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Campus Update
Dr. Lisa Eichelberger publishes Second edition of textbook to make Nursing Theory interactive
David Messer authors biography of Noted Native American educator Henry Roe Cloud
Dr. Lisa Eichelberger
Dr. Lisa Eichelberger, dean of Clay- ton State University’s College of Health, recently published the second edition of her textbook entitled Understanding the Work of Nurse Theorists: A Creative Be- ginning. Coauthored with Kathy Sitzman of Utah’s Weber State University, the text- book uses art to teach nurses the often
Dr. David Messer
Clayton State University’s Dr. David Messer, assistant professor in the Depart- ment of Teacher Education, recently au- thored his first book, entitled Henry Roe Cloud: A Biography.
“The book is biography of Henry Roe Cloud, a Winnebago Indian born around 1884 in Nebraska,” Messer says.
daunting task of learning nursing theories. Eichelberger, a resident of Fayette County, and Sitzman open a creative side to nursing theory – one that makes learning a little less intim- idating and a lot more innovative.
The second edition expands the number of theorists cov- ered in the first textbook. The authors also contacted all living nursing theorists and had each theorist write a chapter on their life as theorist. Eichelberger also authored a chapter on pioneering a nursing theory website.
Gary May has small business Fundamentals book published
Dr. Gary May, associate professor of management in the Clayton State Univer- sity School of Business, recently had his book, Strategic Planning: Fundamentals for Small Business, published by Business Expert Press (BEP). May decided to write the book while attending a conference.
Dr. Gary May
“I met the publisher, Dave Parker of Business Expert Press, at a conference,” May says. “He was soliciting new authors. After some research, we determined there were not many books in the marketplace on the topic of strategy for small business owners and managers. I teach strategy, and I have managed strategic planning projects in the corporate world, and was a second-generation owner of a family business. So there was a nice fit with my experience. On the basis of the research, I drafted a concept proposal and
chapter outline.”
“As a young man he attended government and reservation schools. Eventually he attended Mount Hermon Preparatory School and later was the first Native American to graduate from Yale. He was an ordained Presbyterian minister and started the first high school administered by Native Ameri- cans. He held several important governmental offices dealing with Indian affairs during the administrations of different pres- idents. His life was a mosaic of traditional Indian beliefs and values, reform theology, progressive education theories and political realities.”
Students Participate in Alternative Winter Break in Orlando
A dozen Clayton State students participated in the 2009 Alternative Winter Break Program in Orlando, Fla. The Alter- native Break Volunteer program is an opportunity for students to engage in community-based service projects during the University’s designated winter and spring semester breaks to develop an understanding and appreciation of the issues peo- ple across the world encounter daily.
The Department of Campus Life began sponsoring its yearly Alternative Spring Break in 2008 and expanded the program in fall 2009 to offer the Alternative Winter Break.
The group traveled by van to Orlando to volunteer at the Give Kids the World (GKTW) Village. As volunteer “angels” each day, the students were assigned to an area in the Give Kids the World Village theme park.
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