| Foundation
Notes — College of Nursing |
| This academic
year started with numerous events at the MSU - Bozeman College
of Nursing. Those events included its 65th anniversary celebration,
announcement of a partnership in the Flathead Valley, a revised
undergraduate curriculum, the development of a new graduate
program option leading to clinical nurse specialist (CNS) certification
in one of two focus areas, the addition of new faculty and staff,
and continued efforts to meet the challenges and needs of the
nursing profession. |
| The College
of Nursing celebrated 65 years of baccalaureate nursing education
and 45 years of graduate nursing education with a formal program
in which Dean Lea Acord, Associate Dean Gretchen McNeely and
MSU President Geoffrey Gamble addressed alums and friends from
all over the country who traveled to Bozeman the weekend of
October 4 to recognize this milestone and attend an open house
hosted by Dean Acord. |
| To address
the nursing shortage in Montana and the region, the college
is increasing enrollments, offering all courses at upper-division
campuses and adding upper-division level courses to the Bozeman
campus. On October 1, the college announced a partnership with
Flathead Valley Community College, the Kalispell Regional Medical
Center and North Valley Hospital to assist interested place-bound
students in pursuing their bachelor degrees in nursing. In January,
eight students in the Flathead Valley will begin their junior
and senior upper division courses through distance delivery
from Missoula to Kalispell. |
| Several
new faculty joined the College of Nursing this fall. Fredricka
Gilje, who joined the nursing faculty in Billings, has been
at the University of North Dakota since 1987 and was a visiting
professor at the Institute for Caring Science at Umea University
in Sweden last year. Wade Hill joined the faculty on the Bozeman
campus. He was a contract biostatistition for the Oregon Center
for Applied Science as well as an evaluation consultant for
the Waterfall Clinic. Sandy Kuntz joined the faculty on the
Missoula campus. Since 1991 she has been on the faculty at Salish
Kootenai College. |
| The College
of Nursing also welcomes its new assistant to the dean, Karen
McIntosh, who has a diverse background with more than 15 years
experience in high-level office management and administrative
management. Karen has an MBA in international management and
a B.A. with a double major earned in international affairs and
German. She previously was the Director of Mail Services at
MSU - Bozeman. The college is pleased to have these new members
join the team. The faculty, staff and students anticipate another
exciting and eventful year. Remember, if you are ever in Billings,
Bozeman, Great Falls, or Missoula, please stop by for a visit.....we
would love to see you. |
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