Kim Grieve, Assistant Vice President for Student Services at Lourdes College, has been selected to participate in a course by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). “The Asa G. Hilliard III and Barbara A. Sizemore Research Course on African Americans and Education” is open to doctoral and graduate students throughout the United States. Participation in the course is open to a small number of applications who successfully pass the selective review process.

The purpose of the AERA course is to advance the research skills and competencies of graduate students in the area of African Americans and education research. It honors the lives and legacies of educators Drs. Asa G. Hilliard III and Barbara A. Sizemore. Through their collective research and scholarship, Hilliard III and Sizemore emphasized equal educational opportunity for African American students and social justice. The AERA course provides participants with an opportunity to publish original research in an edited volume developed specifically for course participants. 

AERA is the most prominent international professional organization, with the primary goal of advancing educational research and its practical application. Its 25,000 members are educators; administrators; directors of research; persons working with testing or evaluation in federal, state and local agencies; counselors; evaluators; graduate students; and behavioral scientists.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 1:09:35 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)    Comments [0] | 

On Wednesday, April 2, Lourdes College will unveil its newest cutting-edge addition, a virtual naming wall. The unveiling of the virtual wall is part of the 2008 Grad Bash, held in the Ebeid Student Center in Delp Hall from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

The Grad Bash is a celebration for Lourdes students who are graduating in 2008. The event will include food and beverages, door prizes and live entertainment by the Ryan Erard Jazz Band. Lourdes President Dr. Robert C. Helmer, Alumni Association President Mary Ann Durst, and Graduate Admissions Director Keith Ramsdell will each give a short presentation during the Grad Bash. The event concludes with the kick-off of the Graduate Gift Campaign and the unveiling of the virtual naming wall.

The Lourdes virtual naming wall is designed as an innovative way to recognize graduates who have donated to the College while extending the physical walls of the campus. “The virtual naming wall provides our alumni greater access to one another and gives them the ability to share their pride for Lourdes College on the world-wide web,” notes Dr. Robert C. Helmer, President. The URL address of the wall will be distributed with the unveiling of the wall during the Grad Bash.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:59:55 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)    Comments [0] | 

Lourdes College was presented with gold, silver and bronze awards in the 23rd annual Admissions Advertising Awards sponsored by the Admissions Marketing Report. Lourdes was honored for its advertising campaign in the following categories:

                        Gold = Total Public Relations program

                        Gold = Radio Ad/Series

                        Gold = Transit/Billboard

                        Silver = Newspaper Ad/Series

                        Bronze = TV Ad/Series

                        Merit = Student Viewbook

Carla Leow, Publications Coordinator; Amy Mergen, Director of Admissions; Helene Sheets, Director of College Relations; Carla Woodell , Graphic Designer; and Thread Information Design worked diligently on creating the advertising pieces.

The Admissions Advertising Awards is the largest educational advertising awards competition in the U.S. In 2008, over 2,000 entries were received from more than 100 colleges, universities and secondary schools. The awards are sponsored by the Admissions Marketing Report, the nation’s leading marketing publication for higher education.

Friday, March 14, 2008 12:39:36 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)    Comments [0] | 

I am officially a nurse!!  I passed my boards on February 27 and now bear the coveted title of RN.  It's been a few weeks now and I still feel like a student, although it boosts my self-esteem when the women on my unit say, "Oh, Kim can help.  She's a nurse now."  So I get to do fun and interesting things now, like starting IV's, signing for blood products, taking and giving reports, and transporting patients. 

The best part of all is signing my name.  I know, I know. I spent five years in nursing school just to be excited about signing my name.  Well, when you get to add credentials after your name, tell me that you aren't proud and excited about it.  So now my signed name is Kim (Last Name), RN, BSN.  Wow.  Doesn't that look AWESOME???

I've been out of hospital orientation now for several weeks and have been in the cardiovascular recovery area.  In short it's basically a pre- and post- heart catheterization area.  Patients come in and wait to get taken to the cath lab and then they come back and recover there.  Yesterday I had a patient that required emergency open heart surgeryand I was able to see it.  That has been my dream since starting nursing school.  My nana had quadruple bypass six years ago.  That surgery was the catalyst to my career decision.

I have been on a mission since the beginning of school to see an open heart surgery, to know what the patient goes through while they are on the table.  And it happened yesterday.  It was by far the coolest thing I have ever seen.  I saw the heart and and what goes into a bypass.  I looked right over the patient's head and into their chest.  What a marvel the body is, to be able to be opened like that, and to see the heart beating was just, in my mind at least, a miracle and the realization that this person't heart was literally in the hands of the surgeon.  I was so amazed that I could barely pay attention to the doctor as he explained the surgery to me while he worked. 

To see the surgery was a dream come true.  I know now why patients have such pain.  Not only is the sternum (chest bone) sawed through, but they get veins sewn to the heart to create the bypass.  There is a lot of rustling around of the organ and a lot of trauma to the heart. But it saves lives.  And I finally got to experience it. 

Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:59:39 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)    Comments [0] | 

This spring, Lourdes College will present informational open houses for its graduate programs on the following dates:

The Master of Science in Nursing program on March 25

The Master of Organizational Leadership program on March 26

The Master of Education program on April 1

All three open houses will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Franciscan Theatre and Conference Center of Lourdes College.

The open houses will offer prospective graduate school students the opportunity to meet with professors and current students and provides participants with in-depth information about the degree programs.

For additional information, contact Keith Ramsdell, Director of Graduate Admissions, at 419-517-8881 or email kramsdell@lourdes.edu. 

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:43:06 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)    Comments [0] | 

On Wednesday, March 19, the Lourdes College Choirs will perform during Holy Week Evensong at St. Lucas Lutheran Church at 7:30 p.m.

St. Lucas Lutheran Church is located at 745 Walbridge Avenue in Toledo's Historic Old South End. Attendance is free and open to the public.

For more information, please contact Karen T. Biscay, Chair of the Department of Music, at 419-824-3772, or email kbiscay@lourdes.edu.

Thursday, March 06, 2008 12:08:03 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)    Comments [0] | 

On March 15, the Lourdes College Life Lab is hosting a workshop sponsored by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. During the workshop, area teachers and education majors will have the opportunity to learn how to turn their facilities into one of Ohio’s WILD Schools Sites as part of Ohio’s Project WILD.

Project WILD is a supplementary program emphasizing awareness, appreciation and understanding of wildlife and natural resources. As an extension of the project, WILD School Sites serve as a place to learn about and benefit from nature through educational opportunities and programming. Schools that meet the requirements of becoming a WILD School Site will receive certification and additional support from the Division of Wildlife including possible site consultations, workshops and grant opportunities.

The workshop is $5 per person and will be held in the Life Lab from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information and to register, contact Marge Malinowski, Life Lab Technical Supervisor, at 419-824-3767 or email mmalinow@lourdes.edu.

Thursday, February 28, 2008 4:02:38 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)    Comments [0] | 

First Book – Lourdes College has recently been awarded $4,000 in Borders Books gift cards for distribution to Northwest Ohio literacy programs. After completing an application process, the following six programs have been selected to receive funding:

·         Texas Migrant Council

·         Pope John Paul II School

·         East Toledo Community Center

·         Crissey Elementary School

·         Raymer Elementary School

·         Aurora Academy

First Book-Lourdes College works to promote and facilitate the distribution of new books to children in literacy programs throughout Northwest Ohio. By providing children from low-income families with books that they can take home and keep, First Book-Lourdes College works to help children become better readers and likewise increase reading test scores. First Book-Lourdes College is part of First Book’s national network of volunteer-led Advisory Boards who provide new books to children in need in communities across the country. 

For information about First Book-Lourdes College, contact Barbara Walters, Reading Specialist for the Department of Education, at 419-824-3927 or email bwalters@lourdes.edu.

Thursday, February 28, 2008 4:01:18 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)    Comments [0] | 

Last week while preparing for a prayer service motivated by the recent tragedies at NIU and other campuses, I googled “Campus Shootings” to find any updated information. The results were saddening. The list of incidences - too long to really process - included numerous shootings that I had heard nothing about. In fact, as the news broke about NIU, so many people seemed to be hearing about the tragedies at Louisiana Tech, Mitchell HS (Memphis), and Green Jr High (CA) for the first time.

Remember Columbine? We were shocked, stunned, and glued to radio or TV wondering what could have motivated such a violent act. I’m not sure which is the greater tragedy – that children and young adults are shooting one another or that we’ve become so numb to the idea that we don’t even find these events “newsworthy”.

Why do children (why does anyone!) have access to these weapons? When did we decide that disagreements should be solved by shooting each other? Where have we failed in treating and caring for those with mental illnesses? How does anyone end up feeling this isolated?

I know there is no ONE answer, but when will we at least begin to address the issues?

Thursday, February 28, 2008 3:45:02 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)    Comments [2] |