Decker
School of Nursing
Collins
named American Academy of Nursing fellow
 Mary
S. Collins, dean of the Decker
School of Nursing, has been named as a fellow of the American
Academy of Nursing.
Collins
was one of 68 fellows inducted into the academy at its annual meeting
in Washington, D.C., in October. Fellows are selected for their
"extraordinary commitment and contributions to nursing that
far exceed the responsibilities of their employment and the potential
for sustained contributions to the profession in the future."
Collins
has been dean of the Decker School since 1988, having served as
interim dean for two years prior to that. Collins earned her BS
in nursing from Keuka College in 1973, her MS in nursing from Syracuse
University in 1975 and her PhD in higher education from Syracuse
in 1981. Prior to joining the University in 1973, Collins was a
public-health nurse in both Broome County and in Colorado and was
a clinical nursing instructor at Broome Community College.
Most
recently, she has been involved in research on improving rural health
care in Korea and China as part of a collaborative research project
with the nursing school at Ewha Women's University in Seoul, Korea.
She has also been serving as a visiting professor at the School
of Nursing and Midwifery of DeMontford University in Leicester,
England.
Collins
has been a member of the State Board for Nursing since 1994 and
has served as its vice chair since 2000. She is also a member of
the New York State Regents Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Future
of Nursing.
The
academy, founded in 1973, aims to provide visionary leadership in
nursing and in healthcare policy and practice by integrating scientific
and philosophical knowledge. There are more than 1,300 fellows of
the academy.
Jobs
lure students into nursing
Amy
Bruno of the small Oneida County town of Lee Center was sitting
on the third floor of the Decker
School of Nursing Nov. 9, eating chocolate-chip cookies and
preparing for her future.
Bruno
was among the students and parents attending Decker's admissions
open house.
A
nationwide nursing shortage that demands high skills, but earns
nursing graduates relatively high entry level salaries, attracted
many students.
The
hot job market for nursing is helping Decker meet its enrollment
goals. "We're not struggling to fill the seats at all,"
said Fran Srnka, coordinator of student services.
Nursing
is facing two types of shortages. One is simply in the number of
nurses needed as older nurses retire or leave the field because
of burnout, pay and family issues. The other shortage area is in
the number of highly trained and specially trained nurses.
TOP
School
of Education and Human Development
Rose-Ross
grant aids learning center for children
Students
from the School of Education
and Human Development will intern at the Wingspan Assistive
Technology Center, a new center, opened Nov. 27, that will help
to address the needs of local children with communication impairments.
The
Rose-Ross University and Community Projects Fund granted $22,000
to the Southern Tier Independence Center (STIC) to open the center
at 24 Prospect St., Binghamton. The grant will pay the salary of
a technology assessment coordinator who will arrange assessments
by speech-language pathologists and occupational therapists, help
clients apply for technology funding and conduct consumer satisfaction
surveys.
Since
1983, STIC has provided a range of services to help people with
disabilities live independent lives. "It really gave us the
boost we needed to get the program off the ground," said Maria
Dibble '80, executive director of STIC.
The
Rose-Ross fund, established in 1998 by Marilyn Gaddis Rose, distinguished
service professor of comparative literature, and Stephen David Ross,
professor of philosophy and of comparative literature, supports
collaborative projects between the University and local nonprofit
agencies. A committee chaired by Harpur College of Arts and Sciences
Dean Jean-Pierre Mileur selects projects to be funded.
Watson
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Deans
team up to head effort on science, technology teaching
Deans
C. Roger Westgate of Thomas
J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science and Ernest
Rose of the School of Education and Human Development have begun
working on a cross-disciplinary collaboration to improve science,
mathematics, engineering and technology instruction.
Westgate
and Rose attended the Deans' Summit on Technological Literacy sponsored
by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in October
and presented a plan for a series of campus seminars on best teaching
practices to be offered in the spring. The seminars will feature
faculty from education, engineering and the sciences. The summit
was sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the United
Engineering Foundation and was coordinated by the IEEC.
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