College of Health News

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Getting involved

 |  Catalina Myers  | 

Each semester at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, students from various colleges and majors collaborate with professors to help them achieve success with community engagement projects. Community Engaged Student Assistants, also known as CESA students, play a vital role in conducting research and connecting Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ to the greater Alaska community.

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s smoke- and tobacco-free initiative inspired Valeria Delgado to take the cause nationwide

 |  Catalina Myers  | 

In 2012, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ student Asian Pacific Islander Community Wellness Club (APICWC), Master of Public Health (MPH) students and students from the School of Nursing gathered to make a historic change on the university's campus. They wanted Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ to go smoke- and tobacco-free. For the next two years, collaborative efforts from many groups across campus came together to petition USÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ to place a smoke- and tobacco-free referendum on the student January 2014 ballot.

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Associate to bachelor’s: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s School of Nursing is answering Kodiak’s health care needs

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s School of Nursing is undergoing a two-year expansion project, with the Kodiak Outreach Site next on the list. Associate Professor Margie Mete has been charged with transitioning the site’s associate program to a bachelor's program.

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Nursing student runs toward her academic goals

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Friday afternoon, she was on campus finishing a lab exam. Saturday morning, she was in Washington winning her second straight conference title. Medical Laboratory Science senior Caroline Kurgat is a cross country star, but you know what's more impressive? She only started running to earn her nursing degree.

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Nursing student runs toward her academic goals

 |  joey  |  ,

Friday afternoon, she was on campus finishing a lab exam. Saturday morning, she was in Washington winning her second straight conference title. Medical Laboratory Science senior Caroline Kurgat is a cross country star, but you know what's more impressive? She only started running to earn her nursing degree.