IN BRIEF
Issue date: 3/11/08 Section: News
Book presentation and commentary
The Center for Civic Engagement, departments of political science and language and linguistics, the Women's Studies Program and the Doctorado en Ciencias Sociales at the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez are sponsoring a presentation of the book "Mi Vida en Juárez, Voces de Mujeres" at 6 p.m. today in the Blumberg Auditorium at the UTEP Library.
The presentation will be in Spanish and is free and open to the public.
Brown bag workshops
The Women's Resource Center will host two brown bag workshops in honor of women in science, technology, engineering and math. Charles Watkins will speak at noon today and Olga Kosheleva, assistant professor in the College of Education, will speak at noon Wednesday.
Both workshops will be held at the Women's Resource Center, 112 Union Building East, Room 112. For more information, call 747-5291.
Nursing program increases enrollment
UTEP's Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program will increase its enrollment from 40 students to 50 students this year to meet the overwhelming response of applicants.
The program, which helps students enter the health-care field in 15 months, recently ended their application period and will begin its fourth class in May.
Created in 2005, the program increased its enrollment 33 percent in its second year and 50 percent in its third year.
This year, the program plans to increase by 66 percent.
The program was created with support from $465,000 grant from the Tenet Foundation to help reduce local and national nursing shortages. It received additional support from a three-year, $818,293 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
For more information, contact Stephanie Glover at 747-8325.
New UTEP program certifies Mexican nurses
The UTEP School of Nursing was awarded $100,000 by St. David's HealthCare of Austin and the Las Palmas and Del Sol medical centers to create a new program aimed at reducing nursing shortages.
The grant will create a 15-week program that will give degreed and licensed Mexican nurses an opportunity to prepare to pass the Texas Nurses Certification and Licensing Exam, the national exam to become a registered nurse.
Mexican nurses participating in the program are required to commit to 40 hours a week of courses on English proficiency, reviewing nursing concepts, clinical simulation training and test-taking skills.
Blood drives on campus
UTEP will host two blood drives from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 12 in the parking lot west of the Union Building and Thursday March 13 in front of the UGLC.
The Center for Civic Engagement, departments of political science and language and linguistics, the Women's Studies Program and the Doctorado en Ciencias Sociales at the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez are sponsoring a presentation of the book "Mi Vida en Juárez, Voces de Mujeres" at 6 p.m. today in the Blumberg Auditorium at the UTEP Library.
The presentation will be in Spanish and is free and open to the public.
Brown bag workshops
The Women's Resource Center will host two brown bag workshops in honor of women in science, technology, engineering and math. Charles Watkins will speak at noon today and Olga Kosheleva, assistant professor in the College of Education, will speak at noon Wednesday.
Both workshops will be held at the Women's Resource Center, 112 Union Building East, Room 112. For more information, call 747-5291.
Nursing program increases enrollment
UTEP's Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program will increase its enrollment from 40 students to 50 students this year to meet the overwhelming response of applicants.
The program, which helps students enter the health-care field in 15 months, recently ended their application period and will begin its fourth class in May.
Created in 2005, the program increased its enrollment 33 percent in its second year and 50 percent in its third year.
This year, the program plans to increase by 66 percent.
The program was created with support from $465,000 grant from the Tenet Foundation to help reduce local and national nursing shortages. It received additional support from a three-year, $818,293 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
For more information, contact Stephanie Glover at 747-8325.
New UTEP program certifies Mexican nurses
The UTEP School of Nursing was awarded $100,000 by St. David's HealthCare of Austin and the Las Palmas and Del Sol medical centers to create a new program aimed at reducing nursing shortages.
The grant will create a 15-week program that will give degreed and licensed Mexican nurses an opportunity to prepare to pass the Texas Nurses Certification and Licensing Exam, the national exam to become a registered nurse.
Mexican nurses participating in the program are required to commit to 40 hours a week of courses on English proficiency, reviewing nursing concepts, clinical simulation training and test-taking skills.
Blood drives on campus
UTEP will host two blood drives from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 12 in the parking lot west of the Union Building and Thursday March 13 in front of the UGLC.
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