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INTERSECTION of Arts + Medicine

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Letter from the PRESIDENT Hello and welcome to this special print edition of spectRUm! I hope you enjoy the focus on Art, Healing, Education and Science. The interrelationships between these elements are abundant.

Art, in its many forms, has been proven to accelerate healing, while educators use art as yet another tool in their toolbox to reach students with varying learning styles. We know there is a link between music and mathematics, as Pythagoras said, “There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.” Some research indicates that music activates the same areas of the brain that subjects use while solving spatial-temporal reasoning problems perhaps explaining why many mathematically gifted people are also musically gifted.

At the same time, certain medical professions such as dentists, surgeons and dermatologists require those with mathematical and scientific prowess, but also with visual artistic abilities.

Leonardi Da Vinci, the Renaissance man that he was, was masterful in his convergence of biology, anatomy, astronomy, and art in the human form, perspective, optics and the use of color.

Innovation and creativity inherent in art, fuel our imagination and ability to discover.

We could find relationships between art, healing, education and science ad infinitum. In this issue, we highlight these connections and report on some real-world examples of these relationships.

In this edition, you will find invitations to join our many upcoming events, including the Annual Golf Tournament, our Neighborhood Health Series, now on both sides of the Las Vegas valley, and of course, our 20th Anniversary Celebration events. We hope to see you and thank you for being a part of the Roseman family and journey.

I also hope that you are able to read the profiles of a few of our graduates in this edition, nursing alumni Lauren Edgar, Danielle Hill and Randall Rugg. They are doing important work in their communities, providing empathic care at the very highest levels.

This time of the year marks a seminal moment for all educators like myself. We watch our students travel along their educational journey, complete with struggle, hard work, joyous moments of understanding and discovery, through to graduation, and off to their next journey as a healthcare professional. While we love to teach, and thrive in the classroom, we revel in seeing chapters begin and end successfully.

Twenty chapters to be exact, 20 years of starting and finishing important chapters, each one different from the last.

These 20 chapters that have made up my professional life at Roseman first as founder, then faculty, then dean and ultimately as president have always been a marker, a marker of my personal journey. This spring, our daughter, Leili Rosenberg, will cross the stage in cap and gown to receive her high school diploma and begin her journey to college. Our daughter grew up alongside Roseman University, as it too was growing. She was in a car seat carrier sleeping next to my desk as Roseman began to flourish. Leili remembers herself running down the long halls of Roseman University and what she absorbed listening to her parents working to solve problems. Leili says, “I loved listening to [my parents] talk. These discussions always sparked my creative juices and helped me gain insight on how to work out kinks in a very easy, yet logical manner…I also learned that I wanted to help those in need, specifically in the medical field. Seeing the University grow just about as fast as I did was truly inspiring to me.”

So many of Leili’s life milestones align, in my mind, to Roseman milestones. I can’t articulate my immense pride and joy in seeing our daughter move on to her next chapter.

As we get ready to send off our graduates and to send off our daughter, I am filled with gratitude and anticipation. I am grateful for their opportunities, good health, the promise they hold and anticipate all the good they will all undoubtedly contribute to the world at large.

As we move from spring into summer, I wish you a wonderful close to the school year and lots of good wishes for a safe and happy summer season.

Warmly, Renee Coffman President

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THE INTERSECTION of Art, Education & Healing

By Vanessa Maniago and Rachael Thomas

Art is everywhere. It impacts our life in many direct and indirect ways. Art allows us to use skills and our imagination to create appealing pieces, environments or experiences that can be shared with others. Arts include literature, visual arts such as painting or drawing and performing arts such as theatre, dance and music, to name a few. It is safe to say that everyone at some point in their life has either created or experienced art in some form or another.

Since art is everywhere, how is it truly impacting us? It has been proven through various research studies that there is a direct correlation between arts and education and arts and healing.

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A study titled, "How Art Changes Your Brain: Differential Effects of Visual Art Production and Cognitive Art Evaluation on Functional Brain Connectivity," found that art production leads to improved interaction, particularly between the frontal and posterior and temporal brain.

Further, the study found that there was a significant improvement in psychological resilience as well as increased levels of functional connectivity in the brain amongst participants.

As you participate in new or complex activities, such as art, your brain creates new brain cell connections, also known as brain plasticity or neuroplasticity. Due to the complexity of different forms of art, creating art causes various parts of your brain to communicate and continually create new connections. These connections are known as functional connectivity.

Functional connectivity, created by participating in art, has proven to have a positive effect on the brain, but also on the ability to learn and excel in your chosen field of study.

According to Eric Jensen, author of Arts With the Brain in Mind, “The arts enhance the process of learning. The systems they nourish, which include our integrated sensory, attentional, cognitive, emotional, and motor capacities, are, in fact, the driving forces behind all other learning.”

In addition, Judith Burton, author of Learning in and Through the Arts: The Question of Transfer, found that subjects such as mathematics, science, and language require complex cognitive and creative capacities that are “typical of arts learning.”

As the research is evaluated and the connections are made, it is not surprising that as a health sciences university, the majority of Roseman University students, faculty and staff are not only gifted academically, but also artistically. Below we highlight a few Roseman students and employees’ artistic talents and how it’s helped them in their chosen field.

JAMES RICHEY College of Dental Medicine Class of 2020

Richey loved to dance growing up, especially when his siblings would come home from school and teach him what they had learned from their own classes.

He officially began taking lessons and dancing seven years ago. Dancing has been a way for him to relax and reconnect with his wife after a hard day or week at school. He has also enjoyed the opportunities to teach his neighbors and classmates.

LESLEE NWOGU College of Nursing Class of 2019

Nwogu currently does traditional and digital arts and graphic design. She also plays ukulele, guitar, bass guitar and drums. She has been drawing since she was a kid, but for the past six years has regularly created

digital art and animation. She has been involved with music for over 10 years beginning with concert and jazz band then moving to marching band in high school to playing guitar solely, and then she picked up playing the ukulele about four years ago. Playing the ukulele or guitar or drawing on her free time has been beneficial to keeping her sane through all the stress that comes with nursing school. If she ever has a break from school or needs a break from studying to destress, art and music are usually her first go-tos.

BRANDON STURGELL College of Dental Medicine Class of 2021

Strurgell created the band “Canine Eminence,” which started as he began to put himself out there more as a singer and guitarist. He performed at Roseman’s dental talent show last year and, after that, students from other dental classes and his own class (Michael Sharp, Ayrton Sanguino and Oliver Carr) began to approach him with thoughts of collaboration. They found a role for each person and began to practice for this year’s dental talent show. Canine Eminence came together pretty fast and they’ve loved playing music together.

Music has helped Sturgell become more confident as a dentist. As he has pushed himself to go beyond comfort zones and perform and be vulnerable in front of a crowd he has grown so much. As a song writer he must be creative and innovative to make something that people will like along with something unique. Many times in dentistry we are required to do the same things. Music has made him a much better person in general and he loves it.

DR. HARRY ROSENBERG Roseman University Co-Founder & President Emeritus

The artwork of Roseman University cofounder and president emeritus, Dr. Harry Rosenberg, can be seen on display throughout the University’s Henderson Campus. For more than 20 years, Dr. Rosenberg has used woodturning as a way to channel his creativity and to disengage from the stresses of work. Procuring a variety of woods from around the world, Dr. Rosenberg uses a wood lathe and hand-held tools to create beautiful pieces of art that include everything from platters, bowls, mortar and pestles, wine stoppers and pens. Each piece is unique, taking its shape, color and texture during the woodturning process.

More recently, Dr. Rosenberg began expanding his artistic expression with canvas and acrylic paint. Woodturning in the garage was challenging during the cold winter months, so he needed something new to keep his creative juices flowing. Since taking on this new art medium, Dr. Rosenberg has created dozens of colorful and one-of-a-kind pieces that now don a hallway at the Henderson Campus. Dr. Rosenberg said, “with acrylic paint and canvas, I have a basic idea of color and contrast, but I typically don’t know how it will turn out until it’s done. Sometimes I’m surprised and pleased when it becomes something of note. Other times I’m not satisfied and I restart from scratch.”

In February, many of Dr. Rosenberg’s wood pieces and acrylic canvas paintings were auctioned with monies raised supporting student scholarships. roseman.edu/spectrum | 5

In the last 20 years, studies performed at major hospitals and universities have provided evidence that the inclusion of fine art in an institutional environment reduces pain levels and speeds recovery time. The most significant findings suggest that patients experience reduced levels of stress and depression, boosting the immune system, just by focus and time with the right works of art. Furthermore, clinicians found integration of the arts contributed to a positive working environment, boosting morale and ultimately, employee retention.

Roseman’s fine art collection was part of the purchase of the Summerlin Discovery building. It was curated with the goal of providing healing and introspection to patients, their families and the healthcare teams that surround them. It continues to provide that benefit to the Roseman employees occupying it as well as partner Cure 4 The Kids Foundation, which sees over 100 pediatric cancer patients a day. Cure 4 The Kids also uses hands-on art creation as part of the patient experience in the clinic. According to Sue Waltermeyer, child life specialist, art is offered, not forced, and young patients choose their medium, whether it be creating a sun catcher, working with stickers, or sculpting with play dough. “It’s the process, not the product,” says Waltermeyer.

Those same patients, their families and caregivers can enjoy over 200 carefully selected works from the last half of the 20th century and newer contemporary artists including works from Tim Bavington, Robert Rauschenberg, John Baldessari, Ellsworth Kelly, Andy Warhol, Frank Stella and Claes Oldenburg.

Pieces to note include four of a suite of 10 of Warhol’s “Flowers, Black and White,” which include one piece with a sunflower and another with a rose.

Their beauty is in the simplicity of these images. Terry Winters’ series of six relief prints on handmade paper reveal simple graphic circles, concentric, some resembling flowers, others a man in a circle, like Da Vinci’s “The Vetruvian Man,” and some resembling cells. Carl Fudge’s “Tattooed Blue,” reveals clean sea colors of blue and white batik and graphical shapes and lines, and symbols that appear to be almost embryonic.

Outside of the walls of this building, healing and reflection through art continues. There are quiet spaces with gardens, memory walls, and a bronze sculpture by Louis Longi, which marks the flower-filled traffic circle outside of the building. An exercise in human anatomy, his figurative work “Flight Invoked” was inspired by the Goddess Athena, a deity of resolute courage and wisdom, guided to protect her community and humanity. The sculpture appears to have wings, with a skyward glance. Longi created it so that “one can reflect upon one’s own journey, whether it be research, teaching, treatment or supporting their loves ones that may have cancer.”

Even a short walk through One Breakthrough Way gives the guest a peaceful feeling through a neutral and calming aesthetic, the trickle of water emanating from the water wall, or the multiple places to sit and reflect. Art and deliberate design provide comfort, introspection and healing in this place of learning and patient care.

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This is Microglyph by Suzanne Anker, An American visual artist and theorist whose artwork is based almost entirely on genetic imagery; examining the intersection between art and science in developing disciplines of genetic research as well as engineering. Her work engages both the implications and imagery which have been at the forefront of contemporary culture as new advances in science surround us every day. This piece hangs in the Breakthrough Building in the Summerlin campus.

ROSEMAN UNIVERSITY RESIDENCY PROGRAMS Advance the Art of Dentistry

By Jason Roth

A first impression is the immediate assessment people make when they meet someone new. This can occur in a professional or personal setting, and is often based on reactions to appearance, demeanor, body language, and mannerisms. For many, a healthy and friendly smile plays a significant role in forming a first impression of someone, as the shape, spacing and color of teeth are often associated with health and personality.

With a person’s teeth significant in creating positive first impressions, dentists play a major role in helping people achieve the healthy, vibrant smile they desire.

Dentists are part doctor, part engineer and part artist. This is because the dental profession requires a unique level of mastery and technique that focuses primarily on maintaining oral health, but also on aesthetics. A large part of dentistry involves maintaining and restoring teeth to create beautiful smiles.

Dr. Erin Greene, program director of Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) residency program at Roseman University College

of Dental Medicine, says that upon completion of their education, dental school graduates are equipped with the basic knowledge and skills needed to perform professional dentistry. However, as the dental profession has evolved through technological advancement and the introduction of new, innovative materials and techniques, post-graduate AEGD residency training allows dentists to learn more and hone their skills to become truly competent artists of the healthy smile. “Residents in an AEGD program have an opportunity to expand upon what they learned in dental school by performing more advanced procedures, such as placing implants and performing molar root canals while still under the supervision of expert faculty,� said Greene.

In addition to AEGD, dentists can also pursue a variety of dental specialties through post-graduate residency training. These specialties include, Dental Anesthesiology, Dental Public Health, Endodontics, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Pediatric Dentistry, Periodontics and Prosthodontics. roseman.edu/spectrum | 7

In 2016, Roseman University College of Dental Medicine partnered with NYU Langone Dental Medicine Post-doctoral Residency Programs to launch an AEGD residency program at the University’s South Jordan, Utah Campus. The one-year program enrolls four residents per year, with the goal of developing patient-centered clinicians with the ability to provide comprehensive oral healthcare for a wide patient population.

In July, the College of Dental Medicine and NYU Langone Dental Medicine will bring the AEGD program to the Henderson Campus with two residents enrolled in the inaugural class. The program will operate from a new state-of-the-art general dentistry clinic located adjacent to the college’s Orthodontic Clinic at 4 Sunset Way. The College of Dental Medicine began accepting and treating patients at the clinic in January, offering a range of dental services that include dental examinations and x-rays, extractions, tooth sealants, root canals, dental fillings, teeth cleanings, periodontal procedures, dentures, crowns, bridges and implants.

The Orthodontic Clinic was established in 2009 as the first clinical practice of the College of Dental Medicine and offers patient care through the Advanced Education in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics/ MBA (AEODO/MBA) residency program. The three-year program enrolls 10 residents per year. The residents are all dental school graduates and licensed Nevada dentists, and are paired with expert board certified or board eligible orthodontic faculty to provide the best care for clinic patients. The clinic offers an array of orthodontic treatments to straighten teeth, including two-phase treatment, traditional metal braces, clear braces, Invisalign®, retainers and more.

Whether performing preventative care, dental restorative procedures, eliminating pain, correcting dentofacial issues or straightening a smile, the art of dentistry can transform a patient’s life by allowing them to smile with confidence. To train more dentists in the art and to expand its dental service offerings, the College of Dental Medicine plans to open additional residency programs in the coming years.

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AT A CRO New Family Medicine Residency Program Tackles Physician Shortage Head On In 2015, when Dr. Thomas Hunt, MD, received a phone call from a long-time friend, he saw it primarily as an opportunity to catchup. The call was from Dr. Andrew Eisen, MD, who had just been hired on as the new chief academic officer for The Valley Health System and its integrated network of six valley hospitals. The two had previously worked in Graduate Medical Education (GME) with The University of Nevada School of Medicine, where Dr. Hunt oversaw training for future Family Medicine physicians and Dr. Eisen oversaw Pediatric residents.

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time, Dr. Hunt was also new to his role at Roseman, where he was chairing and starting a new Family Medicine education program at the Roseman College of Medicine, and was happy to offer a few names to his former colleague.

Flash forward two years and Dr. Eisen would come calling once again. This time, it was to let the Roseman faculty member know the only man for the job was really Dr. Hunt himself.

“This is my home. I was born and raised here,” said Dr. Eisen. “For me, this really is about building programs that we need here in the community in order to provide a quality healthcare workforce for the future. … I knew Dr. Hunt was a quality person with the drive and the skill to help.”

By Brian Sodoma

More firmly entrenched into his position and with the blessing of Roseman College of Medicine Founding Dean, Mark Penn, MD, Dr. Hunt confidently seized the opportunity. It turned out to be one of the best collaborations that could happen for a community desperately in need of additional family physicians.

Now, with an intense accreditation process behind it, on July 1, 2019, the three-year program’s first 10 residents will start their journey to becoming practicing physicians. Each year, the program will add 10 more new residents.

By 2022, the first 10 will graduate, and 10 more each year thereafter will complete the program. The hope is that most of them will choose to practice right here in Las Vegas.

OSSROAD “We certainly don’t have enough care providers for all our community members. This is a great opportunity, not only to train, but to bring them (the residents) into a city where we know there’s such a need,” added Dr. Nilesh Gokal, a Southwest Medical Associates (SMA) physician and clinical site director for the new Family Medicine residency program sponsored by The Valley Health System and directed by Dr. Hunt.

ADDRESSING A CRITICAL NEED

The physician supply-demand dynamics are a numbers game working against many states, but especially for fast-growing ones like Nevada. According to a 2018 report from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the nation may see a physician shortage of up to 120,000 by 2030 – between 14,800 and 49,300 of them likely being primary care physicians.

In high-growth communities like Las Vegas, the problem intensifies. The Las Vegas metropolitan area’s population makes up more than two-thirds of the state’s nearly three million

people. With Las Vegas’ shortage of providers, Nevada falls well below the national physician/ patient ratio average of 271.6 per 100,000 people with only 200.1 per 100,000 for all specialties. Primary care is a particular trouble spot, as Nevada ranks 48th, with 70.1 primary care physicians per 100,000, well below the state median of 82.5 and national average of 91.7.

Educating doctors in medical school is one thing, Dr. Hunt says, but residencies are the key to addressing the shortage, as graduating physicians often end up practicing in the communities where they engage in their residency training.

“GME is really the linchpin; without these training programs in our state, We are training doctors in medical school who then leave the state; this is a huge loss, a real brain-drain,” Dr. Hunt explained.

Dr. Eisen is tasked with creating multiple residency programs for The Valley Health System, beginning with Family Medicine and General Surgery, and then Emergency Medicine, Inter-

nal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Psychiatry. Family Medicine is a top priority because of its impact on the overall health of a community.

“Family Medicine is so important because there’s so much focus on wellness and preventative care,” he noted. “We can do much better if we focus on keeping people healthy instead of waiting until they’re sick.”

MOVING QUICKLY

Once Drs. Eisen and Hunt partnered, Roseman and The Valley Health System brought in SMA, the Las Vegas metro area’s largest provider of primary care services. With SMA’s technologies, efficiencies, along with its sizeable and diverse patient population, residents gain a tremendous insight into what it takes to practice medicine in the Las Vegas market.

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“In order to be successful, we had to garner a lot of community support and we certainly have that,” Dr. Hunt added.

All of these elements were ultimately part of a more than 250-page application document sent to the ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) accrediting body. The application demonstrated that the partnership had the physical and knowledge infrastructure in place to help residents gain a well-rounded experience. After an application and site review, the ACGME issued accreditation in October 2018.

THE FIRST 10 RESIDENTS

With accreditation in hand, finding the first 10 residents for the program began in earnest. With more than 375 applicants, the pool was eventually reduced to 62 interviewees. In March of this year, the 10 residents were finally chosen. Matching with residents who had ties to Las Vegas and reasons to want to stay and practice here was a priority, all three program leaders agreed.

The team was able to find 10 matches who also brought more to the table, Dr. Hunt emphasized. Reviewers knew these residents would likely be different from those in other markets. The reviewers leaned towards candidates who also had other professional and personal real-world experiences, such as starting a business, living, working or matriculating abroad or maybe spending time in another career. They needed to be selfstarters who embraced the opportunity of having a hand in the future of the residency program.

“We needed people willing to roll up their sleeves and be the face of the program and shape its future,” Dr. Hunt added. “These residents all themselves have compelling stories.”

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THE RESIDENT EXPERIENCE

Once residents arrive for orientation in June, they should expect to hit the ground running on July 1st in an immersive 21st century medical training experience. Their Family Medicine “home base” will involve SMA and Dr. Gokal’s team that oversees the outpatient clinic portion of the residency program.

Residents will quickly pair with attending physicians to gain hands-on experience in a comprehensive primary care environment, alongside nurses, social workers and other professionals who residents will work with in primary care after graduation. Perhaps most importantly, the residents will start to initiate relationships with patients who they could be serving well into the future.

“These are the patients they will start to see in their first year of residency and continue to see for three years … and we’re hopeful they’ll come work for us upon graduation,” Dr. Gokal added.

SMA is an ideal environment that best simulates a practicing Family Medicine physician experience, Dr. Eisen said, and the clinical experiences at The Valley Health System hospitals effectively “round out” the experience.

These foundational environments allow a Family Medicine doctor to hone his or her medical knowledge along with bedside manner and their interaction style, while developing a holistic view of patients, Dr. Eisen explains. In Family Medicine, the care must extend beyond diagnosis to understanding the person’s home environment, stressors, and other day-to-day experiences. This knowledge base then helps to initiate a focus on wellness and prevention.

“Family Medicine is a specialty of breadth,” Dr. Hunt added. “I don’t need to know every minute detail about the kidney or eyeball,

but I need to know an awful lot about every aspect of a human being.”

Residents also go through a block training segment titled “practice management,” Gokal explained. This experience helps them to “understand the practicalities of being in private practice,” if they choose that route upon graduation.

The residency program also earned a $340,000 grant from the State of Nevada Office of Science, Innovation and Technology New and Expanded Graduate Medical Education program. The funds are for the purchase of simulation equipment to allow residents to practice skills in a consequence-free environment. The grant program was initiated in the 2015 legislature by Gov. Brian Sandoval and renewed in the 2017 session.

Residents will also have the opportunity to work with Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada to help serve the uninsured population and will be tasked with quality improvement projects within Valley Health and SMA environments, added Dr. Eisen.

Future research opportunities that arise with the Roseman Family Medicine program collaboration will also be integrated into the residency experience.

The ultimate goal is to recognize how the connections, resources and sense of community instilled in residency training can indeed carry over into the day-to-day practice of medicine in the field. To some, upon graduation, these can seem like two very separate worlds.

“When these physicians go out and practice medicine, we really want to close that gap for them,” Dr. Gokal added, “and set realistic expectations for successful outcomes.”

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Q&A

with Roseman Nursing Alumni Nurses are the glue that holds our healthcare experience together. From start to finish, nurses are there for their patients. According to the American Nursing Association (ANA), “nursing can be described as both an art and a science; a heart and a mind. At its heart, lies a fundamental respect for human dignity and an intuition for a patient’s needs. This is supported by the mind, in the form of rigorous core learning. Due to the vast range of specialisms and complex skills in the nursing profession, each nurse will have specific strengths, passions, and expertise.” In honor of ANA’s National Nurses Week, Roseman would like to highlight three outstanding nursing alumni.

LAUREN EDGAR, RN, MSN-ED Class of 2007 Why did you choose to attend USN/Roseman for your nursing degree?

My decision to attend USN/Roseman mainly stemmed from the blocked schedule/program.

The way the program was organized fit my

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learning style tremendously and supported my success. In addition, the 12-hour clinical rotations also attracted me. I felt that this experience would allow me to get a realistic view of what to expect once my nursing practice began.

By Rachael Thomas

What was it like to be a USN/Roseman student in 2006-2007? What was a typical day at Roseman like for you as a student?

Much of my time was spent going to class until 3 pm Monday through Friday and then going to study groups from 3:30 pm to 8 pm.

I spent a lot of time with my classmates! It made learning so much material in such a short amount of time seem easier to handle.

What are some of your fondest memories of your USN/Roseman days?

My fondest memories include waiting outside the classroom and/or in the parking lot while test grades were gathered. This was such a stressful time for everyone, but also a chance for us to encourage and support each other. Encouraging words and warm encounters were had. It was nice! Another fond memory includes going to Cuernavaca, Mexico to learn medical Spanish. I was happy to be granted the opportunity to participate in this program abroad through Roseman University.

How do you give back to your profession?

My time spent giving back to the nursing field is through my commitment to the Southern Nevada Black Nurses Association, or SNBNA. As president of SNBNA, I spend time facilitating service programs, mentoring new graduate nurses and participating in national initiatives such as the "All for Us" research program under the National Institute of Health.

RANDALL RUGG, RN DANIELLE HILL, RN Class of 2019 Father and daughter, Randall Rugg and Danielle Hill, were in the same cohort at the South Jordan Campus. Below they share their experience having each other as classmates.

How was it graduating with your daughter/father?

Randall: Graduating with my daughter was a terrific experience that I would not have ever imagined. She has always wanted to be a nurse since I can recall. Doing this together was a special experience that we will both carry with us throughout our careers and life.

Danielle Hill: It was amazing. Throughout this whole process we were not only concerned about ourselves, but we were looking out for each other.

It was an accomplishment that we both worked so hard for and earned together.

How was it being in the same cohort as your daughter/ father?

Randall: I absolutely enjoyed being in the same cohort. I always knew that Danielle was a good student as she excelled in both high school and college. When we dropped her off in Hawaii as a freshman in college I told her that if she did not get straight A's she was coming home, I was only half serious, but I wanted to impress upon her the need to study and not spend too much time on the beaches. To my surprise she took me very seriously and obtained a 4.0 GPA during her time there. So I knew that she was a good student, but really did not know how intelligent she was until we spent endless hours studying together.

That is when I appreciated not only her work ethic, but her critical thinking skills. I have a new appreciation for Danielle from an intellectual standpoint that a father rarely has the opportunity to explore. As hard as I would study, and believe

me that is all I did with my time, study, study, and more studying, Danielle would nearly always outperform me. I loved the challenge we had with each other and the daily opportunities to study together. I believe it made both of us better and closer as our father/daughter relationship grew.

This has been some of the very best times of my life, spent with my daughter, pursuing life goals.

We loved it!

Danielle: On our drives to the University to take our tests one of us would review the material while the other drove. We always had each other's back and we always supported one another. He is such a hard worker and would usually do 12-hour study days. His work ethic drove me to work harder. My dad continually impresses me. I am beyond blessed to have had this experience with him. I know his life experiences have led him to this career change and he will be an exceptional nurse. I am extremely lucky to be his daughter.

And I know the cohort loved having him as the "cohort dad" almost as much as I did.

Why did you choose to go to Roseman together?

Randall: I thought it would be wonderful to get to spend more time with my daughter, but she had plans to attend Brigham Young University (BYU) nursing program. When she missed the cut by three points it was an opportunity to attend with Dad or go back to BYU and do what was needed to obtain the additional points, but that is a three-year program and the opportunity costs of attending three more years won the day for me and Roseman. Danielle was on a Russian (Estonia) medical summer internship with BYU when she interviewed over Skype for Roseman admission into the same cohort as me.

Danielle: He is one of my best friends, who wouldn't want to go through school with their best friend?

What are your future plans as a nurse?

Randall: I will continue my studies as a graduate student until I obtain my mental health nurse practitioner degree. In the near term, I will practice as a psychiatric nurse.

Danielle: I recently accepted a full-time RN position at a behavioral hospital in Boise, Idaho.

I am extremely excited to work there. It was my first choice and mental health is my passion. It is a highly under served and misunderstood field.

I am excited to be a part of the movement of mental health awareness and care.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

(South Jordan & Henderson Campuses) SEPTEMBER 2019 Campus Kick-Off OCTOBER 2019 Community Launch NOVEMBER 2019 Scholarship Golf Tournament APRIL 2020 State of the University White Coat Walk/Run 20th Anniversary Celebration

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