A state-of-the-art pediatric manikin named Floyd arrived at 91短视频’s (91短视频) campus this fall. The patient care simulator is named after the late alumnus Floyd Zehr ’54, who taught physics and astronomy at Westminster College in Pennsylvania for 35 years. His wife, Pearl, donated the funds for the purchase.

Investing in the education of future nurses is deeply important to Pearl 鈥� she taught nursing at Youngstown State University, and then worked as a substitute school nurse for a few years into her retirement. All of Pearl and Floyd’s children are also connected to his alma mater  鈥� David Zehr ’78, Dr. Kenton Zehr ’83, Mary Ann Zehr, an adjunct writing instructor at 91短视频, and Dr. Bonnie Zehr ’86.

“My children thought that [donation] would be nice,” Pearl said. “I had a wonderful career, and I’m very pleased to have been able to have donated.”

The little Floyd is modeled after a five-year old child, and is “very realistic,” said Professor Audrey Myers. He emits realistic heart and lung sounds that reflect different ailments. He can speak, move his head and eyes, and cry tears. His skin tone changes to mimic conditions like poor oxygenation, jaundice, and fever.

“Students are able to start intravenous access on Floyd, administer medications, and complete many other nursing skills,” Myers explained. “Floyd also is able to respond to interventions that the students carry out, which gives them immediate feedback. It is fun to see how they react to his child-like statements and expressions.”

Myers said that, even when there isn’t a global pandemic going on, “pediatric hospital rotations are extremely difficult to find for nursing students,” so the practice they get working with Floyd is especially valuable. 

Nursing student Katy Wessel said that, before they had Floyd, they practiced scenarios involving child patients on adult manikins.

“With the pediatric simulator, we can practice complex scenarios on a manikin that has the ability to shiver, become blue or red, have different heart and lung sounds, and generally ‘behave’ more like a child,” Wessel said. “It is very cool!”

Nursing student Karina Pidroutchniak added that “one of the educational benefits is being able to see and hear the normals right next to the abnormals, such as different heart and lung sounds.”

Another benefit of having the manikin is that 鈥� unlike with an actual child patient 鈥� students can make mistakes and learn from them without dire consequences. 

“Of course mistakes are something we cannot have happen in the hospital setting,” Myers said, “but simulation allows us to give our students autonomy to make decisions that may not turn out the way they expect 鈥� and I believe this is where some of the best learning occurs.”

Professor Laura Yoder, director of the undergraduate nursing program, said the manikin also allows students to get comfortable with significant clinical situations that are relatively rare, such as hypoglycemic events, allergic reactions, or cardiac arrest. 

“By using a simulator, we can give students the practice they need to be able to intervene quickly and effectively in the real clinical environment when these rare situations arise,” Yoder said. “Having high-fidelity simulators in our lab increases the realism of simulation scenarios, which research has shown to increase the confidence and effectiveness of the learner in the real-life situation.”

In recent weeks, 贰惭鲍鈥檚 social media handles have featured five faculty and staff sharing mental health support tips. Geared towards students, the posts have also been shared widely among faculty, staff and 91短视频 friends.

From something as simple as getting your rest and staying hydrated to learning to say no and spending time with those who energize you, the tips are resonating with many in the campus community this fall. The campaign kicked off in the last week of October, continued through Election Week and will finish up next week, as students conclude their final days on campus and head home for winter break.

A summary of the ten tips is at the end of this article.

Here鈥檚 a bit more on this communications campaign, how it got started, and its goals with 贰惭鲍鈥檚 social media manager Rebekah Budnikas.

Why this focus?

We know this semester has been particularly difficult for our students, whose lives have been upended in particularly dramatic ways by the pandemic, political and social divisions in our country, and the chaos of our recent political election.

We heard this firsthand in our Transitions classes for first-year students. Students were really encouraged in those classes to name what they were feeling and to be transparent as much as they were comfortable, to be honest about the challenges of this semester. They talked about this and our Transitions instructors relayed this.

From the first weeks of the semester, Student Life, Residence Life and Health Services have been very focused on supporting students in different ways, from quaranteams to the 鈥渇all pause day,鈥� various activities planned by Campus Activities Council, and different student-led worship opportunities. 

An example of that extra focus is simply the huge effort put into care for our students around Election Week. There were 11 different spaces, in different formats — our Dean of Students Shannon Dycus calls them 鈥渂rave spaces鈥�  — for students to process what was happening on campus and in the country with support from faculty and staff from around campus.

Why social media?

Keeping our students, and all of us at 91短视频 safe this semester, has been a real community effort. We have some amazing student leaders who have helped, but I think all of our students have really modeled care and concern for each other. That collective effort is evident by our low number of cases, healthy student population, and all of the precautions we’ve taken within the campus community. 

I think some of the success of our effort is the way we communicate with each other. Social media has been a really important way to relay information but also to show and build both support and supportive networks. 

We wanted to use social media to talk openly about the importance of mental and emotional health this semester as part of broader communication efforts to help students who are overwhelmed, depressed, anxious, or just simply struggling with what is going on. 

Allison Collazo, our director of counseling, shared with me in conversations around this social media campaign that it was important for students to hear from others recognition of both what they were feeling and how difficult it was for them.

聽We want our students to know that we are all here for them and we鈥檙e all supportive of what they鈥檙e going through. You鈥檇 expect our director of counseling to talk about mental health but it was also important for us to hear from others, too, across campus. So in addition to Allison and Shannon, our other speakers were Campus Pastor Brian Martin Burkholder, Head Baseball Coach Adam Posey, and Professor Laura Yoder, from our nursing department.

They were great on camera, and spoke from the heart. I think one of the reasons that the posts are being shared is their authenticity. Their care for students really shines through.

The tips! 

1. Be kind to yourself

2. Set boundaries

3. Take a break and limit exposure to stressors 

4. Name what you are feeling 

5. Stay hydrated and eat well 

6. learn when to say no 

7. Take time to rest (relax, nap, get 8 hours of sleep) 

8. Spend time with those who energize you 

9. You don’t have to answer the phone 

10. Participate in grounding activities 

With thanks to Allison Collazo, Director of Counseling

The audience included nursing alumni, some fresh from shifts at area hospitals, and other supporters and donors. Thus the hushed silence as they watched the very human drama around the hospital bed, in which patient, relatives and nurses all try to gather and filter information, make clinical decisions, process anxiety and build relationships.

The afternoon simulation, part of a continuing education program facilitated by Professors Melody Cash and Laura Yoder, showcased the lab鈥檚 new space and equipment. An early evening reception and dedication ceremony attended by approximately 60 alumni, donors and other supporters followed.

The afternoon simulation, part of a continuing education program for nurses, showcased the lab鈥檚 new space and equipment. An early evening reception and dedication ceremony attended by approximately 60 alumni, donors and other supporters followed.

More than $224,000 has been raised to support the lab expansion, which added more than 1,100 square feet of space. Several more beds and simulation equipment have enabled an increase in the annual number of nursing graduates from 48 to 64.

Alumni joining in the celebration represented the camaraderie and deep ties among the nursing department, from a 40-year veteran to several more recent grads. runs the New Moms Ask a Nurse support group at Sentara RMH Medical Center. and were just two of 贰惭鲍鈥檚 many DAISY honorees working at Sentara RMH. Also present was Harold E. Huber, husband of Vida J. Huber 鈥�61, who chaired 贰惭鲍鈥檚 nursing department from 1967-84 and was instrumental in the development and growth of the program. Emeritus professor Herb Swartz honored his late wife, Margaret, also a nurse, with his presence.

The 鈥檚 鈥減otent and attractive prescription鈥� results in highly sought after graduates, 100 percent of whom have jobs upon completion of the program, said President Susan Schultz Huxman. 鈥淪uperb clinical preparation, an exemplary first-time pass rate on the nursing board exams, and compassionate care modeled by faculty 鈥� Yes, the best nurses are highly competent, know how to give and receive agape love, and understand the profound spiritual gifts of presence and grace.鈥�

The lab is an important space for not only learners and teachers, but also those who will be cared for and comforted in the future, she added. 鈥淭oday we dedicate this space for teaching the art and science of nursing, a living laboratory that connects head, heart and hands and that connects faculty and students in the holy work of patient care.鈥�

The lab is named in honor of Lisa Haverstick, a 1991 alumnus who worked at Lancaster General Hospital and at Medical Associates of Lancaster in Pennsylvania until her death from pancreatitis in 2004. 聽The original lab space and equipment was funded through a combination of donations from her family and friends and a grant from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. The Lisa Haverstick Endowment Fund was also established to provide critical support for equipment replacement in the future.

Professors Esther Tian, a founding faculty member and director of the engineering program, and Laura Yoder, director of the undergraduate nursing program, were chosen from among 28 applying teams. They are now tasked with developing and piloting a Lilly Faculty Fellows Program at 91短视频 using $10,000 in awarded startup funds.

The program, a pilot for an ongoing initiative, is designed to 鈥渞efresh and enliven a sense of calling for participants as people of faith, as teachers, and scholars [and] provide a space for creative exploration of how Christian thought and practice intersect the academic vocation.鈥� Unlike other Lilly Network efforts that focus on arts and the humanities, this program requires that at least one member of each team be in a STEM, social scientific, and professional field.

They will each receive a $5,000 honorarium and attend four conferences in Indianapolis and Chicago over the next two years. 聽

The professors have long reflected the convergence of faith-informed thought, practice and academics at 91短视频.

鈥淚 see the engineering vocation as a vehicle for service to one another and service to God,鈥� Tian wrote in her fellowship application. 鈥淚 believe Christian engineering educators are called to engage students in service-learning as well as faith-animated learning experiences. Engineers help people meet their needs. At its essence, engineering is a service to others.鈥�

The nursing program鈥檚 Sacred Covenant Model of Nursing, too, reflects this convergence, as do Yoder鈥檚 roles as a 聽mentor for and prayer-partner with students. She has developed and led cross-cultural experiential courses that have a strong Christian faith development component, and has been a guest lecturer on health behavior and change from a Christian perspective.

Both Tian and Yoder are faculty leaders on campus. Tian is currently leading the program assessment of 鈥� and is planning to seek accreditation from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology for 鈥� the engineering program. She oversees the implementation of its curriculum, its equipment and its facilities, and collaborates with other departments for student projects.

She is also the founding faculty advisor for the award-winning 91短视频 chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World, and serves on the faculty senate, the institutional effectiveness committee, and the institutional review board.

Yoder, who with the undergraduate dean co-chairs the undergraduate council and the undergraduate faculty, has also served as a member of the Campus Ministries Advisory Council, the Student Affairs Committee and faculty senate. In addition, she has coordinated the adult health curriculum in the nursing program and co-chaired the provost鈥檚 academic freedom task force.

Only the LSA reunion remains. This event is in University Commons 211 from 1:45-3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13, during 贰惭鲍鈥檚聽. (LSA is also active throughout the year; stay tuned for their fourth annual popular Easter-time alfombra creation and worship service. Read more here and follow .)

On Friday evening, approximately 190 guests enjoyed savory food prepared by local restaurants Las Chamas, Pollo A La Brasa, El Milagro and El Charro.

LSA officers Ariel Barbosa and Fred Flores-Cano mc鈥檈d the event, which included speakers Keyri Lopez-Godoy 鈥�17 and Andrew Suderman, professor of theology, peace and mission who spent 10 years living in Costa Rica, Bolivia and Colombia, as well as reflections from students who had traveled on relevant cross-culturals.

The Jazz Combo and Jazz Ensemble, led by Kaleb Branner and Bob Curry respectively, provided musical interludes, and two dances were performed: a Bolivian folk dance called 鈥淭aquirari” by聽Maria Ren茅 Saucedo and Rachel Loyer聽and the merengue dominicano by nursing professor Laura Yoder and Otoniel Suero Escalante.

Fuller professor speaks

LSA also hosted Fuller Theological Seminary professor 闯耻补苍听惭补谤迟铆苍别锄 earlier this month for a series of talks, including a worship service at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, a convocation address in Lehman Auditorium, and an evening event, open to the public, with students in Professor Adriana Rojas鈥� 400-level Spanish course that engages with the theme of marginalized voices.

Mart铆nez shared a historical perspective that challenged the American narrative regarding the annexation of northern Mexico and then recounted his own experiences with discrimination in the education system and racial profiling, Rojas said in an email. He went on to discuss immigration and deportation, specifically addressing 鈥渨ays to advocate for immigrants and continue conversations with people that support border walls and deportation.鈥�

鈥淒r. Martinez stressed that, instead of debating values and morals or resorting to tribalism, our narratives have the power to shift dominant narratives to create more inclusive nation,鈥� Rojas said. 鈥淗e also expressed the need for humanizing language to talk about migrants. In conclusion, he argued that the deportation of Latinos, who whether protestant or Catholic tend to profess and practice their faith, is in fact making the U.S. less Christian.鈥�

Student Elizabeth Nisly said she appreciated hearing from Martinez that arguments themselves don鈥檛 work to change minds, and 鈥渢hat first we have to change our own narrative 鈥� to to build common bridges between people, by talking about work that immigrant people do that is a blessing others or by joyfully talking about our own immigration narrative.鈥�

“I think the most important thing he said, for those of us who already consider ourselves ‘pro-immigration”‘ is to be in relationship with migrant people, not in a position of power, of ‘helping,'” Nisly reflected. “He challenged us to listen to stories and also be willing to share our own, to serve and to be served.”

Voices from the margins hold wisdom, vision

In his convocation address,聽Mart铆nez spoke on the challenge of finding a clear path in times of darkness and confusion.

The path is indeed not always clear for followers of Christ, Martinez said. Yet, in the Bible, 鈥渋n those moments when the people of God seem on edge and have lost their hope, when many just give up, some pray and seek out God, and in that process 鈥� out of those difficult times, those with eyes to see find that God has always been there creating new paths.鈥�

鈥淕od puts in our mix people that God wants to use to speak into our lives and in for our future,鈥� Martinez said. Many times these are the marginalized, the outsiders, the fresh converts who see with new eyes and bring a new perspective.

Consider the vibrancy of the churches and followers of the global south, he pointed out. 鈥淐hristians around the world are in places where they don’t have power or they can’t go to a Christian university. They live where they often have to hide the fact that they are followers of Jesus Christ or they suffer because they are followers of Jesus Christ. Many of these churches are poor and on the margins of society, yet they seem to be intuitively missional in their approach to be in church.鈥�

Mart铆nez has served in multiple roles at Fuller since 2001, including vice president for diversity and international ministries, vice provost, associate provost for diversity and international programs, and director of the Center for the Study of Hispanic Church and Community.

He joined Fuller from the Latin American Anabaptist Seminary in Guatemala City, Guatemala, where he served as rector for nine years. A Mennonite Brethren pastor,聽Mart铆nez聽also has experience in church planting and teaching in both religious and secular venues. He served as director of Hispanic Ministries for the Pacific District Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church and of Instituto B铆blico del Pac铆fico, a Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute.

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Read more about Latino Student Alliance, which started on 91短视频’s campus in 1996, and is led during the 2018 by officers聽Ariel Barbosa, Anastasia Dronov, Kayley Scottlind, Fred Flores-Cano, Joshua Gomez and Donaldo Lleshi. Ana Cruz 补苍诲听Maria Esther Showalter are the advisors.

Since 1996, Latino Student Alliance celebrates cultural pride and offers a welcoming space to all

Speakers included department chair , PhD, and undergraduate nursing program director , PhD, who are both registered nurses. Alumna Nancy W. Njoroge, a registered nurse who works at Western State Hospital in Staunton, Virginia, provided the keynote address.

The class of December 2019 includes Marisa Brizzolara, Chrissy Burchette, Cassandra Coleman, Silas Driver, Hannah Fournaris, Degache Fukiau, Brandon Higgins, Gena Laramy, Melissa Michaels, Jessica Miller, Emily Oyler, Felicia Plaugher, Travis Prince, Brittany Scott, Destiny Shifflett and Xue Zhao.

贰惭鲍鈥檚 nursing program held its first white coat ceremony in September 2016 with a grant from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. The foundation partnered with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing to offer these ceremonies at schools of nursing. 91短视频 was one of 50 schools selected to receive the grant in 2016.

The white coat ceremony is a rite of passage for students entering clinical training in various healthcare fields. The tradition started at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1993 and has since spread worldwide.

Each ceremony includes the sharing of the Hippocratic Oath or a similarly worded pledge specific to each profession and program. At 91短视频, the pledge includes acknowledgement and understanding of 贰惭鲍鈥檚 for nursing.

Before 1993, students only took this oath upon graduation. By taking the oath before clinical healthcare training begins, students 鈥� and the community that supports them 鈥� formally acknowledge their entry into the service of new professional responsibilities and ethical concerns.

The Nursing Pledge states:

As a Nurse dedicated to providing the highest quality care and services, I solemnly pledge that I will:

• Consider the welfare of humanity and relief of suffering my primary concerns;
• Act in a compassionate and trustworthy manner in all aspects of my care;
• Apply my knowledge, experience, and skills to the best of my ability to assure optimal outcomes for my patients;
• Exercise sound professional judgment while abiding by legal and ethical requirements;
• Practice the lifelong obligation to improve my professional knowledge and competence;

  

• Promote, advocate for, and strive to protect the health, safety, and rights of the patient; and
• Carry out a personal philosophy of nursing grounded in 贰惭鲍鈥檚 Sacred Covenant model for nursing. 聽

With this pledge, I accept the duties and responsibilities that embody the nursing profession. 聽I make this promise voluntarily with the full realization of the responsibility with which I am entrusted by the public.

Speakers included department chair , PhD, and undergraduate nursing program director , PhD. Both are also registered nurses. Luella M.K. Glanzer 鈥�06, a critical care registered nurse, provided the keynote address.

The class of 2019 includes Kassidy Arsenault, Marina Baker, Abby Byler, Kayla Campbell, Asenie Daniel, Danielle Davidson, Esther Ghale, Anna Gibbs, Rediet Girma, Amber Gonzalez, Joleah Hamilton, Lauren Harris, Nicole Kettle, Kaitlyn Klager, Haley Kuehle, Anne Liskey, Audrey Martin, Maria Martinez, Kayla Matthias, Mackenzie McBride, Emma Millar, DeEbra Morris, Rachel Morris, Haley Nauman, Sonya Peters, Kayla Sauder, Katlyn Shelton, Alyssa Shenk and Seth Suttles.

91短视频’s nursing program held its first white coat ceremony in September 2016 with a grant from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. The foundation partnered with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing to offer these ceremonies at schools of nursing. 91短视频 was one of 50 schools selected to receive the grant in 2016.

The white coat ceremony is a rite of passage for students entering clinical training in various healthcare fields. The tradition started at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1993 and has since spread worldwide.

Each ceremony includes the sharing of the Hippocratic Oath or a similarly worded pledge specific to each profession and program: At 91短视频, the pledge includes acknowledgement and understanding of 贰惭鲍鈥檚 model for nursing.

Before 1993, students only took this oath upon graduation. By taking the oath before clinical healthcare training begins, students 鈥� and the community that supports them 鈥� formally acknowledge their entry into the service of new professional responsibilities and ethical concerns.

In a recent blog post, Payne reflected her own growth as she 鈥榤imicks鈥� her experienced guides and then steps off on her own.

As a child, I played follow the leader. I mimicked the actions of others for fun.

As a college student, I find myself in a very similar situation. This cross-cultural is an extreme game of follow the leader.

Our leaders, Kim and Seth, model how to function in contemporary Europe. They guide us through cities and on public transportation. They gladly share their wisdom and calm our nerves. We follow. We learn by example.

These times of mimicking prepare us for times of independence. Almost daily we are given opportunities to explore or assignments to find specific locations. This is when the roles reverse. My peers and I will take turns directing, learning through practice.

Although this ever-changing game of follow the leader is fun and challenging, it has a specific focus. We are tracing the paths of our Anabaptist roots.

Besides the 鈥淩adical Europe鈥� tour of Anabaptist sites in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, 91短视频 cross-cultural groups are in Bolivia, the Navajo Nation and Spain.

• The Bolivia group is led by Brian Martin Burkholder, campus pastor, and Linda Martin Burkholder, cross-cultural program assistant.
• The Navajo Nation group is led by Gloria Rhodes, chair of the applied social sciences department, and Jim Yoder, biology professor.
• The Spain group is led by Professor Adriana Rojas, of the language and literature department, her husband Patrick Campbell, and Barbara Byer, the department鈥檚 administrative assistant.

The 91短视频 cross-cultural experience, which has been part of the curriculum for more than 30 years, is very different from the typical 鈥渟tudy abroad鈥� program. Approximately 68 percent of all 91短视频 graduates go on an international cross-cultural trip; the remaining students fulfill the cross-cultural requirement exploring the vast diversity here in the United States. Most graduates name their cross-cultural experience as a significant part of their 91短视频 education.

Trips are led by faculty members who have deep roots in the countries and communities where groups travel. As an example of these deep roots, nearly 20 faculty and staff are “Third Culture Kids,” who spent significant years of their youth in another country/countries. Some 20 countries on six different continents are represented tin these experiences. Most 91短视频 faculty and staff have also lived and worked abroad for significant periods of time.

Upcoming cross-cultural trips include:

• Israel/Palestine, fall 2018, with Bill Goldberg, director of the Summer Peacebuilding Insitute, and Lisa Schirch, research professor at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding;
• Guatemala and Cuba, spring 2018, with Byron Peachey, academic advocacy program adviser, and Lisa King, instructor in the nursing department;
• India, spring 2018, Kim G. Brenneman, psychology professor, and her husband, Bob Brenneman;
• Kenya, summer 2018, with Roxy Allen Kioko, professor of business, and her husband, Felix Kioko;
• Paraguay, summer 2018, with Greta Anne Herin, professor of biology, and Laura Yoder, professor of nursing;
• Marginal(ized) Europe: Bulgaria and Greece, summer 2018, with Andrew White, professor of English, and his wife, Daria White;
• Lithuania, summer 2018, with Jerry Holsopple, professor in the visual and communication arts department;
• , offered each semester in Washington D.C. allows for immersion into urban culture, while acquiring valuable work experience in an internship.

Yoder鈥檚 lecture explored the idea of perfection as completeness, and what completeness means to her in relation to her roles as nurse, professor, mother and wife. [Hear her .]

The 鈥淟ast Lecture鈥� series, sponsored by Residence Life, invited speakers onto campus to impart their wisdom after the model of Cornell professor Randy Pautsch. Pautsch gave a weeks after being diagnosed with terminal cancer in September 2007, which eventually created the basis for a , co-written with Jeffrey Zaslow of the Wall Street Journal, of the same name. Pautsch died in July of 2008.

Other speakers in 贰惭鲍鈥檚 series included President and Eastside Church pastor , a graduate of Eastern Mennonite Seminary and father of four.

Sharing her story

Among the questions posed to 鈥淟ast Lecture鈥� speakers are two defining ones that Pautsch asked: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?

Yoder said that in order to prepare her thoughts, she had to put herself in a troubling situation: 鈥渢he only way to get anywhere with formulating this thought was to imagine that either I was in the process of dying or that I had the knowledge that I was going to die soon.鈥�

Her first audience that she kept in mind, she says, were her children.

Yoder鈥檚 first point was on Matthew 5:48 [NIV]: Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. She expressed a feeling of distaste for that verse when she was first learning it, due to the worldly view of what perfect is. However, upon further investigation, Yoder found that another translation for 鈥減erfect,鈥� 鈥渢elios,鈥� used in this verse as 鈥渃omplete.鈥� Being as perfect as God is not impossible when one views 鈥減erfect鈥� as 鈥渃omplete鈥� or 鈥渨hole.鈥�

鈥淎s a nurse, my concept of completeness has been a part of my conceptual framework and my worldview since I went through the nursing program at Goshen College,鈥� she said.

Being perfect like God is possible through transformation, she said, as stated in Romans 12:2 [NIV]: And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

Unending transformations

Yoder says that her renewing process has been accomplished through Bible study, by accepting the truths of Jesus and his disciples, and the truths as demonstrated by current disciples she has come to know.

鈥淭he refining and transforming process doesn鈥檛 end with me,鈥� says Yoder. 鈥淭he transformation is not ended at the edge of my skin. It will and has, I believe, extended on and out of me to the people I love, the patients I care for, the students I teach.鈥�

Yoder urged her audience to be willing to step into 鈥渓ifelong task鈥� of being shaped and transformed by Christ.

Yoder has clinical experience in medical-surgical nursing, progressive care/ telemetry nursing, advanced nursing care (Primary Care Adult Nurse Practitioner), and nursing research. After earning her bachelor鈥檚 degree in nursing from Goshen College, Yoder continued her education with a master鈥檚 degree in nursing from the University of South Florida, and a PhD in nursing from the University of Virginia. Her research centers around understanding adolescent health behavior and the multilevel contextual influences relating to the development of healthy lifestyles.

In 2011, Yoder was honored with the 鈥渆xcellence in nursing instruction鈥� award by the Virginia Student Nurses Association. She is an elder at Park View Mennonite Church.

A version of this article was published in the Jan. 28 issue of the Weather Vane.

, an assistant professor of nursing, was awarded the “excellence in nursing instruction” award during the VSVA’s annual convention held Feb. 5 at Liberty University.

The annual award, selected from nominations submitted by nursing students from constituent institutions of the VNSA, seeks to recognize an instructor or professor “who has demonstrated excellence as a teacher and mentor and makes a consistent and positive contribution to the future of nursing in the Commonwealth of Virginia.”

Yoder has clinical experience in medical-surgical nursing and progressive care/telemetry nursing and is a primary care adult nurse practitioner.

A 1997 graduate of Goshen (Ind.) College with a BS in nursing degree, she holds an MS degree in nursing from the University of South Florida. An 91短视频 faculty member since 2003, she has been accepted into a doctoral program in nursing at the University of Virginia.

She is married to Edward T. Yoder and has two children – Eleanor, 4, and Lewis, 2.聽 She is a member of Park View Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg.

91短视频 has 82 students currently enrolled in the clinical level of its baccalaureate program in nursing. Registered nurses can earn their BSN through the traditional program (day classes) and the Adult Degree Completion Program (evening program) designed for working professionals. The ADCP nursing program is offered at the main Harrisonburg campus and at 贰惭鲍鈥檚 Lancaster (PA) site. The nursing curriculum can be accelerated for LPNs who have work experience, and students with a bachelor’s degree in another field can take a four-semester track towards the BSN degree. 91短视频’s masters in nursing leadership and management degree program is designed for working nurses.

John Lowe, an 91短视频 alumnus, will be keynote speaker for an annual development day for area nursing professionals.

Dr. Lowe, a 1981 graduate, will speak at 9 a.m. Thursday, Apr. 19, at the Pi Mu-at-Large-Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing that includes 91短视频 and JMU faculty and students. The event is cosponsored by District IX of the Virginia Nurses Association.

The conference will be held 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m. in the Festival Conference and Student Center at JMU.

‘Wisdom of Diversity’

Lowe, an associate professor of nursing at the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla., will speak on the theme, "Embracing and Connecting to the Wisdom of Diversity." He is a Cherokee tribal member and one of only 13 Native American nurses in the United States with a doctoral degree.

Lowe has provided health care in such diverse areas as Tanzania, East Africa; People