Student  experience

Super Skills in the School of Nursing

Sophomores in the School of Nursing came back to campus a week early in January for immersion in Super Skills.

They spent three days in the Clinical Learning Center acquiring the skills they will need to begin clinical service in the VCU Medical Center.

Blood draws and Foley catheter insertions were some of the many skills they learned during this week.

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Pharmacy students give back

VCU School of Pharmacy students were busy at the polls on Election Day 2008 -- not only encouraging people to vote but also helping to make sure as many people as possible were immunized against influenza. According to Project Immunize Virginia, about half of the voters at local polling locations were age 50 or older, one of the target populations for flu shots. The Vote and Vaccinate project offered immunization for all voters and their family members, however, at the Lakewood Manor and The Hermitage polling locations in Richmond.

The Student Association of Community Pharmacists' second "Living With Diabetes" program featured diabetic-friendly foods, blood pressure and blood glucose readings, flu shots and information booths for seniors.

Among those helping out were third-year Pharm.D. students Jon Carter, president of the Virginia Academy of Student Pharmacists, and Holly Gurgle, secretary of the Student Chapter of the Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

That same week, nearly 20 School of Pharmacy students participated in the Student Association of Community Pharmacists’ “Living With Diabetes” program. The event at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church focused on how patients can manage their disease with lifestyle, food choices and regular monitoring.

Amy Whitaker (Pharm.D. ’98), assistant professor of pharmacy, was instrumental in securing Kmart as a sponsor for the event.

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Whitney Hardy (left) and Paula Perry participate in the School of Nursing's Winter Recognition Ceremony.

Nursing honors new grads

On Dec. 12, the VCU School of Nursing held its Winter Recognition Ceremony. Bachelor’s, R.N.-to-B.S., master's and doctoral students participated in the ceremony, which was held at the Siegel Center.

The ceremony included a many accelerated students and R.N.-to-B.S. grads, bringing the total number of participants to more than 200.

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Grad students honored

Toni Coe (left) and Melissa Carroll

• In December, Toni Coe and Melissa Carroll, fourth-year Pharm.D. students in the School of Pharmacy, placed among the Top 10 finalists at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ 13th annual National Clinical Skills Competition. Coe and Carroll were one of 96 teams competing. Read more.
• Graduate students Patrice Baltimore and Maria James each have been awarded the Inez Kaiser Award for Graduate Students of Color by the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Read more.

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Student sings at Obama rally

Vocal performance major Chase Peak took center stage in October at a rally for then Sen. Barack Obama at the Richmond Coliseum. Read more.

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Alumnus directs interns on YouTube

Tom Dorsey (B.S.’75/B), who is co-owner of Richmond-based investment firm Dorsey Wright and Associates, assigned his student interns to reach out to fellow college students in a series of low-budget Web videos. The goal: to get them thinking about how to manage their money.

The first video shows Snead Hall, the new home of the VCU School of Business, in the background and features VCU finance major Joe Grim.

View the videos on YouTube.

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