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Nursing Nursing is an art, a humanistic science, and an intellectual discipline of informed caring (Swanson, 1993). Informed caring represents the essence of nursing by reflecting caring as a nurturing way of relating to others toward whom one has a professional commitment and by unifying the diverse knowledge, skills, and processes of nursing into an integrated whole. In the context of “informed caring for the well-being of others” (Swanson, 1993, p. 352), nursing exists as a profession that

The Bylaws, Article IV, Section 4.A.2 provides for the creation of university committees involving faculty.  University Standing Committees are as follows: Capital Expenditures Committee; Human Participants Review Board; Institutional Animal Care and Use; Parking Committee; Retirement Fund Advisory Committee; Student Life Awards Committee; Title IX Committee; University Benefits Committee; University Budget Advisory Committee; University Committee on Honorary Degrees; University Diversity

Faculty Standing Committees (defined in Bylaws, Article IV, Section 4, subsection A, 1) are as follows: Academic Performance and Integrity; Core Curriculum; Educational Policies; Faculty Affairs; Global Education; Governance; Rank and Tenure. The Faculty Executive Committee is described in the Bylaws, Article IV, Section 3. The membership, advisory membership, general purpose, and specific duties of each committee are described below.Section 1. ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND INTEGRITY COMMITTEE

Section 1. The interpretation of the Constitution, Bylaws, and faculty legislation shall in the first instance be entrusted to the Governance Committee. The membership of the Governance Committee shall consist of three members elected from the faculty for three-year overlapping terms. The president of the university shall be an advisory member of the committee. Cases shall be brought to the Governance Committee when an opinion is necessary to resolve a bona fide dispute. The president of the

Faculty elections are conducted electronically. Ballots are normally to be completed within one week after distribution. Elections are conducted jointly by the Governance Committee and the faculty secretary, who acts jointly with the chair of the Governance Committee to officially certify the election results. After each election, a statement is issued to inform the faculty of the names of candidates who have been elected and of the positions still to be filled. At its discretion, the

Year 1 SummerNo Classes FallNURS 720 Analytical Methods NURS 721 Epidemiology and Biostatistics3 Credits 3 Credits J-TermNURS 705 Resource Management3 Credits SpringNURS 730 Advanced Pathophysiology NURS 731 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics3 Credits 3 Credits Year 2 SummerNURS 702 Information Systems and Patient Care Technology NURS 732 Advanced Physical Assessment NURS 733 Advanced Health Promotion3 Credits 4 Credits 2 Credits FallNURS 770 Primary Care Procedures NURS 771 Psych for Primary Care

assessed and met throughout the program.  Faculty are responsible for completing the course evaluation form at the end of each semester in which a course is taught.

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2015 Speaker BiographiesLaura Brade Laura Brade is a Ph.D. Candidate in History at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill under the direction of Christopher Browning and Chad Bryant. Her dissertation titled, “Coerced Voluntary Migration: Jewish Flight from the Bohemian Lands, 1938-1941.” She has conducted research in Washington, D.C., the Czech Republic, and Israel thanks to the support of the USHMM Margit Meissner Fund for the Study of the Holocaust in the Czech Lands, the Claims

2015 Speaker BiographiesLaura Brade Laura Brade is a Ph.D. Candidate in History at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill under the direction of Christopher Browning and Chad Bryant. Her dissertation titled, “Coerced Voluntary Migration: Jewish Flight from the Bohemian Lands, 1938-1941.” She has conducted research in Washington, D.C., the Czech Republic, and Israel thanks to the support of the USHMM Margit Meissner Fund for the Study of the Holocaust in the Czech Lands, the Claims