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CHALLENGES in theory & practice THE J. A. PANUSKA, S. J., COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

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The Edward R. Leahy, Jr. Endowment was founded in 1995 by Edward and Patricia Leahy to honor the life and memory of their son, Edward R. Leahy, Jr., whose personal disabilities were attended to with compassion and skill by many health professionals over the course of his life. The Leahy Endowment provides financial resources to support theoretical and applied research, faculty development and support for programs that advance the cause of disabled persons who need long-term assistance. The endowment supports the work of persons practicing in physical and occupational therapy, nursing science

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4-5 Department News • Publications • Presentations & Grants

6-7 The Leahy Community Health & Family Center • Student Volunteers Give Back to Community • Leahy Student Organization Executive Committee Plans Fall Events • Food Pantry Supports Local Community • Leahy Center and HPO Collaborate to Provide School Supplies 8-10 Engaged • Exercise Science Students Assist NEPA American Heart Association • Nastasi Selected for Leadership Institute • Benefactors’ $1.25M Gift to Support Low Vision Suite • PCPS Partners with Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services • Embracing the Vision

11-14 Integrated • Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act is Focus of U.S. Conference on disAbility • Workshop on Neuropsychology of Reading Disorders • ‘Helping Professions in the Jesuit Context’ • Dr. Mary Jane Hanson Appointed to National Accrediting Board • Nursing Program Receives Prestigious Designation

15-17 Global • Aimee Miller Earns Fulbright Award • Occupational Therapy Faculty Members and Graduate Students Present at International Conference • Cura Personalis Lecture Features Humanitarian Speaker • Bella On Top of the World • Inside the Middle East • ACEI Student Club Contributes to First World Refugee Day in Scranton 18-19 The Leahy Community Health & Family Donor List

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and related health care areas, with particular interest in individuals and groups that approach their practice as scholars, teachers and practitioners. Primary recipients are University of Scranton faculty from the

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of the Depart­ ments of Coun­ seling and Human

Raymond Schwenk, M.S., Editor Patricia Connolly, Editorial ­Assistant Office of External Affairs, The University of Scranton

Services, Educa­ tion, Exercise Science and Sport,

Panuska College of Professional Studies

Panuska College of Pro­fessional Studies, consisting

Health Adminis­tration and Human Resources, Nurs­ ing, Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy.

The endowment was established and is supported, in part, by the Leahy family and is enriched annually by gifts from corporations and individuals who wish to support the work of the Edward R. Leahy, Jr. Endowment.

Debra A. Pellegrino, Ed.D., Dean Victoria Castellanos, Ph.D., Associate Dean Dianne Posegate, M.S., Assistant Dean, Director of Advising Center Raymond Schwenk, M.S., Assistant Dean Diane S. Muniz, Office Manager/Secretary to Dean Patricia Connolly, Secretary to Associate Dean

PCPS Board of Visitors Barbara Bossi Melinda C. Ghilardi William Grant Monsignor John W. Jordan Sharon Kelly

JoAnne M. Kuehner Edward R. Leahy Timothy Mooney Maureen Pesavento Gerald Savitsky

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MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN message from the dean mesDear Friends of PCPS: Over the past nine years, the Panuska College of Professional Studies (PCPS) has celebrated our undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, volunteers in the Leahy Community Health and Family Center, our advisory boards, donors and friends. The support has been unending, and we are so grateful that your generosity made everything imaginable possible.

Debra Pellegrino, Ed.D.

This year, we opened our first living and learning community called the “Helping Professions” and the students from the Class of 2020 led the charge for the “Blessing of the Books.” In the past nine years, we have collected more than 35,000 children’s books to be delivered across the world. The former Superior General of the Society of Jesus Peter Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., once said, “Students, in the course of their formation, must let the gritty reality of this world into their lives, so they can learn to feel it, think about it critically, respond to its suffering and engage it constructively.” Because we have your support, both monetarily and spiritually, our sense of gratitude has transformed us.

Thank you for supporting us!

As you will soon see through the fall 2016 edition of Challenges in Theory & Practice, the PCPS strategic plan and the mission at The University of Scranton expands into the gritty reality of our world by being integrated, engaged and global. Through remarkable teaching, service and research, as well as our commitment to continuous improvement, we respond to our dreams of embracing the vocations in the “helping professions” with a deep sense of gratitude and love. Every day in PCPS, our hearts are opened to a new reality because of our experiences with each reader of these pages.

Have you read Barbara Crooker’s “Poem on a line by Anne Sexton, ‘We are All Writing God’s Poem’”? Continue to read and reread our issues of Challenges to reflect on PCPS and the gritty reality of this world. Thank you again for being part of our community and transforming a new reality.

Poem on a Line by Anne Sexton, “We are All Writing God’s Poem”

by Barbara Crooker Today, the sky’s the soft blue of a work shirt washed a thousand times. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. On the interstate listening to NPR, I heard a Hubble scientist say, “The universe is not only stranger than we think, it’s stranger than we can think.” I think I’ve driven into spring, as the woods revive with a loud shout, redbud trees, their gaudy scarves flung over bark’s bare limbs. Barely doing sixty, I pass a tractor trailer called Glory Bound, and aren’t we just? Just yesterday, I read Li Po: “There is no end of things in the heart,” but it seems like things are always ending vacation or childhood, relationships, stores going out of business, like the one that sold jeans that really fit. And where do we fit in? How can we get up in the morning, knowing what we do?

But we do, put one foot after the other, open the window, make coffee, watch the steam curl up and disappear. At night, the scent of phlox curls in the open window, while the sky turns red violet, lavender, thistle, a box of spilled crayons. The moon spills its milk on the black tabletop for the thousandth time.

Warmest regards,

Debra Pellegrino, Ed.D. Academic Dean, Panuska College of Professional Studies Barbara Crooker, from Line Dance. © Word Press, 2008.

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DEPARTMENT NEWS department news department news Publications Arndt, S., Tesar, Pupala, B., Kaščák, O. and Mbugua, T. (2016). Re-Negotiating and ethics of care in Kenyan childhoods. Human Affairs, 26, 288-303.

Braveman, B. & Nastasi, J. (2016). Chapter 14 – Marketing occupational therapy services. In Braveman, B. (Editor), Leading & Managing Occupational Therapy Services An Evidence-based Approach. F.A. Davis.

Cebrick Grossman, J.A. (2016). Cardiac disease, cardiac rehabilitation and barriers to participation - an overview.

Nursing and Palliative Care, 1(1), 13-17, doi: 10.15761/ NPC.1000103.

Cebrick Grossman, J.A. (2016). The impact of shortduration interval training on anthropometric, body composition and resting metabolic measurement changes in overweight women – A pilot study. Gazzetta Medica Italiana, 175(1-2), 34-39.

Costello, M. M. (2016). Negotiating Pharmaceutical Prices: A Change in Chinese Health Policy. World Health & Population, 16(4), 5-8.

Cutrufello P.T., Dixon C.B., & Zavorsky G.S.(2015).

Hydration assessment among marathoners using urine specific gravity and bioelectrical impedance analysis.

Research in Sports Medicine, 24(3), 234-42.

De Marzio, D. M., & Ignaffo, T. (2016). Human Motivation in the Digital Commons: Reflections on Robbie McClintock’s Conception of Formative Justice.

Teachers College Record, 118(10), 1-18.

Grant-Beuttler, M., Heriza, C.B., Palisano, R.J., Wagner, B.R., Miller, D.P., Kardua, A. (2016). Ankle Movements During Supine Kicking in Infants Born Preterm.

Pediatric Physical Therapy, 28(3), 294-303.

Nastasi, J. (2016). Addressing low vision in hospitals and other settings. OT Practice, 21(3), 17-18.

Terrery, C. L. & Nicoteri, J. A. L. (2016). The 2015 American Geriatric Society Beers Criteria: Implications for Nurse Practitioners. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 12(3), 192-200. doi: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2015.11.027 Wright, P.M. (2016). Complicated Grief and Perinatal Loss. In B. P. Black, P.M. Wright, & R. Limbo (Eds), Perinatal and pediatric bereavement. (pp. 111-123). NY, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Wright, P.M., Black, B.P., & Limbo, R. (2016). My absent child: Cultural and theoretical foundations of perinatal and pediatric bereavement care. In B. Black, P.M. Wright, & R. Limbo (Eds), Perinatal and pediatric bereavement. (pp. 3-14). NY, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Wright, P.M. & Hanson, M.J.S. (2016). Interprofessional graduate students' perspectives on caring for vulnerable populations. Nursing Education Perspectives, 37(5), 281-282.

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Wendy Manetti, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Nursing Wendy Manetti, Ph.D., received her doctorate in philosophy of science in nursing in 2015 from Widener University. A University of Scranton alumna, she received her BSN in 1989 and her MSN in nursing in 1999 as a family nurse practitioner. She holds national certification from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners from Aug. 1, 1999 to July 31, 2019. She has served as a faculty specialist in the Department of Nursing since 2011, where she performed the duties of course coordinator and lecturer in Physical Assessment Related to Health Patterns, N250 and Health, Illness and Assessment, N242. Dr. Manetti’s internal grant from The University of Scranton helped to support her dissertation research project entitled, “Clinical Judgement in Baccalaureate Pre-licensure Nursing Students.”

Julie Nastasi, Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy Julie Nastasi, ScD, OTD, OTR/L, SCLV, FAOTA was initially appointed as a faculty specialist in August 2011.

Dr. Nastasi completed her Doctor of Science from Towson University in 2014, her Doctor of Occupational Therapy from Boston University in 2010, her Certificate in Low Vision Rehabilitation from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2007, her Master of Arts in Occupational Therapy from Tufts University and her undergraduate degree in Occupational Therapy from The University of Scranton in 2001. She received The University of Scranton’s award for Excellence in Scholarly Publication in spring 2015, and since 2015, she has published one article, two book chapters and one magazine article and presented at two conferences. Dr. Nastasi’s expertise in low vision has greatly benefited the occupational therapy graduate students. In addition, in fall 2015, she began offering pro bono low vision services in our own Leahy Clinic to the under-served and marginalized populations from the community at large.

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department news department news department news departAndrew Venezia, Assistant Professor, Exercise Science and Sport Andrew Venezia, Ph.D., recently received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in kinesiology and neuroscience and cognitive science with a specialization in exercise physiology in May 2016 from the University of Maryland College Park. He received both an undergraduate and master’s degree in exercise science at Bloomsburg University. Dr. Venezia brings a solid record of service and a record of research and grant awards from the University of Maryland Department of Kinesiology, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program, School of Public Health and the American College of Sports Medicine and a history of mentoring undergraduate and graduate students. His research focused primarily on the influence of acute, chronic, and ancestral exercise on brain plasticity and has resulted in one first author paper, one manuscript under review, and two manuscripts in preparation. He has also worked on projects examining the influence of genetic variation and exercise on brain phenotypes and the influence of ancestral exercise on metabolic health.

John Wiercinski, Faculty Specialist, Health Administration & Human Resources John Wiercinski is the newest faculty specialist in health administration. Professor Wiercinski was the past regional vice president of Geisinger Northeast, Wilkes-Barre, where he focused on program and market development, strategic planning and partnerships, community involvement and government relations. He holds a Master in Health Administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, and he received an undergraduate degree. in human resources from The University of Scranton.

Presentations & Grants Boyd, S., Brahim, N., Datti, P. Kress, V., Oppmann, R., Popiolek, M., & Williams, K. (2016, April). Outstanding ACA Branch Programs and Initiatives. Research presentation at the American Counseling Association/Canadian Counseling and Psychotherapy Association Conference, Montreal, Canada.

Cutrufello P.T., Gadomski S.J., & Ratamess N.A. (2016, June).

An evaluation of agonist:antagonist strength ratios and postuer in an elite powerlifter. Poster session presented at the meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Boston, MA. Fleming-Castaldy, R.P. (2016, June) Assessment in physical rehabilitation: Current realities, impending challenges, and the empowering capacity of a client-centred measure. Council of Occupational Therapists for the European Countries (COTEC)/ European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education (ENOTHE) Joint Congress, Galway, Ireland.

Fleming-Castaldy, R.P. (2016, June). A macro perspective of client-centred practice: Critical reflexivity and enhanced pedagogy in curricula development and implementation. COTEC-ENOTHE Joint Congress, Galway, Ireland.

Hanson, M.J.S. (2016-2017). Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship Grant for $348,500. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration.

Lambert, W. (2016, April). Current and Emerging Adolescent Interests: A Longitudinal Study Using the Scranton Adolescent Interest Checklist. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Chicago, IL. Maida, D. R., Wagner, B. R., Bockelkamp, H. (2016, February). Investigating the Predictive Value of the AM-PAC “6 Clicks” on Discharge Destination Following Elective Joint Replacement. Poster presented at the APTA Combined Sections Meeting, Anahiem, CA. Maida, D. R., Wagner, B. R., Cuviello, P, Kenefick, K, Kritz, J, Mitteer, A. (2016, February). The Effect of Minimally Invasive and Standard Incision Total Hip Arthroplasty on Functional Mobility in the Acute Care Setting: A Systematic Review. Poster presented at the APTA Combined Sections Meeting, Anahiem, CA. Mbugua, T (2016, August). Applying the Tools of Education Diplomacy to Foster the Concept of Peace among Young Children and their Families. Presented at the Living Peace Conference, Caux, Switzerland.

McSweeney-Feld, M. H., Cellucci, L. W., and Olden, P. C. (2016, June). Practitioner Transitions to the Classroom: How Field Experience Informs Textbook Content and Applications.

Presented at the Association of University Programs in Health Administration Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO. Wright, P.M. (2016, April). Interprofessional graduate students’ perspectives on caring for vulnerable populations.

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THE LEAHY COMMUNITY HEALTH & FAMILY CENTER Student Volunteers Give Back During the 2015-16 school year student volunteers at the Leahy Health and Family Center spent nearly 2,000 hours helping the community of Lackawanna County.

Students distributed food, school supplies and toiletries, having collected these resources through drives by Residence Life, HPO and University community donations.

The interpreters assisted in physical therapy, counseling and medical clinics as they bridged the language barrier. Trained scribes aided the volunteer professional staff in entering information into patients’ medical records. The office volunteers helped with everything from patient phone calls and filing paperwork to appointment setup.

The 2016-2017 Leahy Student Organization committee members, from left: David Velez, Alexander Haber, Haleigh McBride, Belen Fresno, president Theresa Webster, Catherine Murray, Dipam Sham and Nicholas D’Alonzo.

Leahy Student Organization Executive Committee Plans Fall Events The 2016-17 Leahy Student Organization Executive Committee has been actively working on achieving organization status as a recognition of the extensive dedication of the volunteers. They are currently preparing for three fundraisers: a pasta dinner with the help of La Trattoria restaurant, a fashion show, which has become a favorite of University students, and a breakfast with Santa for the community. Donations are accepted.

Food Pantry Supports Local Community The Alice V. Leahy food pantry located in the Leahy Community Health and Family Center, is a source of nonperishable food items for individuals in the Scranton area who are in need of assistance. The pantry is supported by University of Scranton student volunteers who help prepare bags, stock/organize the pantries and coordinate food drives. Currently, at the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year, the food pantry has 50 volunteers. Last year our volunteers served more than 750 hours of service during both semesters.

The student volunteer experience in the food pantry aligns with the Jesuit mission of being “men and woman for and with others” and also allows the students to become integrated with the Scranton community. The ability to engage with the locals of the Scranton area and experiencing the flip side of what most students are used to is PCPS “call to care.”

The food pantry is fortunate to partner with The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Food Senior class volunteer Sean Cleary stocks Bank and Lackawanna Country’s GATE. The Alice V. Leahy food pantry also receives the shelves at the Alice V. Leahy Food Pantry. the support and regular contributors from University clubs and departments such as the Health Professionals Organization, Residence Life, Staff Senate, Facilities, Counseling Honor Society, University of Scranton faculty, staff and students, as well as St. Gregory’s Parish, Clarks Summit.

Throughout the year, donation boxes can be found on the first and second floors of Loyola Science Center. Our students serve an international Scranton community with a shared mission to promote self-sufficiency among lowincome and vulnerable populations by confronting food insecurity.

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the leahy community health & family center the leahy commuLeahy Center and HPO Collaborate to Provide School Supplies As students school for the 2016-17 academic year, some families are not able to send their children with the supplies they need. In order to help fill that need, The Alice V. Leahy Food Pantry at the Leahy Community Health and Family Center worked with the Health Professions Organization (HPO) at the University to collect school supplies for those in need.

HPO is a student run organization that is responsible for bringing together students that are interested in careers in the health professions. Such careers include but are not limited to medicine, M.D. and D.O., veterinary medicine, dentistry, optometry and podiatry.

Members were asked to bring school supplies with them when they returned to campus for the fall semester. The drive lasted the first two full weeks of school before the supplies were moved to the Leahy Pantry where they were distributed to families from the community that came to visit the food pantry or the medical clinic.

Event Planning in Action

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The success of this year’s drive is thanks to all the students who answered the call to serve. The membership of HPO donated 190 items for the drive. The school supplies donated this year included backpacks, glue sticks, notebooks, pens and pencils, paper, scissors, crayons, markers and more.

“It brings us great joy to imagine the smile on a child’s face when he or she opens his or her new box of crayons – that is the beauty of giving,” said Michael Predi, co-vice president of service for HPO. The success of the drive echoes the dedication of the students of the University to engage with members in the local community. Time and time again, students at Scranton are called to serve, whether it is on a service trip in another part of the world or helping right here in Scranton. Our students always step up to the challenge.

It is events like this one that truly demonstrate the commitment of the members of our campus to being “men and women for and with others.”

From left: Maria Vital, operations manager, Kirsten McIntyre, nurse manager, and Andrea Mantione, nurse director at the Nosh Fundraiser in April 2016.

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Exercise Science Students Assist NEPA American Heart Association For the fifth consecutive year, more than 70 University of Scranton exercise science students joined together on Saturday, April 23, at Nay Aug Park in Scranton to support the fight against heart disease at the annual NEPA American Heart Association 3-mile walk. This communitybased effort was part of the sophomore-level service learning project guided by Joan Grossman, Ph.D., and Scott Breloff, Ph.D., assistant professors in the department.

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Dr. Julie Nastasi, first row center, was one of 25 faculty selected for AOTA’s inaugural Academic Leadership Institute.

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The students were responsible for the set up and break down of the event along with registration and manning tables, which included: the heart advocacy group, women and heart disease, bicycle raffle, healthy trail mix, face painting and a nutrition educational display. We were very proud of our students, as they collected more than $3,500 and were celebrated as the “top company.” Over the past five years, exercise science students have raised more than $6,000.

Julie Nastasi, ScD, OTD, assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy, has been selected to participate in the American Occupation Therapy Association’s inaugural Leadership Institute. Dr. Nastasi was one of only 25 faculty members nationwide invited to participate in this program. The pur-pose of the institute is to provide growth opportunities for faculty to develop academic leadership skills in the profession and consists of an introductory two-day workshop, online modules and monthly facili-tated group mentoring sessions.

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The president and CEO of The Cooper Companies (NYSE:COO) in Pleasanton, California, and his wife recently made a $1.25 million gift to The University of Scranton that will not only enhance Robert Weiss ’68, a University Trustee, and his wife, Marilyn, have made a $1.25 the educational and million gift to The Uni-versity of Scranton. research experience for students and faculty but also create greater quality of local life across a spectrum of ages.

In recognition of the generous support from Robert Weiss ’68, a University Trustee and member of the President’s Circle and Estate Society, and his wife, Marilyn, who studied at the University through the Scranton State General Hospital School of Nursing, a suite inside Edward R. Leahy Hall, now bears the couple’s name.

Weiss is a certified public accountant and earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting at the University. The gift also will support student scholarships in accounting and philosophy.

Weiss has had a distinguished 38-year career

with The Cooper Companies, a multinational manufacturer and marketer of specialty health-care products that operates through two busi-ness units, CooperVision and CooperSurgical.

“CooperVision is a ‘quality-of-life company,’” Weiss, a Lake Ariel native, has said. “This is what the new building, and this suite, stand for, too. I hope Leahy Hall will enhance the quality of life for both the young and the old.”

Debra Pellegrino, Ed.D., dean of the Panuska College of Professional Studies, noted the lifechanging breakthroughs that happen inside the suite and will continue to happen thanks to the gift.

“When you help someone with low-vision rehabilitation, you’re helping them with independence, with quality of life,” Dr. Pellegrino said, explaining that the work done inside the suite ties in well to the Jesuit motto of doing all for the “greater glory of God.” The gift also helps faculty and students tie their work more closely into a key element of Uni-versity’s strategic plan – engagement – with each other, with students, with the faculty and with the wider community, Dr. Pellegrino said.

“Bob and Marilyn are absolutely phenomenal human beings who have been so involved,” Dr. Pellegrino said. “You can tell that they know this gift will make such a difference.”

Occupational therapy faculty and students celebrated OT Month (April) on WNEP Newswatch 16 during a “Leckey Live” segment. The students offered tips on how to live life to its fullest and stay as independent as possible.

More information can be found here: wnep. com/2016/04/19/ adapting-to-thefuture-celebratingoccupational-therapymonth

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PCPS Partners with Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services The Panuska College of Professional Studies (PCPS) collaborated with the Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor & Industry under the tutelage of the district administrator Karen Walsh-Emma, MS, CRC, to host a Children’s Jumpstart program. The University of Scranton and the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation has worked closely over the years, especially with the U.S. Conference on disABILITY, now in its 15th year.

The Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services (BBVS) assists Staff from the Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services Pennsylvanians with disabilities to secure and maintain employment provide instruction to students in the Activities of Daily Learning (ADL) apartment in Leahy Hall. and independence. The specialized services program for children includes such services as vison enhancement services, advocacy, counseling, information and referral, vision rehabili-tation therapy and orientation and mobility services.

According to Walsh-Emma, Children’s Jumpstart is a program for which BBVS brings their customers together who are between the ages of 7 and 13 to provide them with group instruction in the areas of vi-sion rehabilitation therapy, orientation and mobility, socialization and self-advocacy.

In August 2016, Edward R. Leahy Jr. Hall provided the space for Children’s Jumpstart to occur for one week. By utilizing the ADL apartment and streetscape on the second floor of the building, an optimal environment occurred for teaching and learning.

It is our hope that this partnership will flourish with opportunities for our students and faculty in programs such as rehabilitation counseling and occupational therapy at The University of Scranton to pro-vide future partnerships while working with BBVS.

Dr. Mary Jane Hanson Appointed to National Accrediting Board Mary Jane S. Hanson, Ph.D., CRNP, CNS, FNP-BC, professor, family nurse practitioner, and director of the graduate nursing and DNP programs, has been elected to the board of commissioners for the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

CCNE is an autonomous accrediting agency, contributing to the improvement of the public's health, and recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit nursing programs at the baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral levels, including Mary Jane S. Hanson, Ph.D., CRNP, CNS, FNP-BC programs offering distance education. As a specialized/professional accrediting agency, CCNE evaluates and makes judgments about the quality of baccalaureate and graduate programs in nursing located in colleges and universities that are accredited by an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

The board of commissioners is the final authority on all policy and accreditation matters affecting CCNE. The board adopts standards and procedures for the CCNE accreditation process and has final authority over all accreditation actions. The board is comprised of 13 individuals who broadly represent CCNE's community of interest and include nursing faculty, chief nurse administrators, practicing nurses, and professional consumers. CCNE currently accredits more than 1,500 nursing programs across the country and abroad.

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During summer 2016, The National League of Nursing (NLN) named The University of Scranton’s Department of Nursing a Center of Nursing Excellence for 2016-2020 in recognition of its sustained efforts in “Creating Environments that Enhance Student Learning and Professional Development.” The NLN is the premier organization for nurse faculty and leaders in nursing education with 40,000 individual and 1,200 institutional members. NLN members represent nursing education programs across the spectrum of higher education, and health care organizations and agencies. The University of Scranton’s Nursing Program joins just 56 schools and organizations in the nation that have earned the National League of Nursing’s prestigious designation as a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education.

The NLN Center of Excellence status for nursing programs is awarded based on demonstrated and sustained excellence in faculty development, nursing education research, or student learning and professional development. Schools must also have a proven commitment to continuous quality improvement. The award recognizes nursing programs that are doing outstanding work that sets them apart from others. The University of Scranton’s nursing program was formally recognized at the NLN Education Summit in September.

The application process for this designation required Scranton to demonstrate how it met NLN’s six criteria for excellence in student learning and professional development. Criteria included: a comprehensive and ongoing plan that develops students’ values and socializes them to new roles, professional involvement and commitment to lifelong learning; demonstration that pedagogical research is used to develop innovative program designs that prepare graduates to engage in highquality, evidence-based practice; collaboration among faculty, students and clinical partners that ensures innovative, individualized and evidence-based nursing education; and examples of students and faculty active engagement in their communities, that results in enhanced student learning and professional development; among other factors.

In its nearly 100-page application for NLN Center of Excellence status, The University of Scranton’s Department of Nursing noted that for more than 30 years the number of graduates from its baccalaureate program who pass boards on their first attempt averages above 90 percent. Furthermore, its family nurse practitioner master’s degree program graduates have achieved a 100 percent board pass rate since the inception of the program. The curriculum incorporates research-based pedagogies that are interdisciplinary and responsive to a changing health care system. Examples include several interprofessional clinical simulation experiences, a variety of low and high fidelity simulation experiences that are course related, and a senior simulation that includes a rapid response and code situation. The clinical liaison model has also been recognized as a clinical teaching model that promotes patient safety and student learning in a challenging health care environment. At every program level students are provided with learning experiences that are individualized, innovative and evidence-based.

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Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act is Focus of U.S. Conference on disAbility The recently enacted Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) was the focus of The University of Scranton’s 15th Annual U.S. Conference on disAbility on Wednesday, Oct. 5, on campus. The daylong conference, titled “Applying Innovative Solutions Using WIOA as a Catalyst for Change,” brought together national, state and regional experts to discuss a multifaceted approach to improving employment, independent living and transition for all people with disabilities.

The conference is hosted by the University’s Panuska College of Professional Studies with the support of the Edward R. Leahy Jr. Endowment and Honorary Conference Co-Chairs Edward R. and Patricia Leahy.

Patricia Leahy, director of government affairs for the National Rehabilitation Association, provided a rehabilitation legislative update on WIOA. Mrs. Leahy is a Capital Hill veteran, having served 18 years as a professional staff member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, a congressional liaison for all legislation that affected children and adults with disabilities to the commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration. She was recognized as a Mary E. Switzer Scholar, a significant and prestigious achievement in the field of vocation rehabilitation.

The conference also included a WIOA Partners Panel discussion, from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry: Denise Verchimak, director, Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, and Michael White, supervisor, policy coordination, Workforce Development Administration; and, from Pennsylvania Department of Education: Patricia Hozella, director of the Bureau of Special Education, and Amanda Harrison, division chief, Bureau of Post-secondary and Adult Education.

Everett Deibler, transition program manager at the Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living, who has also served as president of the Pennsylvania Youth Leadership Network, and Kathleen West-Evans, director of the Business Relations Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation, National Employment Team, also gave keynote addresses.

The evening presentation, which was open to the public, featured Nelson Lauver, author of Most Unlikely to Succeed: the Trials, Travels and Ultimate Triumphs of a “Throwaway” Kid. A nationally syndicated broadcaster, social entrepreneur, human rights advocate, awardwinning author and businessperson, Lauver was functionally illiterate until the age of 29 as a result of undiagnosed dyslexia.

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Dr. Rebecca Spirit o Dalgin (left) an d Dr. Lori Bruch (rig Annual U.S. Confe ht), co-chairs of the rence on disAbilit 15th y, chat with Presid on the latest gove ent Kevin P. Quinn rnment updates. , S.J. ker, g with morning event keynote spea Patricia and Edward R. Leahy, alon for er Cent y Valle Manager, Lehigh Everett Deibler, Transition Program Independent Living.

The evening presentation, which was open to the public, featured Nelson Lauver, author of Most Unlikely to Succeed: the Trials, Travels and Ultimate Triumphs of a “Throwaway” Kid.

From left, front row, Dr. Rebecca Spirito Dalgin, Ms. Kathleen West-Evans, Mrs. Patricia Leahy, Dr. Debra Pellegrino and Dr. Lori Bruch; back row, Dr. Ralph Pascinelli and Mr. Edward Leahy, gather at the conference to discuss WIOA.

Embracing the Vision Former Superior General of the Society of Jesus Peter Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., once said, “Students, in the course of their formation, must let the gritty reality of this world into their lives, so they can learn to feel it, think about it critically, respond to its suffering and engage it constructively.” The Panuska College of Professional Studies (PCPS) embraces the vision to provide a superior, transformational learning experience, preparing students who, in the words of the Jesuit founder St. Ignatius of Loyola, will “set the world on fire.” For the 2015- 2016 academic year, PCPS students provided 28,575 hours of being “men and women for and with others” in order to connect theory and practice in a professional manner by “walking in faith and justice” to serve the underserved for community-based learning.

Fall 2015 Spring 2016 Department Service Hours Students Service Hours Students Counseling & Human Services 2,590 203 2,920 229 Education 374 38 838 66 Exercise Science/CHED 4,036 235 1,784 94 Health Administration & Human Resources 1,000 47 1,873 68 Nursing 2,190 158 952 83 Occupational Therapy 2,480 241 2,320 232 Physical Therapy (3rd Year Students) 800 40 1,938 72 PCPS Area Studies 150 15 20 1 T.A.P.E.S.T.R.Y. 2,310 281 N/A N/A Total 15,930 1,258 12,645 845

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Workshop on Neuropsychology of Reading Disorders Held at University The Scranton Educational Improvement Organization presented a reading workshop at The University of Scranton on Oct. 18 in the Kane Forum of Edward R. Leahy Jr. Hall. The focus of the workshop was the neuropsychology of reading disorders. Internationally renowned speaker and author in the field of learning disabilities, Steven G. Feifer, D.Ed., conducted the workshop. Dr. Feifer’s presentation examined reading from a brain-based perspective and featured Steven G. Feifer, D.Ed. discussion of the classification of developmental reading disorders into four distinct subtypes and evidence-based interventions for each subtype. University student support and academic advising staff were invited to the conference to provide them with more information as they assist students transitioning to college and to promote student retention.

‘Helping Professions in the Jesuit Context’ is University’s Newest Living Learning Community The “Helping Professions” community is our newest RLC, beginning as an exciting new theme community for the 2015-2016 academic year and transitioning into an LLC for 20162017! While students of all majors are welcome, this community is geared toward those who plan to pursue a career in the helping professions, including nursing, community health education, counseling, education, health administration, exercise science, human resources, occupational therapy, physical therapy and others, along with those planning to pursue medical school.

This community allows students who live together to easily and conveniently discuss their potential career paths, ethical guidelines, necessary coursework, and internship opportunities through informal conversations and more formal programs and events. It has a primary focus on how to engage in helping professions through the lens of the Jesuit

tradition, namely viewing these careers as a means to further faith and justice in our world.

Alongside resources such as Career Services, representatives from the Panuska College of Professional Studies and the Panuska College of Professional Studies Board of Visitors, student organizations and local partners, students engage with one another and in the community to set themselves up for success! This community is linked with the Imagine: Helping Professions first-year seminar, which helps students explore their calling and discover what it truly means to seek a vocation in the helping professions.

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The University of Scranton Occupational Therapy Department was well represented at the first Joint Congress of the Occupational Therapists for the European Countries (COTEC) and the European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education (ENOTHE) held in Galway, Ireland from June 15 to19, 2016.

Class of 2016 graduate students Kathleen Phelan and Courtney Ruch presented a poster on the pedagogy of motor control, for which Verna Eschenfelder, Ph.D., and Marlene Morgan, Ph.D., served as faculty mentors. A workshop on educational approaches for client-centered practice and a research poster on a client-centered assessment were presented by Rita Fleming-Castaldy, Ph.D. More than 900 occupational therapy practitioners, educators, students, researchers and scholars from 50 countries participated in this conference providing numerous opportunities to make global connections.

Bella On Top of the World Isabella (Bella) Dolente ’17 is a PCPS senior in health administration with a minor in business. Her hometown is Haddon Heights, New Jersey, but she now calls The University of Scranton her home. On the cover of this newsletter, Dolente is on top of the world in Quito, Ecuador. In the 2015-2020, Panuska College of Professional Studies Strategic Plan, the quest is to implement diverse opportunities for students to be engaged in transformative and reflective academic, social, spiritual and service-oriented experiences.

Dolente recently reflected on her International Service Program (ISP) to the Working Boys Center, a safe place for families in Ecuador. “I went on this trip to serve and give of myself to others. What did I come back with? I came back with knowledge about the country and culture, a sense of humility and gratitude, and a feeling of love. Love for the people, love for service and love for life. “

Cura Personalis Lecture Features Humanitarian Speaker On April 24, 2016 Danielle Butin, MPH, OTL, the founder and executive director of the Afya Foundation, presented “Stories of healthcare without tools: A surgeon without a scalpel. A nurse without gloves. A baby without a blanket.”

This inaugural Cura Personalis Lecture honored the life of Maria Gervasio, a 2014 occupational therapy graduate who actualizes cura personalis every day. This “care for the whole person” was highly evident throughout Butin’s presentation.

Since its inception, Afya has sent over $26 million of humanitarian and medical supplies to 58 nations. Recently, Butin led Afya’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis by sending critical supplies to support hospitals, health care providers and charities serving refugee camps.

For its Ebola epidemic response, Afya received a 2015 Clinton Global Citizen Award for Humanitarian Leadership.

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Inside the Middle East On Nov. 9, 2016, the Panuska College of Professional Studies (PCPS) hosted Avi Melamed, author of Inside the Middle East: Making Sense of the Most Dangerous and Complicated Region on Earth. PCPS supports The University of Scranton’s strategic plan for a deeper understanding of our global society. In addition to the lecture open to the community, daylong opportunities were available for students, faculty and staff to attend forums and small group conversations on the Middle East.

Avi Melamed, who serves at the Salisbury Fellow of Intelligence and Middle East Affairs for the Eisenhower Institute with offices at Gettysburg College and in Washington, D.C., is an expert on the current affairs in the Arab and Muslim world.

Undergraduates housed in The University of Scranton’s themed communities such as Fire, Global Studies and the Helping Professions were invited to attend breakout sessions with Melamed to understand more about the Eisenhower Institute. The Eisenhower Institute hosts many programs such as the program “Inside the Middle East-Intelligence Perspectives,” a program for college students designed to ensure that the next generation will be more knowledgeable about Israel and the Middle East. The focus of the program is to apply methods of critical thinking regarding Middle East Affairs.

For more information, please visit eisenhowerinstitute.org/experts/melamed.dot.

ACEI Student Club Contributes to the First World Refugee Day in Scranton Club members are This past spring, the seated, from left: Maggy Makary, case Association for Childhood manager, Sarah Education International (ACEI) Redkin, Tiffany Cecere, Samantha Student Club partnered with Perez, and Noni Murithi. Standing: Catholic Social Services (CSS) Sonya Sarner, of the Diocese of Scranton Refugee Immigration program director. to help with “World Refugee Absent from picture: Keely Flannigan.

Day” at Nay Aug Park on June 26, 2016. The club members prepared three-panel information posters representing Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bosnia, Congo, Myanmar, Syria, Ukraine and Vietnam. The posters were displayed at the event where more than 150 people came out to show their support for refugees in our area and around the world. Activities included song, food, dance and even a fashion show! ACEI is very proud to have been a part of such a unifying event, especially since the ACEI professional association’s commitment is to support and advocate for a child’s right to education worldwide by linking global initiatives and local needs. Tata Mbugua, Ph.D., the club advisor, said that ACEI hopes to continue this partnership with Catholic Social Services.

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Aimee Miller has spent years studying and networking with peers in the U.S. health care system.

Because of her Fulbright, now she’ll have an opportunity to return to her roots and delve into the nuances of traditional Chinese medicine. “We have a very disease-focused model in the U.S.,” said Miller, who will earn her master’s degree in healthcare administration from the University in 2017. She received her bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from Scranton in 2012.

“There is a book of traditional Chinese medicine that has been in existence for 3,000 years and a lot of it is still practiced,” Miller said. “It is an area I will examine as a better way to manage chronic conditions.”

For her Fulbright, Miller will spend an academic year at Wuhan University in China where she will study Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and community health, as well as work on developing a model of TCM-based healthcare management for the elderly. TCM is practiced regularly in China, she said.

“People incorporate it into their own self care,” Miller said. She will also see first hand how medicine is practiced in China and work alongside nurses and other healthcare professionals there.

Academics aside, her journey to Wuhan also represents another journey for her – a return to her native city.

“It seemed serendipitous because I am from there,” said Miller, now of Lancaster, of her Fulbright. “I grew up in China until I was 12.”

At Wuhan University, Miller will enroll in classes that will be taught in Mandarin. In addition to a TCM class, she will also enroll in a community health course that focuses on local cultural values and norms of health care treatment. As part of her research, she intends to focus on whether the approaches and methods of TCM can be beneficial to medical treatment in the U.S. Miller sees TCM as a “holistic perspective” that is not just about eliminating illness. It may be “a potential solution and alternative to our current problems in the U.S.” She also wants to further advance her Mandarin skills and take courses at Wuhan University so that she will be better prepared to speak academically and intellectually to her peers about health care and other subjects.

At The University of Scranton, Miller was awarded a competitive graduate teaching assistantship. She presented her research at several academic conferences and meetings and participated in the University of Alabama at Birmingham National Case Competition and National Association of Health Services Executives student chapter. As an undergraduate, she was president of the Photography Club and received the University’s Esprit Magazine Photography Award in 2011.

After graduating from the University in 2012, Miller served for a year in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.

During her stay in Wuhan, Miller wants to practice Tai Chi in the city’s public square, enhancing her exploration and practice of martial arts that began during her time at the University. She also intends to volunteer at the Wuhan Children’s Welfare Institute.

Miller’s future plans are to pursue a career in global health, particularly at an intergovernmental agency, such as the World Health Organization.

“I have a lot of passion and interest in global health and exposure to other cultures,” Miller said.

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