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The Blue Streak is published three times per year by the GSC Alumni Services Staff. Tisha Bruemmer, Editor, Alumni Services, tisha.bruemmer@email.gscollege.edu Mary Jo Kathman, Dean of Student/Alumni Services, maryjo.kathman@email.gscollege.edu Maureen Coz, Alumni Advancement , maureen.coz@email.gscollege.edu Clare Allaire, Student/Alumni Secretary, 513-862-2389 Kelly Vance, Foundation, Kelly_Vance@trihealth.com
Outside The College Doors Environmental Service Tech Trina Burnett has been a mainstay at Good Samaritan College for several years. Her cleaning cart can be seen around the college most days as she helps keep the halls, classrooms and offices tidy. When she isn’t keeping GSC clean, Trina is busy in her own Avondale neighborhood. working to make it a safer place to live, play and raise a family. neighborhood, too.
What Keeps You Busy At Your Apartment Complex? When I’m at home, I’m constantly watching to see what is happening outside. I grew up in this neighborhood and it was a nice, safe place. I moved out, but my mom still lived here. Some years back, the neighborhood started to turn and it became a place for drug trafficking. There were shootings and murders and kids were being recruited to sell drugs. So, the families stopped letting their kids outside. I saw what was going on, so I started watching outside when I would visit my mom. If I saw something I didn’t think was right, I’d call my cousin. He’s a community activist and he would contact the police and ask them to drive over here and check things out. I also started having some little holiday parties like an Easter Egg Hunt.
Then You Moved Back Here? Yes, about a year ago, I moved back so I could do more in the neighborhood and be nearer to my mom. I started having more events for the kids – ways to get them outside and mixing with each other. I have had, Halloween Parties, Christmas parties, Summer Parties – events where kids can have fun and do kid things. I try to help them keep their mind on something kid related and not drugs.
Your Efforts Are Paying Off, Aren’t They? Yes, its 100% improved over when I moved back. We’ve been watching the streets and having the events, and the kids have started to come out more. In fact, kids from other neighborhoods come over here now because it’s safer. Some other parents have taken the responsibility to watch our
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What Other Ways Are You Trying To Bring The Community Together? Well, we have resident meetings once a month where we discuss problems, events, jobs, school and community programs – ways we can help our neighborhood. And the rental office – they’re really trying to help too. They donate stuff and help me publicize events.
What Is Your Biggest Challenge To Keep Your Efforts Moving Forward? Oh, participation by other parents is really difficult and it’s been slow to happen. But it’s starting a little bit. My other biggest challenge is having supplies for the events. Sometimes I luck out. For instance, I got a movie screen at the thrift store for $10, so I’m hoping to have a Movie Night for Families next Summer. My other biggest challenge is actually having somewhere to store my supplies.
What Are Your Top Wish List Items? Volunteers to help me put on the events, card tables, coolers, charcoal grill, kid party supplies, and a small storage shed to hold the stuff.
What Is Your Long Term Goal For Your Neighborhood? I want to get the parents to interact with their kids more and to get to know one another more so we can all rely on each other more and keep our neighborhood a safe place to raise our children and grandchildren. I hope people will take some responsibility for their children and ask for favors to help each other out when they need to do that.
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ner Office As you receive this issue of the BlueStreak, I know each of you are well into the holiday season of Thanksgiving and Christmas. Fall has been very busy. We kicked off the academic year with 355 students, the highest number in many years. They quickly got into the rhythm of classes and labs. We admitted our first “Honors” students. The Honors Admission Program at Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science provides an opportunity for high school students who apply by December 1 of their senior year to have priority placement in nursing their first semester and to be eligible for additional scholarships. Applicants must have a minimum 3.2 cumulative GPA, 25+ ACT or 1150+ SAT (Math and Reading only), and prepare an essay to submit with their application. Just recently, the Deans and I hosted a special luncheon to celebrate the achievements of our first four recipients. Each of them received a one-time $5,000 scholarship.
December 5 Semester Ends 11 Gradua on, Strawberry Breakfast 24-Jan 4 College Closed for the Holidays
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
In the last issue of the BlueStreak, we also reported that we had completed our selfevaluation and campus visit with Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing for the BSN program, which began admitting students in 2012. This accreditation effort has been led by Dr. Teresa Getha-Eby ‘78, Department Chair for the program. I am happy to report it is official as of the beginning of August that our BSN program is fully accredited by ACEN for the full initial review of five years. This, as with every accreditation, takes a team effort…Great Job everyone! On behalf of the Board of Trustees, students, faculty and staff, I hope each of you have a safe and joyful Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. January, 2015 6 New AASN Student Orienta on 7 Nursing I, III Orienta on 8 Nursing II, IV Orienta on BSN Orienta on 12 Classes Begin College Fair 19 Mar n Luther King Jr. Day College Closed
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February 2 Winterfest 10, 12, 16, 19 Phonathon 27 Last day to Withdraw with “W” March 9-13 Spring Vaca on April 2-5 Easter Holiday May 8 Semester Ends 14 Gradua on
Reception Desk Hours Honors Program students Morgan Krichbaum, Kyle Wilkin, Abbey Wernick-Kaito. Not pictured: Tamara Roy
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When Speed and Critical Care Combine Director Matt Gunderman’s Goal is to Elevate Medical Care Every Time the UC Air Care & Mobile Care Team Takes Flight
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ome mes in the worst of situa ons, something posi ve can emerge. The helicopter touched down at the accident scene. Cri cal Care Flight Nurse Ma Gunderman ’95 quickly gathered his equipment, and ran with the Flight Physician to the cri cally injured motorcyclist. The 20-something had hit a tree while out on a summer ride. Immediately, Ma had the uncomfortable feeling that many flight nurses have experienced. He ins nc vely knew this run was not going to end well. He and the doctor began their field triage and treated the pneumothorax, then loaded the young man into the helicopter for the flight to the hospital. During the trip, Ma talked to his pa ent le1ng him know he was there. By the me they arrived, his pa ent had died and was pronounced dead at the hospital. But Ma ’s job wasn’t done; the young motorcyclist’s mother had arrived at the hospital. Ma was able to tell her what had happened, and assure her that her son had not been in pain and someone had been with him when he died. The mother, Ma observed, had become the pa ent. Being able to bring her a small bit of comfort while she faced the tragic death
of her son helped make his day worthwhile. Making a difference for someone in a grave situa on is one of the reasons Ma has worked as a Flight Nurse at University Hospital’s Air Care and Mobile Care Department (ACMC). Three years ago, he also began serving as one of the two Clinical Managers, taking on more responsibility for the success and future of the department. This past June, Ma became the department’s Director, overseeing more than 100 paramedics, EMTs, support staff, and nurses, including two other GSC graduates: Keith Tenhundfeld ’95 – Mobile Care and Erik Robine e ’07 – Air Care. “My du es as director include overall safety, clinical, opera onal, and financial oversight,” Ma explained.
“And one of my biggest goals is to change the culture of ACMC so the everyone places pa ent safety and clinical excellence at the front of all their decisions. I'm shiEing my department from a top down approach to one of personal responsibility and accountability.” Ma ’s success hasn’t been by accident. It took careful, well-thoughtout career planning. In the early 1990’s, Ma was a Paramedic Firefighter working for two departments in Clermont County, Ohio. At a hospital, he watched with interest as the Flight Transport team brought a pa ent in by Air Care helicopter. Ma was hooked; within weeks, he began to implement his long-term career plan to become a Flight Nurse. He enrolled at Good Samaritan
Before becoming the ACMC Director, Matt worked for 9 years as one of the department’s Flight Nurses.
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Hospital School of Nursing and graduated in December, 1995. Over the next several years, he purposefully worked in posi ons at Emergency Departments and Intensive Care Units in hospitals across the city to gain experience in Level 1 trauma, high acuity pa ents, pediatrics, and department educa on. With the help of a Good Samaritan Alumni Associa on Graduate Scholarship, he acquired his BSN at the College of Mount Saint Joseph. In 2003, he co-founded and chaired the Emergency Nurses Educa on Consor um in the Cincinna area. He further prepared by refining his teaching/training skills; instruc ng at Raymond Walters College and guest lecturing at symposiums and conferences. He worked on medical research projects, earned emergency/ trauma related cer fica ons, joined professional organiza ons and served on their commi ees. “I wanted to be sure I would be seriously considered when a Flight Nurse posi on became available,” Ma said. “They don’t open very oEen and I wanted to be the best choice.” That work paid off in 2005, when a posi on opened and Ma was hired as a Flight Nurse in University Hospital’s ACMC. These air and mobile intensivecare units transport cri cally ill or injured pa ents from community hospitals to larger medical centers or from accident scenes to hospitals. The goal of the transport team is to maintain or elevate the level of care the pa ent has been receiving while quickly delivering them to their des na on. The transport service carries out more than 1,000 flights per year and 10,000 ground transports. About 40% of their flights are to accident scenes where their skills work to stabilize pa ents and carry them to a hospital. Training for the team is ongoing and extensive. They must have advanced skills in intuba ng a pa ent and pu1ng in chest tubes – many mes they are performing these procedures in the very small cabin area of the helicopter while flying at 140 mph. Because the teams are flying in helicopters and driving quickly through traffic in the mobile units, safety and clinical competence were two of Ma ’s focuses as a Clinical Manager. “The safety of the flight and mobile
crew are paramount. We constantly have In his work with other departments at safety training and we set up clinical UC and other hospitals in the Cincinna rota ons for the team across the area, Ma comes across many new departments of the hospital - the cadaver nurses. “I see graduates from so many labs, opera ng rooms, ICUs, neurodifferent programs. The nurses that come surgical or burns units. The list goes on out of the Good Samaritan College and on,” Ma explained. “We have to be program are extremely prepared,” he comfortable in so many types of notes. “Their clinical knowledge and skills emergency trauma situa ons because the are top notch. It really is an advantage to size of our medical team on a run is only a end a hospital based program.” two. There is no other expert to call on Ma himself isn’t finished with his own when the situa on gets difficult or educa on. He completed his MSN and is complicated. We have to rely on studying to take his cer fica on test for ourselves.” an Adult Cri cal Care, Clinical Nurse In 2013, Air Care & Mobile Care was Specialist, a role he was first introduced to recognized na onally for its excellence while in nursing school at GSH. ACMC has and leadership in emergency medical started flying with Advanced Prac ce transport. It was chosen as the Program Nurses recently, a role that Ma was of the Year by the Associa on of Air instrumental in star ng. Medical Services. When he isn’t working, Ma spends In addi on to accident events, 60% of me with his family and on some of the their Air Care transports are inter-hospital causes that are important to him. Among and can be as far away as Akron, Ohio or them, the homeless coali ons, Cincinna Paducah, Kentucky. For most of those parks, and local health drives. transports, the team is moving a pa ent from a community hospital to a level 1 Trauma Center (usually UC or Children’s). 1,000+ flights/year Because the transport teams are 10,000+ ground transports/year constantly crossing from one state 140 staff including: pilots, to another, the helicopters and nurses have to be licensed in all doctors, flight nurses, clinical three states (or have reciprocity). managers, medics, EMTs, and They are called to make the support. move because the me from door Recognized by the Association -to-door can be decreased of Air Medical Services as the significantly when using 2013 Program of the Year helicopters. For example: Flying from Western Hills to Christ Hospital can be 25 minutes quicker than driving and a ground Volunteering, family support, training, ambulance from a spot in Adams County work experiences…..Ma pulls from all of can be reduced from 1 hour 45 minutes to this each day in his posi on as Director. 25 minutes or less when Air Transport is “I worked hard on my career to make it used. what it is today. I think many of our Good The typical shiE for a Flight Nurse Sam grads have done the same—set a begins with equipment checks (including career goal and made it happen.“ Ma blood and plasma supplies), safety checks said. “I love my job. I love what I do. For a - everything it takes to be ready for the lot of people, I have taken what is first call. On a busy shiE, the nurses can probably the worst day of their life and be involved in seven or more calls. When tried to turn it around. It’s a great feeling they aren’t in flight, they spend me when you know your ac ons can have honing their skills in clinical rota ons that much of an impact on people’s lives. around the hospital or assis ng in the ER. Being the Director now, I try to support But when the call comes, the team is our staff so they can do the same.” ready to liE off within 10 minutes.
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We’re Recycling Due to increased recycling access at GSC and 6 other TriHealth sites, the corporation received the Hamilton County Recycling & Solid Waste District's Recycling at Work Program of the Year Award. More than 1200 TriHealth employees and 375 students had increased access this year! Think Blue! Think Recycling!
New Alpha Delta Nu Class In November, four students were inducted into the Beta Kappa Chapter of Alpha Delta Nu, the Honor Society of Nursing. The chapter was formed last year. Students inducted were: Stephen Brinkman, Kelly Murphy, Alixandra Puthoff and Jonah Salyers, Jr.
Rain, Rain, Go Away, I’m Golfing!
They’re Role Models
Student O Officers 2014 Fall Semester President: Laura Jones VP: Molly Rumpke VP/Community Action: McKenzie Davis VP/Student Activities: Sarah Tebelman VP of Fundraising: Lauren Hoffman Sec.: Rachel Thatcher Treas: Melissa Jones Student Advisory Council: Gabriella Baer Sara Folck Jessica Kampsen Morgan Krichbaum Katrina Mertz Michael Perry
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GSC has implemented a Peer Mentoring Program for new students. Student mentors provide support, encouragement, and act as role models to incoming students. In turn, the mentors benefit by gaining leadership skills. The goal is to help first-semester students transition into the nursing program. This Fall, 28 students began mentoring the incoming Fall class under the guidance of College Counselor Jill Nutter, MSW, BA. The mentors and mentees were introduced to each other at a Student Breakfast in August.
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6th Annual GSC Golf Outing (dedicated to deceased Bursar Larry Schaller) putted in
more than $1100 for the GSC Scholarship Fund. Though the rain was steady and the golfing was soggy, 45 people golfed nine holes and shared lunch. Next year’s Outing is Thursday, June 11.
Worth No No ng ng Worth “Transitioning to a Concept-Based Curriculum and Incorporating QSEN into the Process” : Associate Professor Patricia Koral ‘68, Teresa Getha-Eby ’78, PhD, MSN, BSN, Bachelor Nursing MSN,BSN, CSN. Department Chair, received the Distinguished Nurse Educator Award “Formulating the Evaluation Methodology for a Concept Based at the 2014 Leadership Awards of Mount St. Joseph University. She Curriculum”: Department Chair Nursing V and Skills Lab Moya was cited for her leadership and vision in curriculum development of Kearney, MSN, BSN; Associate Professors Beatrice Hodovanic, the new BSN program, for promoting best practice in nursing and up-to MSN, BSN; Patricia Koral, ’68, MSN, BSN, CSN; Sharon Pittard, -date educational pedagogy. She was instrumental in obtaining Ohio MSN, BSN, and Diane Stauffer, MSN, BSN. Board of Regents approval for the new program and program accreditation by the North Central Higher Learning Commission. Changes Dr. Getha-Eby also was recently published in the Sept. 2014 issue Michael Douglas, MS, BA, Good Samaritan College Dean, Head of the Journal of Nursing Education as the lead writer of “Meaningful of Library Services since 2006, retired in August. Learning: Theoretical Support for Concept-Based Teaching.” He started as a Librarian at Bethesda North and Jill Nutter MSW, BA, Counselor. Her first novel Secrets of the was with the TriHealth Libraries for 24 years. Heart has become an audio book. It is being read on the radio through Steven Roschke, PhD, MA, BA, Professor and the Cincinnati Association for the Blind and will be available on CD. Department Chair Of General She also writes a monthly column for The Christian Fiction Online Education, retired in August Magazine, which can be found at christianfictiononlinemagazine.com. after 25 years at GSC. Dr. Joann Sullivan-Mann, MSN, BSN, Professor, has applied and Roschke taught Microbiology and received a grant of more than $5,000 from the Good Samaritan also served as General Education Hospital Guild. The grant Department Chair. has secured eight IV Jennifer Heffron, MLS, BA, has been named arms and GSC Dean, Head of Library Services. She has been replacement with TriHealth for eight years as Medical Librarian at skins. These Bethesda North Hospital. are used by David McCowan, PhD, MA, BA has been named Department the Skills Lab Chair of General Education. Dr. McCowan has been at GSC since to teach and 2010 as a Learning Specialist in the Student Success Program. He practice IV insertion, has a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership and Policy maintaining IV’s and IVP meds Analysis and brings extensive administrative experience in higher delivery. The Skills Lab also lends the IV arms to GSH nurses for their education. CBE competencies and IV procedures practice.
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Several GSC faculty participated in the 2nd Annual Changing Culture: Educating the 21st Century Nurse Conference held at Mercy College of Ohio. The following faculty had poster presentations: Sharon Pittard, MSN, BSN, Associate Professor, and Carmen Harrison, MSN, BSN, Associate Professor, “Concept-Based Teaching-Learning Strategies for Educating OB Nursing Students.” Moya Kearney, MSN, BSN, Department Chair of Nursing V and Skills Lab, and JoAnn Sommer ‘80, MSN, BSN, Assistant Professor, “Integrating a Concept-Based Framework into a Simulation and Skills Lab Concept: Caring Behaviors.” Joann Sullivan-Mann, MSN, BSN, Professor, “Student Incivility: Nursing Faculty Lived Experience.” The following faculty presented abstracts: Integrating Cultural Competence in a Concept-Based Curriculum” : Assistant Professors Barbara Gillman-Lamping, MSN, BSN; Janet Paguigan, MSN, BSN; Melanie Quilla-Deza, MSN, BSN; and Abigail Villarroya, MSN, BSN; and Instructor Camlaria Felismino, MSN, BSN.
New At the College Maureen Coz, BA, Alumni Advancement Coordinator. Maureen has extensive experience in college and high school settings in special events and development. Adam Kallmeyer, PhD, MBA, BS, Assistant Professor, teaching Microbiology. Dr. Kallmeyer has worked as an adjunct instructor at several institutions in the Cincinnati area. Terri Pullen, DA, MA, BA, Director of Institutional Assessment & Research Planning. She was previously Curriculum Development Program Manager, Brown Mackie Colleges Central Services in Cincinnati. Suzanne Scudder, MSN, BSN, Clinical Instructor, teaching Nursing II. Suzanne has taught at Ivy Tech Community College and was most recently a Home Health/Hospice Nurse. Michael Whitely, PhD, MEd, BA, Assistant Professor, teaching Psychology. Dr. Whitely taught at Kent State University and was Director of the non-profit Inspirational Media Inc.
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Catching up on friends’ lives, remembering our school days‌..
Homecoming Weekend 2014 was filled with laughter and fun! Festivities began with a Friday night social gathering at a local pub and continued on Saturday with the Reunion Luncheon in the Good Samaritan Hospital Conference Center. Graduates from 1939 to 2013 attended.
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Class Of 1949 65th Anniversary Row 1: Dolores Daniel; Marilyn Dugan Loewer; Lillian Kramer Bosse Row 2: Marjorie Breslin Kuhlman; Charlotte Whitlinger Shuter; Rita Nienaber Stapleton Row 3: Ruth Boehm Kenkel; Eileen Cannon Vester
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Class Of 1959 55th Anniversary Row 1: Mary Margaret Dieckmann Rogers; Patricia Daria Gerke; Dolores Harsham; Barbara Syroney Potter Row 2: Ann D'arcy Visconti; Rosalind Embry Poland; Mary Durkin Bell; Alice Somerville Martin Row 3: Patricia Trischler Lindenschmidt; Nancy Steinwert HornSpillane; Loretta Dugan Paynter
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Class Of 1964 50th Anniversary Row 1: Mary O'connor Krumm; Margaret Goller Unterbrink; Joyce Traber Braun; Mary Lou Flesch Bellersen Row 2: Elaine Johnson Gieseke; Joann Riley Neumann; Mary Lubke Barry; Carol Huston Vlasich; Shirley Roth Kreider Row 3: Judy Pinyard Kovacs; Judy Rethlake Hageman; Mary Kay Neumann Crotty; Rose Reiber Weber; Patricia Burns Dubois
Class Of 1969 45th Anniversary Row 1: Nancy Lutz Von Benken; Jane Leingang Baker; Jean Schoettelkotte Leising; Diann Bennett Blazer Row 2: Joan Twehues Schultz; Mary Gallagher Moran; Mary Moore Simcoe; Sheila Loughnane Novosel; Betsy Schuler Lorenzi; Cindy Egner Collins; Carolyn Andrea Foulks Row 3: Janice Buechel Markus; Bonita Moore; Charlene Adamson; Kathleen Mulick Voelker; Patricia Heckel Doller; Penny Mueller Guerity
Class Of 1999 15th Anniversary Michele Schnell
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Class Of 1979 35th Anniversary Row 1: Marilyn Bischoff Farrow; Karen Mulholland; Karen Dirr Row 2: Terri Schwetschenau Stumpf; Carol Stiens Grimm; Catherine Behan Feighery
Class Of 1974 40th Anniversary Row 1: Mary Post Beyke; Molly Moran Federle; Lynn Durstock Beck Row 2: Paula Roeder Ress; Agnes Randall Bella; Martha Reeder Hughes
Class Of 1989 25th Anniversary Row 1: Sharon Poynter Fields; Raymond Mueller; Rebecca Bailey Row 2: Cyndi Lawson; Christine Volz Banks; Theresa Gertz-Kelsey; Melissa Mitten Holliday
The 2015 Homecoming will be April 17 and 18 beginning with an evening get-together at Cock & Bull Restaurant on Friday, followed by the Saturday Reunion Luncheon at the hospital Conference Center. Friday night is a great way for alumni to meet their friends and classmates for an appetizer/drink. All Alumni are invited to both events. Classes ending in 5 and 0 will celebrate special five-year reunions. The class of 1950, 1955, 1965 and 1970 have started their reunion plans. If you’d like to be a Reunion Contact for your 0 or 5 class, contact: maureen_coz@trihealth.com, 513-862-3727. The BlueStreak
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Clara Coleman Mahler ’42 celebrated her 95th birthday in August with her five sons and three daughters. Clara’s nursing career included serving as a Navy nurse in World War II and 18 years in Student Health at Ohio State. One of her daughters, Marilyn Mahler Smith ‘67, is also an alumni.
Eunice Bumiller ’70 recently retired after providing nursing care at Good Samaritan Hospital for more than 45 years.
Juana Stewart Mitchell ’72 recently retired from Same Day Surgery at Methodist Hospital Germantown in Memphis, Tennessee. She had previously worked in the Emergency Room at Ruth Ann Sparke Ravenna Cincinnati’s Jewish Hospital. Juana will be moving to Florida to enjoy her ’61 received the Alumni retirement. Service Award at the 2014 Homecoming. The award is Karen Pierani Johansing ’80 retired from named in honor of Rose Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Marie Niehoff Lukens ’51 Center in June 2014 after 34 years of (deceased) and is given to service. She plans to enjoy babysitting her alumni who have donated time and talent in service to the alumni and two grandchildren several days a week. the college. Ruth Ann served several terms on the Alumni Board of Directors, Paula Beiting Kobelt ’80 received the 2014 National holding the offices of Committee Chair, Magnet Nurse of the Year Vice-President and President, chairing two Award for New Knowledge, successful Annual Fund Drives, and has Innovations & Improvements. been instrumental in establishing several She was cited for her research scholarship endowments for GSC students. study on a nursing
assessment post – anesthesia sedation tool. The American Nurses Credentialing Center award recognizes the outstanding contributions of clinical nurses. Jennifer Bumiller Pierce ’92 was named Good Samaritan Hospital #1 Team Member for April 2014. Her passion for reading inspired her to start a book project for new mothers at GSH. The mothers receive a book and information on the importance of reading to children. Jennifer enlisted the help of fellow staff, Scholastic Books and others to provide resources and materials for the project. Jessica Sears Woodruff ’99 has been named TriHealth 2014 Working Mother of the Year. Jessica is a charge nurse in the Emergency Room at TriHealth Bethesda North where she serves on the Shared Leadership Committee and is a member of clinical ladder. In the Emergency Room, she has campaigned and provided
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education for the use of a muscosal atomization device when administering medication to children and adults. Outside Bethesda North, she has been a strong advocate for children and their families, including special needs children such as her own son who was born with cerebral palsy. Jessica is a board member for “Little Hearts, Big Smiles” child advocacy group where she runs their fundraising campaigns. Carol Parker ’04 received her MSN from Frontier Nursing University in November 2013 and was certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner in December 2013.
Mount St. Joseph University in the MSN Clinical Nurse Leader track. Brandon Ballhaus ’12 was named Good Samaritan Hospital #1 Team Member for May 2014. He has implemented many new initiatives in the department and suggested process improvement ideas. Brandon was also cited for his multiple volunteer activities in the community and encouraging other staff to participate.
Three GSC alumni received Mount St. Joseph 2014 Leadership in Nursing awards. Lifetime Achievement in Nursing - Mary Mauch Irvin ’77, TriHealth Senior VicePresident and Chief Nursing Executive. Jennifer Bailey Black ’07 received her BSN from Indiana Wesleyan University in Distinguished Alumni Nurse Leader August. Her GSC mentor, former faculty Kathleen Huseman Lebowitz ’87, Nurse Manager, Bethesda Butler Hospital member Jacqueline Mayer attended and Emergency Department. pinned Jennifer at the ceremony. Distinguished Nurse Educator - Teresa Getha-Eby ’78, Department Chair/BSN Sarah Gruver Brinkman ’08 has received RN-BC Certification as a cardiac Program Director, GSC vascular nurse. She is currently enrolled at
In Memoriam Johanna Pont Quinlan ‘42 Rita Freeman Tener ‘43 Kathleen Heric Allen ‘48 Anna Mary Faurot Jacobson ‘50 Dorothy Elbert Jones ‘50 Mary Vater Mecklenborg ‘53 Florence Vesper Robben ‘55 Sharon Walton Condo '60 Sharon Sullivan Good ‘64 Mary Jo Lakin Hariton ‘67 Thanks to these two additional 2014 Phonathon Callers Margie Walter ‘13 Laura Glassmeyer Hagen ‘81
Julie Appelmann Nieberding ‘88, Alumni Association President “Incredible” is the word that comes to my mind on the generous support from our alumni for 2013-2014 Alumni Annual Fund Campaign. We have surpassed our goal of $115,000; actual contributions totaled almost $129,000! Thanks to all of those able to help make a difference so a dream can come true for many of our GSC students. Our donor list is available online at the college website. When I attended the annual Scholarship Reception in August, one of the moments I remember most was when a family shared with me how the aid provided one of our students made not only a difference in her life, but also relieved some financial worry for her mother as well. Another way we support our Annual Fund is through fundraisers such as the Silent Auction at Homecoming, raffles at social events and Alumni Association Trips. In October, a bus load of GSC alumni and friends took the Nashville Bus Trip for a three day weekend at the Gaylord Opryland Resort. Several fun bus raffles helped result in a nice donation for the Annual Fund. Plans are in the works for another trip next year. In today’s world, paying it forward does have a domino effect. And it’s not always in the form of money; volunteering, helping a neighbor, a stranger, or giving of one’s talent to help a community will make a difference. During this upcoming holiday season, my goal is to remember that kind acts matter. A simple smile, a hand to hold, sharing time with our loved ones these are moments any of us can make happen. In the coming months, as we begin our 2014-2015 Annual Campaign, we hope you will again take some time to make a difference in one of our students’ lives. You can make a donation via the website, www.gscollege.edu, choose Giving to GSC, and select your Donation Type from the drop-down menu at the bottom of the page. Help someone live out their dream of being a nurse. Have a blessed holiday season - Merry Christmas!
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Homecoming Weekend 2015 April 17, 18, 2015 Evening Get-together April 17, Friday 6-9pm Cock and Bull Rest., 2645 Erie Ave, Hyde Park Square, 45208 Visit with GSC faculty, alumni and friends Enjoy Appetizers and Cash Bar Luncheon/Reunions April 18, Saturday 11:30am–3pm GSH 4th floor Conference Center Join us for reminiscing and camaraderie. Raffle, Split-the-Pot and Silent Auction, tour of the new Cancer Center. Classes ending in a “0” and “5” will celebrate reunions but ALL Alumni are encouraged to attend. Watch for your invitation in March! Reunion Class Contact Volunteers Needed for Classes ending in ‘0’ and ‘5’. Act as liaison with your classmates - with lots of help from the alumni office! Maureen Coz, 513-862-3727, maureen_coz@trihealth.com. 7th Annual GSC Golf Scramble June 11, 2015 Thursday Tee Off - 11:30am, Play 9-holes, then enjoy a Grill Out Buffet and Raffle. Form a Team! Golfers (or non-golfers) welcome!! Jason Slayton, Jason.slayton@email.gscollege.edu
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2015 Alumni Annual Fund Campaign Phonathon February 10, 12, 16, 19, 2015 Good Samaritan College Orientation & Light supper – 5:30pm, Calls – till 8:30pm We welcome Alumni volunteers during our four-night Phonathon. Pick a day that works for you, join with your alumni friends and help make calls. Clare Allaire, 513-862-2389, clare_allaire@trihealth.com Ginny Roberts Bowling Tournament March 21 & 22, 28 & 29, 2015 Gilmore Lanes, 5595 Dixie Highway, Fairfield, Ohio The tournament raises thousands of dollars every year for the Ginny Roberts Memorial Scholarship. To form a team, contact Gilmore Lanes 513-874-3838
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Apply Now for 2015 Alumni Association Graduate Scholarships Alumni of Good Samaritan College and Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing who are continuing their education in a degree program are encouraged to apply for scholarships available through the Alumni Association. Scholarships are designed to help meet tuition expenses. Seven graduates received $16,500 in 2014 scholarships. The 2015 Alumni Graduate Scholarships will be awarded to alumni pursuing a Masters or Doctorate degree. Those alumni seeking a Master or Doctorate in Nursing Education also will be considered for the Nancy Mackenzie Powell Nursing Education Scholarship. For more information or to request an application, contact Alumni Secretary Clare Allaire, 513-862-2389, clare_allaire@trihealth.com. Completed applications are due by March 15, 2015, and scholarship recipients will be announced in April.
Student Honors: Recognized for achieving GPA of 3.25 or above Spring 2014 AASN Chante Baker Kaitlyn Barksdale Sarah Becker Stephanie Bramkamp Myeisha Butler Amy Campbell Michelle Chambers Anna Christman Devon Cooke Nadia David Darcie Dixon Jenifer Elsaesser Kyl Fischer Kathleen Fraiz Jennifer Freudiger Toni Gardner Samantha Glasgow Elizabeth Goetz Katie Gray
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Morgan Mosier Alexa Oaks Nina Pagonakis Abby Reynolds Ashley Ruble Jonah Salyers Jr Kirsten Scalf Caitlyn Schlie Lydia Shih Erin Shine Sara Slagle Mackenzie Smith Nicole Vandenberg Emilie Weber Amber Weil Caitlin Wilschevick Alison Woulms
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BSN Megan Fultz Shelley Wehder Michael Perry Jodi Andres Denise Bierbaum Christine Bode Amanda Borchers Heather Bryant Nicole Butzin Joseph Coz Elizabeth Cross Gina D'Aquila-Meyers Mary Franz Laurie Freel Sara Hylton Judith Janka Sarah Lockwood Susan Martin Cheryl McDonald Darlene Mokson
Michael Mullen Bridget Oyer Catherine Perry Emily Peter Debara Rogers Connie Ruff Brooke Sanders Kristen Schad Nicole Schimweg Margaret Schroeder Paige Schuler Tanya Smith Julie Thien Christina Tucker
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Good Samaritan College Awards Nursing Scholarships With the continued support of our scholarship donors, 120 scholarships totaling $159,000 was awarded for the Fall of 2014. Barbara M. Hobbie Memorial Nursing Scholarship Amanda Borchers Betty Rush Scully Scholarship Elizabeth Kuka Carl and Joyce Braun Scholarship Melissa Jones Carol Mayborg Scholarship Stephen Brinkman Dushawn Sellers Carol Rabenstein Brown Becker Scholarship Taylor Pratt Class of 1958 Scholarship Cole Jungbluth Class of 1961 Scholarship Brittni Berkebile Caylin Locker Cora Budde Scholarship Mackenzie Smith Edward and Rita Ross Bramkamp Scholarship Erin Shine Erna Dalton Butler Scholarship Stephen Brinkman Chelsea Fugate Lauren Morrell Randi Swisshelm Ginny Roberts Memorial Scholarship Catherine Banks Jenifer Bellamy Paul Eubanks Good Samaritan Hospital Guild Scholarship Elizabeth Goetz Caitlin Wilschevick Alison Woulms
GSC Alumni Association Scholarship Gabriella Baer Chante Baker Sarah Becker Stephanie Bramkamp Kianna Brooks Myeisha Butler Amy Campbell Michelle Chambers Anna Christman Angelica Cope Amber Eckstein Jennifer Elsaesser Courtney Esz Sharethea Fairbanks Jennifer Fern Mary Franz Megan Fuerbacher Toni Gardner Brooke Hammiel Maryann Hoffman Jessica Ingram Alexis Johnson Lindsay Johnson Maggie Johnson Jessica Keesler Samantha Lanham Emily Linville Ashley Luers Susan Martin Katherine Mosier Samantha Pelfrey Catherine Perry Michael Perry Fineice Richardson Ashley Ruble Jonah Salyers Jr Kirsten Scalf Lydia Shih Holly Shoemaker Lauren Stallworth Sarah Stapleton
Paula Sturgill Randi Swisshelm Sarah Tebelman Caitlyn Ware Emilie Weber Tasha Williams Helen Coard Scholarship Amy Campbell Michelle Chambers Jenifer Elsaesser Toni Gardner Maryann Hoffman Alexis Johnson Jessica Keesler Emily Linville Ashley Luers Ashley Ruble Jonah Salyers Lydia Shih Helping Hand Scholarship Dushawn Sellers Honors Scholarship Morgan Krichbaum Tamara Roy Abbey Wernick-Kaito Kyle Wilkin Jacqueline Boothe Lips Scholarship Leann Buschmeier Christina Carley Jacquelyn Mayer Scholarship Nicolette Haussler James Brunsman Memorial Scholarship Kelly Murphy Jan W. Klarquist Single Parent Nursing Scholarship Jennifer Fern Jane Hartman Whalen Scholarship Maggie Adams Rose Marie Andrews Joan Dornette Scholarship Jennifer Fern JoAnn Dellegrotti Memorial Scholarship Matthew Ciambarella Morgan Mosier John and Mary Sparke Memorial Scholarship Morgan White
Josephine Walters CareStar Scholarship Priscilla Antao Behroze Dalal Stephanie Richmond Ellen Schetzer Julie Vollette Memorial Scholarship Alexandra Puthoff Karen Ann Mulholland Scholarship Leslie McCree Kathleen Carrigan Scholarship Lisa Summerville M. Florence '51 and Leonard J. Schneider Family Scholarship Laura Jones Marge and Charles J. Schott Scholarship Courtney Henry Marian & Ray Evers Scholarship Caitlyn Schlie Marilee Aubuchon Satchell Scholarship Nadia David Mariah Duskin Mother Ryan Scholarship Gabriella Baer Bobbi Kimble Maria Roque Ray Bergman Scholarship Kelcie Heil Rita DeFazio Yokers Nursing Scholarship Mandy Randolph Rita Howe Hutchinson Memorial Scholarship Marissa Collins Antoinette Fuller
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Robert and Christine Steinmann Family Foundation Scholarship Jennifer Freudiger James Hankey Peyton Napier Rose Marie Niehoff Lukens Scholarship Jessie Hamilton Shaw Family Scholarship Katherine Doherty Sister Grace Marie Hiltz Scholarship Megan Fuerbacher Stephen Jason Morsch 8 Days 1 Hour Scholarship Angela Moore The Good Samaritans Scholarship Amanda Berthold Vivian Honor Oestreicher Nursing Scholarship Alexa Oaks Spring 2014 Alumni Association Scholarships totaled $8,500 Amanda Berthold Angelica Cope Katherine Doherty Stephen Harper Kelcie Heil Lindsay Johnson Laura Jones Peyton Napier Leah Reichman Marie Roque Amber Weil Morgan White Jami White Linda Wilson Lisa Woolfork
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