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June 21, 2006 Contact Information: SUMMER HOURS Jacqueline S. Joines, CFRE Development Office Hours Monday-Thursday, 8 am - 4:30 pm Lumpkin College of Business & Friday, 8 am - 12:00 pm Applied Sciences 600 Lincoln Ave. Charleston, IL 61920 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (217) 581-7969 HEADLINES Fax: (217) 581-6029 Old Main EIU MOURNS DEATH OF FORMER CHAIR OF SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Thomas Elliott, Ph.D., died Sunday, June 18, at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center after National Historic Site suffering a heart attack. The visitation is scheduled for 4:00-8:00 pm at Adams Funeral Home in Charleson. The funeral will be held at the Wesley United Church on Friday at 10:00 am. Tom served in the United States Air Force ebfore his honorable discharge at the rank of Staff Sergeant. He married Betty Gemill in 1953. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Business Education from Ball State University. He earned his Ph.D. from Northern Colorado University, no the University of Colorado. Dr. Elliott was a faculty member of Eastern Illinois University in the College of Business' Department of Education and Administrative Office Management, and he served as the department chair for Administrative Information Systems and Business Education for nine years. He retired from Eastern after 24 years of service. During his career, he cofounded Eastern's Delta Phi Epsilon Chapter, an honorary graduate fraternity for business educators. In 1978, he served as the president of the Illinois Business Education Association and received its Outstanding Business Educator award in 1982. Tom will be greatly missed by his "family" in the School of Business at Eastern. NELSON RETURNING TO AREA TO LEAD EIU'S NEW NURSING PROGRAM Make Great Things Happen. Make a EIU Media Release, June 15, 2006 Gift Online! Dianne E. Nelson, a familiar face to many local nurses, has been chosen to serve as the Make a gift to your favorite area at founding director of Eastern Illinois University's nursing program. EIU online. Log on to https://www. give2eiu.eiu.edu/ Nelson taught hundreds of students in nursing classes in her eight years at Lake Land index.html. It's convenient, secure, College before leaving in 2002 to become an assistant professor in Indiana State University's and confidential. We appreciate your College of Nursing in Terre Haute, Ind. continued support. Starting July 1, Nelson will be back in Coles County to help shape the future of EIU's bachelor's of science in nursing degree program, which is tentatively set to begin offering courses in August 2007. Join the EIU Alumni Association "I am very excited to be back in east-central Illinois," Nelson said. "I enjoyed teaching at Lake Are you a graduate of Eastern Illinois Land, and I am very familiar with health care in the area. I want to establish a high-quality University? See what Alumni Services program that meets the needs of the nurses and the health-care facilities of our area." can do for you when you join the Alumni Association. It's just $30 for an The program, often called a BSN-completion degree, is geared toward registered nurses, and annual membership and $45 for an Nelson said she is excited to have such an integral part in its development. annual family membership! Benefits range from newsletters to ticket information for EIU events and travel Nelson helped add a BSN-completion component to the curriculum when she taught at discounts. The Alumni Association Arkansas Tech University prior to moving to Lake Land, so she's no stranger to getting such a also recognizes the professional and program up and running. volunteer accomplishments of EIU alumni. For more information, visit the "This is a very important new program for Eastern, and we look forward to its successful web site at: www.eiu.edu/~alumni. initiation under Dr. Nelson's leadership," said Blair Lord, EIU provost and vice president for academic affairs. Brainard House Home of the EIU Alumni Association Nelson's initial tasks at EIU are to more fully develop courses and curriculum and gain campus approval for them, hire staff and faculty, develop policies for the program, develop recruitment and admission materials, establish clinical sites with area health-care agencies and providers, and prepare the program for accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. "Dr. Nelson's broad experiences and resourcefulness will assist her in bringing all the necessary assets together for a successful BSN-completion program and the very first nursing program at EIU," said Mary Anne Hanner, dean of the EIU College of Sciences. Nelson plans to meet with health-care professionals, including potential students, to make sure the program will be designed to meet their needs. For nurses who plan to remain working at the bedside, the program will increase their knowledge and allow them to work at a more advanced level, Nelson said. The program can also provide expanded career opportunities, such as working as a nurse manager or attending graduate school to become an advanced practice nurse or an educator in higher education. Homecoming 2006 and Family Weekend 2006 Dates Family Weekend 2006 is scheduled It can also be used as a stepping stone for those planning to become nurse practitioners, for the weekend of October 7, 2006, nurse midwives and nurse anesthetists. and Homecoming 2006 for the weekend of October 21, 2006. For The EIU program should help the nursing shortage by keeping existing RNs in the area, suggestions on area lodging, contact because nurses who have the opportunity to advance their education are more likely to the Charleston Chamber of remain in the profession, Nelson said. Commerce at 217-345-7041 or the LCBAS Development Office at [email protected] or 217-581-7969. "This will be a great option for nurses in practice and those who are planning their academic careers," she said. In addition to having experience teaching from the associate degree level to the graduate level, Nelson has worked as a nurse herself, so she has a good understanding of students' needs from all angles. "We want to have a personal program that meets the needs of the working nurse," Nelson said. "It tends to be a nontraditional student group, but they tend to be highly motivated. I know that their schedules often require alternative forms of class structure. I'm anxious to work with them." Although some online classes likely will be offered, Nelson envisions them as including some in-class time to keep the personal touch. Please Support EIU Alums and "Eastern always has had good faculty-student relations, and I'd like to continue that with this Friends program," she said. 21st Century Wealth Nelson plans to work extensively with other nursing programs in the region to ensure -Jeff G. Scott, Class of 1968 students' seamless transition to EIU. 21st Century Wealth, a primer on the Nelson's other experience includes teaching nursing courses at John A. Logan Community essential principles of financial College in Carterville and working as a charge and staff nurse at Carbondale Memorial planning, is designed to be an Hospital for five years. informative resource for readers interested in estate, investment, and Nelson received her bachelor's in nursing from the University of Iowa in 1977, her master's in retirement planning issues. One of the community and family nursing from the University of Central Arkansas in 1989, and her contributors is Jeffrey G. Scott, CLU, doctorate in community and family nursing from Rush University in Chicago in 2004. CFP, ChFC. Mr. Scott, retired Managing Director of the Mid-Atlantic Region for Sagemark Consulting, She has received several awards for her research and her roles in nursing education. operated one of the top five financial planning firms in the Lincoln Financial Nelson resides in Charleston with her husband, Thomas A. Nelson, an EIU professor of Advisors distribution system. biological sciences and coordinator of EIU's environmental biology program. The book is available for purchase at the discounted price of $24.95 plus EMBARRASS FILM FESTIVAL HONORS BURL IVES Daily Eastern News, June 15, 2006 shipping and handling. To request a Story by Tearria Ruffin copy, e-mail [email protected]. The Embarrass Film Festival will honor the belated Burl Ives, an Eastern alumnus, at the third Prepayment is required by personal or annual Embarrass Film Festival scheduled for September 20-23, 2006, at the Tarble Art corporate check. Center and Mary J. Booth Library. Please Support EIU Alums and The festival is a free, family oriented event including guest speakers Jennifer Cutting and Friends Steve Winick, archivists and musicians from the Library of Congress, and James Jones. Boomtown USA -Jack Schultz, CEO of Agracel According to Joy Pratte, the festival director, Ives was chosen to be presented this upcoming September because his notoriety. His musical endeavors with folk song helped him to gain his Jack Schultz, CEO of Agracel, Inc., widespread popularity. Not only was he was a musician, he was also an accomplished actor, and past president of Eastern Illinois appearing in many 1950 films, such as "East of Eden" and his Academy Award winning role University's Foundation, has recently as best supporter actor in the 1958 film " The Big Country." published a book focusing on small towns that thrive while other small towns are failing. "He was a natural choice. The people know who Ives is," said Pratte. Order a copy of Boomtown USA: The Films have evolved from the classic films of Ives era. Ives films and other films of the 50s 7 1/2 Keys to Big Success in Small influenced the public viewers indirectly and mild manner response to censorship, which the Towns by calling 1-800-600-8085 or opposite of the sex charged, violent, multi-million dollar motion pictures of today.