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| NEWS FROM THE COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES | FALL 2015 |
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Message from the Dean
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Features:Donor Gift to Support Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice
New Study: Exercise Reduces Suicide Attempts by Bullied Teens
Nursing Students, Senior Citizens Learn From Each Other
IDEAL Program Helps Vermonters with Multiple Sclerosis, Advances Research
UVM Named 'Exercise is Medicine' Campus
Health Sciences Interest Group Supports Student Success
Physical Therapy Students Participate in International Collaborative
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This fall the College of Nursing and Health Sciences (CNHS) advanced our mission to work together, educate an interprofessional workforce, create new knowledge and contribute to the wellness of society with a gift to support interprofessional collaboration among our colleagues in the health and related professions. Several faculty had notable research accomplishments; and our students were provided new opportunities for distinctive learning experiences that were academically rigorous and created meaningful engagement on campus, in the community and in the world.
A gift from alumna Aline Demers provides a significant opportunity for CNHS to facilitate a strategic focus in interprofessional education and collaborative practice – key elements in providing high quality patient care.
As high schools across the country continue to reduce physical education, recess, and athletic programs, a new study shows that regular exercise significantly reduces both suicidal thoughts and attempts among students who are bullied.
When Jason Garbarino asked his students at the beginning of his gerontology course if any of them planned to work with the elderly, only a few hands went up. That was before the students met the seniors living at the Residence at Shelburne Bay — and heard their stories. 
When Bob Greenough was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in his early 40s he was faced with two choices: surrender to the potentially debilitating disease or fight it with a rigorous exercise and balance training program designed for people with MS. 
The American College of Sports Medicine designated UVM an ‘Exercise is Medicine’ campus in October, and Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin declared the month ‘Exercise is Medicine on Campus’ month to celebrate campuses’ role in fostering healthy, physically active communities. 
This fall, CNHS offered 25 first-year students the opportunity to be part of a residence-hall based health sciences interest group. The students lived in Davis Hall, with on-site access to study groups, tutoring, and peer mentor hosted spaghetti dinners. 
Thirteen Doctor of Physical Therapy students traveled with physical therapy clinical faculty members Sonya Worth and Karen Westervelt to Auckland University of Technology on the North Island of New Zealand for the International Collaborative in Manual Physical Therapy in July.