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On October 7, 2006, the College of Nursing and Health hosted its sixth annual Cameos of Caring event. This year, 16 agencies joined in a celebration of nursing by honoring their own bedside nurses for their wisdom, advocacy, and caring. Middletown Regional Hospital joins us this year as one of our Cameo partners. To date, the Cameos of Caring event has honored 84 nurses, with over one-fourth of these nurses being Wright State University alumni! Thirteen Wright State University nursing students have benefited from scholarship funds raised at the events. For the 2006-2007 academic year, Cameos of Caring scholarships were awarded to Christina Cecil (senior recipient), Mary Ann Stemley (junior recipient), Nastoshia Hart and Rachel Edmundson (senior runners-up), and Kyle Frysinger (junior runner-up). I want to thank the following nursing students who volunteered their time to set-up the event and escort our guests during the ceremony: Courtney Goldbach,
Cassandra Hines,
Tanya Jasinski,
Rachel Kohler,
Jessica Krebs,
Jen Smith and
Tammy Thorn
Congratulations are in order for two of our faculty members who received Wright State University Presidential Awards for Excellence. Donna Miles Curry, PhD, RN, was selected as the Frederick A. White Distinguished Professor of Professional Service. Only nine Wright State University faculty members may hold the title of Distinguished Professor at any time. Dr. Curry’s appointment is from July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2009. Leatha Ross, MS, RN, was selected as the recipient of the Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence: Outstanding Instructor. Ms. Ross earned her BSN and two MS degrees in nursing from Wright State University!
We are fortunate to hire nine new faculty members in the college this academic year. As the nursing shortage continues, finding qualified instructors to meet the demands of an increasing number of nursing student applicants is difficult.
For Fall 2006 quarter, there were 151 applicants to the undergraduate nursing program. Of these, 96 were admitted, with the lowest grade-point average being 3.1. The BEACON program admitted 24 new students in Fall 2006, while the RN-to-BSN program admitted 36 new students.
Patricia Martin, PhD, RN
Dean, College of Nursing and Health
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