per dium),6 nights traveling in Nagaland ($300)
33 days Food expenses = 1837
Immunizations = $91
Tips = $ 91.85 (%5 of food)
Materials:
Digital Camera & audio recorder
Notebooks for journaling and notes
Wake Forest ThinkPad
According to the U.S. Department of State, the per diem for Calcutta is: lodging: $297; meals and incidentals: $119 The per diem for non-specific, other, non-big cities in India is: lodging: $200; meals and incidentals: $91 http://aoprals.state.gov/web920/per_diem_action.asp?MenuHide=1&CountryCode=1155
Total = $ 6,652.85
C. Relevant Experiences:
(*Please see appendix for full family history and resume)
My strong experiences in practically understanding healthcare in the US is essential in order
to integrate the research and shadowing I will do in India. Having a very early exposure to the
research my parents did in integrative medicine to treat her chronic illness with cancer was
instrumental in steering my interest to integrate conventional and alternative medicine in an internal
medicine or family practice specialty (see appendix for family history). My goals to work in global
health and family medicine both require conventional medicine and have sought practical
experience in this field.
In addition to studying health science curriculum as a summer scholar at Chapel Hill, it was
arranged for me to shadow in the family medicine clinic there as well the Neo Natal Intensive Unit.
Both of the doctors I shadowed worked with the school of public health and were involved in
global missions. However, I was disappointed to find that the family medicine practice was unable
to elevate the functional problems of the patients without side effects. The experience helped me to
seek out an independent study with my mentor to better examine the changing healthcare system
and how my interests could work to advance the field.
Among my numerous interviews, was Dr. Kathi Kemper who chairs the Center for
Integrative Medicine working with Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. In my two hours of
interviewing, I learned the path and strengths that Dr. Kemper found by researching what
naturopathic remedies had validity for her work in pediatrics. While her book made her famous as
the world’s expert on integrative pediatric medicine, she was criticized by her mentors when first
deciding to write it. The main take away was that it is necessary to have conventional experience,
but you can do much more in my specialty by taking the time to sort through the naturopathic
treatments that have valid potential to help your patients.
After interviewing four separate Naturopathic Doctors (accredited graduates) from the
recommendation of Dr. Kemper to investigate my interest more, I have found that the reality is that
the traditional medicine of India demonstrates positive results and there is a lot of promise in that
area. While there is a lack of proof for such a broad term (it does depend on what area), with the
literature article by Mutheeswaran et al., it shows a glimpse of working in integrating and
categorizing the work of herbal medicine men. No research has been published for the Nagaland
'1'hl'; Third Period of Will Wltterrs Life IA from May,8th, 1888 until @3 I~lSept~lt1ber 24th, 1912• Missionary Service in U.S.A. •.••. 'ji
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On May 8th, 1888 Will and Mary Witter, with thelb two small children, I _:~ntnred the same harbour in U.S.A. from which they had Bailed 4i years before l ;i'j•..-oken health had mads neoasi!lary a premature return to Amerlca..But tilose .t ~~1short 4t yeJlD8 had proved fruitful onos.In thttt period Will Witter had IiIreduced the Lhota Naga language to writing an1had composed the first gr-ammer ;O;fin that 1anguage. T)a~o/grnrnmeI' was de san~d.to prove very useful to Gove rnmen t i ::Iclv111an officers and miseiollftries Who had to live and work among the .}hota ojNagls. Preoious human aouj s had be en won to Christ.Moreover' they retllr~d to :j.U.S"A. With a cons tr-a in tng love for the peoples of Assam that compelled them .;,to fhs.rtQ with Ghr1.stians 1.n America their own deep compDsBion and CItOncernforokhlthe w~lfare and salvation of tl! Aesamese. So deep and genuine was tl:tBtth-lliB ; 1!1conc ern that it roaul ted In the Return to India on Septemb~r 24,1912, of ,- i;Will WItter to serve as a missionary in Assam until thill/Spring of 1923. . l:i
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. IiWILt WIT'llER AS DISTRICT SECRETARYfor t~ A.B.F.M.S. :r.or MIDDLE WESr.ERN ~I:)'!~
DISTRICT, ( Iowa, N\!l~1"'9.Bka, andj'Wyoming). (Sept.1891-July I' 1896) :r aIn September of' 1891 the call came to Will Witter to be come DistrIct Secre..U:1
tsry for the ~m6rlcan :Baptist Foreie'}1 Mission SOCiety in tht'l States of Iowa, , ~hNebr aaka , andlJVyoming.with headquarters at Del!llt'b,.nea, Iowa" t~!JlIila work wah to stimulate the members of Baptist chur-che 8 to earnest prayer ill!
and increased giving of lives and runds to the missionary work in the v ar iou s .lli!lands carr1.e<j6n under the auspicles of the Amer1canY'Baptist Foreign MiSSion::!!Society. He was constantlY on the road visiting ChURht'ls, speaking at Assocla-lilitional meetings, contacting likeli1 prospects for miSSionary service. ;iiH
.;IolplFlrth,one of these likely prospects wrote e.bout Will Wittor 8S fol- ~,Jill10ws:1 He lived in Des Moines ano w as D~.striot Secretary for foreign missions; lJ:'for Iowa, Nebr-aaka; and Wyoming.HE WAS A WONDER.Onevery hand people W~H'e I ,il'saying," That young man will soon be dead, See how he works. He ought to go I IiI:l11orellslowlY, and liire longer. II. : :1/:
In the year 1891 I was married and took my bride from Marathon to : 1"Sholdon to attend the annual meetIng of SIOUXVALLEY As sQc1at:ton.A red ~l'!l~headed young man came into the meeting and began looking at us,He continued 'ii
rr'iiJ100k~ng At US until the period for devotional exer-c Lse a, when he began praY-ilii~~.ng, Oh Lord, al't'ftd this tall coupl e to As sam I" :\1
I had no idea who the man was; but learned that he was the new Secr~tq . ~1!1~. who hadtome to tOke the place of Dr-.C.F.Tolman o...JOhicago who had done that ,j'I( I 'I I
work for many years.Dr •. ,Witter made an add'T'oss in which he told nothing of his t r-svej s or 'l';;
of the olimADe or conditions in Aseam, but made US realiZe that the heathen ; lj.,1 th j,were lost anq.~ang1J1gover hell 9tH nH~8f! we all awake and R:et to them with 'il
the news of the SaViour's blooa th could waalt their sins llway, they wo~rd, 1;drop in: and, anyway, whit W~l'e Baptista for if it WIlS not to go into all the 1:
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WITJL WITTER STUDIES MEDICINE.S~pt~mber of 1888 found the Witter family living at 402 Hermita@e Avenual
in Chicago so that Will Witter might study m~d1cIne in the Chicago Homeopatl~lc HOl.'lpitaL,lie also stud'\ied in' the Hannaman Medical COllege.In 1890 he rec1.e\lled the degree of !:bctor of Medicine fr'om the Chioago HOmeo-pathiC Ho~pltal. A Similar degree ·from Hannaman Medical COllege was conferredlater. This study was W 1th th'l hope of an early r-ecurn to Assam to minister tothe phYSIcal as well as the spiritusl ne eds of its p60pleso But thIs hope wasnot to be fulfilled. God had other plans for Will Witter and hiS family.Contl.nueo/ill heAlth on the part of Mrs. Witter p08t~9ned indefinitely anyproppect of return to the country an4t>eople they haqoome to love.
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~ WItt WITTER as A pASTOR- ,From Febr-uar-y untft September of 1891 Will Wis-t/Ger'WAS acting pastor of the
~Cente.nnial( noW th~ Secon~) Baptist Church in Chicago.But God had a bigger place for Will Witter to fill than that of pastor foron~ church.
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REV. w. E. WITTER and wife arriving in Assami~ 1884, full of American rush and speed, were
soon prostrated from overwork at Sibsagor. .
It is not well for the Christian whiteTo hustle the Aryan brown,
For the Christian writhes and the Aryan smilesAnd weareth .the Christian down.
The more invigorating climate of the Naga Hills wassuggested, and W okha village, in the Lhota tribe, acommanding 'situation forty-four hundred feet abovesea-level was selected. English political control hadjust been extended over this tribe, and a subdivisionalofficer with a native military force was in command,making this a comparatively safe place for missionwork. A bridle path to the plains made okha acces-sible, rendering still more desirable this connectinglink between the Angamis and Aos. With Kohima,sixty 'miles southwest, already occupied, also Molung,ninety miles northeast, a grand trunk line of missionsto the Nagas would thus be opened .. Theimportanceof an early pccupation of this field had already beenpressed upon the Missionary Union.
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therefore, visited Molung to consult about this matter,Mr. Witter thus relates the outcome of that conference ;" The year 1885 found the Lhotas still unprovided for.Brother Clark, however, believing that God was unmis-takably calling upon us to enter this field withoutdelay, after taking a few rapid, nervous paces acrossthe trembling bamboo floor of his rude house atMolung, exclaimed: 'If the Witters will OCCUpyW okha at once the expense of their transfer shall bemet.' Accordingly a telegram was sent to the DeputyCommissioner of the Naga Hills asking permission toopen a mission station among the Lhotas. The replywas favorable, an old, abandoned rest-house was placedat our disposal, and March 31,1885, our first dear homewith its blessed memories of work among the Assameseand Kohls was left, and a tea estate. near the foot ofthe hills was reached April 7th. Here we were met byRev. C. D. King, of Kohirna, who had traveled one hun-dred and twenty, miles on foot to help us' on our newand untried way." Mr. King was accompanied byseveral native police and a hundred Naga coolies."
Mrs. Witter writes: cc The first part of our march wasin the plains through dense jungle. Mr. King and Mr.,Witter took turns riding 'our pony and tramping. Iwas mounted on an old gray pony. We found the frailbamboo bridges very treacherous, and suddenly I feltmy p~ny sinking beneath me. Mr. King snatched mefrom the saddle, only to lose me in water almost beyondmy depth. But I soon rouchedbottom, and almost as
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quickly was dragged to the shore, thoroughly.drenched.The pony. escaped with only a sprain.
" The next day's march was up and down hills alonga narrow: path, one side of which was flanked bya per-pendicular wall ofrock, 'and on the other side one could10Qkdown, down, hundreds. of feet. We had beautifulbits of scenery, and the ever-shifting lights and shad-ows on the hillsides. The last day's journey.cOil-vinced me that, untilthen, I knew nothing of Naga hillroads. We had come to one of the short cuts, a gen-uine Naga path, over ~hich these men delight inclambering, requiring hands as well as feet.
" After many varied and exciting experiences Wokhastation was reached. Our only white neighbor .is thesubdivisional officer, who occupies another rude rest-house .. We have only two' rooms, mud walls earth. . ,floor, .so dirty the mud falls off, the dirt sifts throughthe walls. and there is no ceiling, only the grass roofover- our heads.. The bamboos are so full of boringinsects that a white powder is constantly falling, andthe large colony of rats is as much at home as are we.For our pantry we have a couple of boxes, with shelves,curtained. Our wardrobe is but a rope, over which wehang our clothes. It i~ a puzzling question where tostore all of our things. This miserable little hut is tooinsecure to withstand the fierce winds and fearful rains. . . ,and we are seriously considering an outlay of fromtwenty to thirty dollars for a new house, as a necessityfor health and comfort through the long rainy season
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just at hand. Anew language is to be acquired, andthere is not a letter, not one Christian person, not onewho has ever heard the name of Jesus. The manysepoysand sepoys' children here understand Assamese,and we are finding that our stay in Sibsagor was·greatly to our advantage. Our use of the Assamesetongue enables us to begin work at once, and we havea little school in Assamese and religious services everySabbath. But our hearts are not at rest. The Nagasswarm about us on every hand, and we are makingpundits of our. servants. We do love these wild people.Our Naga boys are interesting us more and more; theycreep right into pur hearts. Every day we are so gladwe are here. It will be a pleasure to work among thesepeople if we are permitted to remain."
Mr. Witter's health improved much by the bracingmountain air, and there was. joy and gladness and hopein this happy little mountain eyrie; "busy, busy all thetime." Inless than a year it became necessary to makethe long, hard journey of sixty miles. to Kohima formedical attendance. As soon as it was deemed prudent .they setout again for Wokha, with tiny, seven-weeks-old Volney in a snug little canopied box on a Naga'sb~ck, :eturning, as Mrs. Witter s~d, '~witha littlehindering .helper." .
By some change in the English officials a large gov-ernrnent rest-house was offered them free of rent,which, with the doors and windo~s Mr. Witter hadalrea~y provided for a new house.. made them very
comfortable without the expense in money and time ofbuilding. Their organ and stove had been gotten upfrom Sibsagor, adding much to their pleasure and com-fort. The organ proved very useful in the work andamused the Nagas greatly.
But a dark cloud was fast forming over this happy,hopeful horizon. There was no uncertain warning inthe failing health, of both Mr. and Mrs. Witter, and-thelatter was taken to the hospitable mission bungalow atNowgong, Assam, where .she might receive propermedical aid and nursing. Mr. Witter, in response to
. recent inquiries, says: cc e left Assam in the springof 1888. Mrs. Witter never returned to the mountainsafter the birth of Marjorie, and Marjorie was· sixmonths old when I first saw her. I remained on atWokha alone until I was so reduced in health as to beunable to pack up ,and go to Kohima, so Brother Riven-burg came over and packed my things for me and tookme to his home, where I remained several months andcompleted the outline grammar of the Lhota Nagalanguage, with a vocabulary which was published bythe government of India, appearing in print just twodays before we left for America. Aside from the gram- .mar we made typewritten primers, from which ourLhota boys learned to read, and Mrs. Witter translatedthe Assamese catechism into Lhota, and it was she whobegan the first formal teaching of divine truth to thispeople. She also translated the first hymn, 'There Isa Happy Land.' Afterward I translated several hymns,
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which were greatly enjoyed by the people. We alsotranslated portions of the ew Testament, which weretypewritten, but not published. These portions, withthe hymns, were sent to Mr. Haggard when he beganhis work among the Lhotas. Mrs. Witter has alwaysthought that one or two of the boys whom she taughtto sing, and to whom she so repeatedly told the storyof the Saviour, did really pass out of death into life,but they were young and under the control of paganparents."
For several years circumstances prevented furthermission work among the Lhotas. Rev. F. P. Haggard,while among the Aos at Impur, visited much amongthe Lhota villages, and with his family lived at Wokha
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portions of the years 189&1897, and was greatly en-couraged in the prosecution. of the work. While therehe wrote: "Two Lhota pundits have been secured and
..much time will be spent in the study of the language.It is' nearly ten years since the Witters closed theirshort but eventful and profitable labors at Wokha.They are well rememberedby the people. The seed sowedwill yet bring forth fruit. I am now able to join with myboy~ a coupleof hymns that I have made. We can alsorepeat a version of the Lord's Prayer in Lhota. Adaily service is inspiring to us all. The people .seemthoroughly interested, and I have reason to believethat some, at least, 6f this interest is not wholly ephem-eral. -I am especially pleased with the persistent desireof so many to learn."
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The' Missionary Union, however, being straitenedfinancially, asked the Haggards to return to the workat Impur, and thus the Lhotas were a second time leftwithout gospel heralds.
In December, 1896, Zilli, our Assamese preacher andteacher among the Aos, was appointed to this work.He visited the fie,id and made all arrangements for theremoval of his family to W okha, when he was suddenlytaken ill, and on Christmas Day with aching,' disap-pointed hearts we followed his body to the open gravein our' little cemetery at Impur,
Later Robi, an Assarnese worker at Impur, was sento W okha and was received by the people with many
expressions of favor. A very hopeful feature of ourwork among the Lhotas is that for the past few yearsthere have been Lhota boys, and more recently severalLhota girls, in the Impur Training School, a number ofwhom have been baptized. One or- these boys hasalready been preaching among his people. Boys fromthe Serna tribe, which borders on the Lhota, have alsoattended the school at Impur, whence go evangelists,pastors, and school-teachers to herald the gospel mes-sage in many villages of these savage tribes. A fairlystrong church has been established among the Lhotasat Okotsa.
INTRODUCTION
WHILE Doctor Clark continues, his personal ministryto the wiid tribes of Assam, among which he has spentso many years of self-sacrificing service, it will be apleasure to many in America and across the seas to readthe racy glimpses of life among the' warlike Nagas byMrs. Clark who, after sharing so long the perils of thesefrontier experiences, is now detained in America.
We especially commend this interesting narrative to thehosts of young people, many of whom are almost per-suaded that the-heroic in missions is forever passed. Letthem follow, some of those distant mountain paths, crossthe steep ravines and swollen rivers, face the wild tribesstill waiting for the gospel, and marvel at what God haswrought among those who have received the message.They will then thank the author for her thrilling story,and some will not be slow to say, "Lord, here am I;send me"; while every reader will be sure to pray, "Tosuch a harvest, Lord, thrust forth the laborers."
This is a fine book for vacation 'reading. It smells oftoe forests, kindles the imagination, warms the heart, isbetter than a novel, for it is not only full of romance,but is true.
WILLIAM ELLSWORTH WITTER.-FORD,MBMORIAL BUILDJ-NG
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Present Address Permanent Address Campus Box 28793 121 Bartlett Road Winston-‐Salem, NC 27109 Weaverville, NC 28787 828.772.4685 828.658.0310 EDUCATION WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY, Winston-‐Salem, North Carolina, B.S. expected May 2013 Major, Health and Exercise Science; minor, Spanish GPA: Cumulative 3.6, Major 3.89 SCIENCE ENRICHMENT PREPARATION PROGRAM, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Summer 2011 Competitive eight-‐week intensive training in Organic Chemistry, Physics, Human Physiology and Advanced Mathematics. Included 30 hours of classes each week and thrice-‐weekly tours of various medical programs. Program Rank: 4/50 (the program accepted 50/450 applicants). STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM IN SALAMANCA, SPAIN, SPRING 2012 Studied Spanish language, history, and culture. WORK EXPERIENCE Resident Advisor, Office of Residence Life & Housing, Wake Forest University, Fall 2010—Present • Advised 22 first-‐year students and lived on the halls as their supervisor, with 20 hours/week on-‐call. • Co-‐organized social programs for more than 150 students. • Performed rounds and documented judicial infractions. • Selected as the male representative resident advisor in a weekend exchange program to Waterloo, Ontario, Fall 2010 Certified Personal Trainer, Miller Fitness Center, Wake Forest University, Spring 2011—Present • Trained students and adults in Metabolic Effect style workouts. Fitness Center Clerk, Miller Fitness Center, Wake Forest University, Spring 2011—Present • Managed machines, supplies, and equipment checkout, and customer service. Camp Counselor, Spring into Wellness Camp, University of North Carolina, Asheville, Summer 2010 • Educated more than 50 middle school students from disadvantaged backgrounds on healthier eating and exercise habits. • Oversaw and mentored six middle school boys and facilitated cabin time as well as instruction for exercises. LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES Leadership Team Member, Allied Health Student Association, Wake Forest University, Fall 2011—Present • Organized seminars with medical program speakers from universities throughout the U.S. • Advised underclassmen on navigating career paths in the health field. New Leaders Retreat Participant, Office of Student Leadership, Camp Seagull, NC, Summer 2011 • Selected to participate in a weekend retreat with sixty other Wake Forest leaders from a variety of campus activities. Charge Leadership Participant, Office of Student Leadership, Wake Forest University, Spring 2011 • Participated in an 8-‐week program geared towards creating better leaders.
• Developed ideas for campus improvement. Vice President, National Residence Hall Honorary Society—Demon Deacon Chapter, Wake Forest University, Spring 2011 • Reviewed recommendations and selected outstanding students, staff and faculty for recognition.
• Hosted philanthropic activities. Committee Member, Office of Residence Life & Housing, Wake Forest University, Fall 2010—Present • Fostered development of new ideas for improvement in residence life and housing with twelve other members. • Co-‐organized recruitment process for the hiring of 200 staff each year. VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE Leadership Team Member, Wake Saturdays, Wake Forest University, Spring 2010—Present • Collaborated with twenty fellow college students to administer one weekly meal downtown for the local homeless community. Collegiate Challenge Participant, Habitat for Humanity, Miami, FL, Spring Break 2011 • Built a Habitat House with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. English and Reading Tutor, Northwest Middle School, Winston Salem, NC, Fall 2009 • Conducted weekly book club for six to eight 8th grade students with remedial reading comprehension skills. Special Olympic Buddy, Special Olympics North Carolina, Weaverville, NC, Spring 2009 • Mentored a ten-‐year-‐old boy in training and performance in the Buncombe County Special Olympics Meet. Volunteer, Touching Miami with Love Organization, Miami, FL, Summer 2007 • Assisted administering activities in an inner-‐city day camp for children of all ages during a summer mission trip. COMPUTER EXPERIENCE Proficient with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel