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Title

College of Nursing

Authors

South Dakota State University

Document Type

Magazine

Editor

Matt Schmidt

Files

Publisher

Office of University Marketing and Communications, South Dakota State University

Publication Date

Spring 2017

Number of Pages

28

Table of Contents

Called to serve:
Profiles of student nurses who became military health professionals.
[Page] 2 Meet Dolores (Gleich) Pogrebniak and Nick Westphalen, two Army Student Nurse Program participants on opposite ends of the chronological spectrum.
[Page] 3 Deployment delays nurse practitioner studies for Alex Kalsbeck.
[Page] 3 Commissioning to Navy Nurse Corps gave faculty member the opportunity to serve U.S. president, other dignitaries.
[Page] 4 Undergrad Nick Westphalen credits time management for being able to meet the demands of ROTC training and a nursing degree.
[Page] 5 Asha Wyatt: ‘Who better to serve than my country?’
[Page] 5 Bruce Kyllonen: ‘Rewards … will be more than worth it.’
[Page] 6 Veterans John Mills, David Cole find rewarding careers as nurses at Sioux Falls VA.
[Page] 8 Bostic twins find National Guard the perfect prep course for nursing.
[Page] 9 Naval career helps Sara Weelborg find her calling in psychiatric nursing. Features:
[Page] 10 Camp Gilbert experience connected accelerated students with diabetic children.
[Page] 12 On the other side of the table. Recent grads return as recruiters at job fair.
[Page] 14 Jonas Scholars: Alexandra Draisey, Shannon O’Connell-Persaud, Travis Erickson selected for 2016-17 award.
[Page]16 Ela Nielsen develops broader perspective as president of South Dakota Nursing Student Association.
College news:
[Page] 18 New faces to the College of Nursing
[Page] 20 K Reeder honored by the American Heart Association.
[Page] 20 Five State grads honored by South Dakota Nurses Association.
[Page] 21 College makes list for AffordableCollegesOnline.org.
[Page] 22 Accreditation granted to doctor of nursing practice, advanced practice programs. Alumni
[Page] 26 First graduate— Rachel Foss. Daughter recalls the pioneering journey of her mom, a 1936 graduate.
[Page] 28 Distinguished Alum — Karen (Billars) Heusinkveld, UT-Arlington professor, honored by SDSU.
[Page] 29 Stacey Tait-Goodale— Development director recalls how her military experience challenged her in nursing school.

Rights

Copyright © 2017 South Dakota State University

Comments

Publications Editor: Andrea Kieckhefer
Design: Virginia Coudron
Writers & Photographers: Shelby Bauer, Dave Graves, Heidi Kronaizl and Emily Weber

Recommended Citation

South Dakota State University, "College of Nursing" (2017). College of Nursing Magazine. 6.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/con_mag/6