Message of the Week
August 02, 2006

WELCOME TO AUGUST!  Many of you do not receive the graphics embedded in the Message.  To read an enhanced version of the Message of the Week, please go to the School of Nursing website http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/son and click on the Message of the Week.

WE’VE MOVED!
To promote better continuity of services, the Office of Student Services has moved to the Academic Affairs wing on the 6th floor in Suite 6400.  Facing the Dean's Office, continue around the hall to the left and you will find us at the end of the hall.  The Research Office, which was previously housed in the Academic Affairs wing, has moved to the former Student Services Office next to the elevators.  All telephone numbers will remain the same.  Come by and see us in our new home!

THE STETHOSCOPE PACKS ARE IN!
You will be able to pick up your packs from SNA President Kari Summers in the Health Restoration Conference Room on the following dates and times:

August 16 9a – 11a or August 17 1p – 3p. 

If you are unable to make either date, you can pick your pack up from Betty Jurick in Health Restoration on August 21 from 7a – 11a or Noon – 3p.

YOUR OLD PRINTER CARTRIDGES ARE WORTH $4 TO NEEDY DOGS & CATS!

Please bring your empty printer cartridges to the School of Nursing and drop them in the box in the back of Health Restoration.  We donate them to the Mon County Humane Society – the money they receive from recycling these cartridges is presently being used to help fund the feral cat program/problem in the County.  Feeding, spaying & neutering, and trying to make their lives a little better.  We are making a difference for these unfortunate animals – to date we have donated nearly $500 worth of cartridges.  Will you contribute please?

HEALTHY CAMPUS INITIATIVE

GETTING AROUND TOWN WITHOUT SPENDING A DIME ON GASOLINE!
Beginning Saturday, July 22, WVU and the Mountain Line Transit Authority join forces on a project to expand local bus routes in Morgantown aimed at alleviating traffic congestion and expanding transportation options for students and employees, as well as community residents and visitors. The plan adds a continuous Mountain Line bus route - the Blue & Gold Connector, from Grant Avenue along Beechurst Avenue, to the Creative Arts Center, along Evansdale Drive by Engineering and Towers, to University Avenue by the College of Law, and back down Eighth Street to Grant/Summit and Life Sciences. This new express bus line will operate year-round, seven days a week, every 20 minutes. Hours will be 6:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 6:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Sundays, with slightly varied summer hours. The service is free to students and employees with valid ID and the normal fare (75 cents) for other riders. New bus shelters, where appropriate, will be placed along the new route.

WVU officials say the new bus route is in addition to the current arrangement they have with Mountain Line that allows students and employees with valid WVU ID to ride any regular bus routes for free, whether it’s the Orange, Red, Gold, Campus PM, or any of the other 11 countywide bus lines.  In addition to the new route and services, students and employees are reminded that WVU will continue its current PRT and University bus service schedules.  For information on the new and current routes, go to www.busride.org, e-mail info@busride.org or call 291-RIDE.

Scholarship Opportunity:
The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Foundation is offering a $2000 oncology nursing academic scholarship for future nurses in Ohio and West Virginia supported by Oncology Practice Alliance, Inc. Students in the basic BSN, BS/BA to BSN, and RN to BSN programs who are residents of Ohio or West Virginia are eligible to apply.  Information and an application are available online at http://www.ons.org/documents/scholarship.doc .  Deadline to apply is October 16, 2006.

GRADUATE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS:
The American Cancer Society, the largest not-for-profit funding source for cancer research and training, is pleased to invite applications from master's and doctoral students for support of graduate study. The society offers scholarships ranging from $10,000 to $15,000. Please note that the doctoral scholarship application annual deadline has changed to October 15.  The master’s scholarship's annual deadline is February 1. The Society offers several other research and training grants in addition to the ones described above. For a full description of all American Cancer Society grants, including applications, instructions, and policies, see
http://www.cancer.org/research or http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Government/pdf/05CNChart.pdf.

COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES:
The Village at Heritage Point has 90 independent living apartments & 40 assisted living apartments.  We offer a wide range of social, educational, spiritual & physical programs.  We are in need of volunteers to work almost any time, depending on your availability, to interview residents and transcribe tapes of interviews for our oral history program. Volunteers are needed to teach residents how to use email & word.  I also need an assistant to help with filing & typing.  Volunteers are needed to do the behind the scenes ordering & inventory for the Café/General Store.  We need scrap bookers, friendly visitors, bingo callers & people to assist in the fitness room.  Whatever your skill or interest we would love to have you join our volunteer program.  For more information please call Janet at 285-5576.  (I will be on vacation July 21-28.)
  
Local volunteers are needed to read with children, help serve meals, donate supplies for the program and much more for Americorps Energy Express, associated with the West Virginia University Extension Service.  Ages Pre-Teen through Adult volunteers are needed at  Brookhaven and Riverside Elementary Schools.  “Energy Express. . . Where Breakfast, Lunch and Learning Don’t Take a Break”  Please e-mail energyexpressvolunteer@yahoo.com for more details.

TERVIS TUMBLERS FOR SALE -
SUPPORT THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER
Purchase a Tervis Tumbler to help combat breast cancer.  These unique tumblers come in 2 sizes – 1)  24 oz. glass molded to fit cup holders with a lid (pictured) and 2) 17 oz. mug.  These are 100% replaceable if broken.  They do not sweat, will not leave rings or puddles on your furniture and are insulated to keep your drinks cold or hot.  $15.00 each.  Each tumber has the pink breast cancer ribbon logo.   To make arrangements to purchase your mug, please call Elizabeth DuRant 293-1391.   Her office is located 6513 Health Promotion/Risk Reduction Department.   Thank you for your support in helping others fight breast cancer.

 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES:
Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant needed for part time or full time position in a private clinic in Martinsburg.  Hours are flexible.  Pay range from $60,000 to $73,000 based on experience.  New Grads encouraged to apply.  For more information call Leona at 304-724-7399, 304-671-5970 or email at LRich1964@frontiernet.net.

A family in the Cheat Lake area is looking for a babysitter for 3 children (ages 3, 8 and 10) from 3p – 7p weeknights.  Live-in arrangements are possible.  For more information, please e-mail Melanie Davis Melanie.Davis@mail.wvu.edu.

WVU employee is looking for a baby sitter for a 3-month old beginning in November.  She lives 10 miles from Cheat Lake.  A sitter would be needed from either 10a – 5:30p or 2p – 5:30p.  Please contact Julie O’Neil (304) 641-4965 or (724) 564-1516 or jahartley@hotmail.com.  Pay is negotiable.

ROOMMATE NEEDED!
House in South Park area with a fellow nursing student and two other females.  Off-street parking available.  9-month lease.  $325 per month with all utilities included except cable.  Please contact Heather L. Williams hwillia6@mix.wvu.edu for more information.

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Office of Student Services   www.hsc.wvu.edu/son
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