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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…
Why I became a nurse – Alisa Melugin
Part one of this four part “Why I became a nurse” mini-series begins with Alisa Melugin. “The reason I chose to go into nursing is because I am a proud cancer survivor. Being only six years old when I was diagnosed, I spent a lot of time in the hospital receiving treatment. I’ll never forget the nurses…
Alumni Spotlight – Alwilda Scholler-Jaquish
In 1960, the class motto for the Burge Hospital School of Nursing was “Have pin will travel”. I have lived this motto throughout the course of the nearly 60 years I have spent in the nursing field. Nursing has taken me across the country more than once, both vocationally and as I completed my studies….
Alumni Spotlight – Matt Younger, ASR ’13 & BSDI ’15
After graduation, Matthew moved to Cape Girardeau, MO, for a short time before making his home in Middle Tennessee. In 2018, he began a new career with Medtronic, working with the Stealth Station Navigation and O-arm Advanced Imaging system. His training and instruction during his tenure at Cox College enabled him to take the leap from an…
Alumni Spotlight: Jade Manczuk
Jade Manczuk graduated from Cox College’s Dietetic Internship program in 2012. She currently works at Jordan Valley Community Health Center (JVCHC) as a Registered Dietitian and Diabetes Education Program Coordinator. JVCHC is a Federally Qualified Health Center that has locations in six Southwest Missouri communities with nine clinics offering medical, dental, behavioral health and optometry…