Congratulations to Fran Cornelius, PhD, an associate clinical professor and Chair of the MSN Advanced Role Department, and Karyn Holt, PhD, an associate clinical professor, whose Fellow appointments in Drexel University’s Online Learning Council will be continued for another year by...

Drexel Emergency Medical Services (EMS) was awarded Student Organization of the Year by Drexel University Student Affairs on May 16 in Behrakis Grand Hall. This award is presented to a recognized student organization that has shown outstanding commitment to its organizational goals, has made an impact in the Drexel community, and that has excelled in...

On May 7, the Complementary and Integrative Therapies Program presented at the Spring Nurse Practitioner Residency Week. In the spirit of interdisciplinary collaboration, Dorit Breiter, PhD, an assistant clinical professor and Director of the Psychiatric Mental health Nurse Practitioner Program, invited Professor Stephanie Ross, Chair of the Complementary and Integrative Therapies Program, to provide...

The Drexel Center for Integrated Nutrition & Performance (CINP) presented the second annual Sports Nutrition Conference on May 9 in Behrakis Grand Hall on Main Campus. Some of the featured presentations included: "Achieving Optimal Weight for Optimal Performance"...

11^th Street Health Services of Drexel University hosted a large community health fair called “Painting a Healthy City” on May 11 in partnership with the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. The interactive health fair included mural painting, food, music, gardening, health resources, fitness activities, Reiki massage, yoga, cooking demonstrations...

Four times per year Drexel University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions offers a Certificate in Simulation course in the Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Simulation and Practice (CICSP). On the first day of the event, participants are asked to assist with the care of the injured after a mass casualty disaster. In the past, the staff at the Simulation Lab has created scenarios involving a bus accident, a terrorist bombing, a house fire, bird flu, and even a zombie apocalypse...

Donna Sabella, PhD, Director of Global Studies, and Bobbie Posmontier, PhD, an assistant professor in the Doctor of Nursing Practice Department, each contributed a chapter to the Manual of Clinical Pharmacology for Nurses, which was published in April. Dr. Sabella’s chapter, titled Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, provides...

Congratulations to Jennifer Nasser, PhD, who was promoted to Associate Professor and awarded tenure by The Drexel University Board of Trustees. "I am very happy to be granted tenure and a promotion and want to thank all those who supported me in this effort,” Nasser said. “I am especially excited about..."

College of Nursing and Health Professions students Katie Fox, Mackenzie Himpler and Ambar Witter recently returned from their study abroad trip to Costa Rica.

“I would definitely encourage anybody in the College of Nursing and Health Professions to do it. It took a little bit of work to make it work with my plan of study, but it was so worth it. I would do it again 1,000 times in a heartbeat..."

Students from Drexel University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions and College of Medicine participated in an interdisciplinary cesarean section simulation in the Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Simulation and Practice (CICSP) on April 30. The C-section high fidelity simulator prototype, named “C-Celia” was developed...

Drexel University’s Alumni Weekend kicked off on May 3 with a special 50-year reunion for the Class of 1963. Nursing alumnae from the then Hahnemann Hospital Training School for Nurses took the “tour of a lifetime” of Drexel’s Hahnemann University Hospital. The group of ten alumnae visited the emergency room, the oncology floor and the...

Congratulations to the members of the Physician Assistant Class of 2014 who recently received prestigious national awards and appointments...

Stephen Gambescia, PhD, an associate clinical professor and Assistant Dean of Academic and Student Affairs in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was quoted in a May 26 Philadelphia Inquirer article about foul language in the work setting...

Congratulations to Professors Nyree Dardarian and Beth Leonberg of the Nutrition Sciences Department, who were both appointed...

Professor Stephanie Ross developed a list of medicinal herbs that served as the inspiration for artist Ben Volta’s mural design for 11^th Street Family Health Services’ participation in the Mural Arts Program’s Porch Light Program. “I spoke with Ben before I developed the botanical medicine list because I wanted to maintain the integrity of plants that were...

The College of Nursing and Health Professions hosted the Memorial Day Primer on May 21, Drexel’s NAME, welcomed attendees to the event with his bagpipes.

“The military helped me develop discipline, the joy of caring for wounded soldiers, and the importance of decorum,” said Dr. Vicki Lachman, a clinical professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions. Dr. Lachman served as a second and then as a first lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps between 1968 and 1971.

The College of Nursing and Health Professions is partnering with the Philadelphia City Council and Veterans Advisory Commission again for the Annual Veterans Resource Fair on May 22.

Lisa Aiello-Laws, an online adjunct faculty member, is currently teaching the first term of “The Unique Healthcare Needs of Veterans,” a new course created to teach nursing students how to help returning veterans.

“Memorial Day is a time in our country to honor our fallen military: men and women that have given their lives -- the ultimate sacrifice -- for our country,” said Leland “Rocky” Rockstraw, PhD, Assistant Dean of Simulation and Clinical and Technology Academic Operations at the Drexel College of Nursing and Health Professions. “Memorial Day is not just a day off; it’s a day of remembrance.”

Dr. Karyn E. Holt, an associate clinical professor in the Division of Graduate Nursing, voluntarily joined the Air Force as a Nurse Corps Officer after practicing as a Registered Nurse in civilian hospitals and in one army hospital for a decade.

Elizabeth Meyers ‘14 is a student in Drexel’s Physician Assistant program and a fifth generation member of the Air Force. “I have always had a love for the military and grew up in a ‘blue’ Air Force family. I have always wanted to serve my country,” she said.

Lindsey Leibig, 1st Lieutenant in the United States Air Force, has wanted to practice medicine since childhood. After September 11, 2001, she started to think about joining the military and began to realize that she had the opportunity to be part of something bigger than herself.

“I have the freedom and choice to serve my country, which alone is worth defending,” said Kimberly A. Oelschlager, a Physician Assistant at the Naval Branch Health Clinic in Coronado, California. “What started as an initial four year commitment is now 12 years on active duty.”

Jane Fedorczyk, PhD, an associate clinical professor and Director of Post-Professional Clinical Programs in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, traveled to India with Terri Skirven and Evelyn Mackin in early March...

Students from the College of Nursing and Health Professions came out to StudyPalooza on March 15 to study, relax, eat, and get assistance with their classes. The event, which took place on the first floor of the New College Building, provided writing assistance, massages, extended library hours, craft activities, nutrition counseling, virtual yoga and meditation...

The Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Effectiveness (IRAE)  has announced the creation of a public website on learning assessment at Drexel University...

Drexel nursing alumna Nga Nguyen, A.C.E. ‘08, gave a presentation on March 28 at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. Her talk was about integrating the science of caring as a framework guiding interdisciplinary education...

 Nina Multak, an assistant clinical professor in the Physician Assistant Department, gave two presentations. The first, “Implementing an Open Source EMR in a Nursing Informatics Course,” took place at the iConference in Fort Worth, Texas...

Donna Sabella, PhD, an assistant clinical professor and Director of Global Studies, authored a chapter of the book Sex Trafficking: A Clinical Guide for Nurses, which was published this year by Springer.  The chapter, titled Health Issues and Interactions with Adult Survivors, addresses the various emotional and physical health problems...

Stephen Gambescia, PhD, an associate professor and Assistant Dean of Academic and Student Affairs, began a collaborative research project with Randy Tudy, PhD, the Dean of Cor Jesu College in the Philippines. Their project will look at how select colleges in the Philippines explicate their mission and purpose via their official college websites...

Roberta Waite, PhD, an associate professor and the Assistant Dean of Academic Integration and Evaluation of Community Programs, was awarded the 2013 International Society of Psychiatric Nursing Education (ISPN) Award at this year’s ISPN Conference in San Antonio, Texas...

Christian Brenner, MHS ’13, joined the practice of Premier Orthopaedic Associates of South Jersey in Vineland New Jersey as a Physician Assistant. Brenner previously worked as an athletic trainer and physical therapy assistant...

Senior Nutrition Sciences students participated in Drexel’s Annual Research Day on April 18 at the Daskalakis Athletic Center...

Art Therapy graduate student Elizabeth “Libby” Kimport won a Drexel Research Day Award for her study, The Effectiveness of Clay Work in the Reduction of State Anxiety for Adult Psychiatric Inpatients: A One Group, Pretest-Posttest Design. The purpose of Kimport’s study was to investigate the efficacy of structured creative clay work as a means of decreasing state anxiety in adult psychiatric inpatients. This is the second year in a row that Kimport has won a Research Day Award.

Curator Jacqueline DeGroff explained some of the artistic elements in the original Tokujiro Nishi oil paintings at a lecture and reception for the Tokujiro Nishi Art Exhibition on April 17. The paintings are on display in Drexel’s Main Building April 1 – May 17.

The members of  11^th Street Family Health Services’ Teen Talk group are completing a service project this spring in which they will work alongside senior community members to build a community garden. In preparation, the teens have planted seedlings, which are rapidly growing.

Creative Arts Therapies PhD student Elizabeth “Liesbet” Manders ‘14 was named a Fulbright Scholar for 2013-14. She was one of the record number of Drexel students who were offered grants this year through the Fulbright Program.

Alis Panzera, an assistant clinical professor of nursing, brought her sons Nicholas, 11 years old, and Christopher, 7, to Inspire a Child to Dream Day in the Simulation Lab on April 25. “This was our third year attending the event. Both of my boys look forward to it every year,” she said.

Al Rundio, PhD, DNP, a clinical professor of nursing and Associate Dean for Post Licensure Nursing Programs, was interviewed for an Advance for Nurses article about universities’ struggles to find enough qualified nursing faculty. "There was a lot of attention being paid to the [presidential] election," Rundio began, "With the president being re-elected, the focus now is on the effects of the Affordable Care Act and the increase in insured people under the plan.” In response to the fact that the aging population and more insured individuals will require a larger workforce of nurses...

Paul Clements, PhD, Associate Clinical Professor in the Division of Graduate Nursing Advanced Role M.S.N. Department, was quoted as the expert voice in an NBC10 article, “Why Hit-and-Run Drivers Flee: The psychology behind the choice to leave.” Dr. Clements is a forensic and psychiatric clinical specialist, Certified Gang Specialist, and a Distinguished Fellow of the International Association of Forensic Nurses...

“I’m married to nursing and my daughter,” said single mother and fourth generation nurse Veronica Weaver, who earned her BSN in 2009 and her MSN in 2011, both from Drexel Online. “It was an amazing journey. I loved the flexibility and diversity of the classes..."

Kymberlee Montgomery '09 opened her DrNP dissertation with an epitaph: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Her husband Owen Montgomery, MD’s motivation stems from a similar world view. “Thomas Jefferson has a quote about responsibility,” Owen said. “If you have the ability to change the world for the better, you also have the responsibility to change it.” Kym and Owen Montgomery are living their personal missions...

Karen Adamson, MSN, WHNP-C '09, donated $6,000 from her BAYADA Award for Technological Innovation in Nursing Education and Practice to two teen mothers she works with in her practice who are pursuing degrees in the health professions. “I work in the family practice office and I feel like sometimes the teen moms get forgotten...

“I am a mother, a wife, a nurse and an immigrant,” said Renata Estes '08/'12, a two-time graduate of Drexel’s online nursing programs. Immigrating to the United States from Poland at just 20 years old, Estes was convinced that...

In 1953, Dorothy Sutherland of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare wrote to President Eisenhower, asking him to declare a National Nurse Day. Although he never acted on her request, an unofficial National Nurse Week was observed the next year...