Faculty & Staff Notes

Donna Miles Curry, Ph.D., associate dean of graduate programs and associate professor College of Nursing and Health, will receive the Excellence in Education Award from the Ohio Association of Advanced Practices Nurses at a dinner reception held in Dublin, Ohio, … Continue reading

A new book by Sue Polanka, Head of Reference & Instruction, was published in September 2011: “E-Reference Context and Discoverability in Libraries; Issues and Concepts.” Contributors include Jane Wildermuth, Head of Digital Services; Terese DeSimio, Science Librarian; and Ximena Chrisagis, … Continue reading

Wright State Crime Prevention Officer recognized for excellence

Crime Prevention Officer Sergeant Patrick Ammon, Wright State University Police, was presented the Miami Valley Crime Prevention Association President’s Award by association president Jay Phares for work with the association and crime prevention efforts both on and off campus in … Continue reading

An article titled “TEAhM: Technologies for enhancing access to health maangement: A pilot study of community-based telehealth,” by Perla Ilagan, Mary Beth Kaylor, and Diane Mehling, nursing and health,  was accepted for publication in the Journal of Telemedicine and e-Health. … Continue reading

Katie Halberg, senior writer and editor in the Office of Communications and Marketing, will present an “Introduction to Social Media” to the Wings Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals at Sinclair Community College in September.

Kristine Scordo was an invited speaker at the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners held in Las Vegas in June. She gave three presentations: 1) “Differentiating scope of practice;” 2) “Dabigatran: An alternative to Warfarin in atrial fibrillation;” and 3) “Workshop … Continue reading

Harry Khamis, director of the Statistical Consulting Center, published his SAGE publications monograph, “The Association Graph and the Multigraph for Loglinear Models.” His article “Sample Size in Multiple Regressions: 20+5k,” coauthored with Michael Kepler (CaTS), was also published in the Journal … Continue reading

Barbara Fowler, nursing and health, received the 2011 International Advocate Award at Wright State’s University Center for International Education 27th Friendship Affair. Fowler was nominated by nursing student Collins Uzuegbu, a native of Nigeria. In his nomination, Uzuegbu expressed his … Continue reading

Sherrill Smith and Detrice Barry, nursing and health, published “The use of high-fidelity simulation to teach home care nursing” in the Western Journal of Nursing Research. Kathy Keister, nursing and health, was elected to the Ohio League for Nursing Board … Continue reading

Debra Wilburn, career services, co-facilitated a round table discussion for representatives from public institutions about implementing internship programs for The Washington Center on their campuses. The event was held April 9 and 10 at the Liaison Institute for The Washington … Continue reading