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The Alaska cruise group included nursing and pharmacy alumni, faculty, and friends interested in nature and continuing education.Cruise Adds New Dimension to LearningBy Colleen Schultz (BS’71)Before the morning mist burned off, the top of MountDenali seemed a world away from Purdue University’s maincampus in West Lafayette, Ind.As heavy mist veiled the closer Alaskan mountain ranges, agroup of Purdue alumni gathered June 6-13 to learn currentnursing and pharmacy issues.The classroom? A 1,200-passenger ship sailing fromVancouver, British Columbia, to Seward, Alaska, where 22participants from the Purdue Schools of Pharmacy and Nursinggathered to earn Continuing Education Units. The off-site CEUopportunity was the first to be launched together by the twoschools.Facilitated jointly by Purdue University Professors JulieNovak and Steven Abel, the shipboard continuing educationclasses addressed technological advances affecting current andfuture professional roles for nurses and pharmacists. Workingtogether as a collaborative team, Novak and Abel helped create avision for future practices of nurses and pharmacists.Women’s health played an important role in the discussions.By age 65, one-third of the female population will have avertebral or hip fracture, and by the year 2020, more than 50million people will be 65 or older. Prevention is key, Novak andAbel stressed.Taking a break from the surreal universe of Alaskanscenery and wildlife, the group also explored healthy aging, careof the culturally diverse, and weighed the benefits and risks ofapplying informational technology to professional practice.The classes supplemented trips ashore at ports along theInside Passage – Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway, The enchantmentof these quaint towns captured the group’s adventurousspirit. The bald eagles, brown bear, caribou and elk wereplentiful.Novak presented a comprehensive view of cultural diversitythat included a Native Alaskan scholar’s study. In order todevelop cultural competence, healthcare providers need to assesspersonal beliefs and values and respond appropriately, respectfullyand sensitively to those who differ. She highlighted thediverse international experiences currently provided for Purduenursing and pharmacy students.Sailing into the turquoise waters of College Fjord andGlacier Bay, the Purdue group heard the boom and crack ofcalving glaciers and watched sea lions playing on a chunk of ice.Several people spotted whales, harbor seals, otters, and porpoisesfrom the ship’s deck.Purdue’s continuing education/ travel venture promptednumerous positive comments. “It’s been great to have a smallgroup to interact with,” said Abel. “Some participants have toldme our continuing education is better than a whole year’s worthof coursework in terms of content,” he added.Novak’s enthusiasm was contagious. “People are alreadyasking what we’re going to do next year. We’re talking aboutpotential sites such as the Greek Isles, the Galapagos, Scotland,and Ireland.”Colleen Schultz is a 1971 (AD) Purdue UniversitySchool of Nursing graduate. She went on to earn a BS fromthe University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has worked as anurse-educator in clinical psychiatric nursing and as apublic health and school nurse in acommunity health nursing agency.Most recently, she has worked as ajournalist and communicationsspecialist in public relations at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Platteville.“I was motivated to go on thiscruise because of the continuingeducation opportunity,” she says.“The cruise/CEU offering is anincredibly innovative venue for continuing education,and I truly appreciated meeting and connecting withPurdue alumni and academic staff.”30
Purdue Nurses In Action . . . Send Us Your News!Send us a note about yourself--position, promotion, professionalactivities, publications, honors, marriage,babies, change of address. Wewill include your information in theALUMNI NOTES section of the nextissue of Purdue Nurse.Name(Maiden name)Year of graduation/DegreeAddressCity State ZipCheck here if this is a change of addressE-mailActivitiesMail to: Lynn Holland, Purdue Nurse, Johnson Hall School of Nursing, 502 N. University St., West Lafayette, IN 47907-2069Purdue E-Alumni Services Now IncludeE-Mail Forwarding and an Online Alumni DirectoryA new, interactive online site offering e-services to alumniand friends will be phased in over the next several months.The service, brought to you by Purdue University and thePurdue Alumni Association, will allow you and other alumniand friends of the university to keep in touch with thePurdue family—friends, faculty and staff, and fellowalumni.Features will include an online alumni directory, e-mailforwarding, and career/mentoring services.Review Your Data for the DirectoryAn online alumni directory is coming in August, so now isthe time to log in to the community and edit the informationabout yourself that will appear in the directory, or to opt outof the directly entirely.Go to www.purdue.edu/alumni and look under “My Profile”to see what information Purdue currently has in its database.See “My Options” to control what information will appearin the alumni directory or to opt out.Sign Up for E-Mail ForwardingAvailable now, e-mail forwarding is a service that sendsyour e-mail to an outside provider of your choice. It’s not ane-mail account or a continuation of the @purdue.eduaccount that currently enrolled students use.Through e-mail forwarding, you may choose an e-mailaddress having the extension @alumni.purdue.edu, anaddress that you can keep throughout your life and sharewith friends and family.When they send e-mail to your Purdue address, Purduewill automatically forward it to whatever provider you’reusing.Watch for Career/Mentoring ServicesTo be unveiled in August, career/mentoring services areaimed at those seeking mid-career changes and at newgraduates searching for jobs and career guidance.This section will allow alumni and friends to post jobs andresumes, search the postings, and use a mentoring service.Alumni and friends of the University can sign up to be apart of this service, providing information about theirprofessional background and contact information.A search function will be available to find a mentoraccording to expertise or location. It’s just another way forPurdue alumni to connect.For more information on Purdue E-Alumni Services, go towww.purdue.edu/alumni.31
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