News from School of Nursing & Health Studies

Category: Teaching

Drs. Jody Early and Victoria Breckwich Vasquez featured on Crosscut

We are proud to announce that Drs. Jody Early and Victoria Breckwich Vasquez were featured on Crosscut for their hard work in creating "Basta!" which is an anti-sexual harassment training toolkit within the agriculture industry. After six years of dedication, research, community engagement and more, their toolkit has been released.

April 6, 2020

Quarantine & Isolation

Read about Stefanie Iverson Cabral's "Quarantine and Isolation" class and current events.

March 30, 2020

Global Health Promotion in Guatemala

Join teams with one of SNHS' Global Community Health Partners, Guatemala Village Health, on a two week service experience. This service-learning course is designed to provide students with hands-on primary care/public health experience in low-resource areas of Guatemala.

January 7, 2020

Dean’s Corner

Dean Shari Dworkin discusses the value and impact of mentorship at the School of Nursing and Health Studies (SNHS) in the Fall Newsletter. SNHS embraces mentoring intensively as both an art and a science. Our faculty and staff also deeply engage the mentorship of students and have experienced numerous successes in this arena.

November 20, 2019

Harassment Training for Agricultural Workers

SNHS faculty, Drs. Jody Early and Victoria Breckwich Vasquez, co-led a grassroots effort in Washington state to address the issue of sexual harassment in agriculture.

November 19, 2019

UWB BSN alumna working towards her MN!

A BSN'14 graduate, Miriam Witt, is now working towards her Master of Nursing at UWB! Witt's goals and passions were heavily influenced by her volunteer trip to Kenya and experiences teaching clinical nursing as an adjunct instructor at Skagit Valley College.

November 19, 2019

Global Collaboration: SNHS and TMDU

Students and faculty benefit from partnerships in teaching and research. The partnership between Drs. Ezeonwu and Kondo, gives students the opportunity to experience global immersion programs and compare healthcare education and systems in Japan and the United States. Faculty are able to work on international comparative research and engage students on campuses worldwide.

November 15, 2019

BSN Alumna on Tribal Canoe Journey

Samantha Capoeman, UW Bothell School of Nursing & Health Studies alumna, is a member of the Quinault Indian Nation and a nurse who is working in tribal clinics. While she was still a student, she participated in the annual Tribal Canoe Journey, where she celebrated indigenous Coast Salish traditions. For the full article, please visit the campus news blog.

October 22, 2019

HEP Alum, Sarah Heimberger, talks about her CHES Experience

Sarah Heimberger was the first Health Education and Promotion minor and Bachelor of Arts in Health Studies major to take the CHES Exam and the first to pass! In this video, she shares her experience and advice for those considering taking the CHES.

October 22, 2019