Take Note
August 2006
The electronic newsletter of the UA College of Education and Health Professions
– Valerie Colburn explained at this year's School Nurse Summer Institute how she put into action last year's information about using data to improve school health care.
"We built a new junior high, and one grade was pulled from the high school," explained Colburn, a nurse in the Pea Ridge School District. "Last year, the institute taught us how to use data, and in this case I pulled information together to justify the need for another nurse. I petitioned the school board and was allowed to hire an LPN because of the number of students, including the concentration of higher risk students with medical conditions such as diabetes and seizure disorders, who would be at that school. I was able to show we needed another nurse on that campus full time."
State Official Gives School Nurses Data, Encouragement to Be Children's Advocates
Dr. Joseph Bates, a state health official, recruited more than 100 allies Aug. 2 for his mission to improve the health of Arkansans.
Bates presented information during his keynote address to the sixth annual School Nurse Summer Institute to show the school nurses how much influence they can have over the health of Arkansas residents through their work with schoolchildren and their families. "Advocating for Children's Health: the School Nurse's Role" was the theme of the three-day institute organized by the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing at the University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Area Health Education Center-Northwest. The institute was held at AHEC-NW facilities in Fayetteville. Read more »
A school nurse puts a pin into her hometown on a map of Arkansas. Organizers said 110 school nurses came from across the state and several from Missouri to attend the sixth annual School Nurse Summer Institute in Fayetteville.
Professors Offer Guidelines on Putting Advocacy into Action
– Joey Cox, a school nurse at Siloam Springs and the past president of a regional school nurses association, said when she attended the institute for the first time last year she expected to learn about data collection but was surprised to discover the value of the networking she did during the three days. She kept in touch with several school nurses in Conway during the past school year.
Kathleen Barta and Marianne Neighbors, professors of nursing at the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing, outlined in their preliminary presentation at the School Nurse Summer Institute how school nurses can make a difference on the health issues Dr. Joseph Bates raised in his keynote address. Bates is deputy state public health officer and chief science officer in the state Division of Health. Read more »
Hinton Appointed to Associate Dean's Position
Two Departments, Advising Center Start Fall Semester with New Leadership
The College of Education and Health Professions starts the fall semester with a new associate dean, two new department heads and a new director of the student advising center. Read more »
Professor's Appearance on '20/20' Scheduled
A segment of the ABC news show, "20/20," featuring Jay Greene, endowed chair of the University of Arkansas department of education reform, will be rebroadcast at 9 p.m. CDT, Friday, Sept. 1.
The report by John Stossel, "Stupid in America," originally aired on Jan. 13, 2006. It examined public education in the United States and included a discussion with Greene about his views on education reform. He talked about ideas from his book, "Education Myths: What Special-Interest Groups Want You to Believe About our Schools – And Why It Isn't So," published last year by Rowman and Littlefield.
Greene joined the UA faculty in August 2005.
Calendar of Events
- Aug. 18 - College fall faculty/staff meeting, 8:30 a.m., Graduate Education auditorium
- Aug. 18 - Fall Fiesta for faculty and staff, 6:30 p.m., Frank Broyles Athletic Center
- Aug. 20 - Academic Convocation, 4 p.m., Bud Walton Arena
- Aug. 21 - Fall classes begin
- Oct. 19-20 - Department of Education Reform conference and annual meeting, Kansas City
- Oct. 27 - Department of Education Reform lecture series, Cheri Yecke, Florida's chancellor of K-12 education, noon, 340 Graduate Education building
- Nov. 3 - Department of Education Reform lecture series, Sandra Stotsky, independent researcher, noon, 340 Graduate Education building
Editor's Note: "Take Note" is published bimonthly with information about programs, events and achievements of the faculty, staff and students of the departments, research and service units of the College of Education and Health Professions. Please contact Heidi Stambuck, director of communications, with comments and suggestions.
(479) 575-3138, stambuck@uark.edu