The School of Nursing is in need of pregnant volunteers for a DNP class on Sunday, March 21 from 2-3 p.m. Volunteer subjects will be interviewed by the students, who will also measure your abdomen, listen for fetal heart tones, and ask questions. Compensation of $50 will be provided. If you or someone you know might be interested and willing to participate, please contact Amber Vermeesch, nursing, at vermeesc@up.edu.
Amber Vermeesch
School of Nursing Seeking Pregnant Volunteers
The School of Nursing is seeking pregnant women who are willing to help its DNP students as volunteers. They are are in their second clinical year and currently taking a Gender Health course, and their professors would like to prepare the students prior to going to their clinical sites.
Faculty would like to demonstrate how to measure the abdomen, check for fetal heart tones, and allow students to do the same as well as interview volunteer patients and provide appropriate education per trimester. You are the patient but you are free to be yourself, give as much as you want of your own history or someone else (your chance to act!). There are six students in this class and the students will work in groups of two so you will have only one group of students working with you at a time. There are other women volunteering so you will not be alone in the simulation classroom. You may bring a support person with you, either partner or friend.
The study will take place on Saturday, January 26, 4:15-5:15 p.m. in the School of Nursing simulation lab. Volunteers will not need to stay for the full amount of time.
The School of Nursing will compensate volunteers $50 for their assistance with this class. You will need to complete a W-2 ore W-9 form, invoice, and informed consent which will be provided for you. Please contact Amber Vermeesch, nursing, at vermeesc@up.edu for more information.
Summer 2017 Provost’s Initiative Awards
The provost’s office is pleased to announce recipients of the Summer 2017 Provost’s Initiative for Undergraduate Research awards. These faculty members have been selected to collaborate with and mentor an undergraduate on a co-designed research experience during the 2017 summer semester:
- Randy Hetherington, education: “Bridging the Gap: Research informed practice in partnership with schools,” with Nick Krautscheid
- Kimberly Ilosvay, education: “Moving Toward an Understanding of the Complexities of Literacy,” with Elise Pepe
- Amber Vermeesch, nursing: “Health Disparities in Vulnerable Populations Manuscript Experience: Exercise, Cultural Communication, and the Use of Multi-methods in Health Disparities research,” with William Larson & Dylan Wiggins.
Email ur@up.edu with questions or call John Orr, assistant provost, at x7857.
Amber Vermeesch Selected For National Faculty Policy Intensive Program
Nursing professor Amber Vermeesch has been selected as one of eight participants from around the nation for the 2016 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Faculty Policy Intensive program, to be held March 21-24, in Washington, D.C. She will also be recognized as an AACN Faculty Policy Fellow.
The FPI program is designed for faculty of AACN member schools who are interested in pursuing a role in healthcare policy. Participants can enhance their knowledge of policy and advocacy through sessions that focus on the legislative process and the dynamic relationships between federal departments, agencies, collaborative partnerships, and individual advocates.
Vermeesch joined the UP nursing faculty in August 2014. She earned her Ph.D. in nursing science at the University of Miami, Coral Gables in 2011 and her MSN from Vanderbilt University, Nashville in 2006. She received a 2015-2016 Dundon-Berchtold Institute Fellowship for “Investigating Current Issues Prohibiting Doctor of Nursing Practice Graduate Students from Voicing Their Values During Ethical Dilemmas in the Clinical Environment.”
For more information contact the School of Nursing at 503.943.7211 or nursing@up.edu.
21 new faculty join UP in 2014
The University of Portland is pleased to welcome 21 new faculty members this fall. New faculty will participate in a two-day orientation program August 18 and 19 to learn more about the University’s educational philosophy and organizational culture and learn about services and support systems available to ensure faculty and student success. Each new faculty member has been assigned a mentor with whom they will meet regularly during their first year at UP. New faculty for 2014-2015 include:
Aarti Arora – Communication Studies
Christina Astorga – Theology
Michelle Collazo – Nursing
Teri Grimmer – Business
Sean Kavanaugh – Athletics
Alison Knoedler – Athletics
Matthias Kullowatz – Mathematics
Gregory May – Psychological Sciences
Kala Mayer – Nursing
Jen McDaneld – English
Jeffrey Meiser – Political Science
Susan Murray – Biology
Col. Scott Peel – AFROTC
Nicole Ralston – Education
Sruthi Rothenfluch – Philosophy
Jane Scott – Library
Amber Vermeesch – Nursing
Cpt. Brice Virell – AFROTC
Shazib Vijlee – Engineering
Valerie Walters – Chemistry
Wilfred Wu – Business