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(06/20/07)

Regional Campuses Add Traditional BSN Degree

Miami University's Regional Campuses at Hamilton and Middletown will offer a baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN) beginning in fall 2007. The degree joins the University's existing Associate Degree in Nursing and RN to BSN programs as another option for students pursuing a career in nursing.

The new program was approved by the Ohio Board of Nursing in May. It will be the only traditional BSN program in Butler, Warren and Preble Counties, the service region of Miami's Regional Campuses.

"In the past, our nursing students pursued an associate's degree, which qualified then to take the state R.N. examination," said Dr. Paulette Worcester, Chair of Miami's Nursing Department. "They could then come back to complete a bachelor's degree. This new track will have a bachelor's degree perspective right from the start and it will be a better choice for many of our students."

A recent report by the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, an advisory body to the federal Division of Nursing, urged that at least two-thirds of the basic registered nurse workforce hold baccalaureate or higher degrees by 2010. Presently only about 40 percent do.

The new BSN program is a four-year curriculum (128 semester hours) that capitalizes on Miami's strength as a liberal arts institution. The nursing curriculum, building on the liberal arts and sciences, focuses on providing care to clients, families, and a variety of populations, such as schools, work places, and entire communities. Clinical experiences are expanded to involve public health agencies and select non-health care sites. The curriculum incorporates leadership and research, and offers an optional international experience in The Gambia, West Africa.

Miami's Nursing Department maintains relationships with regional health care systems, individual institutions, and agencies. Students benefit from experiences at McCullough Hyde Hospital, Fort Hamilton Hospital, Atrium Medical Center (formerly Middletown Regional Hospital), Miami Valley Hospital, Mercy Hospitals (Fairfield and Mt. Airy campuses), Deaconess Hospital, Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati Children¹s Hospital, University Hospital, Maple Knoll Village, Otterbein Retirement Village, Transitional Living, Sojourner, schools in Middletown, Hamilton and surrounding communities and numerous other community sites.

All full-time and part-time members of the nursing faculty are registered nurses with a master's or doctoral degree. Faculty members maintain their expertise through practice, research and certification.

The new program's first class will be made up of students who were accepted into the University's nursing program in March 2007.

For more information on the nursing program at Miami University call the Hamilton campus at (513) 785-7752 or the Middletown campus at (513) 727-3266.

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(06/14/07)

Dr. Ewers to Appear on Tony Brown's Journal

Miami Middletown Associate Dean for Student Affairs Dr. James Ewers will be a guest on Tony Brown's Journal, to be broadcast on several public television stations later this month.

His interview, in which he discusses the "baggy pants" fashion statement, will air on WCET (Cincinnati) at 7 a.m. on June 23. It will also air on the WPTO (Dayton/Oxford) World digital channel on June 27 (9 a.m.), June 28 (11 a.m.) and June 29 (9 a.m.) and on WKET 6 (Kentucky Educational TV) on June 24 (1 p.m.) and on June 26 (7:30 p.m.). Check your local listings to confirm broadcast times.

Ewers was invited to be on the show after writing a column for the Middletown Journal and for Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine. Called "Perspectives: Oversized Pants, Undersized Goals of Today's Youth," the article asks "What kind of job interview can you go to wearing jeans five sizes too big? Oversized pants and undersized goals make for a bleak future." Much of Ewers' community work in the Middletown area involves mentoring young men in grades 7-12. He currently serves as President of Middletown's Teen Mentoring Committee.

Staffers from Tony Brown's Journal saw the article and the comments that it generated on the Diverse Issues web site and invited Ewers to come to Washington, D.C. to be interviewed by Brown.

Tony Brown's Journal is the longest-running program on public television.

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(06/12/07)

Phi Theta Kappa Inducts Eleven Students

Eleven Miami Middletown students were recently inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges.

The inductees included: Jacqueline Hamilton Keith and Tyler Ray LaMar of Middletown, John Robert Butterfield and Krysten Marie North of Lebanon, Tina Evelyn Johnson of Franklin, Robyn E. Fite of Fairfield, Doreen Anne McWilliams of Hamilton, Angela Whitt Senften of Collinsville, Sangmee Elita Specht of Maineville, Bethany Ann Stitzel of West Chester and John Dennis Snow of Dayton.

To be eligible for membership, a student must complete a minimum of 12 hours of course work and earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Both part-time and full-time students are eligible to join.

Dr. James Janik (left) and Dr. Susan Marine (right) congratulate Miami Middletown¹s new Phi Theta Kappa members. They are: (from left) Past President Paula Holland, President Doreen McWilliams, Sangmee Specht, John Butterfield, Jacqueline Keith, Krysten North, Robyn Fite, Tina Johnson, Angela Senften and (not pictured) Tyler LaMar , John Snow and Bethany Stitzel.

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