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Rankin Lectureship promotes
health equity
Harris College hosted The W.F. “Tex” and Pauline Rankin Lectureship
in Nursing this spring. This annual lecture features national nursing
and health care leaders. Keynote speaker Bobbie Berkowitz, PhD,
RN, FAAN and dean of the School of Nursing at Columbia University,
delivered the lecture for this year’s event titled “Promoting Health
Equity: Evidence Based Programs in Public Health.” Berkowitz has
a notable background in public health practices and has worked
with several public health entities to initiate necessary actions
for change.
Berkowitz’s lecture examined the evidence base and research
agenda needed to promote health equity and align health care with
public health. She addressed the need to explore evidence-based
programs in public health to reduce or eliminate health disparities,
strategies to promote health equity in local public health and
enable local public health practitioners to access “model programs”
and approaches to build the research base for public health
nursing. Her remarks emphasized the importance of reduction in
healthcare costs, the necessity to strengthen relations between
local health departments and states and most prominently, why the
improvement of overall health equity between socioeconomically
diverse populations benefits everyone.
The Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences is grateful for the
continuing support Tex Rankin provides to nursing. The W.F. “Tex”
and Pauline Rankin Lectureship in Nursing exists because of his
vision and generosity.
Teed Off
On April 20, the TCU Athletic
Training Students’ Association
held its 10th annual Spring
Scramble. The golf tournament
is the major fundraiser for the
organization and the money
raised is used for the students’
NATA membership dues, trips to
educational conferences and the
seniors’ Board of Certification
exam. The event was held at Lost
Creek Golf Club in Aledo and 16
teams participated. The students solicit prizes from local businesses
and also use the items for a silent auction. Players get to participate
in a longest drive and closest to the pin contest and are treated to
a BBQ buffet at the end of the tournament. The ATSA raised more
than $6,000 this year. Winners received trophies, TCU attire and
golf gear.
Seventh annual
Hogstel
Gerontological
Nursing Symposium
Harris College hosted the seventh
Hogstel
Gerontological
Nursing
Symposium this spring. A product of
the distinguished career of the late
Mildred O. Hogstel, RN, PhD, Emeritus
Professor of Nursing, the symposium
features opportunities to gain insight
into the latest methods of caring for older persons in the nursing
context. The symposium was hosted by Dennis Cheek, Abell-
Hanger professor of gerontological nursing, with speaker Melisa
Aselage, PhD, RN-BC, FNP-B, who gave the keynote presentation for
Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN, who could not attend.
Educational activities that comprise the Hogstel Symposium
provide registered nurses with resources that will help them better
care for today’s growing number of older persons. The year’s event
featured a scope of lectures focused on caring for the older person.
The topics covered included home healthcare, geriatric syndromes,
palliative care and reconciling pharmacotherapeutics.
Health & Wellness Conference
In conjunction with several university and community partners,
Harris College participated in the fifth Annual Health & Wellness
Conference: Promoting Health and Wellness through Community-
Campus Partnerships. Partners included the TCU Center for
Community Involvement & Service Learning, TCU Campus Life-
Health Promotion, TCU Department of Nutritional Sciences,
University of North Texas Health Science Center-School of Public
Health, Texas Prevention Institute and UT Southwestern’s National
Institute of Health Clinical and Translational Science Award. The
conference featured presentations from TCU undergraduates
and UNT graduate students, showcasing a range of public
health projects.
The annual Health & Wellness Conference is an opportunity for
public health students to step out of the classroom and into the
community, turning classroom concepts into applied experience
through innovation. “Learning should not just be seat or lecture
time, but time spent engaging in the community and working with
diverse groups of people,” said Carolyn Cagle, professor of nursing
and member of the planning committee.
Community academic partnerships were highlighted, each
cohesively representing how the community and academic
institutions can come together to improve public health.
Presentations were on topics related to the need for community
News Briefs
Pictured L-R: Brett Stephenson ’12,
Teresa Powers Stephenson ’10, Kent
Snodgrass and Jan Stephenson
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