AROUND CAMPUS
City of Utica 1st Edition
2 TO 6 PLAYERS AGES 8 TO ADULT
2 TO 6 PLAYERS AGES 8 TO ADULT
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2 TO 6 PLAYERS AGES 8 TO ADULT
(Pictured, left to right) Lidia Tunyan ‘19, Mayor Wayne Messam, Associate Provost for Online Learning Polly Smith, Vanessa De La Cruz ‘19, Jeffery Gates, Dean of Health Professions and Education Patrice Hallock, Evelyn Gonzalez, Nursing Professor and Department Chair Annette Becker, Senator Anitere Flores
UC Opens New Accelerated Nursing Program Site in Miramar, Florida The grand opening of UC’s new nursing site in Miramar, Florida, on September 13 was a celebration of Utica College and the nursing profession. Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam and Florida State Senator Anitere Flores attended the celebration, along with UC’s Senior Vice President for Student Life and Enrollment Management Jeffery Gates and nursing student Vanessa De La Cruz ’19, who performed the ribbon-cutting honors. The Miramar facility is designed to support the expansion of UC’s regionally accredited 16-month ABSN program and is equipped with state-of-the-art nursing labs that replicate the clinical setting with anatomically correct task trainers, full-body patient
simulators, and contemporary hospital equipment. It also features a study area, student lounge, and onsite café in the building complex. One highlight of the ribbon-cutting ceremony: an inspiring speech from Evelyn Gonzales, Director of Clinical Workforce Development at Memorial Healthcare System, one of UC’s affiliated clinical rotation sites. “The heart and soul of hospitals are bedside nurses,” Gonzales told the aspiring nurses. “They are the ones who wipe away the tears, who keep the patients and families informed of what is going on and, ultimately, they are the ones who are there when the others go home.”
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Thinking Games 2 TO 6 PLAYERS AGES 8 TO ADULT
Relax, mom and dad—it’s just water in those cups. And it’s educational! Students in OCT 506, Occupation Exploration, learned about the performance skills and patterns required for common leisure activities, something professional occupational therapists educate and train their clients on every day. (1) Utica College is For Sale … on the Monopoly board, that is. In July, production began on 5,000 first-edition copies of the Utica version of the classic board game. The project is a fundraiser for Abraham House, a Utica-based organization for the terminally ill. UC joins Utica mainstays like the Stanley Theater, Delmonico’s Italian Steakhouse, the Adirondack Bank Center, the Utica Zoo, and many more on the game board. And among the game pieces replacing the classic thimble, shoe and top hat: Our own Trax the moose. The games will be released mid-November and are available for pre-order via Abraham House’s website, theabrahamhouse.org. (2)
By the Numbers: The Class of 2022 UC’s newest batch of incoming students is diverse, accomplished, and full of surprises. 623 first-year students total
19 U.S. states represented
3 high-school valedictorians
26 whose moms are alumnae
4 high-school salutatorians
1 whose parent, grandparent, and great-grandparent all attended UC
69 in the top 25 percent of their high-school classes
1 coming off active duty, U.S. Army
560 who participated in athletics in high school
1 amateur MMA fighter
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