October 2011 Volume 2 Issue 8

What’s InsidePage 2 ~ CJO Youth Academy and Health Sciences Grant

Page 3 ~ Donor and Scholarship Recipient ProfilesPage 4 ~ River Hawks Soccer Team

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Faculty and Students Hold Academy for CJ Prospects

Giving more than an experience - WVU Parkersburg CJO members volunteer their time to work with young people interested in the field. Back Row Left to Right: Kristen Bunner, Bobby VanClief, Rodney Shaffer, Cindie Menges. Drew Kefeli, Tyler Lewis, Louis Roy. Front Row Left: Tonya Harris, Lee Shultz, Kelsey Harbin, Steve Varner, Meleah Hartman, Stanley Mortenson

Health Sciences Utilizes Grant to Increase Technology

The week of Aug. 7 was busy for the Criminal Justice Organization, local law enforcement and a group of criminal justice major hopefuls. The 2011 Youth Criminal Justice Academy gives young people in the area who are interested in the criminal jus-tice field an opportunity to not only learn much about the field, but to win a scholar-ship to WVU Parkersburg. The Academy is more than just a sum-mer camp, and it is designed to give cadets more than just basic education in the crimi-nal justice field. Advisor Louis Roy ex-plains, “The purpose of the Academy is to build leadership, team building skills and to expose the cadets to the criminal justice system. It’s a great thing.” This is the second year for the Acade-my which is operated solely on a volunteer basis by CJO members and supervised by instructor and advisor to the group, Louis Roy. The week consists of demonstration, instruction, and competition in many areas including shooting, crime scene investiga-tion, and physical agility. Many facets of the criminal justice system participated in the Academy at the Wood County 4-H grounds to assist with training and demonstration. These includ-ed the West Virginia National Guard, and the Wood County Sheriff’s Department, as well as West Virginia State Poloce and Parkersburg City Police. The dates for next year’s academy are already set for Aug. 5 through 10. In 2012, the Department of Corrections and the De-partment of Natural Resources will be add-ed to the list of partners for the Academy. At that point, the Academy will include all facets of the criminal justice system. Cadets wishing to participate in the

Academy must be between ages 14 and 17 and must supply a letter of reference from a law enforcement agent. Prospective cadets must also submit a letter of reference ex-plaining why they should be accepted into the Academy. Once they arrive, the cadets form teams that they will work with throughout the week. The team members work togeth-er and the team with the best scores at the

end of the week receives a scholarship for each member to attend WVU at Parkers-burg. The Academy has already grown tre-mendously. Roy says many other univer-sities and community colleges in the area have begun or are planning to begin similar programs. West Virginia University and Glenville State University actually contact-ed Roy to acquire ideas for their programs.

The health sciences division at WVU Parkersburg is constantly working to in-crease the technological support of its pro-grams. Many updates, including increased technology, have been implemented in the last three years through the support of a grant from the West Virginia Community and Technical College System. This grant has aided the health sci-ences division in not only hiring additional faculty, but in creating a state of the art lab with high fidelity simulation equipment. The grant has allowed for the purchase of an infant simulator, pediatric simulator, and three adult simulators to better prepare stu-dents for clinicals in a real hospital setting. The grant also assisted the division in purchasing other simulators. These includ-ed an electronic medication administration

machine that mimics the medication ad-ministration machines found in a real hos-pital setting. These simulation machines are a large part of what prepares WVU Parkersburg’s health science students for entry into the medical field. All nursing and surgical technology courses are supplemented with ecampus. These classes are not online or ADS cours-es, rather, ecampus is used in addition to the in-seat class to better aid students with discussions and testing. The national ex-ams for certification in these fields are computerized as well, and the use of eCam-pus better prepares the students for the real world exams. In the past, nursing and surgical tech-nology students had to travel from their second-floor classrooms to the basement

for testing. With assistance from the WVCTCS grant, the division was able to purchase laptop computers to use for testing in the classroom. These are also utilized during class for research purposes. Another great addition of technology that was acquired through this grant were TurningPoint clickers. These clickers can be given out to students during lecture and used when an instructor is asking questions. It allows the instructor to know how the stu-dents are responding as a group to the ques-tions on subject matter. As a whole, the health sciences divi-sion, with the help of the WVCTCS grant, has upgraded technology in its labs and classrooms, better preparing its students to serve the medical needs of the Mid-Ohio Valley.

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Sisters of St. Joseph Charitable Fund Assists Nursing Faculty

Nursing Faculty Benefits from SSJCF Grant

This scholarship truly helped in furthering my education. It was very much appreciated. “

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It’s helped me to meet both personal and professional goals that I have had for a long time. “

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It was a huge help. It eased the financial burden and some of the stress associated with that.“

” This past year, the West Virginia Uni-versity at Parkersburg Foundation received a $25,000 grant from the Sisters of St. Jo-seph Charitable Fund (SSJCF). This grant was part of the West Virginia University at Parkersburg Nursing Faculty Assistance Project. The project is a collaboration be-tween the state of West Virginia, West Vir-ginia University at Parkersburg, the Sisters of St. Joseph Charitable Fund and Wheel-ing Jesuit University. With the assistance of the grant from the SSJCF, nursing educators at WVU Parkersburg can pursue the continued edu-cation of a master’s or doctoral degree. As of May 2011, one adjunct and three full-time faculty members have acquired mas-

ter’s degrees with the support of this grant. WVU Parkersburg’s nursing program now meets the faculty standard for national accreditation in the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission. The SSJCF was created in 1996 and awarded its first grants in 1997. The mis-sion of the SSJCF, as stated by the Fund, is to promote healthy and sustainable com-munities by providing financial assistance, strengthening collaborative relationships, and supporting local initiatives. The SS-JCF is intended to be a resource and cata-lyst to enhance the rich gifts already found in local communities. The SSJCF serve an eight county area spanning both West Vir-ginia and Ohio.

With help from the Sisters of St. Jo-seph Charitable Fund and through the West Virginia University at Parkersburg Nurs-ing Faculty Assistance Program, the WVU Parkersburg nursing faculty now meet the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission’s national standards. Through this program, three full-time

instructors and one adjunct received their masters of science in nursing. The adjunct instructor was Stephanie Smith Stout and the full-time instructors were Barbara Tu-ell, Allison Sayre and Kelli Sprout. Sprout and Tuell both acquired their degrees from Wheeling Jesuit University. Sayre received hers from Ohio University where she spe-

cialized in nursing education. Tuell, Sayre and Sprout all began teaching at the college full time in 2008. This grant helped these faculty members financially to achieve the goal of a high-er degree and in turn, helped the college achieve the requirements it needed for na-tional accreditation.

Barbara Tuell Allison Sayre Kelli Sprout

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October 2011Volume 2 Issue 8

Calendar of Events: DPS SFJAZZ Collective - October 18 @ 7 p.m. ~ Multi Purpose Room

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Health Expo ~ October 26 from 10 a.m. ~ 2 p.m. ~ Multi-Purpose Room

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Riverhawks Soccer Team Encourages Student Athletes The Riverhawks soccer team began their 2011 season in August with a new coach and a mostly new team. Coach Christian Kager has 15 years of soccer experience and feels that the team has im-proved throughout the season so far, espe-cially coming from a slow start. The team only had nine players during their first tournament. They now have 15 regular players. This is only the second year for the Riverhawks soccer team. Some of the players on the team do not have as much experience as others, but coach Kager is hopeful. “What the team may lack in ex-perience they make up for with enthusiasm from players.” Team captains Jorge Meneses-Posada and Andrew Carpenter were president and vice president respectively, of the soccer club when it was still an intramural pro-gram. They have worked to get the word out about the team, but this can sometimes be difficult. Many students at WVU Park-ersburg do not realize that the college of-fers such a thing as non-intramural team sports.

Currently, the soccer team practices three times a week, and players are encour-aged to attend all practices. Occasionally that can be difficult for some. However, the availability of these teams does create a more appealing atmosphere to students and perspective students. Meneses feels that it helps students focus. “It makes the college experience so much better. It makes me focus more in school because I want to do well and stay on the team.”

While Carpenter agrees, he also feels that having team sports can give students a drive that leads to more involvement. “The soccer team gives me something to look forward to. It gives me the drive to do more things.” Coach Kager is in the process of work-ing out times for current and prospective team members to meet during the off sea-son to stay fit and keep the team bond that they have created this season.