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Message of the Week
March 12, 2008
FALL REGISTRATION REQUESTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!
Click here to access the forms.
STEPPING OUT IN STYLE! PHOTOS FROM THE SNA FORMAL!
Click here to see some pictures from the formal. You look fantastic!
CHILI ANYONE?
The 4th annual Mountaineer Mall Chili Cook-off will be held March 15. For $5, you get all the chili you can eat (children under 6 free) – other activities include a craft show, karaoke contest and prize drawings. Noon – 4 at the Mountaineer Mall on the Greenbag road.
SAVE THE DATES! HEALTH FAIRS ARE COMING UP!
Saturday, April 12 – The annual Children’s Hospital Health Fair will be held at Morgantown Mall  from 10-6p – this is the fun fair, where we play games, teach safety and nutrition and just interact with the kids – our purpose is to show kids that nurses are fun and kind – not just the people they see when they get shots or are sick. This Fair is more like a carnival atmosphere, but we do offer blood pressure screenings and education information. We will have a lot of kids visiting us. It will be fun and busy!
Since the Fair is on Saturday, you can receive double community service hours – Dress will be scrubs. More information as the time gets closer. Great way to have fun and get community service hours.
Thursday, April 10 – The Diabetes Health Fair will be in the lobby on April 10th from 8am to 4pm. We will provide finger sticks for those who choose to have their blood glucose done via a finger stick. If you might be interested in helping with this Fair, please e-mail Linda Metcalfe metcalfel@wvuh.com.
10TH ANNUAL LONGABERGER BASKET BINGO TO BENEFIT ROSENBAUM FAMILY HOUSE
will be held March 30 at 12:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Star City.
Tickets for the event are limited to 200 and are on sale for $20 at the Friends Gift Shop, located in the hospital’s lobby. Prizes include several different Longaberger baskets, including many retiring baskets as well as new Longaberger products. The baskets will be filled with a variety of gift items. Funds raised will help create a day room on the 2nd floor.
A former Family House guest has also created a quilt that will be raffled off at the event. Tickets available through the Ruby Gift Shop.
WANT TO SAVE LOTS OF MONEY AND GET HEALTHY AT THE SAME TIME?
 One of the greatest obstacles to good health is tobacco use. We know how challenging it can be to stop smoking. Experts right here at Health Sciences in the Translational Tobacco Reduction Research (T2R2) Program offer several tobacco cessation and support programs to meet your needs:
Quit Tobacco Workshop - One-time, 3-hour sessions, conducted by trained smoking cessation facilitators. FREE to all HSC, WVUH, and UHA faculty and staff, and students on the HSC campus. Mondays 10:30AM - 1:00 PM: March 17, April 21, May 19, 2008 To register: call 293-1699, or email: kfriend@hsc.wvu.edu
Freedom From Smoking - American Lung Association’s eight-week cessation program - includes eight one-hour group sessions that teach a quitting approach through positive behavior change. FREE to all WVU, WVUH, and UHA faculty, staff, and students.
The first FFS session is on Tuesday, March 4th from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM. Registration required: 293-1699 or email kfriend@hsc.wvu.edu
Breathe & Be Tobacco Free Support Group - Support group for former smokers and those who want to quit meets every Monday from 12:00-1:00 PM, in Room #1156 (Study Room- New Learning Center, Health Sciences Center- South)
Please visit: http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/mbrcc/T2R2/cessationServices.asp for more information about the program that’s best for you.
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA SUMMER COURSE!
 Please click on this link to learn more about the opportunities available.
PEKING ACROBATS COMING TO CAC
The Peking Acrobats, a group of China’s most gifted tumblers, contortionists, jugglers, cyclists and gymnasts, will bring their awe-inspiring show to the Creative Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 14. Remaining tickets are $33 and may be purchased at the Mountainlair and Creative Arts Center box offices, online at http://www.ticketmaster.com/ or by phone at 304-292-0220. Tickets may also be purchased at Giant Eagle below the Mountaineer Mall and FYE in the Meadowbrook Mall. WVU students can purchase tickets for $25 with a valid Mountaineer Card at the campus box offices.
GET INTO RECYCLING!
 Through April 5, WVU is participating in RecycleMania - a national competition between colleges around the country aimed to increase recycling efforts. WVU students, faculty and staff are being encouraged to utilize color-coded bins in each University facility to recycle plastic, paper and aluminum cans. To learn more about RecycleMania, visit http://wecan.wvu.edu/ (click on the “What’s New” link).
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND VOLUNTEER HOURS!
This section is not an endorsement by WVU or the School of Nursing for any of these opportunities or their sponsors/requestors. Students are advised to carefully explore any opportunity prior to engaging in any volunteer, community service, or employment activity.
http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/son/academicPrograms/currentStudentInfo.htm
KEEP BRINGING YOUR USED PC CARTRIDGES TO HEALTH RESTORATION
  We continue to raise funds for the Humane Society – The small pc cartridges we are donating are worth around $1 and the large cartridges bring in $4 each – This continues to be a worthwhile project, saving the animals and the landfill as well. The Humane Society truly appreciates your efforts! This is a year round project! We just turned in another 80 cartridges! Great job – keep them coming – unfortunately, the need never goes away!
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No news is too big or too small for the weekly message! Send your news to bjurick@hsc.wvu.edu.
Office of Student Services
www.hsc.wvu.edu/son/
304-293-1386 or (toll free) 1-866-988-6877
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