The Center for Health and Social Issues is proud to host this Advocacy Training Lunch & Learn session with special presenter, Laura Bracci, Georgia's Government Relations director for the American Heart Association. This training lunch is Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, from 12 p.m. until 1 p.m. in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room in Russell Library. Please RSVP using the QR code in the flyer by Sept. 18, 2024. All are encouraged to attend!
The Center for Health and Social Issues is proud to host this Advocacy Training Lunch & Learn session with special presenter, Laura Bracci, Georgia's Government Relations director for the American Heart Association. This training lunch is Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, from 12 p.m. until 1 p.m. in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room in Russell Library. Please RSVP using the QR code in the flyer by Sept. 18, 2024. All are encouraged to attend!
Dr. Catherine Fowler has arranged for students to receive both Narcan and Stop the Bleed training. Narcan use training will be conducted for 90 second semester undergraduate nursing students by Marie Puckett, administrative manager for Wellness and Recreation. Stop the Bleed training for the nursing cohort will be conducted by Sgt. Paul Bernichon, Georgia College & State University Public Safety and Kristal Smith, Region 5 coordinator. Puckett is assisting and helped secure the needed...
Join us on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 10 a.m. at the West Campus Intramural lot for a 5K sponsored by the Exercise Science Club and the Exercise is Medicine initiative. We will have tables, concessions and prizes! All students, faculty and community members are welcome. Students will also receive a student discount. Come out to support the club and spend time with friends.
Join us on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 10 a.m. at the West Campus Intramural lot for a 5K sponsored by the Exercise Science Club and the Exercise is Medicine initiative. We will have tables, concessions and prizes! All students, faculty and community members are welcome. Students will also receive a student discount. Come out to support the club and spend time with friends.
The nursing application system is currently experiencing technical difficulties. Our technical team is actively working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.We understand the importance of this application process and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. An announcement will be posted as soon as the system is fixed and available for use. If the outage is extended, we will extend the application time period.Thank you for your patience and understanding. If you have...
By: University Communications Intern, Sicilia ReedBree Straight walked away from graduation this spring confident in her future. She was going to intern with Twin Lakes Physical Therapy, a Milledgeville-based physical therapy office that offers care like massage, pre- and post-operation care, sports rehabilitation and more. “I get to hear what PTs and OTs are saying, but also get a formal relationship with clients and see their experience and their walk,” Straight said. “It's been...
Senior public health major and sociology minor Blakely Queen knows the rewarding feeling that comes from volunteering and working for the public good. She’s a public health community engagement intern this summer at Camp Kudzu, which serves children and teens with Type 1 Diabetes. Queen learned about the camp from two close friends who attended as kids. During her senior seminar class in fall 2023, she spotted Camp Kudzu as Georgia College & State University’s approved work site. “When...
Three faculty at Georgia College & State University have created the Order of the White Rose chapter for the Georgia Nurse Honor Guard, which now spans the width of Georgia.Assistant Professors of nursing Dr. Amy Malcom, Dr. Joyce Norris-Taylor and Dr. Catherine Fowler co-founded the chapter to expand free funeral and tribute services to 14 rural counties in Georgia. A new program, the Georgia Nurse Honor Guard was established in January 2024 to provide funeral services to nurses,...
Retired registered nurse Anresa Davis of Savannah gave a keynote commencement address at her alma mater, Georgia College & State University.Her message to students graduating from the university’s College of Health Sciences was simple: to identify their unique strengths, always be prepared to care for those who cannot care for themselves and go forward “brilliant and kind.”Davis served more than 20 years as a nurse in surgical intensive care units and emergency rooms in Georgia. Then...
