Thursday, February 25, 2010

Upcoming Fair Schedule for the Graduate School of Nursing!

There is a lot of exciting events coming up this Spring where you will see USF School of Nursing providing information on our innovative Graduate and Doctoral Programs. For more information on any of the following events, please contact our Graduate Recruiter, Megan McDrew, at msmcdrew@usfca.edu.

On March 25th-27th, USF School of Nursing will head to Anaheim for the California Association for Nurse Practitioners Conference.
On March 27th, USF will host the Doctor of Nursing Practice Open House and Information Session from 11 - 2 pm in McLaren 251.
Last but not least in March, USF hosts the Crawford Lecture on Monday, March 29th from 4:30-7:30 pm. Renowned scholar, Dr. Loretta Sweet Jemmott will be speaking at this engagement.

Starting off in April, USF will collaborate with other schools to host the Med-Surg Conference on April 8th and 9th in South San Francisco.
April 14th will take our recruiter to UCSD for the San Diego Health Professionals Fair.
On April 15th and 16th, USF School of Nursing will exhibit at the California Dietetic Association Conference at the Oakland Marriott.

Keep up to date on all events by contacting Megan McDrew. There will be lots going on in May also! We look forward to seeing you at the Spring health care events!

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Health Professions Education Foundation

The Health Professions Education Foundation is pleased to announce the
next application deadline - March 24, 2010 - for its scholarships and
loan repayments. Eligible professions include allied health, vocational
and registered nurses, mental health providers, physicians and other
health professions.

Scholarships (awarded to current students) range from $4,000 to $13,000
and loan repayments (awarded to current health professionals) range from
$8,000 to $105,000. Applicants awarded a scholarship or loan repayments
are required to provide direct patient care in a medically underserved
area for a specified period of time.

For more information, please visit our website at
www.healthprofessions.ca.gov.

We also encourage you to participate in one of our upcoming Technical
Assistance Calls (TAC). During these calls, Program Officers will
review the Do¹s and Don¹ts of applying and you will also be able to
ask questions on how to complete a successful application. Program
Officers will also be available to answer all other questions regarding
these. programs and their eligibility.

The schedule for the TACs is:

All calls will be from 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.

Feb. 11 and Mar. 1
Scholarships:

**Bachelor of Science Nursing

Feb. 8 & Mar. 4
Loan Repayments
**B.S.N.


Space is limited so please RSVP early to calmazan@oshpd.ca.gov or by
calling 1-800-773-1669 or 916-326-3640.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

*Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program Now Accepting Applications*


The Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is now accepting applications for the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program, which helps alleviate the critical shortage of registered nurses. Registered nurses (who have completed training) working at least 32 hours a week at certain non-profit health care facilities may be eligible to have some of their qualifying student loans repaid in exchange for service. The deadline is 5:30 PM ET, March 4, 2010. More information, as well as the application instructions, are available at http://www.hrsa.gov/loanscholarships/repayment/nursing/

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

The Crawford Lecture at USF on March 29th, 2010!

Once again, USF will host the Crawford Lecture series on March 29, 2010. This year’s theme, “Strategies for Reducing Health Disparities in Research and Practice Among Venerable Populations,” will be presented by Dr. Loretta Sweet Jemmott of the University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing.


Dr. Lemmott is the van Ameringen Professor in Psychiatric Nursing as well as director of the Center for Health Equity Research. She has spent most of her life researching and testing culturally sensitive programs to reduce HIV risk-associated sexual behaviors among African American, South African, and Latino populations. She has a consistent track record of evidence-based HIV risk-reduction interventions across various populations.


She is renowned in the medical, nursing, and academic communities for her research and dedicated work to reduce health disparities among venerable populations. We are honored to have such a distinguished person on our campus and invite you to register for this event. The Crawford Lecture is an event put on by the School of Nursing, USF Alumni Association, and the Beta Gamma Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International.


The event will be held in Fromm Hall on March 29, 2010. We will have a reception and buffet from 4:30-6:00 pm followed by Dr. Jemmott’s lecture from 6:15-7:30 pm. Please contact Christina Tai at tai@usfca.edu for registration instructions. The cost is $15 per person.

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