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GIFTS TO MY HEART
“Pity me that the heart is slow to learn.” — Edna St. Vincent Millay At every turn, the mind can see that a bigger stack of toys doesn’t satisfy for long. The mind knows that the sense of personal significance rests on our human connections. We may enhance or debase these connections, and the better choice is by no means automatic. The condition of the heart determines whether we veer toward the generous (and wise) path … or the one that’s self-preoccupied (and stupid). And “the heart is slow to learn.” So a clarifying moment arrives like the first sun ray piercing clouds: It is altogether welcome. Such a moment came to me when my wife, not too long ago, tugged me into a connection with Isaac Nzamutuma, once a Kettering College student. Two refugees from the Republic of Congo had arrived with approximately nothing to their names, and Isaac had agreed to accompany her (and me) on a visit to the refugees’ temporary lodging. Becky had put together some food, blankets and clothing, and Isaac would provide language skills and knowledge of the neighborhood we were heading for. It took a phone call (with Isaac speaking in tongues) to get us all to the apartment at one time. Soon afterward, there were handshakes, hugs and smiles all around. Then Isaac enhanced our return drive with lilting commentary on what had happened. He seemed so pleased. When the car rolled to a halt at his curb, he blurted out, “Let’s pray.” What I heard was a torrent of extravagant gratitude. Isaac had not even been scheduled to work on the day Becky ran into him at the hospital and asked him to come along. That in itself amazed him. Then he not only met two people who needed help, but also was able to pitch in himself. All of this seemed to Isaac Nzamutuma like a sheer gift — a whole series, indeed, of “miracles.” His prayer was full of words to that effect, and his joy seemed almost like glee. In the best possible sense, I was taken aback. Taken aback — and inspired. Even if the college’s mission statement makes service “a life calling,” other reminders — clarifying moments — are necessary to help a heart slow to learn. After 12-plus years as Kettering College president, I am retiring this spring, and I have a thousand reasons to be grateful. Graduates go into truly useful careers; colleagues come to their offices and classrooms passionate about their work and values. Looking back, I realize that time and again, people in the Kettering family have, well, opened my eyes to things deep and kind and wonderful. They’ve done it by example. Even if my heart is slow to learn, it could not have had a better chance of making headway than it has had right here. Isaac’s exuberance stopped me long enough to see this anew. I have been surrounded by people who make me better than I would otherwise be.
Dr. Charles Scriven, Ph.D., President
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ON THE COVER For the first time since contributing to 9/11 emergency relief in New York City, physics professor Dan Schoun returned to the metropolis last fall for Hurricane Sandy relief and discovered healing in the midst of devastation. Background photo courtesy of Paula Reams, Kettering College. Foreground image provided by Bill White, Kettering Medical Center. Pacesetter is published twice yearly by the public relations office at Kettering College for the alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students of the school. Pacesetter Public Relations Office Kettering College 路 3737 Southern Blvd. 路 Kettering, OH 45429 www.kc.edu 路 pacesetter@kc.edu
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Unexpected Healing > A trek to New York for Hurricane Sandy relief provides closure for a physics professor
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EDITOR: Mindy Claggett ASSISTANT EDITOR: Amy Moretta CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Kathryn Keyes, Charles Scriven, Julie Thompson Photos: Mindy Claggett, Colin Gatland, Christopher Kies, Paula Reams, Julie Walling, Bill White, Laura Willis, Kettering College archives. Charles Scriven photo on page 6 by LeeAnn Yahle. Images on page 7 provided by JR Maldonado. Current photos of Ron Chong, Jennifer Ortiz and Roger Striedl on pages 8-11 provided by subjects. Class Notes photos on page 15 provided by alumni and families. Carolyn Wheeker photo on page 15 courtesy of KHN Marketing and Communication. PRINTING: Mound Printing Co. Inc., Dayton, Ohio Kettering College, born out of Adventist faith, is a fully accredited college that offers graduate and undergraduate degrees in health science education. Upholding Christ, the College educates students to make service a life calling and to view health as harmony with God in body, mind, and spirit. A division of Kettering Medical Center, Kettering College is located on the KMC campus in a suburb of Dayton, Ohio.
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John Kissinger, Heather Mays and Sandy Tuttle are the three newest members of the Kettering College staff.
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John Kissinger, the new director of libraries, came to Kettering College in September after 26 years at Alvernia University in Reading, Pa. During his time at Alvernia, he served in a variety of roles, including reference librarian, assistant library director for public services, instructional technologist and director of information technology. Prior to Alvernia, Kissinger managed a bookstore in Reading for 12 years and taught one year at an elementary school in Ashtabula, Ohio. “Whether as a bookseller or a librarian, much of my life has been spent in helping persons find the information resources they want or need,” Kissinger said. “Being a librarian means serving those with a need to know and to learn, and it also means empowering people to seek and to find resources on their own. I greatly enjoy these processes.” Kissinger earned a bachelor’s degree in theology in 1972 from Southern Adventist University (then known as Southern Missionary College) in Collegedale, Tenn., and a Master of Library Science from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania in 1991. He said he came to Kettering College because he was impressed by the school’s emphasis on serving the needs of other people and on medical care infused with spiritual values. In his free time, Kissinger enjoys researching topics in religion and literature, writing both fiction and nonfiction, going to movies with family and friends, reading books and attending live music events. He and his wife, Winona, have three daughters — Jenni, Heather and Molly. Molly is a first-year human biology student at Kettering. Kissinger assumed leadership of the libraries after Bev Ervin became head of academic support; Ervin succeeded Jennilou Grotevant, who retired.
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Heather Mays is Kettering College’s new information technology support specialist, serving as the primary contact on the school’s IT help desk after Doug Black accepted a similar position near his family in Florida. After earning her associate degree in general education from KC in 2005, she earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Mich., in 2008. She spent four years as a preschool teacher at the Goddard School in Beavercreek, Ohio, before joining Kettering College in November. While she was a student at Kettering, she worked in the Learning Commons and in student services. Mays said she was drawn to the IT department because of her love of computers and technology and helping others use technology to learn. She said she appreciates the family atmosphere and great customer service at Kettering College. When not at work, Mays enjoys playing board and video games, reading, traveling, and antiquing. She and her husband, Robb, were married in May.
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During the summer semester, Sandy Tuttle became a new office assistant in the KC Division of Nursing, after Bea Heflin moved to a similar role with the Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences program. Tuttle came to Kettering following five years as office manager with Indiana Wesleyan University’s Dayton campus. Prior to that, Tuttle was a cancer services department secretary at Kettering Medical Center for five years and worked in several departments at Mount Carmel East Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Tuttle earned an associate degree in office administration from Milligan College in Johnson City, Tenn., in 1981. Tuttle’s hobbies include walking, riding her bike, traveling, spending time with family and friends and watching “chick flicks.” She has been married to her husband, Mike, for 29 years. Their twins, a son and a daughter, graduated from Indiana Wesleyan last spring. kettering college
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an effort led by the Kettering College Office of Spiritual Life, 49 people participated in the city of Kettering’s annual Make a Difference Day on Oct. 27. The group, which consisted of KC students, faculty and children and 20 teens from Kettering Adventist Church, divided up to work on two projects. One group made trauma dolls — plain, white muslin dolls without any features like eyes, mouths or clothing — used in hospitals to explain treatments to children and to alleviate their apprehension. The other group helped to clear an alley that had become overgrown with tree limbs, leaves and garbage. View all the photos from this event at www.flickr.com/KetteringCollege.
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Oct. 19, ten Kettering College faculty and staff volunteered at Community Tissue Services, assembling packets used for distribution of tissues worldwide. The center uses approximately 500 or more of these packets each week; the KC team assembled 2,850. “I was fascinated with the mission and operations of the facility and how much good they do in the world,” said David Price, assistant professor in the humanities department. “But the best part was spending the afternoon with some incredibly fun people, doing some much-needed work. We achieved a lot in the time spent, and I think most of us came away feeling invigorated.” A division of Community Blood Center in Dayton, CTS serves the public through recovery, processing and distribution of human tissue grafts. See http://www.fiftylives.org.
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When respiratory care faculty member Liz Golba saw that some of her students were struggling to understand the acid/base balance concept last semester, she approached assistant physics professor Dan Schoun about building an arterial blood gas scale that could serve as a visual aid for her class. She recalled that now-retired professor Ken Millard had built something similar several years ago, and she wanted to replicate that tool. With the assistance of chemistry lab assistant Patrick Hensley, who located an unused balance scale and cleaned it up, Schoun rose to the challenge. With values Golba provided, Schoun employed washers to represent carbon dioxide on one side of the scale and bicarbonate on the other. A balanced scale equaled balanced potential hydrogen ions (pH). “Arterial blood gas interpretation is a vital component to managing respiratory care patients,” Golba said. “I have found the scale helpful especially when I am tutoring a student who is having problems with arterial blood gas interpretation.
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I just go get the scale and start explaining acid/base balance by adding or removing the washers from either the carbon dioxide or bicarbonate side of the scale and showing how the scale moves either towards acidosis or alkalosis. After that, we talk about what needs to be done to regain our pH balance. “Before I had the scale, I relied on lecture and giving the students practice interpretation problems to work on. Now I can use the scale to help with my lecture and to explain the practice arterial blood gas interpretation problems. It’s been a great visual aid.” First-year respiratory care students Justina Boateng and Maya Clark said the scale has helped them. “The scale provided a good visual to understand metabolic acidosis, acids and bases,” Boateng said. Clark agreed: “I was really struggling with the concepts, and the scale was a great hands-on tool for learning. Moving the pieces from one side to the other helped me understand altering the pH.”
Respiratory care student earns national scholarship Daniel Johnstone, a second-year student in the respiratory care program, was presented with the Lambda Beta Society Scholarship at the annual Lambda Beta reception held at the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) International Congress in New Orleans during November. The Lambda Beta Society is a national honor society for the respiratory care profession, promoting scholarship, leadership, research and education in respiratory care.
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Students learn and serve on Appalachian mission During an Appalachian mission trip July 18-26, 15 Kettering College students and faculty held health fairs in five Kentucky towns — Owingsville, Morehead, Fredericksburg and Redbird. The trip was a component of two different courses — one on mission experience and cultural diversity and the other on health care needs of underserved populations.
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A group of 50 students from a pediatric nursing class assisted Kettering Adventist Church with its No Fright Nite on Oct. 28 — an alternative to trick-or-treat. About 130 children attended. The project allowed the KC students to both serve others and witness various stages of child development.
Site visit team makes positive report to accrediting body
Top: Jill Scarth, diagnostic medical sonography student Above: Human biology student Chris Burns
In September, the College hosted Mary Marz, a nursing education administrator from Eastern Michigan University, and Andrew Nwanne, an associate dean at Indiana Institute of Technology, for the Academic Quality Improvement Program’s once-every-seven-years “quality check-up visit.” The visitors were here on behalf of the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The visit was part of the HLC’s reaccreditation process; the report was positive, and the visitors found the College compliant in all areas of concern to the federal government. The HLC’s Institutional Actions Council voted to continue the College’s accreditation through 2019-20, and the College received the good news in late December.
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President Charles Scriven announces retirement
Charles Scriven, Ph.D., president of Kettering College, announced last November that he will retire in May 2013 after leading the College for more than 12 years. The fifth president in the school’s 45-year history, Scriven came on board in the fall of 2000. Enrollment that year was 510. Under his leadership, that number reached an all-time high of 981 in the fall of 2012. During his tenure, the College’s physical plant has seen significant upgrades, including the 2006 addition of the Boonshoft Center for Medical Sciences, made possible by a $13 million capital campaign. It was the first major addition to the College since its opening in 1967. Since Scriven’s arrival, the College refocused its mission toward health care programs at the baccalaureate and graduate levels, bringing on a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology, a BS in Nursing, a BS in Diagnostic Medical Sonography and a Master of Physician Assistant Studies — the school’s first on-campus master’s. Also in the planning stages are a doctoral degree in occupational therapy and a Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Care. In addition, the College launched two online baccalaureate completion programs. “All of these achievements do not fully capture the measure of Chuck’s leadership at the College,” said Roy Chew, president of Kettering Medical Center, which owns and operates Kettering College. “Dr. Scriven will be missed mostly for his good humor, humble spirit and the caring manner with which he daily interacts with faculty, staff, students and his administrative team.” 6
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Chew, who also is chair of the College’s board of directors, stated that a board-led search committee will choose Scriven’s successor. “I’ve been here for over 12 years,” Scriven said. “I still love the people I work with; I still love the mission we sweat for; I still love contributing — from a distance, unlike my colleagues who teach — to student success. Come May, I will leave here proud. Most of all, I will leave here grateful for everyone in the Kettering College family.” Scriven studied at Walla Walla College, Andrews University and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif., where he earned a doctorate in systematic theology and Christian social ethics. After completion of his Andrews seminary degree in 1968, he was briefly a pastoral intern in the Pacific Northwest. He then became one of the founding editors of Insight magazine in Washington, D.C. In 1973, he taught journalism at Walla Walla College, then served a year as a pastoral intern in Athena, Ore. Following work on his doctorate in California, Scriven returned to Walla Walla as a member of the religion faculty. In 1985, he became a senior pastor at the Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church, and in 1992, he became president of Columbia Union College, now Washington Adventist University. He also is an accomplished author; his titles include The Demons Have Had It: A Theological ABC; The Transformation of Culture: Christian Social Ethics After H. Richard Niebuhr; and The Promise of Peace: Dare to LIVE the Advent Hope. Scriven is chair of the board of the Adventist Forum, publisher of the print and online magazine Spectrum and a facilitator of conversation and conferences on topics of interest to Adventists.
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JR Maldonado by Julie Thompson
About-face: Serviceman turns injury into opportunity JR Maldonado entered the U.S. Air Force at 19, and before he turned 30, he’d earned his criminal justice degree and attained the rank of staff sergeant. As a member of the military police, he had his future all figured out, including hopes of working in Homeland Security with antiterrorism after retirement. But the world he had carefully crafted came to a halt in 2007. Maldonado was serving in Iraq when a roadside bomb hit his convoy. The incident damaged JR’s knee and leg, and the bomb’s shock wave left him with a concussion. It wasn’t long before he also was dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder. In 2008, Maldonado returned from his deployment a changed person, but he continued with life. He worked at bases in Colorado and California, and he met and married his wife, Lindsay. In 2011, he faced a new challenge when his injuries led to his permanent medical separation from the military.
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“I realized I could no longer do law enforcement, and I was left trying to figure out what I would do with my life,” he said.
An unexpected curiosity in health care arose as Maldonado helped care for his mother, who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). After he began asking her health care providers how they enjoyed their jobs, he realized a career in health care would not only give him a new start, but also provide him with the knowledge he would need to help care for his family.
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Maldonado and his wife returned to the Dayton area to be near family, and at Kettering College, he began the next chapter of his life. The school felt right to him, and its size and focus on faith made him feel comfortable. Last fall, he began his studies to become a respiratory therapist. It’s a journey he takes one day at a time. “Going from having my career in the military and being a staff sergeant in the Air Force to starting all over again at my age makes me push myself harder than most normal students,” said Maldonado, 31. “ It just takes a little longer to focus and remember stuff. Sometimes it gets the best of me, but I have to sit back and know I can do this.” His wife is a source of encouragement, reminding Maldonado that most individuals who have left the military take up to three years to adjust to a new challenge. He did it in just 12 months. He also has another reason to stay the course: his son, Jacob, who turns 2 in February. “I believe that, as much as it hurts me and as much as I wish (my injury) didn’t happen, I know nothing happens without a reason,” Maldonado said. “Now, I’m not going to miss out on all those little things like my son’s birthday and Christmas. When I was in the military, I was home for only a year between each deployment.” Maldonado now plans to earn an associate degree in two years, find a job in health care and pursue a bachelor’s degree.
Top: Maldonado during deployment to Iraq Above: JR with his wife, Lindsay, and son, Jacob
“I want to have a career and to show my son that even though life throws a curve ball, it doesn’t mean that you give up,” Maldonado said. “You find a new path, and you pursue it.” kettering college
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Laying a firm FOUNDAT ON Most people don’t think about all the intricate details that go into commercial aviation while they’re sitting on an airplane headed for a vacation. However, for some, like Ron Chong, the study of aviation gets his blood pumping every single day. Chong is an aviation human factors scientist at a nonprofit organization and spends most of his days researching and testing ideas proposed by the Federal Aviation Administration. The job not only feeds his personal passion to apply science, but it also employs his doctorate in computer science and engineering.
Chong has a pretty impressive job. His work helps create a safer, greener and more efficient aviation industry. But it’s not a job he thought he’d achieve, especially during his years as a student at Kettering College in the early 1980s. He came to pursue a biomedical engineering technology degree, but he ended up earning an associate’s degree in general sciences. An engineer at heart, Chong said he thrived in classes like the computer lab, but he struggled to keep up in classes with a more theoretical angle. All of his free time at Kettering College was spent in the computer lab, dismantling computers and putting them back into good working condition. In the end, his grades weren’t enough to get a BMET degree, but his tinkering and strong relationships laid a foundation for his future success. “I did well in the classes I liked, not so well in the rest,” Chong said. “I tell people I flunked out of the BMET program, walking away with a general science diploma as a consolation prize for paying tuition for two years. It was a letdown for me, but in the end, it worked out for the best. It caused me to look ahead, get my head together and continue on.”
“ I consider my time at KCMA as one of the most formative years and experiences of my life.”
Chong took an unusual path over the next decade, which began one day as he was walking through Kettering College’s lobby. He had just graduated and was working at the drive-through window at a local fast food restaurant. An acquaintance told him about a job opening at Kettering Hospital’s communications department, and he applied. For nearly 10 years, Chong worked in the department, at first doing jobs like wheeling audio visual equipment to rooms, then to assistant graphic designer.
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ronchong The job gave him experience and paid for him to complete his associate’s degree in electronics engineering technology and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer engineering. In 1993, he left the hospital for the University of Michigan to earn a doctorate in computer science and engineering with a focus in artificial intelligence and cognitive psychology. His current job at MITRE Corp. isn’t always hands-on, but it still involves different aspects of applied science. “Everything I do is applied, connected to the real world, which I find appealing,” Chong said. “There are significant changes to aviation in the works that promise to improve safety and efficiency and reduce costs and environmental impacts. Developing concepts, assessing how they will affect pilot and air traffic controller performance, and refining the concepts to get the desired effects is all very interesting to me.” Though Chong’s educational and career paths took turns he didn’t expect, the result is better than he ever anticipated, and he values what he learned at Kettering College.
“The electronics classes and labs in the BMET program got me hands-on experience in electronics that I really enjoyed and put me on the path of science and engineering,” he said. “The personal connections I made at the school led me to the job at the hospital, and all that grew from it. I don’t know if I would have been able to accomplish the things I eventually did without those experiences. I consider my time at KCMA as one of the most formative years and experiences of my life.” Kettering College graduates all have their own stories. Each one has a goal, but the path to it is not always as the young adult mind planned it. Still, most who have walked the College’s halls and sat in its classrooms credit their time there for their success. Whether two years or four, Kettering lays a foundation from which rewarding professions grow.
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Jennifer Blosser Ortiz came to Kettering College in 1994 to pursue a career in physical therapy, but she was awarethat the school didn’t offer a specific pre-PT program. Together, she and her academic advisers looked at the physical therapy schools Ortiz wanted to attend and crafted a plan for her to achieve admission. “At the time, I needed to take anthropology, and Kettering didn’t offer it, so my advisers set it up so I could do it through the mail,” she said. “My advisers made sure I met all my prerequisites and did their best to ensure that I had a high science GPA. I worked really hard while I was there.” All of that groundwork paid off. After receiving her associate’s degree in general studies, she earned a bachelor’s degree in health sciences and a master’s in physical therapy from Loma Linda University in California. In those programs, she excelled. Her hands-on classes at Kettering College — where she dissected a real cadaver — gave her an edge over other students who were doing it for the first time. Ortiz worked as a physical therapist in varying roles after graduating. She initially worked on a contract basis wherever she was needed, in everything from outpatient to orthopedic work. She then settled down as a physical therapist for the University of Maryland, helping to care for the general student population, dancers, and student-athletes in women’s lacrosse, softball and baseball. Opposite: Ron Chong, 1985 Far left: Ron with his two children Top: Jennifer with husband, Lester Left: Jennifer Blosser Ortiz, 1995
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In 2003, she joined an outpatient orthopedic clinic, working with male and female sports clients. Over time, she worked more and more with women who were pregnant, diagnosed with osteoporosis, or recovering from breast cancer. “From that point, I took more and more women’s health physical therapy training and continuing education, including training in pelvic floor treatment for diagnosis such as urinary incontinence, prolapsed pelvic organs and pain with intercourse,” Ortiz said.
In May 2006, she opened Her Health, one of the only clinics in the nation to specialize in physical therapy treatment for women’s health issues. Ortiz sees herself as part of a multidisciplinary team approach to women’s health, working alongside physicians who are instrumental in ruling out infections or diseases before referring them on to Ortiz’s practice. “In the end, patients get better when they have a team working together to get them well,” she said. Unlike a doctor, however, Ortiz’s work demands one-on-one attention with patients for up to one hour at a time, so she often maintains a wait list. But the reward of her work is overwhelming. “I work long hours and take home little pay to show for it,” Ortiz said. “But…
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Roger Striedl was particularly excited when Kettering Health Network announced it would open in the Soin Medical Center in Beavercreek in 2011.
Above: Roger Striedl and Ron Chong From left: Young Striedl, 1985; Roger at work; and with his two young children
rogerstriedl The 1985 graduate of Kettering College was working at Grandview Hospital near downtown Dayton at the time and was eager to see if he could transfer to the new hospital to work closer to his home. The opportunity to work at a brand new facility also seemed appealing to this biomedical equipment technician. After graduation from Kettering College, Striedl began his career at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Dayton. By the time St. E’s closed in 2000, he was managing its biomedical department; after it closed, he stayed on staff to help sell the equipment. When he was offered a job as a medical equipment specialist at Soin, it was a welcome opportunity to be part of a hospital opening rather than a closing. Today, he is responsible for the repair and maintenance of medical electronic equipment throughout the center, which has 1,200 pieces of equipment.
“With a new hospital, we have newer technology that I have never been exposed to before, so I go through vendor service training seminars for equipment,” he said. “That’s what keeps it interesting. For me, it’s rewarding to learn something new and to master a new piece of equipment.” Striedl said he wouldn’t be where he is professionally because Kettering College prepared him to excel. One example: encouraging students to gain certification as biomedical equipment technicians. Not all schools do that; Kettering College went a step further, offering onsite testing. “The test is super hard, with maybe only 60 to 70 percent of students passing the first time,” he said. “I passed it the first time. It’s nice to have the knowledge you need to pass it.” Graduates like Striedl, Chong and Ortiz all affirm through their stories that Kettering is about more than getting a degree. It’s about launching careers that provide more than an income, but a chance for graduates to use their God-given talents.
Kettering is about more than getting a degree. It’s about launching careers. L AY I N G A F I R M F O U N D AT I O N kettering college
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Kettering College alumni, faculty, staff and students gathered for several events as part of Alumni Weekend on Sept. 14-15. The weekend began with a fun family event at Young’s Dairy on Friday evening, then continued with a Sabbath lunch on Saturday. After lunch and a College tour, they gathered in the Boonshoft Center for a service project, sorting and cleaning eyeglasses donated to the Service Learning Honors Program for mission trips. We were blessed to see so many familiar faces and hope to see many more at alumni events in the future. 1. Benin Lee ’96 joins the fun at Young’s Dairy along with his wife, Renee, and their children. 2. Scott Griessman ’08, wife Dotsy and children enjoy the good food. 3. Kathi Keyes Blum ’72 hugs Carlene Hunt. 4. Paul Thompson ’78 and daughter Rebecca, currently a diagnostic medical sonography student at KC, enjoy some ice cream. 5. Daniel Grant ’09, Jim Madson and KC nursing student Allison Ogilvie chat with President Charles Scriven’s spouse, Becky Wang. 6. The giant slide was a big hit with young and old. 7. Lisa Villegas ’84 and daughter Anna, a current nursing student, are all smiles.
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SABBATH LUNCH 1. ALUMNI—First row from left: Susan Reichley Vashar ’82, Kay Starkey ’80, Teresa Simmons ’91, Lisa Villegas ’83, Sandra Finley ’69, Karen M. Brown ’06 Back row from left: Paul Thompson ‘77, Merle Peterson ’71, Beverly (Brendel) Cobb ’72, Joanne Cross ’08, ‘11, Kathi (Keyes) Blum ’72, Kevin Van Tassel ’10, John Ferrell ’11, Sonny Moretta ’07, David Starkey ‘81 2. FACULTY AND STAFF, PAST AND PRESENT—Front row from left: Natalie Dodd, Betty Brendel, Mabel Cowling, Eugene Cowling, Edith Applegate, Stan Applegate Back row from left: Amy Moretta, Jack Burdick, Stella Freeman, Jonathan Engelman, Daniel Schoun, Tuta Ionescu, Beverly Cobb, Merle Peterson, Jerry Mahn, Shannon Hammons, Teresa Simmons, Charles Scriven, Clive Wilson, Victor Brown 3. David Starkey ’77, Kay Starkey ’80, and Merle Peterson ’71 and his wife, Peggy, look at the 1971 yearbook. 4. Carlene Hunt and Kathi Keyes Blum ’72 are surprised by the fun pictures they found in their yearbook. 5. Katherine Barker ’12, John Ferrell ’11 and Kevin Van Tassel ’10 enjoy the Sabbath afternoon lunch. 6. Kettering College President Charles Scriven welcomes everyone to the luncheon. 7. Carrie Smith ’07 ’08 and Joanne Cross ’08 ’11 like looking at all the stylish people in the old yearbooks. 8. Old yearbooks
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1. Peggy Peterson, Merle Peterson ’71, Paul Thompson ’77 and Laura Willis ’05, KC service learning coordinator, sort through donated eyeglasses. 2. Betty Brendel and Beverly Brendel Cobb ’72 are all smiles while they clean dozens of donated eyeglasses.
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Kristine MacCagno Martin ’73 and David Martin ’72 live in Kettering, Ohio. Kristine’s email address is dragongrad68@yahoo.com.
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Jamill Jacob Francis ’04 lives in Harvest, Ala., with husband, Michael Francis, and their two children, Michael and Juliana. Lindi Miller ’09 lives in Park City, Utah. Her email address is lknoblock@msn.com.
Donald Stiles ’78 lives with his wife, Catherine, in Tulalip, Wash. His email address is donstiles@me.com.
Michaela Nixon ’10 lives in Galloway, Ohio, and works at Ohio State University as a research data coordinator.
Ben Panulo ’78
In Memoriam:
Ben Panulo ’78 in his office at the University of Eastern Africa
Ben Panulo ’78 is a professor of medical laboratory sciences at the University of Eastern Africa, Baraton, near Eldoret, Kenya. He writes, “I thank KCMA for the knowledge that was imparted in me to come back here and share with my fellow Africans. The plan worked, and I am happy to be the one carrying out the plan across Africa and abroad. I still remember our trips to the mall and Kings Island amusement park, where I screamed enjoying the roller coaster.”
Cynthia Shiveley Gebhart ’79 works for Vascular Services of the Shenango Valley and lives in Newbern, Tenn., with her husband, James, and two sons, Christopher and Brenden. In 1980, Cynthia earned her CNOR, a credentialing for perioperative registered nurses. She assists her husband in the operating room and manages office staff. Her email address is cyndygebhart@gmail.com.
Leanna Pearson Manuel ’78 earned her a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Wright State University. She is the author of the book Tap It Away: 10 minutes to Freedom with EFT and is co-owner of CCA Companies, LLC. Her email address is lea.manuel@ccacompanies.com.
Carolyn Elliot Wheeker
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Harry Bruce “Jeff” Jeffries Jr. ’83 and Vickie Huffman Jeffries ’83 live in Fayetteville, Ga. In July 2012, Jeff was promoted to director of preparedness alignment and federal liaison activities for the Georgia Department of Public Health’s Division of Health Protection, Emergency Preparedness and Response. He completed the executive leaders program at Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security in April 2012. He and Vickie have three children and nine grandchildren. They are active in their local church and go on missionary trips to Nicaragua. Vickie hopes to retire from nursing in 2013 to dedicate more time to her Pampered Chef business.
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Kathleen Gantz ’93 lives in Oswego, Ore. Her email address is kathy.gantz@gmail.com
At the KMC Foundation’s Heart to Heart event in August, Vince Gill dedicated “Look at Us,” a testament to love and the commitment of marriage, to Carolyn and her husband, Brian. Photo courtesy KHN Marketing & Communication.
Carolyn Elliot Wheeker passed away on Nov. 9, 2012, after a courageous fight with cancer. She is survived by her husband, Brian, and two sons, Brian Jr. and Josh. Carolyn first graduated from Kettering College in 1982 with an associate degree in clinical dietetics, then returned to earn her associate (1986) and bachelor’s (1996) degrees in nursing. Her career started at Kettering Medical Center in 1978. She worked in various medical units and for the Wellness on Wheels program, and she founded the Executive Health program at Kettering Medical Center. Most recently, Carolyn was a clinical nurse manager in the coronary care unit at Kettering Medical Center.
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Dan Schoun
owns a couple of books and one movie about the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but he has never once viewed them. It’s always felt too close to home for the Kettering College physics professor. Schoun didn’t lose a loved one or even know the name of anyone killed on that horrific day, but he sure remembers how its aftermath felt, looked and even smelled. Dan Schoun during his 2001 DMAT assignment at ground zero
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As a longstanding member of one of the federal government’s Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT), Schoun was present at ground zero during the days following the attack. His job in communications required him to constantly circle the rubble to make sure the medical teams had what they needed. It was a sobering trip, he said. The inability to find one survivor and seeing handmade signs saying things like, “Daddy, I miss you,” remain in his mind. It all combined to make his time there feel more like a funeral than a rescue and relief mission. He never returned to the Big Apple, but this past fall, New York called him back. He got the call at 3 a.m. on Nov. 3 and boarded his plane six hours later. This time the damage was done by Mother Nature. Five days earlier, Hurricane Sandy had slammed into the East Coast, delivering winds and crushing waves that flooded streets and subway lines and cut the power in New York City. The night Schoun arrived in New York, he was bused to a hotel in Manhattan. It was dark and late, and he was operating with little sleep. Still, nothing could downplay the emotion he felt when he settled into his room. “I opened my curtain to look out the window and realized I was looking down at ground zero,” Schoun recalls. “It just floored me.” The next two weeks would provide an opportunity for Schoun to come to peace with the troubling memories he had of the Sept. 11 aftermath.
DMAT
Providing help M.A.S.H. style Schoun’s DMAT team – which includes Kettering’s Paula Reams, chair of the health sciences program – began their mission by working 12-hour shifts at a facility that cared for homeless people and displaced mental patients whose long-term care facility had flooded.
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A few days later, they were moved to Long Island Beach, where the storm had left residents there without a hospital. Schoun and Reams were among a group of nearly 50 personnel who worked in temporary tents on a soccer field. The M.A.S.H.-type tents were a medical resource for residents dealing not only with issues brought on by the hurricane, but also with everyday problems. “People were beginning to come back to the area and trying to clean up, and they would end up injuring themselves,” Reams said. “We saw a lot of people needing stitches and also did a lot of preventive things like giving flu shots and tetanus shots. But we also had people who had everyday problems like asthma and cardiac problems and others who just needed access to prescription drugs that they had lost.” Opposite: Devastation left by Hurricane Sandy. Above: Dan Schoun in 2001. Top right: The Kettering Health Network members of DMAT Ohio-5: [left to right] Kettering College professor Paula Reams; Kevin Mollenhaur, nurse at Sycamore Hospital; Dan Schoun; David Bechtol, respiratory therapist at Kettering Medical Center; Steve Onder `83, trauma physician assistant in KMC’s emergency department; Janet White `75, outpatient nurse at KMC; and Bill White, biomedical electronics at KMC.
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The storm changed the very landscape of Long Island Beach. The land was covered with 2 to 5 feet of water; housetops stuck out of water as if they had been buried. “As we were driving into the island, we could see people cleaning out their houses, their roads piled high with drywall and furniture,” Schoun said. “It was a huge mess. I just felt so sorry for all these people.” While Reams spent her days in a tent tending to medical needs, Schoun handled tasks behind the scenes, keeping heaters filled with fuel and replenishing bandages, IVs, needles and other supplies so physicians and nurses always had what they needed. The joy of hearing ‘thank you’ Reams and Schoun were both taken aback by the gratitude in New York. Those treated at the medical site on Long Island were especially thankful since the alternative was a three-hour car ride to the nearest working hospital. Schoun remembers one encounter when an elderly man pulled up and inquired about medical help. Schoun told him about the temporary medical site, and the man went in to check it out. He returned to his car overjoyed and told Schoun that he had a wife at home who needed medical assistance. “With such a welcome like this, I have to go get my wife and bring her here,” the man told Schoun. Positive conversations like this made Schoun realize what he never experienced at ground zero: He never had the opportunity to look someone in the eye and lead the person to a positive outcome. “It was extremely gratifying for me this time to be able to help my neighbors in New York,” Schoun said. “I couldn’t do this the first time. This was very therapeutic for me.” Schoun took time out of his trip to walk from his hotel to the 9/11 memorial. It brought closure to an event that was so destructive and so sad. Perhaps it was then that Schoun realized what had been missing: people who could look back at him and say, “Thank you.” It was a small moment that made a big difference. When he got home, he opened one of those 9/11 books and started reading.
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Students share gratitude at scholarship reception By Kathryn Keyes, director of college development
Scholarship donors and the Kettering College students who benefit from their generosity strengthened their connections at the annual scholarship reception held by the Kettering Medical Center Foundation on Nov. 1. The event gave donors a firsthand look at how their philanthropy benefits talented and deserving students, and it gave students the opportunity to thank donors personally. “Most of us who are going through school know that studying is not always the only responsibility on our shoulders,” said respiratory care student Brittany Busch ’13. “Some recipients have families with young children, parents to care for or jobs to tend to. For me, I have two part-time jobs on top of my course load. I will be the first to say that, as much as you can work, it may not always cover all the expenses in life, even the most important ones… Without these scholarships, many of us would not have the opportunity to follow our passions and continue through school.” Top: Suzanne Coleman with nursing student Ashley Colvin, recipient of the Margaret E. Benner Memorial Scholarship Middle: Nursing student Kelley Boothe, Quinn Family Scholarship, with William “W.G.” Nelson, Dean for Academic Affairs Bottom: Nursing student Shaun Parker, Marjorie Neumiller Brenneke Scholarship recipient, with his wife Megan kettering college
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“...without these scholarships, many of us would not have the opportunity to follow our passions and continue through school.” —Brittany Busch ’13, respiratory care
Nursing student Kelley Boothe ’14 summed up her feelings: “As an LPN, I am eager to experience more areas of nursing, and I consider this scholarship a significant gift of assistance in allowing my dreams and desires in nursing to become a reality in my life.” Scholarship support has a great impact on the lives of Kettering College students and their families. Donors make it possible for the College to continue supporting its most deserving and talented students. To create a scholarship or to contribute to an existing one at Kettering College, please contact Kathryn Keyes, director of college development, at kathryn.keyes@khnetwork.org or (937) 395-8607. Top: Human biology student Kasidy Muncy, recipient of the Earl L. Hale Memorial Scholarship, with Mary Cooper, Christina Gauthier and Pat Santos; Middle Left: Edith and Stanley Applegate with Ethan Snider (center), who was awarded the Applegate Human Biology Scholarship; Middle Right: Nursing student Tesha Smith (center), recipient of the Robert L. Dudick Memorial Scholarship, pictured with Patricia Dudick and Barbara Coyle; Bottom: Brittany Busch (respiratory care), Scott McNeilly Respiratory Scholarship 20
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Nivia Varela ’07 with patient
Ke t t e r i n g PA p ro g ra m c o n t i n u o u s l y a d v a n c e s t o m e e t g row i n g d e m a n d
Much of Nivia Varela’s workday is filled with evaluating new and returning patients, doing hospital rounds and filling prescriptions at the plastic surgery practice where she works.
and the long working hours as a physician. She had dreams to start a family and wanted the freedom to cut back on hours if she wanted. The master’s program in physician assistant studies not only fulfilled her interests, but also met an increasing demand in the marketplace. Varela returned to her native West Coast, where she found plenty of jobs to choose from, and eventually settled in an emergency department in Modesto, Calif. She quickly acquired
As a physician assistant, Varela does everything she can to
a love for suturing lacerations and looked into opportunities in
lighten the load of the surgeons in her practice. It’s a win-win
plastic surgery.
relationship: Varela’s presence frees up surgeons to spend more time in the operating room and provides her the opportunity to
Her path led to a plastic surgery practice that specializes in
practice medicine while maintaining a flexible lifestyle.
reconstructive surgery. Varela isn’t doing the actual procedures, but she shares in the rewards that come from helping people
It’s almost exactly as Varela had envisioned it when she joined
live better lives.
the Class of 2007 — the first to graduate with a Master of Physician Assistant Studies at Kettering College.
“This is not just a job,” she said. “It is truly rewarding. There is nothing better to me than seeing someone who has been given
Medicine had a certain appeal to Varela, but she had reservations
their life back after something like cancer has held them down.”
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Left: Kettering College’s first Master of Physician Assistant Studies graduates in Dec. 2007 Right: Nivia receiving her diploma during the graduation of Kettering’s first MPAS class
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Varela is among a class of students who joined the physician assistant work force when it was on the cusp of a great boom in growth and demand. Today, more than 86,500 certified physician assistants practice across the country, double the figure from 10 years ago, according to the American Academy of Physician Assistants. The demand for PAs is growing as the market faces a physician shortage and an aging population. Health care providers see PAs as a vital part of their overall approach to care because they are both cost-effective and productive, allowing physicians to focus their efforts on specialized work like surgery. The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that in 2015, the country will face a shortage of 62,900 doctors. Savvy patients and a cost-conscious marketplace are demanding new models of care that use all providers to their fullest potential to increase access and improve health outcomes, according to the AAPA. “Fortunately, team-based, patient-centered medicine is the hallmark of the PA profession and a perfect fit for today’s changing health care system,” said James Delaney, PA-C, president of the AAPA. “PAs are educated and credentialed as medical generalists, allowing them enormous flexibility to step up and coordinate care, bridge gaps and solve problems — particularly as we enter a new era in health care.”
Many in health care and the general public are just learning what PAs are, but their part in health care has been around for decades. The first PAs graduated from Duke University Medical School in 1967. They were former Navy corpsmen returning from Vietnam. Dr. Eugene Stead, a medical educator, created the profession to maximize their skills and experience as civilian health care providers during a shortage of primary care physicians. Stead based the PA program’s curriculum on his knowledge of the fast-track training of doctors during World War II.
Deep roots, strong future Kettering College was a forerunner of PA training. In the fall of 1973, through the efforts of three men — Winston Beaven, Kettering College president; A.B. Black, chief of staff at Kettering Medical Center; and Clinton Trott, an area family physician — the first PA class began at Kettering College. It is one of the oldest PA programs in the country. A majority of students interviewed for Kettering’s program — a master’s program since 2007 — say they are interested in coming to the College because it is seen as one of the most established programs around. “Clinton Trott had a lot of foresight to see that this profession would be a great opportunity,” said Francis Angerer, PA-C, interim chair of Kettering College’s PA department.
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Below: In 2009, the PA program opened a 2,430 square-foot learning lab with a central teaching area and simulated operating and emergency rooms featuring leading-edge audio-visual monitoring and communications.
w o r k f o r c e w h e n i t wa s o n t h e c u s p o f a g r e at b o o m i n g r o w t h a n d d e m a n d . Kettering receives more than 700 applicants each year for its PA program; 120 are interviewed for 42 seats. As the demand for PAs has increased in the health care field, so has the caliber of candidates. “In the past three years, the number of highly qualified candidates has gone up incredibly,” Angerer said. Kettering College continually strengthens its PA program in order to stay ahead of its competition. In 2009, the PA program opened a 2,430-squarefoot learning lab. Its exam rooms and simulated operating and emergency rooms feature leadingedge audio-visual monitoring and communications. A central teaching area enables group projects and demonstrations — all state-of-the-art capabilities that enhance learning in one location. Two years ago, the program adopted a new curriculum, going from a linear approach to teaching subjects in blocks. That means students now learn everything they need to know regarding cardiovascular, for example, in one block of time, rather than learning about different aspects of cardiovascular in a variety of classes throughout the year. Also, students are now tested twice —individually and as a group — so that they have different opportunities to learn from each other. “This approach has benefited the students tremendously,” Angerer said. “To stay competitive, we have to be the best. We have to make sure that our teaching is superior. That’s our goal.” Offering a competitive program will become increasingly important to Kettering College as the
availability of PA programs increases. According to the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, the number of accredited PA programs increased from 54 in 1991 to 170 today; more than 62 new programs could be accredited by July 2016. At least six of those programs are in Ohio. Students who enter the PA program do so for a variety of reasons. Many want to be involved in health care but in a position where they will have more contact with the patient and have the time to explain things in greater depth. Others like that they can get a degree in 27 months. The PA profession is highly appealing to women who want work-life balance. Of the 6,000 certified PAs who enter the work force each year, about 75 percent are women. Varela said she appreciates the flexibility of the field. Since she didn’t have to choose a particular area of medicine to practice — like pediatrics, surgery or family practice — she is able to move from one area to another. Right now, on top of working her full-time job at the plastic surgery practice, she picks up hours at a local emergency department and can still maintain a solid personal life. She said she loves the interaction with patients, but she also likes going home after an eight-hour workday to relax with her fiancé. “Being a PA has allowed me to become who I am today,” Varela said. “It has enabled me to still do other things. I have a huge passion for photography and love baking. I guess you can say I’ve been able to have my cake and eat it too.”
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behind the scenes WHO IS
MARSHA PURTEE? Marsha Purtee ’86 has been an associate professor of nursing at Kettering College since 1995. She joined the faculty at KC in 1988.
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What led you to become a nurse educator? The first college degree I earned was in education with a major in Spanish and a minor in English. Because I loved learning so much, I took enough elective courses for certification to also teach reading, anthropology, and psychology. It was an easy transition to the role of nurse educator. I love teaching, so combining teaching and nursing seemed like an ideal fit. Why have you chosen to stay at Kettering College for so long? When I was a student here, I was forever changed by the contact I had with the Christian teachers, and I wanted to be a part of an institution that followed Jesus as the ultimate servant. Give a one-word description of Kettering College students. Compassionate. What trait do you most value in your friends and colleagues? Honesty. What is one thing you learned in school that you will never forget? How important it is never to forget the impact your behavior can have on someone else. This is a lesson I learned in first grade. I vividly 24
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and remorsefully remember the incident. I was only 5 years old in the first grade because our small school system didn’t have a kindergarten. I was a compliant child, but one day, out of the blue, I whistled in class when my teacher had her back to the students. My first grade teacher was quite stern, and she also was the wife of the principal, which means she had a considerable amount of power. She immediately turned around and asked who whistled. I just sat there and didn’t say a word. It is interesting now to think back on that moment in time because no one said a word. She immediately targeted one of the boys in my class who was slower to learn and made him stand in the corner and miss recess. I still didn’t say anything. My disrespectful and dishonest behavior resulted in negative consequences for an innocent person. I have never forgotten that lesson. If you could read anyone’s mind, whose would it be and why? Mickey Mouse, because he has a vision of how to keep that childhood exuberance for life. What is the one destination you dream of but haven’t gotten to yet? Hawaii! What gets you out of bed in the morning? Starbuck’s venti bold. kettering college
What’s on your iPod? I know it is hard to believe, but I don’t have an iPod. What was your first job? My aunt was a bookkeeper, and she wanted me to work in her office during the summer of my freshman year at college. The job entailed watching — yes, watching — for the phone to ring and then answering the phone. She didn’t like to hear the ringing phone; therefore, I needed to watch for the lights on the phone to go off and then answer it. What’s making you happy this week? The thought of more time soon to spend with my one and only granddaughter. What is your favorite smell? A sweet-smelling flower of most any kind. What do you do to relax? Watch old Westerns on TV. If you had to choose another career, what would it be, and why? An actress because I like to dabble in lots of different creative areas, and assuming a variety of roles could provide an opportunity to travel down the proverbial yellow brick road.
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Students enjoying the annual Bowling with Becky outing during orientation weekend in August. From left: Molly Kissinger (human biology), Christina Cribari (human biology), Lucian Gheorghe (nursing), Tahlaya Gonzales (human biology) and Megan Larocque (arts and sciences).
First-year nursing students (from left) Zariah Sturr, Lucas Gasparac, Joseph Goad and Amy Gorton commit themselves to the profession of nursing during the department’s annual dedication ceremony, held in October. The ceremony helps families and friends better understand the commitment that each student nurse is making.
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Internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Mary McCormick performed for the College’s Spiritual Emphasis session on Oct. 5.
Some dance floor fun at the annual Barn Party on Nov. 10: Lucas Gasparac (nursing), Molly Kissinger (human biology), Vanessa Bayona (nursing), Kristina Neufeld (diagnostic medical sonography), Alissa Angel (nursing) and Matt Fuller (nursing).
dorm move in Nursing student and resident adviser Nora Basanez lends a hand during the Residence Hall move-in in August.
white coat ceremony Second-year physician assistant students Chris Atkins, Rachel Cashen, Terra Liette and Kyle Crosthwaite at the annual white coat ceremony in July. The white coat ceremony signals each cohort’s transition from didactic training to the clinical portion of their education.
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