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ALLEN COLLEGE FEATURED DONORMark BaldwinBoard Chair ProvidesContinued SupportMark Baldwin, CEO of Iowa Laser Technology, has served on theAllen College Board of Trustees since 1999. He has donated years ofhis time to helping Allen College and recently gave a generous gift tothe new Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS) program.Baldwin got involved with the Allen College Board of Trustees as acommittee assignment for the Allen Health Systems board. “It is anassignment I have truly enjoyed,” he said. He served as treasurerfrom 1999 until 2001, when he became chair of the board.As chair, Baldwin presides over meetings and oversees strategic decisionsmade by the board. “My major responsibility is to ensure that we stayfocused strategically and not get involved in micro-managing the affairsof the college,” Baldwin said.Baldwin’s involvement with the College has helped him see the criticalneed for properly educated nurses, technicians and other healthcareworkers. His gift to the new MLS program will help educatemedical laboratory scientists to perform tests to diagnose, treatand prevent illnesses.“My first wife, who died of cancer in 1990, was a medical technologist—the former name given to clinical lab technicians,” said Baldwin. “Hermother was also a med tech. As a result, I have seen first-hand thevalue of capable people in this field and the need for them in thehospital setting.”GrantsMark BaldwinBaldwin knows the value of qualified healthcare professionals andquality institutions to educate them. “I want to ensure there are enoughhealthcare workers for me in my later years,” he joked. “But I also wantto help secure a continued quality of life here in Iowa and particularly,the Cedar Valley.”An active community volunteer, Baldwin also serves on the boards ofseveral other organizations, including Allen Health System, Iowa HealthSystem, Wartburg College and various private corporations. He hasdonated time and money to these organizations, as well as his almamater, the U.S. Air Force Academy.As an Allen College volunteer and donor, Baldwin is making a differencein the lives of many. “As I learn more about Allen College,” Baldwinsaid, “I realize that educating our future healthcare workers is a vitalelement of our community’s well-being and certainly the well-beingof Allen Health System.”continued from page 1HRSA has awarded Allen three grants totallingmore than 116,900. The Advanced Education NursingTraineeship grant provides 30,752 forfinancial support to full- and part-timestudents enrolled in the College’s MSNprogram. Funds will help students defraythe costs of tuition, books and fees. The Nurse Faculty Loan Program grant of 48,160 supports full- and part-time studentsenrolled in the nurse educator track of theMSN program who plan to teach full-timeat a school of nursing followingtheir graduation. The Scholarships for Disadvantaged Studentsgrant provides 38,007 to support full-time,low-income students from disadvantagedbackgrounds enrolled in health professionand nursing programs.The Guernsey Charitable Foundation hasawarded Allen College a 10,000 grant topurchase medical supplies and provide forother operating expenses critical to the care ofpatients at the Allen Community EngagementSalvation Army Partnership (ACE-SAP).The clinic also received a 6,500 grant fromthe Community Foundation of Northeast Iowato assist in the purchase of critical equipmentfor the clinic.A 50,000 grant has been awarded to Allenthrough the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’sNew Careers in Nursing program. Thisprogram seeks to increase the number ofdiverse students enrolled in accelerated nursingprograms. Funds will be used to provide five 10,000 scholarships for students entering theaccelerated option of the BSN program inMay 2010. The grant application effort wasspearheaded by AHS grant writer CathySimmons with input from a number of AllenCollege faculty and administrators. Theproject director is Dr. Kendra Williams-Perez,professor and assistant dean of undergraduatenursing education.A L L E NC O L L E G E3

Allen College ScholarshipsThank you to the individuals and organizations that established scholarships for Allen College students through the Allen Foundation. More than 170,000 was awarded in Allen College institutional scholarship assistance for 2009-2010, up from more than 164,000 during the 2008-2009academic year. The following awards have been made for the 2009-2010 academic year:Allen Memorial HospitalAuxiliary ScholarshipNikki BoelkesSamantha BoosKimberly CafaroChelsey CourtnageWhitney EngstlerMatthew FaustEvgeniya FreibergAnn GreenMichael JarnaganKimberly KooserHolly McClintockAmy MonatLeah SchmitzJessica VanDonselaarJill VonderhaarAllen AlumniAssociation ScholarshipNikki BoelkesKristin CarlsonJennifer CastleShelley CullinanLindsay DoedenKathi EgglestonWhitney EngstlerNicole GlaweBrooke GuthartHolly HartmanCarolyn JohnsonFelicia KlendworthNatalie LensingHillary MummaHannah NielsenSadie OulmanRobin PontLeah RinnanAshley TrummHeather WhiteAllen CollegeChancellor's AwardBrittney AndersonMaria BrunerRenee IrlmeierAlissa LlewellynJennifer LohseMarva McCarvilleLeah OppermannKayla O'SheaKatie RethKatie SacquitneMattea ScharfJoselin SterkKatie ThompsonHilary VanSoelenBrandy Zenner4Allen CollegeChancellor's ScholarshipBrittney BennettTaffy BensonAshley BoeckMelissa BrackeyTaylor BunnSusanne CaseyTrisha ClemenLindsay DoedenKari DomeyerKathi EgglestonDawn EricsonAmber EvenLynettia FellingJennifer GahringMegan GreenAlivia HallLisa HayesKimberly HougeCarolyn JohnsonAshley KimballDina KnutsonKimberly KooserSamantha LambertSarah MackeyLaura MartensHeather MauerElizabeth MayerMegan MilbrandtEmily MorrisKyle MorrisKim NeuhausKatura RetteyHeather SchachterleSarah SpitzNicole ThienLindy TommasinJessica VanDonselaarKerri VanEeIda and LauraFleming ScholarshipAriel AlstottRobin ChisholmKeith M. & DorotheaW. Baskins ScholarshipSarah BischoffKelsie Kunkle*Community Foundation –Fleming SistersScholarshipBrenna JohnsonCommunity Foundation Keith M. & Dorothea W.Baskins ScholarshipAriel AlstottShirley FredricksonMemorial ScholarshipMichael JarnaganCathryn Schrubbe BlissMemorial ScholarshipKallie HopkinsPatricia BoeckMemorial ScholarshipHailey TixCynthia BohmMemorial ScholarshipSarah WistrickCarol D. HadlundScholarshipAmy MonatErma BurkMemorial ScholarshipLindsey VinsonJim & ShirleyHarvey ScholarshipLaura HernickKent & CarolCharley ScholarshipAmber LangePastor Jon & HeidiHennings Nursing &Ministry ScholarshipStacey GannLaura HernickKari DomeyerMarion & Gertrude DavisMemorial ScholarshipTamara HarlandAllen Memorial HospitalSchool of Nursing Class of1950 Nursing ScholarshipDiana LarsonLes GuildMemorial ScholarshipMatthew PatrillaCommunity Foundation –Ralph L. Hadlund, MD,ScholarshipSamantha LambertAdele WhitenackDavis ScholarshipKarla Theilen*Allen Class of 1957ScholarshipAmy ManskeBarbara FulcherMemorial ScholarshipEmily MorrisDona BuhrMemorial ScholarshipJody SathreCommunity Foundation –Community FoundationOpportunity ScholarshipFundApril JacobsenAllen CollegeAfghan ScholarshipHolly HartmanBetty J. AtkinsMemorial ScholarshipAriel AlstottNicole GlaweLindsey LehmannRobert Bailey, MD, andRobert Morrision, MD,ScholarshipShelley CullinanThe DeckerFamily ScholarshipJoselin SterkCommunity Foundation –Enderlein FamilyScholarshipNatalie LensingDurham-FeltmeyerFamily ScholarshipSarah SpitzA L L E NFrances Anne HummelMemorial ScholarshipMatthew PatrillaKelsea SwailsHeinz S. Jacobi SurgicalNursing ScholarshipKimberly HougeBill and JaneKerbey ScholarshipKelsie GrahamMarcie KnudsonMemorial ScholarshipKelsie GrahamLa Societe des 40Hommes et 8 Chevaux –Voiture Locale 82 – BlackHawk County ScholarshipAmber LangeC O L L E G ELa Societe des 40Hommes et 8 Chevaux –Voiture Locale 631 –Bremer/ButlerCounty ScholarshipShaunda TeisingerOscar Lanich, MD,ScholarshipKyle MorrisJane Lawson ScholarshipSamantha StanfordAshley TrummVirginia HennigesMcBride ScholarshipStephanie Siemonsma*Mended HeartsScholarshipKeely StaceyWilliam & DorothyMerrill ScholarshipLindsey VinsonMaxine and RobertMorrison, MD,ScholarshipBekki StaackGladys NeubauerTrust ScholarshipPatricia TaylorLindsay ShepardLeah OppermannShanQuiesha RobinsonJoan Nohre ScholarshipSarah Wistrick*OB/Peds ScholarshipDiana LarsonKayla AndersonE. James O'ConnorMemorial ScholarshipMelissa OltmanOlesen Family ScholarshipKristi TobinOstranderMemorial ScholarshipHolly HartmanE. Anthony Otoadese, MD,PhD, ScholarshipBrooke GuthartDebra PeytonMemorial ScholarshipHeather White

FEATURED FACULTYRuselle DeBonis—Doctoral Project Inspires Free ClinicAssistant professor Ruselle DeBonis completedrequirements for the doctor of nursing practice(DNP) degree in summer 2009. As part of theprogram, she started a clinic in Waterloo to givestudents hands-on experience and provide freehealthcare to the uninsured.gave us space for a clinic where students cando hands-on learning in a slower-pacedenvironment,” DeBonis said. “Most clinicswork much too fast for students to keep up,let alone learn.”DeBonis is the first Allen College facultymember to earn the DNP. She started workingtoward the degree in fall 2007 and was part ofthe inaugural DNP class at the University ofIowa College of Nursing. She has been a nursingfaculty member at Allen since 2006 and teachesin the MSN program. She is also a family nursepractitioner at John Deere Medical Group.At the clinic, students do free head-to-toeassessments of patients, most of whom areuninsured. They also provide free cholesterol,blood pressure and blood glucose screenings.“We focus on preventative care and education,”DeBonis said. “All too often, uninsured peopleonly seek care when they have symptoms, butdiseases such as high cholesterol and high bloodpressure don’t have obvious symptoms.”While most doctoral programs focus on research,the DNP focuses on practice. “As members ofthe Allen College faculty, we are encouraged topursue doctorates,” DeBonis said. “I chose theDNP because I wanted to stay in practice andcontinue interacting with patients.”While the clinic’s main purpose is preventativecare, the health assessments sometimes lead tothe discovery of an ailment. DeBonis said, “Ifwe discover something we can’t take care of,we refer patients to providers and specialistsin the area.”Students in DNP programs learn to implementevidence-based processes and best practicesto effect organizational change. Instead ofdissertations, students are required to developand implement a project to encourageorganizational change.DeBonis began the ACE-SAP clinic to addressboth the needs of students and of the community.“The clinic is really a win-win,” she said. It alsoteaches students the importance of communityengagement and has increased their interest involunteering, DeBonis said.For her project, DeBonis proposed andimplemented the Allen CommunityEngagement-Salvation Army Partnership(ACE-SAP) clinic. “The Salvation ArmyThe clinic is open one to two days a week, andmost students working at it are in DeBonis’Advanced Health Assessment class. Studentsworking at the clinic are registered nursesstudying to become nurse practitioners.Since the clinic started, more than 37,000worth of care has been provided. According toDeBonis, the clinic is growing and has expandedto include students outside her Advanced HealthAssessment class and will soon address chroniccare of conditions such as diabetes, high bloodpressure and high cholesterol.The ACE-SAP clinic started as a project for herdoctorate, but DeBonis developed it into ateaching tool that provides service to thecommunity. “I enjoy teaching and I enjoynursing,” DeBonis said. “The clinic combinesthose two loves into one great project.”Ruselle DeBonisVernon H. Plager, MD,Memorial ScholarshipKelsie GrahamVera ReinekingNursing ScholarshipSadie OulmanDebra Kerns SeegersMemorial ScholarshipHailey TixAlberta ThomasMemorial ScholarshipLindy TommasinMary Eileen VossNursing ScholarshipJenilee BurkeJoan PoeMemorial ScholarshipEvgeniya FreibergF. Harold Reuling, MD,Memorial ScholarshipWhitney FoxDavid SeibleMemorial ScholarshipAmy MonatE&M Thoms ScholarshipKristin CarlsonCharles A. Waterbury, MD,Memorial ScholarshipSarah SpitzArthur & RuthPries ScholarshipHilary VanSoelenDonald F. ReynoldsMemorial ScholarshipWhitney Engstler*Bob Sieglaff ScholarshipKimberly KooserLarry and Virginia PughScholarship for LeadershipMelissa MajewskiSage Family ScholarshipMelissa WaltersCommunity Foundation–Leo C. Puhl &Arlene J. Reed PuhlNursing ScholarshipJordan SyversonRosinda WaschkatSchweer MemorialScholarshipShaunda TeisingerSchwickerathMemorial ScholarshipHeather MauerSigma Theta TauInternational Pi KappaChapter 392 ScholarshipAnna WeepieAndrew Smith, MD,ScholarshipLaura MeinersShirley StrouseMemorial ScholarshipRoxane CordesVirginia TurnerMemorial ScholarshipKera BrossAnneka HeiseRose UngerMemorial ScholarshipLynettia FellingThomas WilliamsUniversity Book & Supplyand Stan & Rose LorenzNursing ScholarshipRobin PontCommunity Foundation –Waterloo RotaryYouth Activity/FredAdams EndowmentScholarship FundStacey GannThomas H. WilliamsScholarshipNicole ThienLewis L. Zager, MD,Memorial ScholarshipHannah Walsh*New scholarship, 2009-1062A L L E NC O L L E G E5

Faculty/Staff RecognitionsFACULTY/STAFF RECOGNITION BANQUETAllen College faculty and staff were recognized for their 2008 accomplishments at a banquet on March 26, 2009, at Allen College. The engravedice-block awards were given by members of the Allen College Scholarship, Awards and Research Committee after each person met establishedcriteria for the 2008 year. The honorees included the following Allen College faculty and staff:Dr. DeAnn Ambroson, professor,School of NursingBrenda Barnes, assistant professor and directorof the MLS program, Health Sciences DivisionPeg Broadie, assistant professor,School of NursingDr. Lisa Brodersen, professor,School of NursingMary Brown, associate professor,School of NursingPat Buls, assistant professor, School of NursingDr. Susan Dawson, vice chancellor of academicaffairs and professor, School of NursingDr. Ruselle DeBonis, assistant professor,School of NursingDr. Jerry Durham, chancellor and professor,School of NursingMaria Farmer, associate professor,School of NursingAllen College Nurse ReceivesGreat Nurses RecognitionBarb Seible, assistantprofessor, was namedto the list of 2009 100Great Iowa Nurses.Seible was among thoserecognized at a specialcelebration in DesMoines on May 3, 2009.The annual celebration recognizes “outstandingnurses whose courage, competence andcommitment to patients and the nursingprofession stand out above all others.”Seible’s education includes a diploma innursing from Allen Memorial HospitalSchool of Nursing and BSN and MSNdegrees from the University of Dubuque.She is also certified by the Association ofOperating Room Nurses (CNOR).Seible joined Allen Hospital in 1970 andhas been a member of the Allen Collegecommunity since 1996. She has taught avariety of courses for Allen College andcurrently leads the College’s RN to BSN track.Seible’s selection for this honor brings to seventhe number of Allen College faculty memberswho have been selected to be among the 100Great Nurses of Iowa. The other honoreesinclude Jane Hasek, Nancy Kramer, DarleneShipp, Mary Brown, Diane Young andAdisa Kudumovic.6Dr. Peggy Fortsch, dean and professor,School of Health SciencesKay Froehner, associate professor,School of NursingCindy Jenness, associate professor,School of NursingDr. Nancy Kramer, dean and professor,School of NursingJoEllen Kubik, assistant professor,School of NursingMaria Metcalf, assistant professor,School of NursingJackie Meyer, associate professor,School of NursingDoreen Mingo, assistant professor,School of NursingDenise Pralle, assistant professor,School of NursingJoanna Ramsden-Meier,Director of Student ServicesZoe Schaefer, assistant professor,School of NursingBarb Seible, assistant professor,School of NursingJared Seliger, assistant professor and director ofNMT program, School of Health SciencesDarlene Shipp, assistant professor,School of NursingMavis TeSlaa, assistant professor,School of NursingLindsay Vogel, assistant professor,School of NursingKathie Walters, financial aid coordinatorAnna Weepie, associate professor,School of NursingDr. Kendra Williams-Perez, professor,School of NursingDr. Ruth Yan, librarian andinternational student advisorDr. Diane Young, professor, School of NursingAllen College Welcomes New Faculty and StaffEvalene Martin, DMS program director and instructor — Evalene joined the Allen Collegefaculty in June as director of the Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program (DMS) program.She was previously the program director at the Michigan School of Cardiovascular Sonographyin Gaylord, Mich., and holds a bachelor’s degree from Wartburg College in Waverly. She has amultidisciplinary background as an educator, radiographer and diagnostic and cardiovascularsonographer. She graduated from the Mercy Hospital School of Radiologic Technology inDes Moines and is RDMS and RDCS registered. An avid antique and doll collector, Evaleneis preparing the DMS program to admit its first students in 2010.Sarah Steele, assistant professor — The busy mother of four children under age 10, Sarahis training for the Park-to-Park half marathon this fall. Most recently employed as an AllenCollege adjunct instructor, she will be employed part-time at the College this fall, teachingadult medical-surgical and nursing skills classes. She brings six years experience in nursingand informatics analysis at Covenant Medical Center. In addition to managing the needs of theiractive family, Sarah and her husband, Andy, are strong supporters of the Cubs and loyal Hawkeyefootball fans!Teresa Isaacson, instructor — An Allen College MSN graduate student, Teresa has nine years ofhands-on nursing and educational experience. She joins the College as a part-time instructor thisfall. Isaacson was most recently an adjunct clinical instructor, teaching obstetrical and pediatricnursing for both Hawkeye Community College and Northeast Iowa Community College. Since1999, she worked as an RN in both childbirth/nursery and pediatrics at Covenant Medical Center.Teresa also has six years experience as an educator in Lamaze and childbirth. From 2006 to 2007,she held the staff development coordinator position at Allen Hospital.Suzanne Bellinger, instructor— Suzanne joined the Allen College faculty this fall to teach “TheCare of the Child-bearing Family” while working half-time as a lead RN at Covenant MedicalCenter. She was previously an adjunct instructor in clinical OB nursing and expects to receive herMSN from Allen College in December. Bellinger, her husband, Warren, and their three childrenare all avid baseball players and fans. They live on an acreage near Denver, where Warren collectsantique tractors and steam engines. Occasionally, she enjoys driving one of their treasures —a 22 HP steam engine built in the early 1900s.A L L E NC O L L E G E

Brenda Barnes, director of the MLS programand assistant professor, presented “Hematologyfor Blood Bankers” on June 3, 2009. Brendawas also approved by NAACLES (the programaccreditation agency) as a qualified programdirector.Mary Brown, associate professor of nursing,Denise Pralle, assistant professor of nursingand Anna Weepie, associate professor ofnursing, presented on community healthassessments in the Amish community at theAssociation of Community Health NurseEducator meeting in Chicago in June 2009.Rhonda Cue, associate professor of nursing,was promoted from assistant professor toassociate professor at Allen College beginningwith the 2009-2010 academic year. She alsosuccessfully passed the Acute Care NursePractitioner (ACNP) certification examination.She completed post-master’s coursework atSaint Louis University in St. Louis and did allof her clinical study at Allen Hospital.Dr. Ruselle DeBonis, assistant professor ofnursing, completed all requirements for theDoctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP) fromthe University of Iowa. Dr. DeBonis is the firstAllen College faculty member to earn the DNP.Dr. Susan Dawson, vice chancellor ofacademic affairs and professor of nursing,successfully passed the American NursesCredentialing Center Psychiatric/MentalHealth Nurse Practitioner nurse practitionercertification exam. She completed post-master’scoursework at Vanderbilt University and did allof her clinical study at Allen Hospital.Dr. Dawson also: Co-authored an article, “Nurse Leadership:Making the Most of Community Service,”that appeared in the June 2008 issue ofJournal of Continuing Education in Nursing. Recently served as a manuscript reviewer forNursing Education Perspectives Was accepted to present, “Evidence BasedClinical Treatment Protocol for Bipolar IIPatients,” at the American Psychiatric NursesAssociation national conference inCharleston, S.C. Was accepted to present the poster,“CNS to NP,” at the national convention ofthe International Society of PsychiatricNurses in Greenville, S.C. Was named Outstanding Contributor at theImpact Leadership Training meeting of theNational Employer Support for the Guardand Reserve.Dr. Jerry Durham, chancellor and professor ofnursing, is serving as an evaluator of theNational Tuberculosis Curriculum Consortiumat the University of California San Diego.The project is supported by the National Heart,Blood and Lung Institute of the NIH.Chancellor Durham previously co-edited“Tuberculosis: A Sourcebook for NursingPractice.” (1995) and “Emerging InfectiousDiseases,” (2007).Maria Farmer, associate professor of nursing,was an investigator in an article published inthe January 2009 Journal of the American HeartAssociation. The article is titled, “ExtendingAcute Trials

New Careers in Nursing program. This program seeks to increase the number of diverse students enrolled in accelerated nursing programs. Funds will be used to provide five 10,000 scholarships for students entering the accelerated option of the BSN program in May 2010. The grant application effort was spearheaded by AHS grant writer Cathy