Celebrate at the Annual Campus Holiday Party

President Armiñana would like to invite all faculty and staff to the annual Campus Holiday Party, on Fri., Dec. 12 from 3 p.m.-5 p.m. in the Commons. Please drop by to enjoy the special menu of tempting treats, conversation with friends and warm holiday cheer. Don’t forget to bring your ID for alcohol service. For more information, call Andrea Rodriguez-Jereb at 4-2018.

$200,000 Donation for the School of Arts & Humanities

SSU recently received more than $200,000 combined from two legacy gifts left by university friends John and Jean Nelson. The Nelsons desired to honor their daughter, Nancy Nelson King, an SSU alumnus, and help students in the School of Arts & Humanities. The couple worked with University Development and William Babula, dean of the School of Arts & Humanities, to create these two charitable gift annuities in 2004 and 2006. Dean Babula says, “The Nelson’s generous gifts will support student theatre productions, student exhibitions at the SSU Art Gallery, and scholarship funding.”

With tax benefits for the donor, a charitable gift annuity is a type of planned gift. The University receives assets and, through an annuity, agrees to pay a fixed amount of money to one or two individuals for their lifetime. The remainder is then donated to the University. To learn more about planned gifts, please contact Robin Draper in University Development at 4-2712 or email robin.draper@sonoma.edu.

Last Chance for Low Cost Health Exams

Wed., Dec. 10 is the last chance to take advantage of low cost physical examinations and health appraisals for well adults and children, offered through the SSU Nursing Department's Family Nurse Practitioner program. They are available only to Sonoma County residents. The cost of a physical examination is $30, Pap test $45 and cholesterol check $25. Hearing tests are free and a DMV physical examination is $60.

The exams are supervised by nursing faculty and performed by Family Nurse Practitioner students who are registered nurses enrolled in the Master's nursing program. Services include a complete medical and health history, identification of health risk factors, complete physical examinations and screening tests such as blood pressure checks, vision testing, audiology testing, urinalysis, hematocrit (for anemia), cholesterol testing, and Pap smears for cervical cancer. These services can be used for annual exams, sports physicals, pre-employment physicals, camp physicals and Class II DMV licensing physicals. Appointments can be made by calling the Nursing Department at 4-2466, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.