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I n d i a n a W e s l e y a n U n i v e r s i t y, S p r i n g 2 0 1 4
News
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Online Education Expands in School of Nursing
written by Ruth Eby, MSN, RN
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MGH President and CEO Paul Usher Visits Marion Campus
written by Sarah Greentree
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In Every
Issue
From the Dean’s Desk | pg. 3
Overheard on Facebook
Association Spotlight | pg. 6
Nursing by the Numbers | pg. 13
School of Nursing News | pg. 14
Upcoming Events | pg. 15
New Science and Nursing Building Completed
written by Kelsey Mitchener
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Features
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New Girl | Expanded simulation labs are a
highlight of the new Science and Nursing Building
on the Marion campus. Meet Noelle, one of the
facility’s first new residents.
written by Wanda Lewis, MSN, RN
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A Few Good Men | Some nursing students show
they’re as comfortable in scrums as in scrubs by
getting out on the field with the Grant County
Jackalopes Rugby Football Club.
written by Joel Anderson
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A Walk to Remember | In Georgetown, Kentucky,
a 5K run/walk organized by nursing student
Samantha Eddington jumpstarts a small
movement for SIDS awareness.
written by Kelsey Mitchener
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SON Around the World | From Zambia to
Haiti and beyond, students, faculty, staff, and
alumni of the School of Nursing are traveling and
changing the world.
written by Pam Leslie, MSN, RN
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New Life in Los Chilitos | School of Nursing
alumna Tiffani Schmitz leads her Ohio church on a
medical mission trip to Guatemala.
written by Tiffani Schmitz, MSM, RN
“
I was honestly part of something larger
than myself. So few times do you ever get
to be part of something like that.
—Samantha Eddington | pg. 8
IWU nursing
editor
Kelsey mitchener
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School of Nursing SPRING 2014
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Contributors
Joel AndersOn
Gannon Burgett
jamie daniel
R u t h Eb y
Sarah Greentree
nancy halderman
barbara ihrke
jenna kuipers
Cover illustration by Clara Spinassi. Photos (left to right) by Jer Nelsen,
Gannon Burgett, Tiffani Schmitz, and Jer Nelsen.
Pam Leslie
Wanda Lewis
Chrissy Loccasio
H e at h e r Lo w m i l l e r
Kelsey Mitchener
Jer Nelsen
Tiffani Schmitz
Clara Spinassi
F r a n k i e S ta l l a r d
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