EDUCATION
Life University professor honored with award
Dr. Charmaine
Herman
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Staff reports
Life University’s Dr. Charmaine Herman,
Clinical Sciences faculty member in the Doctor
of Chiropractic Program, has been named the
recipient of the 2020 Vulcan Materials Company’s
Teaching Excellence Award.
Established in 1991, the
Vulcan Teaching Excellence
Awards annually honors an
outstanding professor on
selected member campuses
of the Georgia Independent
College Association. The
award recognizes an outstanding
faculty member who
demonstrates strong academic
skills in the classroom and provides leadership
and support in other areas of campus life.
The recipient is a faculty member who assists
the institution in nurturing an academic climate
that fosters learning and provides leadership to
enhance the campus community.
Herman is dedicated to providing quality instruction,
assessment and mentorship to students
at Life University. She maintains a private practice
through which she mentors D.C. students and
displays many letters of gratitude from students
who had worked with her in her chiropractic
practice to complete their research papers.
This scholarly mentoring has also led to
some of those students presenting posters and
research. Herman further invests her time in
mentoring students through her work with
clubs on campus. She is the club advisor for the
Blair Upper Cervical Technique Club, as well
as the co-advisor for the Student American
Black Chiropractic Association.
She has also been involved in research and
presentations related to chiropractic care for
both pediatric and adults related to the Blair
Technique. Case studies include Chiropractic
Management of an Infant with Paroxysmal
Tonic Upgaze Syndrome; Congenital Torticollis
& Upper Cervical Subluxation Following
Birth Trauma; Resolution of Low Back Pain in
an 8-year-old following Blair Upper Cervical
Chiropractic Care; and Resolution of Cervicalgia
Following Blair Upper Cervical Technique.
She was named a 2018 Top Chiropractor by
Atlanta Magazine. She has hosted a women’s
empowerment brunch as part of a collaboration
between the Student American Black
Chiropractic Association & The League of
Chiropractic Women. She is a member of the
Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractic Society, the
Christian Chiropractors Association and the
ICA Council on Upper Cervical Care and she
established the North Georgia Black Healthcare
Professionals Network.
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FACTBOX
Life University
1269 Barclay Circle
Marietta, GA 30060
770-426-2600 • www.life.edu
Number of students: 2,744 total (fall 2019);
874 undergraduate; 195 graduate;
1,653 chiropractic; 22 non degree
Undergraduate: $12,105 per year
(based upon a 15 credit hour load, tuition only)
Graduate: $8,235 per year
(based upon a 9 credit hour load, tuition only)
Chiropractic: $29,025 per year
(based upon a 25 credit hour load, tuition only)
Most popular programs and departments: D.C.
Doctor of Chiropractic, B.S. Exercise Science, B.S.
Biology, B.B.A Business Administration, M.S. Sport
Health Science, B.S. Psychology, B.S. Dietetics
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