CONGRATULATIONS!
Katherine C. Aquino, doctoral candidate, co-presented with Dr. Kim at the Northeastern Educational Research Association 2015 Conference-
Aquino, K.C. & Kim, E. (2015). Accessing SSI/SSDI in postsecondary education: Who is receiving benefits?
Barbara Blozen, Ed.D. ‘10, has been involved in the following publications and activities:
- Blozen, B. (in press). Mentoring 101: The basics of Mentoring. The American Nurse Today.
- Blozen, B. (2015). The Answer is Questions: Accelerated Nursing Students Report: Practice Questions are Fundamental to First-Time NCLEX-RN Success. Journal of the NYSNA.
- Blozen, B. (2015). Are you my Mentor? New Jersey Nursing Students 63rd Annual Convention
- Blozen, B. (2015). Accelerated Nursing Students: Perceptions of Success. Elsevier Faculty Development Conference
Monica Burnette, doctoral student, co-presented at the New Jersey Association of New Student Advocates annual conference in Atlantic City. The presentation, entitled “Building an Effective Study Skills Curriculum for Struggling First-Year Students” demonstrated how campus departments collaborated to redesign the curriculum and delivery method of a study skills course to improve student engagement and academic performance.
Stephen Deutsch recently defended his PhD dissertation entitled “The Relationship Between Adjunct Faculty Staffing and College Student Retention and Graduation.” Dr. Chen mentored Stephen.
Colleen Evans, Ph.D. ‘13, was recently promoted from Instructor to Assistant Professor in Chemistry at Dominican College. She is also co-Principal Investigator on a NSF STEM grant for low-income biology majors. The grant ($600,000) provides four-year scholarships for two cohorts of students. The project is entitled “Increasing Access to the Biological Sciences.”
Mary Fortier, Ed.D. ‘10, worked with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and several colleagues on an article-
Fortier, M.E., Fountain, D.M., Vargas, M., Heelan-Fancher, L., Perron, T., Hinic, K., & Swan, B.A.(2015). Perspectives in ambulatory care. Health care in the community: Developing academic/practice partnerships for care coordination and managing transitions. Nursing Economics, 33, 167-181.
Kelly Freeman, master’s student, presented “Collegiate Citizenship, Civic Engagement In a College Setting” at NJANSA (New Jersey Association of New Student Advocates) on October 23.
Ryan Hudes, doctoral candidate, recently accepted a position at Seton Hall’s new College of Communication and the Arts working in Admissions/Enrollment Management for its graduate programs.
Dr. Kelchen, Assistant Professor, has been involved in the following publications and activities:
- Assumed faculty advisor role for Seton Hall’s HEGSA
- Presented on college ranking and the Department of Education’s new College Scorecard tool at the National Association for College Admission Counseling Conference in San Diego
- Signed a book contract with Johns Hopkins University Press on accountability policies and practices in higher education. Look for the book to come out in late 2017 or early 2018!
Aretha Watson, Ph.D. ‘15, recently accepted a position as the Assistant Dean for the School of Nursing at Rutgers University.
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