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Awards by College Media Association, 2017 The Charger Bulletin @ChargerBulletin @ChargerBulletin @ChargerBulletin April 9, 2019 Page 3 NEWS Housing Selection Hits a Roadblock College of Health Recently, the university who requested housing. She also Sciences Seeks BY KARINA KRUL began guaranteeing four years said that they do not anticipate EDITOR-IN-CHIEF New Accreditation of housing to incoming fresh- needing to refund room depos- man classes. This began in the its. College Factual rated the school fall of 2016 with the now rising “Historically, we have been BY ERIN STEVENIN #30 in the U.S. The school seniors, which means this year able to assist every student who CONTRIBUTING WRITER is already accredited by the he 2019-2020 housing is the first time every student has requested housing,” said Commission on Dental Accred- Tselection process took place meeting the requirements has McGrath. itation, Commision on Accred- over the last few weeks, and en- been guaranteed housing. Ac- Erin Cuomo, a junior public itation of Allied Health Educa- he School of Health countered some problems along cording to Nicole McGrath, as- relations major, was not directly tion Programs and Academy of SciencesT opened in 2018, and the way. The system crashed on sociate dean of Residential Life, impacted by the system crash, Nutrition and Dietetics. has 55 faculty members and 450 Friday, March 29, causing many students must “continuously but is currently without housing Planetree International focuses students in 8 different programs. students to be left in the dark, reside in university housing and due to a lack of available dorms. on the idea of patient-centered The university plans to add and forced them to restart the meet all room deposit and room Her and her group needed to care. Planetree sets standards more programs as the school process the next day. selection eligibility criteria and go into the incomplete housing that include providing safe, grows. The housing system crashed deadlines.” process because there were no warm environments as well as The university’s goal is to due to a technical error with Although every student four-person rooms available giving patients respect. High receive certification by Plane- the server. When the crash meeting these requirements is when their time slot came. standards for engagement tree International and has signed occurred, it affected all stu- guaranteed a place in campus Cuomo said the that the rooms between staff and patients a letter of intent to set the plan dents who had not yet reserved housing, not every student with available for incomplete senior are linked to improved health in motion. Dean of the School a housing assignment. These this guarantee has been placed housing were gone without half outcomes. of Health Sciences, Summer students were assigned a new into a dorm room. McGrath said an hour and they have not yet Typical accreditations re- McGee, said, “[the university time to reserve a room in the that the Office of Residential heard whether or not they would ceived by colleges focus on ed- is] in a very strong position to order of their originally selected Life (ORL) is working with the receive and room soon. ucational standards and learning earn Planetree Certification.” numbers, and they restarted the students without an assignment “They knew how many stu- opportunities for students. Plan- This would make University process once the system was to find them housing. McGrath dents submitted $500 deposits, etree focuses on the treatment of of New Haven one of the first restored. does not think there will be a and they knew how many rooms patients. schools in the United States Amanda Emmerich, a junior problem placing all students were available,” said Cuomo. The campus community pairs to be certified by Planetree criminal justice major, is one of well with the holistic care that Below Gerber Hall International. Planetree is an as- the students currently without Read more on pg. 5. Planetree encourages. McGee Photos Courtesy of Anna Downs sociation focused on improving housing. In the initial selection said,”[the certification] will care-giving by “personalizing, process she was given a room have a positive effect on our fa- demystifying, and humaniz- assignment, but due to the cilities, faculty, curriculum and ing the patient experience,” system crash it was revoked. internship opportunities.” according to their website. Their Emmerich never got another The new certification will certification process requires chance to choose a room before demonstrate the university’s planning and executing a strat- all rooms were taken. commitment to educating its egy for more person-centered “We do not have a place to students to become considerate care. live next year,” said Emmerich. and caring professionals in their The School of Health She said her and her parents respective fields. Sciences has already received have tried to email and call for McGee said, “Planetree will awards and accreditations from more information and are upset help [the School of Health other organizations. They were with how the university is han- Sciences] focus on the de- ranked in the top 80 health pro- dling the situation because “no velopment of compassionate fession schools in the U.S. by one cares enough to even have a health professionals, preventing College Factual, a website that conversation.” provider burnout and focusing uses available data to rank col- “Why do we keep accepting on transparency and positivity leges on cost and performance. more and more students if we in the student experience.” For their dietetics and clinical don’t have the capacity to hold all of them?” said Emmerich. nutritional services program, April 9, 2019 Page 4 NEWS I-Fest Celebrates Cultural Diversity we don’t get to eat Indian food students from all over the world BY CORINA RODRIGUEZ as much so I enjoy that very and just this domestic exchange STAFF WRITER much. I enjoy trying food from