Traditional Nursing Students Make Community Contributions in Public Health

Nursing is so much more than caring for people in a time of vulnerability and sickness.  Today’s nurse must be prepared to work with populations of patients.  This may be a population of seniors living in low income housing, or a population of homeless who need to know how to access the new Health Care Reform Insurance options.  This semester, CSS nursing students collaborated with the following agencies and populations to design and create projects across the spectrum: County and Tribal Public Health Departments, elementary and secondary schools, Damiano Center and low income senior housing to name a few.  They presented on topics ranging from childhood obesity, Healthcare Reform, biomonitoring of toxic agents in high risk groups, to controversies over Methadone Clinics.    Nursing at the college is active in our community, seeking ways for all of us to take the next steps for better health outcomes, one step at a time.

Senior public health nursing students with tenants at Lakeland Shores Senior Apartments

Hong-Ming Liang

An essay written by Hong-Ming Liang, Assistant Professor, History Department submitted on the work of our St. Scholastica student interns for the Middle Ground Journal has been published by the American Historical Association (AHA) monthly news-magazine, Perspectives on History. The AHA is the largest and most prestigious professional organization for historians in North America.

Following is the link to the article, "How an Open Access E-journal Can Serve Scholarship, the Liberal Arts and the Community":  http://www.historians.org/Perspectives/issues/2013/1305/Opening-The-Middle-Ground-Journal.cfm

Following is a link to a You Tube Video done in collaboration with North Star Academy and CSS discussing the Middle Ground Journal:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npJ8MJYEvnc&list=UUad2r5MAfY3TcGQMfhivqTQ&index=1

Arshia Khan

Arshia Khan received a best paper award for a paper presented at the Academy of Business Research(ABR). The Academy of Business Research (ABR) is an international society of scholars and practitioners who exchange ideas and collaborate in a conference setting. The title of the paper is “Electronic health records (EHR) and quality of care in critical access hospitals”.

Arshia Khan presented a paper at the International Conference of Soft Computing and Software Engineering (SCSE). SCSE is double blind peer reviewed and has an acceptance rate of 15% providing a forum for software engineering research that is relevant to both researchers and practitioners. SCSE provides an excellent venue for researchers and practitioners in the fields of Computer Science and Computer Engineering to present and publish their research results and techniques. The SCSE '13 conference seeks original and high quality papers in the fields of Soft Computing, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Network Software and the related disciplines.

Arshia Khan had another paper presented by faculty at the University of Alabama at the 14^th Annual Rural Health Conference;  Tuscaloosa, Al. This paper is a result of a research collaboration between two faculty members from the University of Alabama and Arshia. The research paper is related to health care and the topic of the presentation was “A national agenda for rural minority health series: Revising the need for standard data and information systems”. The annual Rural Health Conference is attended by health-care providers, researchers, community leaders, government officials, policymakers and representatives of faith-based organizations who hear from prominent speakers in the field and share information and knowledge about rural health issues.

Arshia Khan had another paper presented at the Academy of Business Research Conference by Dr. Woosley, faculty from the University of Louisiana. Dr. Woosley served on Arshia Khan’s dissertation committee. The topic of their presentation was “Electronic health records (EHR) and quality of care in critical access hospitals”. The Academy of Business Research (ABR) is an international society of scholars and practitioners who exchange ideas and collaborate in a conference setting.  In the last decade, ABR has had participants from all 50 states and 49 different countries.

School of Education Faculty and Students attend Day at the Capitol

The Minnesota Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (MACTE) held their annual Day at the Capitol on March 7, 2013. Three SOE faculty and 3 teacher education students attended this full day event in St. Paul along with faculty and about 25 preservice students from Teacher Education Programs across the State. In total this group met with 14 individual legislators; attended the hearing of the House Education Policy Committee, where the large contingent was publicly recognized by Chair Carlos Mariani; and witnessed what goes on in the hallways of the Capitol in the midst of rallies and floor sessions. Those attending from St. Scholastica’s School of Education included Dean Jo Olsen, Annette Simmons and Doreene Langason, faculty at the Graduate Teaching Licensure Program in St. Paul, and three undergraduate preservice students, Samantha Bauer, Laura Blasena, and Emily Fitzsimmins.

Iwalani Else

Iwalani Else was selected as a peer reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.   

She also co-authored three articles: 

1.   Williams, J.K.Y., Else, I.R.N., Goebert, D.A., Nishimura, S.T., Hishinuma, E.S. & Andrade, N.N. (2013). A Confirmatory Model for Substance Use among Japanese American and Part-Japanese American Adolescents. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 12(1), 82-105.

2.   Chung-Do, J., Helm, S., Fukuda, M., Alicata, D., Nishimura, S., & Else, I. (2012, April). Rural Mental Health: Implications for Telepsychiatry in Clinical Service, Workforce Development, and Organizational Capacity. Telemedicine and e-Health, 18(3), 244-246.

3.   Carlton, B., Goebert, D., Bell, C.K., Horton, M., Else, I., Marcinowski, M., & Yamada, L. (2011). An Illustration of Integrating Cultural Values into Mental Health Treatment. Hūlili: A Multidisciplinary Journal on Hawaiian Well-Being, 7, 159-184.

Merry Renn Vaughan

Merry Renn Vaughan, Communication, Theatre and Art Department, has been chosen to be a juror for Framingham State University's 2nd Annual New Works Festival.

The festival highlights new works by a wide variety of applicants from all over the world. 

Denise Starkey

Denise Starkey, Theology and Religious Studies, recently presented a paper entitled, "A Nomadic Spirituality of Home: An Alternative Map for Survivors of Childhood Violence" at the International Conference on Peace Studies: 

The Many Faces of Trauma, Resilience and Transformation at the University of Leuven in Belgium.