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Innovations in Nursing
A Hospital Setting
on Campus
College and community will benefit when nursing
education takes another leap forward at Hartwick.
The Clark Foundation of New York City has awarded the
College a $300,000 grant to provide majority funding for
a Hospital Suite Simulation Unit on campus. The result will
be increased experiential learning opportunities for nursing
students and maximized enrollment in the program to help
alleviate the serious shortage of professional nurses in
upstate New York.
“This state-of-the-art unit will be a vital component in the education
of our nurses and their preparation for the changing healthcare
environment,” says Nursing Department Chair Pat Grust. “It
will allow us to provide students with the innovative learning
experiences that are central to their success while we increase
collaborative initiatives across the College and with our external
clinical partners.”
Using high-tech manikins to simulate real-life patient scenarios,
the nursing faculty is taking a creative approach to supplementing
clinical experiences for students. Nursing students at all levels of
experience will participate in planned simulations: seniors will
assume leadership roles as charge nurses, guiding junior team
leaders as they oversee sophomores in the delivery of care.
The 11-bed nursing unit will be housed in a renovated section of
Smith Hall. It augments the College’s simulation nursing labs in
Johnstone Science Center (pictured), which were also made possible
by grants from the Clark Foundation. This latest is the fourth grant
the Clark Foundation has made in support of Hartwick’s nursing
program since 2011.
Brian Wright H’02, PM’11
Invests in the Stadium That
Bears His Family’s Name
Football, lacrosse, and field hockey athletes
are a lot closer to playing on new turf in Wright
Stadium, thanks to Brian Wright H’02, PM’11.
The
trustee emeritus has posed a challenge to ’Wick fans and
former athletes: donate $150,000 to the Wright Stadium
Enhancement Fund and he’ll more than match it with a
gift of $200,000. The combined investments will finance
an advanced, all-weather, artificial turf system for the next
generation of student athletes.
Hartwick plans to replace its current turf with FieldTurf Vertex,
a two-layer infill system designed for long-term performance. In
2006, Hartwick became one of the first colleges to lay FieldTurf,
an artificial playing surface that is versatile for use by a variety of
teams. Its surface is known to reduce the risk and severity of injuries
among athletes. More than 500 FieldTurf fields across the country
have lasted eight years or more, including the existing one at Wright
Stadium. It’s time to upgrade this important playing field at the
’Wick.
In addition to the challenge for the new turf, there will be fundraising
to replace the original Wright Stadium scoreboard.
To be part of the improvements to Wright Stadium, please contact
Vice President Gregg Fort at
fortg@hartwick.eduor 607-431-4045.
A Challenge to Fans of
Athletics