Low Cost Health Exams Offered by Nursing Program

Low cost physical examinations and health appraisals for well adults and children are available through the SSU Nursing Department's Family Nurse Practitioner Program. Exams are offered on Wednesdays from Oct. 14 until Dec. 16 for Sonoma County residents. 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 ($30) and screening tests such as blood pressure checks, vision testing, audiology testing, urinalysis, hematocrit (for anemia), cholesterol testing ($25), and Pap smears for cervical cancer ($45).

These services can be utilized for annual exams, sports physicals, pre-employment physicals, camp physicals and Class II DMV licensing physicals ($60). Copies of records are given to clients upon request as well as mailed to private physicians or agencies. Appointments may be made by calling SSU's Nursing Department at 4-2466, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Looking for a 2010 Commencement Speaker

Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) and Associated Students Productions (ASP) are in the process of searching for a potential Commencement speaker for SSU's graduation ceremony in May 2010. If you have suggestions that may be useful for this important day, send them to mayw@sonoma.edu.

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2010-2011 Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program

Applications for the 2010-2011 Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program (formerly the Forgivable Loan Program) are now available online. The program’s goal is to increase the pool of individuals with the motivation, skills, and experience to teach the diverse student body of the CSU system. Those selected will be eligible to borrow up to $10,000 per year for a total of $30,000 within a five-year period while they are enrolled full-time in a doctoral program. The loans will be cancelled at a rate of 20% per year for each year of full-time faculty employment at a CSU campus after completion of the doctorate. Each applicant must be sponsored by a full-time tenured/tenure-track CSU faculty member. Completed applications and all supporting materials should be submitted to David Hartranft in the Academic Affairs Office (Stev. 1041). The application deadline is March 1, 2010.

Coaches CornerSSU Athletics Campus Outreach Program: The Coaches Corner

The department of intercollegiate athletics presents "The Coaches Corner," a new program developed to inform the campus community about the ongoing progress of SSU's NCAA intercollegiate teams. Each month's program will feature one or more head coaches from the 13 varsity sports at SSU. This month's Coaches Corner features Men's Basketball Head Coach Pat Fuscaldo and Women's Basketball Head Coach Mark Rigby, and takes place on Thurs., Nov. 19 from noon-1 p.m. in the Student Union Multipurpose Room. Bring a lunch and get a first hand pre-season preview for the 2009-10 men's and women's basketball season.

Buttefly SignSanta Rosa Garden Club’s Gift to SSU Dedicated

A permanent, full-color porcelain enamel sign was dedicated on October 29 for the SSU Butterfly Habitat Garden, from the Santa Rosa Garden Club. The new interpretive sign is 3’ x 2’, and depicts three butterfly habitats with color photographs of the adult butterfly, caterpillar and host larval plant. The sign was dedicated in honor of member, Mary Merritt, who has volunteered at SSU since 1991.

Santa Rosa Garden Club members secured a grant from National Garden Clubs, Inc. in 1993 to obtain funds to create the Butterfly Garden. Additional grants were obtained throughout the years from National Garden Clubs, Inc., California Garden Clubs, Inc. and California Horticultural Society. Financial support totaling over $25,000 including the $7,000 Butterfly Habitat Garden sign has created today’s park-like setting in addition to being an outdoor classroom.
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