College News Archive

2016

Colleges Team Up to Produce Arkansas Health Issues Programs

April 11, 2016

JONESBORO — Arkansas State University’s College of Media and Communication and the College of Nursing and Health Professions have joined forces to produce a series of programs titled "Your State of Health" that focus on health issues important to the state of Arkansas.

The first program, “Good Nutrition,” will air on ASU-TV, Suddenlink Channel 18, Wednesday, April 13, at 5 p.m. and will continue throughout the summer.

The program series is the brainchild of Dr. Susan Hanrahan, dean of the College of Nursing and Health Professions, and Dr. Michael Bowman, assistant professor of Creative Media Production. They visited about the possibility of a student production of the program series following Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson’s announcement of a statewide plan to improve health of all Arkansans, Oct. 14, 2015. The programs align with initiatives by Gov. Hutchinson to improve Arkansans’ health. In fact, the broadcast “Good Nutrition” includes a recorded message from Hutchinson at the beginning.

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High Ranks for Disaster Preparedness

BestColleges.com ranks A-State in the top three of the country’s best online emergency management bachelor’s degree programs. Each school is ranked on the merits of its academic strengths, learning goals, positive student outcomes, course offerings and online classroom experience.

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Bednar Presents Programs at National Conference

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Annette Bednar, assistant professor of clinical laboratory sciences, resented two programs for the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) Clinical Laboratory Educators Conference in Minneapolis. She gave a "lunch 'n learn" on "Surviving Academia" after working in a clinical lab setting, and she discussed her positive experiences with ASCLS's legislative symposium in an effort to recruit other professionals.

29 Outstanding Students Receive 2016 ‘Who’s Who’ Award

4/22/2016

JONESBORO – Twenty-nine outstanding upper-level students at Arkansas State University have been named to the prestigious “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges” for 2015‑16. The students were introduced during a campus ceremony recognizing student leaders.

Hunter M. Clampit, Harrisburg, AR (Nursing)

Brandon M. Haley, Marion, AR (Health Studies)

Angel T. Livingston, Dumas, AR (Nursing)

Marshall K. McDaniel, Jonesboro, AR (Health Studies)

Amber D. Ray, Little Rock, AR (Nursing)

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2016 College of Nursing and Health Professions Winners for Create @StAte

Oral Presentations

The Influence of Perception (First Place)

– Emily Peters - “Student Perception of the Benefits of Academic Education Partnered
with Technical Training at Homeland Security’s Center for Domestic Preparedness”.
Faculty mentor Dr. Brent Cox.

Poster Presentations

Obesity & Diabetes, Graduate Poster (First Place (Tie)

– Regina Strop – “School-reported BMIs and Lifestyle Changes”. Faculty mentor Dr. Debbie Shelton.

– Megan Burke – “Preventive Services in the Intellectually Disabled Population of Northeast Arkansas”. Faculty mentor Dr. Mark Foster.

Physical Therapy, Graduate Poster (First Place)

– Grafton Harrell, Todd Hobson – “The Use of 405nm and 464nm Blue Light to Inhibit Listeria Monocytogenes in Ready-To-Eat (RTE) Meat”. Faculty mentor Dr. Stephen Guffey.

Nursing, Graduate Poster (First Place)

– William Burns – “Examining the Use of Albuterol in Pediatric Patients Diagnosed with RSV-Induced Bronchiolitis.” Faculty mentor Dr. Mark Foster

Beck PRIDE Center Receives $25,000 Grant From Walmart Foundation

January 29, 2016

JONESBORO, Ark. – The Beck PRIDE Center for America’s Wounded Veterans at Arkansas State University has received a grant for $25,000 from the Walmart Foundation.

The grant will support capacity building for direct service or to facilitate the following: career testing, career counseling and advisement (career coach), résumé writing/interviewing skills, small business development, identification of specialization credentials that would improve marketability and employer recruitment/graduate placement.

“The Walmart Foundation has continued to be very financially supportive of our work with veterans,” noted Dr. Susan Hanrahan, dean of the College of Nursing and Health Professions. “We are so fortunate Walmart has made ‘veterans in the workforce’ one of their priorities.”

The goal is to increase the number of disabled student-veterans and place 100 percent of them into “best-fit” occupations using a logical and supportive educational continuum model.

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2015

HAILEY IS PROFESSOR OF THE MONTH FOR DECEMBER

SIX NURSING AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS ALUMNI TO BE HONORED AT HOMECOMING

ARKANSAS STATE SELECTED AMONG NATION’S MOST AFFORDABLE ONLINE COLLEGES

GOOD SERVING ON STATE EXECUTIVE BOARD

BECK PRIDE CENTER PUBLICATION EARNS GOLD AWARD

COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS CITES TOP GRADUATING STUDENTS DURING CONVOCATION OF SCHOLARS

MILITARY TIMES RANKS A-STATE AMONG TOP UNIVERSITIES IN “2015 BEST FOR VETS COLLEGES” FOR SIXTH TIME

ARKANSAS STATE DESIGNATED A 'TOP SCHOOL' IN MILITARY ADVANCED EDUCATION’S 2015 GUIDE

LOCAL VETERAN HOPES NEW BILL PREVENTS VETERAN SUICIDES

BECK PRIDE CENTER RECEIVES FUNDING FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL MCDANIEL

31 DISTINGUISHED A-STATE FACULTY SELECTED FOR WALL OF HONOR

Read article on Dr. Elizabeth Stokes.

GOVERNOR APPOINTS MANNING TO STATE GROUP

Veronica Manning Head shot

Posted: Dec 2, 2014

Gov. Mike Beebe has appointed Veronica Manning, clinical coordinator in the Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, to the Medical Ionizing Radiation Licensure Committee. The appointment represents A-State's continuing involvement with this regulatory group; her predecessor on the committee is Ray Winters, department chair. Previously she has been featured in a faculty spotlight video.

ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY HOSTS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS CONFERENCE

REPORT: LARGE NUMBER OF VETERANS UNDER-EMPLOYED

2014

Military Times Ranks A-State Among Top Universities In “2015 Best For Vets Colleges” For Sixth Time

DPEM STUDENT, HOLLI WERNER, CHOSEN AS THE SPOTLIGHT STUDENT AT THE CENTER FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS

DAV CHARITABLE SERVICE TRUST GRANT TO AID A-STATE’S BECK PRIDE CENTER VETERANS

A-STATE SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT TO HOLD DELTA HEALTH DISPARITIES CONFERENCE

A-State to Honor Nursing And Health Professions Alumni At Homecoming

Welcome to New Faculty Members in the College of Nursing and Health Professions- August 25, 2014

Ready for Anything - Disaster Camp 2014

Inside A-State 7/2/14

College of Nursing and Health Professions Cites Top Graduating Students during Convocation of Scholars