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Social Activism: What Health Care Professionals Can and Should Do
Alverno Forum will explore activism, its potential impact and how to create a social change
Alverno College is hosting a forum featuring health care professionals discussing social activism and its potential impact. Panel members will engage in a discussion about local needs and strategies to address them, as well as how their personal experiences in the health care field led to social change.
The forum will be moderated by Donna Engelmann, Ph.D. and professor of philosophy at Alverno College. Panelists include:
- Ernest Colburn, nurse manager, WHFC St. Joseph’s Hospital
- Celia Jackson, JD, executive director of the Alverno College International & Intercultural Center
- Ellen Murphy, BSN, JD, FAAAN, professor emerita, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
- Kathleen Pritchard, Ph.D., vice president of planning and evaluation, Impact, Inc.
The Alverno Forum series seeks to join community leaders in discussing cutting-edge topics that have a daily impact on the lives of people in our community and beyond. The next discussion in this year’s series takes place on Thursday, March 22 at 6:00 p.m. in the Sister Joel Read Conference Center. The Alverno Forum series is free and open to the public. For more details, please visit our website at http://www.alverno.edu/forum/.
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About Alverno College
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Alverno College, a four-year independent, Catholic, liberal arts college for women, exists to promote the personal and professional development of its students. The college has earned accolades and respect internationally for its highly effective ability-based, assessment-as-learning approach to education, and has consulted with three U.S. presidential administrations on accountability and outcomes in higher education. For the last six years, Alverno College was ranked one of the top five schools in the Midwest doing “the best job of educating undergrads” by U.S. News & World Report. Educators from throughout the world visit Alverno to learn about its proven, student-centered teaching methods.
Alverno offers more than 60 major areas of study, including graduate programs in education, nursing, community psychology and business that are open to women and men. For more information about Alverno, visit www.alverno.edu or call 414-382-6100.