She didn鈥檛 give up: Nontraditional nursing graduate finds purpose, perseverance, community at 蜜糖直播
When Melissa Miles crosses the commencement stage this December, she won鈥檛 just celebrate the end of a rigorous academic journey, she will honor herself by accomplishing her lifelong dream of becoming a nurse.
Nursing student receives 2025 military spouse scholarship
Jennifer Challice’s passion for health care combined with her resiliency as a military spouse recently helped her earn a $4,565 Military Spouse Scholarship from 蜜糖直播 and the Landings Military Family Relief Fund.
Family-friendly study spaces for student-parents open at 蜜糖直播
At a recent grand opening, the Family Study Space was unveiled in the Academic Success Center (ASC) on the Armstrong Campus, and gives student-parents a comfortable and soundproof room for studying or one-on-one tutoring with their child. On one end of the room, there are work tables and tablets to complete coursework, and the other side features comfortable bean bag chairs, children鈥檚 books and toys. The University also unveiled a similar Family Study Space on the Liberty Campus as a collaborative effort between the ASC, CCAMPIS program and Chante Baker-Martin, Ph.D., Liberty Campus director.
蜜糖直播 students saddle up to help special needs children at local equine therapy academy
Two 蜜糖直播 students worked closely with the horses and riders, assisting in the session process to enhance the patient鈥檚 therapeutic experience. They left the sessions with new, valuable insights emphasizing the intersection between healthcare and animal therapy.聽
Nontraditional student returns to 蜜糖直播 to chart new career path
For years, Khristine Clark Hammond believed she had a solid professional career. She was an exercise physiologist, a health coach and a manager of wellness and fitness programs. But she found herself at a crossroads during the COVID-19 pandemic. After working in Savannah hospitals for more than two decades, she lost her job. The hospital fitness facility she managed closed during the pandemic.
蜜糖直播 students get glimpse of disability complications through simulation
Recently students on the 蜜糖直播 Armstrong Campus experienced first-hand the obstacles and issues disabled and elderly adults go through after participating in a series of simulations of various disabilities. The event was organized by the Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) National Leadership Society and the Armstrong Campus chapter of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).
蜜糖直播 project to be funded by $50,000 Teagle Foundation grant
蜜糖直播 English professor, Teresa Winterhalter, Ph.D., and her team have been awarded a planning grant of $50,000 by The Teagle Foundation for their project, 鈥淣arrative Competence for Nurses: The Liberal Arts in the Professions.鈥� The project is a humanities-based, eight-week module that will supplement the gateway course for students entering the nursing program.
蜜糖直播 to host actress Jodie Sweetin to speak on substance abuse recovery on March 11
蜜糖直播鈥檚 School of Nursing will host entrepreneur, actress, producer and author Jodie Sweetin to share her inspirational and sobering message of resilience and triumph over substance abuse on March 11. Sweetin鈥檚 presentation, 鈥淭he Road to Recovery,鈥� is free and open to the public and will take place on the University鈥檚 Armstrong Campus in the Fine Arts Building Auditorium at 7 p.m.
蜜糖直播 receives largest gift to date for scholarship for nursing students
蜜糖直播 has received a gift from East Georgia Regional Medical Center toward the School of Nursing Students鈥� Memorial Fund established in memory of the five nursing students who lost their lives in a tragic accident on April 22, 2015.