magazine Grand View University Spring 2016 JUST A NURSE PAGE12 president’s PEN The feature in this campus that night and the next day. We issue tells the story were so proud, not just because she was of one of our recent one of our own but because of what she nursing graduates, said and the passion with which she said Kelley Johnson, it. Then, when the media storm hit as a who ended up in result of some negative comments on the the media spotlight television show The View, we applauded because of her as nurses all across the country came to talent monologue Kelley’s defense – and to the defense of at the Miss America the profession of nursing. Kelley had Pageant. Kelley become a poster child, not because she’s talked passionately a nurse but because she felt empowered about what it means to stand up for herself, for nurses and for to be “just a nurse,” Kelley Johnson ’15 and President Kent Henning. Johnson was patients. using an anecdote the 2015 Commencement speaker and competed in the Chris Eckardt, assistant professor Miss America Pageant in September. from a conversation of nursing, commented that Kelley “did PHOTO: DAN VANDER BEEK ’90 she had with a patient during her what she was taught. She was taught clinicals here at Grand View. advocacy for the individual, advocacy for I imagine much of the Grand View community and advocacy for us all. She community, like me, isn’t in the habit of did all those things. Nurses don’t toot watching the Miss America Pageant, but their horns, we just do our jobs and are because we knew Kelley would appear passionate about them.” as Miss Colorado, we tuned in with great Yes, that kind of advocacy is part of interest. Her monologue was the talk of what Grand View nursing students are WHOLE-DEGREE THANK YOU PLANNING & FOR YOUR FINANCIAL DEDICATED LITERACY 2 SERVICE 10 Setting ourselves apart by Grand View thanks ten helping Grand View students retiring faculty for their become financially literate service of nearly 250 years during college and beyond. and dedication to students. taught, but it is also part of what all GV my family when we were going through a students learn. Grand View’s mission tough time is given to other families.” In statement begins, “Grand View engages, her monologue, Kelley spoke eloquently equips, and empowers students to about how her vocation manifested itself fulfill their individual potential and serve with her patient, and later, when she was magazine society.” Among the many things upon challenged, she stood her ground and which all colleges and universities are brought her message to the world. She SPRING 2016 evaluated is the extent to which we fulfill continues to do that. Kelley is a visible example of the VOLUME 65, NUMBER 1 our mission. We can assess the degree empowerment Grand View students to which we engage and equip our Editor LACIE SIBLEY ’07 demonstrate. Also in this issue is the Designer Kelly (DEVRIES ’00) DANIEL students through a variety of instruments, Contributing Writers MOlly BROWN, story of Eric Thompson, another GV BETH CARLSON, RACHELLE MITCHELL from classroom performance, curricular graduate and wrestling standout, who Photographers TODD BAILEY ’92, assessments, and the National Survey of CHASE KOvatch ’18, LACIE SIBLEY ’07, is following his passion to become an DAN VANDER BEEK ’90, DOUG WELLS, Student Engagement, but empowerment Olympic wrestler. We may yet see his CORBIN ZEA is a little more challenging to evaluate, name in lights! But there are so many Board of Trustees because it is so individual. Students Chair PAUL E. SCHICKLER others who never get a national spotlight become empowered one at a time, and in W. Kim Austen Honorary Members yet contribute to their communities in Karen (Sorensen ’70) Marcia H. Brown so many different ways. Brodie C. Dean Carlson countless ways every day because they Michael L. Burk Garland K. Carver In the case of Kelley Johnson, left here knowing they were empowered Eric W. Burmeister H. Eugene Cedarholm Grand View fulfilled its mission by Gregory J. Burrows Robert S. DeWaay to do what they are called to do. Peter M. Cownie Phillip D. Ehm ’51 helping her develop further her strong Mary C. Coffin Thomas R. Gibson sense of purpose, her passionate calling Eric T. Crowell ’77 Larry D. Hartsook ’63 Virgil B. Elings ’58 Michael N. Hess to “take care of people … to make sure Brett E. Harman J. Robert Hudson KENT HENNING Jason Henderson ’93 Theodore M. Hutchison that the awesome care that was given to Nick J. Henderson Richard O. Jacobson PRESIDENT Kent L. Henning Charles S. Johnson Richard W. Hurd ’72 Timothy J. Krumm Carey G. Jury ’70 James E. Luhrs Christopher J. Littlefield Sandra K. (Jensen ’57) Robert L. Mahaffey ’58 Rasmussen Christian M. Murray ’98 Elton P. Richards Anita Norian John P. Rigler James W. Noyce Gary E. Palmer ’72 Kurt E. Rasmussen ’88 Dawn Taylor Martha A. Willits JUST A GV Magazine is published twice annually by the Marketing Department at Grand View University and NURSE is distributed at no charge to alumni and friends of the institution. Constituents are encouraged to send contributions, suggestions and information for Alumni News to: Lacie Sibley, Editor; Grand View University; 1200 Grandview Avenue; Des Moines, IA 50316-1599 12 515-263-2832; [email protected] or fill out the Kelley Johnson ’15, form online at www.grandview.edu. Miss Colorado, uses her Grand View University 1200 Grandview Avenue Cover photo courtesy of Des Moines, Iowa 50316-1599 platform to raise awareness 515-263-2800 The Miss America Organization/ 800-444-6083 for the nursing profession. Bruce V. Boyajian www.grandview.edu on the ROCK WHOLE-DEGREE PLANNING AND FINANCIAL LITERACY BY BETH CARLSON, WHOLE DEGREE PLANNING DIRECTOR Grand View’s innovative program to cohort. Encouraging projected student make smart decisions about money and address affordability, on-time graduation loan debt numbers for both cohorts student loan borrowing. and student debt has a new name: reveal that if GV COMPLETE students We will be using SALT in conjunction GV COMPLETE. When the pilot of our continue on their plans, their overall with the GV COMPLETE program, but it is whole-degree program launched in the student loan debt will be significantly available to all students at Grand View – fall of 2014, we knew we would learn a below the average debt of borrowers even those upper classmen not currently Ggreat deal as the first cohort progressed who graduated in 2014. enrolled in GV COMPLETE. Check out through the initial year. In the early Grand View has partnered with the SALT site at www.saltmoney.org/ going, our focus was very much on American Student Assistance® (ASA) to GrandView. the financial aspects of whole-degree provide a new resource to our students Through this program, our students planning, partly because finances are the and alumni called SALT®. 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