faculty & staff news
Jackie Amos, Senior Administrative Assistant, Ursuline Studies Program, is a 2020 winner of the Sister Pat McCaffrey, OSU Staff Award in recognition of her outstanding work and contributions to the Ursuline community. Janet Baker, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, CPHQ, CNE, Associate Dean, Graduate Nursing programs; Mary Lind Crowe, PhD, RN, Adjunct Faculty, Nursing; Sr. Kathleen Flanagan, OSU, MSN, RN, former director of undergraduate nursing; and Amy Petrinec, MSN ’04, PhD, RN, published their research titled: “HealthRelated Quality of Life of Older Women Religious: Negative Influence of Frailty,” in the Western Journal of Nursing Research from MNRS. Also see Zeni. Alaric Best, Head Coach of Track and Field, has been inducted into the State University of New York at Delhi Athletics Hall of Fame. A star athlete, he was a member of the Class of 2008. Mary Jo Cherry, PhD, Professor, Education, served as an Ambassador for the American Cancer Society fund drive, ResearcHERS: Women Fighting Cancer of Northern Ohio. The drive raised funds to support cancer research projects led by women. James Connell, PhD, Educational Administration Director, has been selected by the Ohio Department of Education to be a reader for the new round of RemotEDx grants. This series of grants is for non-profit and communitybased student learning and remote education partners. Gina DeMart-Kraus, Director of Housing and Residence Life, is a 2020 winner of the Sister Pat
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voices | spring 2021
McCaffrey, OSU Staff Award in recognition of her outstanding work and contributions to the Ursuline community. Sister Virginia DeVinne, OSU, Director of Mission, was elected Vice-Chair of the Incarnate Word Academy Board. She also serves on the Governance Committee of the board. Also see page 6. Kimberly Dillon-Bleich, PhD, RN, Associate Dean and Assistant Professor, Nursing, along with Ursuline faculty members Laura Goliat and Patricia A. Sharpnack, and 11 other Northeast Ohio nurse leaders, coauthored a paper titled "Reducing Barriers for RN-BSN Education: The Assessment Competency Evaluation," which was published in Nursing Education Perspectives, the journal of the National League for Nursing. Cynthia Glavac, OSU, PhD, ’78, Professor Emerita, retired after teaching literature and composition courses at Ursuline for 26 years (1992-2018). She has since assumed the role of archivist for the Cleveland Ursuline Sisters. As an archivist, Sr. Cynthia makes available for research the legacy of the Ursulines by maintaining historical documents and artifacts that also include a large collection on Dorothy Kazel, OSU. Laura Goliat, BSN ’79, DNP ’14, APRN, FNPBC, Associate Professor, Nursing, along with Phyllis Kronk, and Patricia A. Sharpnack presented a webinar for the American Hospital Association titled “Same Storm, Different Boat: Using TeamSTEPPS Strategies to Navigate the Unchartered Waters of Virtual Learning.” Along with three other Northeast Ohio nurse leaders, Goliat co-authored a paper titled “Implementing
TeamSTEPPS to Facilitate Workplace Civility and Nurse Retention,” published in the Journal for Nurses in Professional Development. Molly Haaga, PhD, ATR-BC, LPC, Assistant Professor, Art Therapy, is the 2020 winner of the Part-Time Teaching Excellence Award. Jessica Headley, PhD, LPCC-S, Assistant Professor, Counseling & Art Therapy and Co-Director, Women’s Center, earned her supervisory designation (the “S”) and now holds the highest licensure for her profession. She is working with her colleagues on publications and presentations related to teaching, creativity, social justice, and feminist counseling practice. Linda Heigel, MSN, RNBC, NEA-BC, Nursing Instructor, passed the Nurse Executive, Advanced Certification Examination, a certification that is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification. Barbara Helms, MBA, Registrar and Director of Academic Operations, joined the staff. She comes to us from Lake Erie College where she was registrar for 14 years. Robert Hunt, MA ’00, Adjunct Faculty, Education, and Superintendent of Schools for Chagrin Falls, Ohio, was named Superintendent of the Year by the Buckeye Association of School Administrators. In July he assumes the role of superintendent of the Barrington 220 Community Unit School District in Chicago. Deanne Hurley, Vice President for Student Affairs, became a certified COVID-19 Contact Tracer through an online, noncredit course authorized by Johns Hopkins University
