Grants & Awards #Masks4DentEd Helps Prevent COVID-19 Spread
GIVING MADE EASY At Harcum College, scholarship support is a top priority that promotes diversity and inclusion. In the Fall, Ellen B. Farber ’12 established the Ellen B. Farber Opportunity Fund. The Fund benefits Fashion, Photography, Graphic Design, and Interior Design students who meet certain criteria, including financial need. Anyone can give to the Fund, and 100% of the contributions directly benefit students. “As a Trustee and former student, it was important to set up an easy process for supporting students,” said Farber, President of Ellen Farber Strategic Design. After working as a Certified Public Accountant, Farber returned to school and obtained a degree in Interior Design. “Harcum is a family that gave me and other students of different ages and backgrounds the opportunity to change directions. Through this fund, we can all work together to help create possibilities for current students. I feel like I’ve come full circle.” For more information, contact advancement@harcum.edu.
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For three months from mid-March through June 2020, patient care in the Harcum Dental Hygiene Clinic stopped due to its unprecedented temporary closure in response to COVID-19. In support of the Clinic’s reopening, a unique partnership stepped in to help prevent the transmission of the virus. Known as the #Masks4DentEd initiative, the American Dental Education Association coordinated with Henry Shein, Inc., a distributor of healthcare products, to give masks donated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to Harcum. “The process was straightforward,” remarked EFDA Program Director Dossie Cavallucci ’80, ’93. “We submitted a request for an allotment and were charged for delivery, not the masks.” As a result, Harum received 10,000 3M-made KN95 masks to be used for patient care and the delivery of oral health education services. About three million masks were distributed through the #Masks4DentEd initiative to dental schools and allied dental education programs in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are grateful to be the beneficiary of these masks, which protect our patients, students, and staff against COVID-19,” said Dental Hygiene Program Director Jean Byrnes-Ziegler. SCHOLLER FOUNDATION FUNDS PEDI BLUE® During their clinical rotations at area hospitals, nursing students have limited opportunities to help bring new babies into the world. To bridge the gap, Harcum College replicates real life in the Nursing program’s Simulation Laboratory. The Scholler Foundation grant received in September will provide for a Gaumard® newborn patient simulator, “Pedi Blue®,” which accompanies “Noelle®,” a full-body birthing mother. Gaumard designs and manufactures simulators for healthcare education, including nursing students. Nursing faculty members program the simulators, essential components of the Simulation Laboratory, for normal and complicated delivery situations such as breech birth, postpartum hemorrhage, and umbilical cord wrapped around the baby to instill the key skills nurses need to care for babies and mothers. Nursing Program Director Fran Schuda said, “The Scholler Foundation’s gift makes it possible for our students to learn by doing as they are immersed in simulation exercises involving a mother giving birth and the baby’s first critical moments. Hands-on education and training are more important than ever, especially considering the heightened concerns of delivering a baby during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Last year, the Scholler Foundation funded equipment to help students master medication administration, part of the nursing profession’s complex life-saving skill set.
