University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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Nurses Work Program To REACH Community .-r. . 1) College of Health Related Professions 3) College of Health Related Professions OF Of the 500 students enrolled in the College of Nursing, approximately 11 percent of them are male. The college won the largest Health Fair award for displays at the Oaks Mall. They took second place at Gator Expo where they checked blood pressure, weight, hearing and gave stress tests, eye tests and typed blood. Graduate students participated in REACH (Rural Efforts to Assist Children at Home). For this program, run by the department of pediatrics, students made housecalls in rural communities to help children with chronic illnesses. The college operated a satellite master ' s degree program in Jacksonville and Orlando, with 300 students participating. As part of their degree program, students dents were required to intern for one semester. After six weeks in the college, they started clinical work in hospitals and clinics around Gainesville. In the college, there was a small student teacher ratio. Cathy Erdman, a senior, said she liked the small si ze and the opportunity to get to know the instructors in the college. Everyone ' s real close, she said. It ' s more like a family. — Debbie Schmidt 1) A child listens to student James McNair ' s heartbeat in the pediatrics clinic. 2) Student Undrea Bostic works with a child in the pediatrics clinic. 3) Under the direction of Professor Audrey Quarks, student Sharon McKee helps a couple in an Obstetrics Gynecology class. 4) College Of Nursing 179

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High Demand Guarantees Jobs 1) College of Health Related Professions A new scholarship fund was started for the College of Health Related Professions. The Jed Clements scholarship was given by a family in memory of their son who attended the college. Fleury Yelvington, a graduate student in health and hospital administration, was the first recipient of the scholarship. Students were required to do praticums, a type of internship. They were almost guaranteed jobs after graduation because of the high for people in their occupations. During homecoming week students showed off what they were ' learning in a booth at Gator Expo. They also sold balloons to raise money for the United Way and held a blood drive, their most successful one ever. — Debbie Schmidt 1) Occupational therapy student Melanie Miller helps a patient from the Gainesville Veterans Administration Medical Center wave a giant parachute as part of a therapeutic skills class. 2) Jan Parrish, assistant professor of medical technology, instructs student Denise Ferguson about machinery that is used in hematology labs. 3) Belinda Agee, right, a clinical dietitian, Linda Hunsader in administering a skinfold test to measure body fat. Hunsader is a senior in the Department of Clinical and Community Dietetics. 2) College of Health Related Professions 3) College of Health Related Professions 178 College Of Health Related Professions

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I) Rock 104 disc jockey Jason Alexander, who has been on the staff over a year, sets up the next record. 2) Dr. Marilyn Fregly peers out a third floor office window of the journalism building for a breath of fresh air. 3) The five-year-old journalism building houses three radio stations and a television station. 180