Board Event

Dr. Tammy Everett unveiling Emerging SOE
 Program
 

Who likes to attend meetings??  Not the HealthEd Connect Board of Directors!  Instead, they prefer to refer to quarterly gatherings as 'events.'  The 'event' on October 10 and 11 included a dinner on Thursday evening at the Graceland Independence Campus with a program featuring Emerging Programs.  On Saturday (okay, we confess!) we  had several hours of committee meetings and business to take care of.  Shandra Newcom, who traveled to Zambia January 2013 and will return January 2014, unveiled a new palliative care program for the Kafwa health workers.  The Kafwa have long provided home health and 'hospice' for innumerable AIDS patients in their communities.  Now Shandra and Dr. Jeff Manuel (palliative care physician and board member) are developing a support program for the Kafwa.

Dr. Tammy Everett shared exciting news about the partnership between the Graceland School of Education and the Zambian schools.  The Iowa Department of Education has approved our Zambian schools as pre-service and practicum sites for education students.  A GU faculty member will accompany students to Zambia in June 2014 to mentor and work with the teachers.  What a boon for our schools!