GRADUATION CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2004:
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CONGRATULATIONS:
To Cynthia Persily, who graduated from the Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows program on April 24, 2004, at a celebration ceremony held at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Dr. Persily concluded her three year fellowship with a presentation of her fellowship project entitled "Nurses Caring for West Virginia: Creation of the West Virginia Center for Nursing". Each fellow was presented with a crystal sculpture engraved with the Fellowship logo and the fellow's name, as well as a scarf from the Smithstonian Institute which is a reproduction of the scarf presented to Florence Nightingale by Queen Victoria. The presentations were made by National Advisory Council Chairperson Shirley Chater, former Director of the Social Security Administration for the Clinton Administration, and Marilyn Chow, Program Director.  The RWJ Executive Nurse Fellows program is an advanced leadership program for nurses in senior executive roles in health services, public health, and nursing education who aspire to help lead and shape the US health care system of the future. Twenty nurses are chosen each year to participate in this three year fellowship.

To the following BSN students who are recipients of scholarships from the Foundation of Monongalia General Hospital:  Melanie Beach for the Gail W. Cunningham Memorial Scholarship, Amie Leonard for the Glenn and Susan Adrian Scholarship, and Crystal Toothman for a Health Career Scholarship. 

 To Deanne Broscious, a senior nursing student, and her husband, Michael, on the birth of their healthy baby boy, Manning, on Saturday, May 8^th.  He weighed in at 7 lbs. 6 oz., and Deanne reports that they are all doing well.

ALERT FOR CLASS OF 2007 SOPHOMORES:
A letter is being sent to your permanent address this week.  It has important information about immunization and cpr requirements, uniforms, etc.  If you have not received it by June 4, contact Student Services at 304-293-1396 or 1-866-988-6877 (toll free).  Also, orientation Friday, August 20, 9:00 am in the Alumni Center is a required attendance activity.  Continental breakfast will be served.  Parents are invited to attend.

GRADUATION PICTURES FOR ALL GRADUATES:
The School of Nursing will give you one 5X7 of your picture taken with Dean Martin at the May 15 graduation convocation.  WVU Department of Photo Illustrations will also e-mail you following graduation with an on line address you can use to see your picture with price list and you can order more pictures if you wish.

STUDENT REC CENTER SUMMER HOURS:
Summer hours for the Student Rec Center begin May 20, and are Mondays-Fridays 6 am to 9 pm; Saturdays 8 am to 8 pm; Sundays 10 am to 6 pm.

COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES:
Gail Van Voorhis is putting together a team for the Relay for Life, to be held June 18^th at 5 pm until June 19^th in the morning.  This is a great way to earn lots of hours for community service.  Help is needed with registration, walkers/runners, and the fundraiser of tye-dye tees. Walkers/runners can also collect money from sponsors.  For every $1 sponsor, you will get 2 min. of community service ($30 = 1 hour).  Food will be provided.  Registration fee is $10, and forms are available in each of the nursing departments.  There is help available for any students who want to participate but need help with the fee.  For more information contact Gail Van Voorhis at gvanvoorhis@hsc.wvu.edu, 293-0298.

Volunteers are needed at Camp Nokoma (diabetes camp) July 11-17^th in the Charleston area.  This is a great opportunity to earn volunteer hours while gaining experience with diabetes, and having lots of fun with some cool kids.  The camp is especially interested in male students because there is a large male camper population.  For more information, contact Joanne Watson at Jewatson@hsc.wvu.edu, 293-1772.

Volunteers are needed for Special Olympics - Preparations are under way for the 2004 West Virginia Special Olympics Summer Games June 4-6 at WVU, and organizers are once again looking to the community for help in making sure success of the games continues.  “We are now seeking about 1,500 volunteers from the local area to help run the Summer Games,” said Bobbie Bodkin, volunteer coordinator. To help, volunteers must complete an application form available at http://www.wvu.edu/specialolympics/  The volunteer forms are available in two formats: an online version or a PDF/downloadable version.  Volunteers are encouraged to use the online version.  For people without Internet access, application forms can be obtained by calling Bodkin at 293-5489 or the Special Olympics toll-free hotline at 1-888-988-2269.  WVU employees who have already agreed to work during one of the ceremonies/events should make that clear in the comments section of the application. Deadline to complete the form is May 24.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES:
Central West Virginia Service/Care Inc., an agency that provides home care to the aged and/or disabled, is looking for homemakers in the Fairmont and Morgantown areas.  A homemaker must have a minimum of 32 hours training, current CPR and First Aide.  Nursing students more than qualify.  Pay is $7 per hour and $7.50 per hour on weekends.  For more information call 304-363-7375 or 1-800-436-3780.

Med Express has full time positions available for RN’s.  The positions are 40 hours per week, and the agency is open from 9 am to 9 pm, 7 days a week.  For further information, contact bsteffke@hotmail.com, 296-4899.

ALUMNI NEWS:
Stephanie Morrison, BSN 2003, is attending CRNA school in Charleston, WV.  Stephanie’s husband, Daniel, graduated with the WVU School of Pharmacy class of 2004 on May 16.

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