BSN Exit Survey: Class of 2010 – May: Results - Bellin College

♫NOTES FROM PRESIDENT JANE♫
It’s Fall!
The semester is half completed!
Simulations are going full swing!
Clinicals are challenging!
Classes are stimulating!
Our first class of June Start Accelerated
Students are graduating at our first ever
Commencement at our new campus!
It’s an exciting time at Bellin College.
October is a busy time at the College with our Annual
Scholarship Salute, Graduation, and Campus Visit. Many
groups from the community visit the College during the Fall
and I often have the opportunity to tour them through the
College. Without exception, those visiting comment about how
engaged our students are, whether they see you in the labs,
classroom or busy in the atrium. You truly are one of the finest
assets of the College.
Have a Great Fall!!
BELLIN COLLEGE NOVEMBER 2010
SENATE OFFICERS
1. Sara Landsee-President
2. Sarah McElhaney-Vice President
3. Laura Boucher-President Elect
4. Jen Fidler-Treasurer
5. Casey Fazer-Secretary
6. Carlee White
7. Lindsey Tice
8. Jacki Bessette
9. Stephanie Jubert
10. Steven Schoeny
11. Daniel Schicht
12. John Toomey
13. Ashley Weichelt
14. Jamie Sokol
15. Alyx Winarski
16. Lindsey Jones
17. Sarah Garrelts
18. Katelyn Richards
19. Victoria Vang
20. Crystal Brunner
21. Michelle Gunderson
22. Robyn Derenne
23. Kristin Hlinak
24. Jill Alexander
25. Rebekah Kopesky
26. Sarah Biely
27. Cori Romenesko
28. Stephanie Kessler
29. Michelle Buechel
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BSNA OFFICERS
1. Sarah Latus – President
2. Paul Bastman – Vice President
3. Brittany Wiesman - Secretary
4. Kelly Peterson – Treasurer
5. Jennifer Moody – Break Through to Nursing
6. Jennifer Gartzke – Fundraising Director
7. Jani Morgan – Legislative Director
8. Renee School – Projects Director
9. Sonja Hoehne – Assistant Projects Director
Class Reps
Sr - Molly Ihrig, Jen Gartzke
Jr - Paul Bastman
Soph – Michelle Buechel
Freshman: Hannah Johnman
LOST & FOUND
Found:
Clear, small paperweight; inside has a white angel. Also found
a power cord and a coin w/Mom dedication inscribed on the
coin. A pop can comfy also brought in. Come to student
services to claim.
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
“We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to
start a thing. Action always generates inspiration.
Inspiration seldom generates action.”
Frank Tibolt
Thank You Student Ambassadors
Our student Ambassadors help to promote Bellin College to
prospective students, our donors and the community! They
are familiar faces at events such as Campus Visits, Scholarship
Salute, Graduations, Hands On Healthcare (formerly known as
Shadow a Nurse) and other special events. You will recognize
them by their light blue shirts.
2010 Ambassadors
Jennifer Fidler (Lead Ambassador) (Senior)
Molly Ihrig (Senior)
Rebekah Kopesky (Senior)
Sarah Oliver (Senior)
Heather Bloom (Junior)
Angela Bratz (Junior)
Michelle Delfosse (Junior)
Kristin Hlinak (Junior)
Tawni Karlen (Junior)
Jenni Konen (Junior)
Kelsey Kowaleski (Junior)
Sarah McElhaney (Junior)
Kelsey Coster (Sophomore)
Kelly Peterson (Sophomore)
In early spring we will be recruiting for additional
ambassadors. Watch your emails after the Christmas Holidays
for more information.
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LUCYANNA HITCH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
Applications are being accepted for the 2010/2011
Lucyanna Hitch Award for Excellence.
The award serves to recognize the graduating
student from any program who best exemplifies
the College Values.
Eligible applicants for this call include all October
2010, December 2010, and May 2011 graduates /
candidates for graduation from any program who
are in good standing.
This is an annual award given in memory of
Lucyanna Hitch, a long-time dedicated College
advocate. The award recipient is announced at
commencement and receives a plaque and modest
cash award. Award winners are commemorated
on the cumulative award plaque permanently on
display at the College in the Student Activities
Conference Room, Room 102A. This award has
been given annually since 1988.
Applications will be accepted until noon on Friday,
April 1, 2011.
If you have any questions about this award,
please contact this year’s Selection Committee
Chair:
Assistant Professor Debbie Metzler
Office, Room 217
Telephone, 433-6683
E-mail, debbie.metzler@bellincollege.edu
NISHIOKA FAMILY FACULTY EXCELLENCE AWARD
Nominations are being accepted for the 2010/2011
Nishioka Family Faculty Excellence Award.
Is there a faculty member you believe should
be acknowledged for their contributions?
Is there a faculty member who has been
integral to your nursing education at the
College?
Students are encouraged to participate in the
nomination process for this annual award.
This award is sponsored through a generous
contribution from Hiro Nishioka, M.D. and
recognizes a nursing faculty member for
contributions in the areas of professional nursing
advancement, nursing education advancement,
professional behavior and growth, and support of
the College. This award has been given annually
since 1990.
The award recipient is announced at
commencement and commemorated on the
cumulative award plaque permanently on display
at the College in Conference Room 212.
Nominations will be accepted until April 1, 2011.
If you have any question, please contact this
year’s Selection Committee Chair:
Assistant Professor Ellen Reifschneider
Office, Room 232
Telephone, 433-6684
E-mail, ellen.reifschneider@bellincollege.edu
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STUDENT SENATE
Hello Everyone,
This year Student Senate will be sending care
packages out to troops as part of our goodwill
donation for Thanksgiving and Christmas. We would
like to send care packages to those servicemen and
women whom any students, faculty, or
staff personally knows. If there is anyone
you would like to send a care package to
please e-mail me back with the following:
name, address, troop #, and any ideas for
what to put in the care package. In
addition, if anyone has any suggestions for
items we can put in the care packages we would
greatly appreciate this. I would like to receive the
information about care packages and who to send
them to by November 15th so we can get them sent
out. Thank you for all your help.
Sincerely,
Laura Boucher
Student Senate President Elect
THANKSGIVING
BREAK:
Commencement
is
May 14, 2011
Meyer Theatre
9:30 a.m.
Can you believe that
Thanksgiving is just around the
corner?? When we have Thanksgiving Break we
want you to think about turkey and family, not
about spending time at the College!
The College will be close on Wednesday
November 24 th after 4:30 pm. The Campus will
open on Monday November 29 at 7:00 am.
Your ID badges will not allow you to enter the
building during the Thanksgiving Break.
FLU-LIKE ILLNESS
Is it hot in here??? If so, you may have the flu.
Information and protocols keep changing as the
CDC (Center for Disease Control) learns more
about the flu. The basic rule is that if you are ill,
stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is
gone (without the use of fever reducing
medicine).
One of the ways to protect
yourself against the flu is to get a
flu vaccine.
Bellin College students and employees
can get a FREE Flu Vaccine on the Bellin
Campus:
Monday, 11/15/2010 - 7:30-12:00 pm
Thursday, 11/18/2010 – 8:30-5:00 pm
Friday, 12/3/2010 – 7:30 – 4:00 pm
ATTENTION BOTH BSN AND MSN
GRADUATE CANDIDATES…..
Mark your calendars for a very
important event… GRADUATION!..
It may seem a long time from now,
but the days will fly by quickly. The date
for graduation is Saturday, May 14, 2011 at
9:30 am at the Meyer Theatre located in
downtown Green Bay. Practice for graduation
will be Friday, May 13, 2011 at 10:30 am.
Practice is about 1 ½ hrs.
$ TUITION $
The final installment is due November 18. All
fall semester tuition needs to be taken care of by
this day. If you have any questions, please
contact the Bursar, Becky Mancl, (920)433-6640.
Accelerated tuition is due November 2,
2010. Please make arrangements.
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YOU is a monthly series
designed to provide useful
information for making healthy
lifestyle choices.
Searching For Happiness
November 2010
Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of
of human existence ~ Aristotle
The pursuit of happiness has been a preoccupation for many of us
p Our goal is to address the whole since the dawn of mankind. Yet few of us come close to this state with any
regularity. And even when happiness finally descends upon us, we often only realize
it after the fact.
person, providing you with
information, tools and tips that
will help you to cultivate the best
within you.
If at any time, our tips inspire
you or raise questions please feel
free to contact our Student
Services Offices.
Contact: Jo Woelfel, Vice
President, Student Services at:
(920) 433-6632 or
joann.woelfel@bellincollege.edu
or
Molly Gary at:
(920) 433-6663 or
molly.gary@bellincollege.edu
The Health Benefits of Happiness
There is a growing body of evidence that people think more effectively and
expansively when they are happy than when they are not. And happy people
are more energetic than unhappy people. We now know that happiness adds
about nine years to life expectancy. So even if you don’t think happiness
is such a big deal in itself, it seems to serve a useful function.
Happy people are more likely to change the world in positive ways.
Research suggests three different routes to happiness:
The Pleasant Life – consisting of as many pleasures as possible and the
skills to amplify the pleasure;
The Good Life – knowing what your strengths are and crafting your life to
use those strengths;
The Meaningful Life – using your strengths in service of something you
believe is larger than you are.
In Scotland, they are trying out a new and unusual kind of medicine – happiness. According to
Dr. Derek Cox, Director of Public Health at Dumfries and Galloway NHS, there is mounting evidence that happiness
might be at least as powerful a predictor, if not a more powerful predictor than some other lifestyle factors that we
talk about such as, cigarette smoking, diet and physical activity.
“It’s not just that if you’re physically well you’re likely to be happy but actually, if you are happy you are likely to
have less in the way of physical illness than those who are unhappy,” said Dr. Cox. Research has found that happier
people also have greater protection against things like heart disease and stroke. In other words, we already know
what stress does to the body; we’re now learning that happiness has the opposite, protective effect on those same
biological pathways.
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Does Happiness Live in Cyberspace?
So where do we look for happiness? A majority of people now log on to the web. The question is will the
internet make the world a happier or less happy place? Scientists know that human contact is critical to
happiness but technology can push that contact out of our lives. However, research has shown that people
who log on to the internet tend to have more friends than those who do not. According to Robert Putnam, a
celebrated social scientist, the key is in mixing the real and virtual experience. The huge growth in e-mail,
blogs, message boards and messenger services has created a host of new social networks which defy
geography. “Using the internet to make connections that you then meet in real life, that’s very positive,”
says Mr. Putnam.
Finding Happiness
“We search for happiness everywhere, but we are like Tolstoy’s fabled beggar who spent his
life sitting on a pot of gold, under him the whole time. Your treasure, your perfection is within you
already. But to claim it you must leave the commotion of the mind and abandon the desires of the ego
and enter into the silence of the heart.” ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
It appears that happiness may be closer than we used to think. Studies have shown that happiness is most
often equated with contentment. According to the dictionary, contentment is:
Accepting things as they are
Mental and emotional satisfaction
Peace of mind
The trick is that what really matters is what is going on inside, rather than outside. Happiness lies in
making peace with what you have vs. what you want.
This isn’t always easy, very rarely do we have everything we want. But by changing your perspective you
can achieve contentment even if you can’t change the situation.
If your own mental attitude is right, even if you are in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.
As the famous saying goes, change what you can, accept what you cannot and have the wisdom to know
the difference.
Finding happiness is not in striving for it as a goal, but being aware that we are happy living life twenty
four crowded hours a day.
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CONGRATULATION TO
OCTOBER GRADUATES.
Kristen LeAnne Benson
Lauren Rae Brockman
Christina Lee Cota
Elizabeth Marie Delain
Lindsey Elizabeth Donohue
Laura Lynn Engel
Ashley Elizabeth Gogin
Andrea Elise Mueller
Jill Ann Smith
Jamie Lou Sokol
Jamie Lynn Sylvester
Elizabeth Annie Vanevenhoven
Alyx Alyssa Winarski
Matthew Scott Yarbro
CARAMEL APPLE SALE
What could be better on a cool fall
day than a crisp apple with warm
caramel? Kappa Pi, our chapter of
the nursing honor society, is hosting a caramel
apple sale Monday, Nov. 8 th from 0930-1:30 and
5pm – 5:30 in the college atrium. For $1, you can
enjoy a crisp sliced apple with warm caramel
sauce. For an additional 50 cents, add on nuts,
sprinkles, etc. Eat early and often – yum!
The School of Radiologic Sciences
The School of Radiologic Sciences and BSRS
students will be celebrating National Radiologic
Technology Week the week of November 7-13,
2010. The students and faculty will be offering
activities in an effort to create a greater awareness
of the vital role medical imaging plays in
diagnosing and treating disease. We hope all
students, faculty and staff participate in our
planned events to help us celebrate.
Thank you
Randy Griswold
Program Director
B.S.N.A
B.S.N.A is having its next meeting Monday,
November 15 at 2 p.m. in room 112. We are
starting to have good turnouts at our meetings and
would love to have you join us as well.
Our T-shirt sale for breast cancer awareness was a
success. We sold 125 shirts total raising $250.00
for the local American Cancer Society. Jennifer
Gartzke came up with the idea and design for the
shirts so a special thanks goes out to her.
Finally B.S.N.A will be serving a special snack to
students in the atrium on November 22 at noon
so stop on by and have something sweet to help
get through tests and HW.
VOTE
Don’t forget to vote on Tuesday,
November 2, 2010.
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COLLEGE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM: Dr. Kathy Zellner
Student Evaluation of Course and Faculty: REMINDER: ALL 15-month
ACCELERATED STUDENTS: Term 1 course evaluations will CLOSE Friday, October 29. If you have
not already completed these, please check your e-mail from 10/20 for instructions. Your feedback is
important. �
HESI Update: Reminder to all students already oriented to register for your HESI class products
using the information provided to you during your orientation. While many of you have already completed
this task, there are still a number of you who have not. The HESI Case Studies and Practice Exams are well
designed and provide excellent review materials. All students are strongly encouraged to spend some time
exploring these resources. The case studies and practice exams are particularly helpful.
PLEASE NOTE: HESI fall test dates are as follows:
Class of 2011, Traditional: Gerontology: Clin grps 1 & 2: Monday, November 22, 1300 - 1430
Class of 2011, Traditional: Gerontology: Clin grps 3 & 4: Monday, November 29, 1300 – 1430.
Class of 2011-Oct, 15 mon: Fundamentals: Friday, December 10, 1300-1500
Please be aware and mark your calendars that the Computer Resource Center will be closed to all except
for test writers on the dates and times indicated.
COLLEGE VALUES: The 4 th annual College Assessment Program (CAP) project is under way.
A survey for all employees regarding the College values has been completed. Once analysis has been
finished, a survey will be sent to ALL STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES (employees get surveyed twice
�). Please watch for this survey due out in early November. Project team members include: Sherri
Hanrahan, Team Facilitator, Dr. Connie Boerst (Administration), Vera Dauffenbach (Faculty), Lena
Goodman (Student Services), Cristy Borchardt (Marketing and Public Relations), Cindy Reinl (Finance)
and Kathy Zellner (CAP Director). Bonnie Wertepny is our official recorder.
BSN Exit Survey: Class of 2010 – May: Results (See attached charts):
The Exit Survey asks students to evaluate the nursing program in 6 areas: Quality, Environment, Faculty,
Nursing Preparation, Services, and Meeting Program Outcomes. The College has established a benchmark
of 3 on a Likert Scale of 1-4, with 4 being “excellent.” Results from this survey are reviewed and evaluated
by administration, with program changes considered and implemented based on the feedback. Data from
the Class of 2010, Oct-15 month has just been collected. Results will be shared when available. Please let
me know if any questions.
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Likert Scale 1 - 4
4
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
Class of 2004
N = 44/48
BSN Exit Survey: OVER-ALL SATISFACTION,
2004, 2006-2010
Class of 2006
N = 63/66
Class of 2007
N = 55/58
Class of 2008
N = 61/65
Class of 2008
- Dec N = 7
Class of 2009
N = 47/71
Class of 2010
N = 55/69
Average 3.45 3.52 3.21 3.22 3.36 3.33 3.31
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November 2010 Birthdays
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
7 Josh Huss
Thomas McInnis
DAYLIGHT
SAVING TIME ENDS
14
21
Katrina Arnold
Abby Salzwedel
Daniel le Tipler
28
Jani Morgan
1 2
Amanda Beulen
8
Amanda Atwood
15
Jordan Treml
FLU SHOTS
7:30 – 12:00 PM
22
Heather Orcutt
REMEMBER TO
VOTE
9
Jennifer Konen
Daniel Schicht
16
Amanda
Steinfeldt
23
Sonja Hoehne
Trisha Warden
29 30
Mary Gehl
3
Rachel Hanson
10
Michelle Delfosse
Laura Engel
17
4
Caitlin Boyd
Brittany Schloss
5
Sara Landsee
11 12 13
18
Andrea Mueller
FLU SHOTS
8:30 – 5:00 PM
24 25
Brittany Stellmacher
COLLEGE CLOSED
HAPPY
THANKSGIVING
19 20
Kelsey Coster
26
Michelle Buechel
COLLEGE CLOSED
6
27
Hadley Olson
Amanda Zoppa
10