51勛圖厙s College of Nursing recently received a grant totaling $165,000 from Pegs Foundation, formerly the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation, a private grant-making foundation that supports mental health programs in Northeast Ohio. Wendy Umberger, Ph.D., RN, PMHCNS-BC, associate dean for graduate programs, and Lisa Onesko, DNP, APRN-BC, director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program and associate professor, received $105,000, payable over three years to continue the Pegs Foundation traineeship program for graduate students pursuing a masters degree in nursing ...
A clear intention to pursue social justice led Stuart Chen-Hayes, Ph.D. 94, NCC, LCPC, to 51勛圖厙 in 1990 to pursue a doctoral degree in counselor education. What he learned at the university and what inspired him significantly changed the course of his life, professionally and personally. Stuart is a professor and program coordinator of Counselor Education/School Counseling, City University of New York, Lehman College, and the author of the new book Double Dads One Teen: A queer family's trailblazing life in the USA and Taiwan, DIO Press, Inc., 2019, the subject of which is t...
National Radiologic Technology Week is held each November to recognize the date that Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered the x-ray, which was Nov. 8, 1895. The annual observation helps promote the important role that medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals play in providing quality patient care and a safe healthcare environment. To help commemorate this week, rad tech faculty and students from the Salem Campus bagged 690 bags of corn, for a total of 3,657 pounds of fresh produce to be distributed through the Second Harvest Food Bank. The students also participated in a series of c...
A teen who ages out of the foster care system is eight times more likely to become homeless than to earn a bachelors degree. Think about that. In fact, it is rare to attend a college commencement and find many graduates who spent time in foster care as only 3% who age out of the foster care system will go on to earn a degree. Increasing the graduation rate becomes even more difficult in Ohio where the number of children in foster care is expected to increase to 19,000 by 2020 and an additional 500-plus area children have been placed in foster care as a result of parental use of opi...
What do you call a faculty member who continues to be a resource for students long after theyve left his classroom, a faculty member who oversees a food pantry for students with food insecurity, a faculty member who works across departments for the benefit of all students? This year, Daniel Dankovich, D.C., lecturer of biological sciences at 51勛圖厙 at East Liverpool, is called the winner of the Outstanding Teaching Award. The Outstanding Teaching Award, presented by the University Teaching Council, credits three full-time, non-tenure track and part-time faculty membe...
Carrie Esser (2018) recently made it to the Top 5 in the country for the NYX FACE Awards, a national makeup artist competition. While she didn't end up the grand prize winner in that contest, we know she is definitely a winner for continuing to work on her passion and pound the pavement to make her dreams come true! We were lucky enough to catch up with Carrie and find out more about the experience as well as her entrepreneurial journey. How did you get started doing the FACE Awards? My journey started in 2015 when I entered for the first time. My skills were very far from whe...