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Cox College to open satellite campuses in Branson, Monett
Story by Kyle DeVries It isn’t a secret that health care facilities across the country are looking to find more nurses. To help fulfill this need, Cox College will be opening two satellite campuses to expand their footprint in Missouri. One campus will be located in Branson, on the campus of Cox Medical Center…
Meal planning for the busy college student
If you’re anything like me, your schedule is so busy that sitting down to eat a good meal is very difficult. Because of this, we end up going through the drive-thru or gas station to pick up our favorite convenience foods. While these items fill us up, the food we consume from these places…
Cox College Student Ambassador – Mercedes Lair
Cox College’s ambassadors are student leaders who provide mentorship, foster community enrichment, and help advance the goals of our organization. Ambassadors often assist with our alumni dinner, commencement, and other recruitment events and volunteer opportunities. Hello, my name is Mercedes Lair. I am one of the Student Ambassadors for the Medical Assisting Program at…
Breaking New Ground
Story by Dr. Anna Quigg Jordan Valley Community Health Center (JVCHC) approaches patient care using an integrated care model. Dr. Barbara Wachtel-Nash, Psy.D., JVCHC’s Director of Behavioral Health Integration, through her clinical experience and previous collaboration with occupational therapists (OTs), recognized the value of adding occupational therapy services to the JVCHC integrated care team in…
Cox College Student Ambassador – Shelly Bassham
Cox College’s ambassadors are student leaders who provide mentorship, foster community enrichment, and help advance the goals of our organization. Ambassadors often assist with our alumni dinner, volunteer opportunities, commencement, and recruitment events. Hello, my name is Shelly Bassham. I am one of the Student Ambassadors for the ASN program here at Cox College. …
Five breakfast foods higher in sugar than a donut
Article By Mallory Lawson, Cox College Dietetic Intern On average, Americans consume 160 grams (40 teaspoons) of sugar per day. Even if you don’t have a sweet tooth, you may be consuming more sugar than you realize. Various foods contain sugar; it may be added to the food in processing or naturally occurring in whole…
Cox College Student Ambassador – Ashton Hedgepeth
Cox College’s ambassadors are student leaders who provide mentorship, foster community enrichment, and help advance the goals of our organization. Ambassadors often assist with our alumni dinner, volunteer opportunities, commencement, and recruitment events. Hello, my name is Ashton Hedgepeth! I am one of the ambassadors for Cox College from the BSN Entry program. I…
Cox College Student Ambassador – Sarah Rinaldi
Cox College’s ambassadors are student leaders who provide mentorship, foster community enrichment, and help advance the goals of our organization. Ambassadors often assist with our alumni dinner, volunteer opportunities, commencement, and recruitment events. We can’t wait to introduce you to all of our ambassadors! My name is Sarah Rinaldi, I’m a Springfield native,…
Alumni Dinner Speaker – Jeff Clinkenbeard
Jeff Clinkenbeard has written, produced, and directed a wide range of projects including: Springfield Missouri’s entry in the Simpson’s Movie Premiere Contest Ripple, starring Marcia Cross & Anthony Michael Hall, a short film which screened at the Sundance Film Festival Brotherly LoveS, the New York premiere production of Elysabeth Kleinhans’ Animated Theaterworks The Coils of…
Helping those in need
Story by Kyle DeVries In 2015, Kallie Campbell graduated from Cox College’s ASN program, ready and eager to enter workforce in constant need of dedicated, caring professionals. She spent the first couple of years serving the patients in the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) and Cardiac Arrest Unit at Cox South before ultimately moving to the Cardiovascular Catheterization…