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Play Therapy program receives national approval
Robert Woods Foundation
awards MNU funding for
The Community Counseling & Play sor (RPT-S) credentials conferred by

Therapy Center at MNU has been APT. The center serves local families
nursing scholarships designated as an from all income levels.
Approved Center of
MNU has received $100,00 in funding
The APT also elected
Play Therapy Educa-
to award 10 scholarships from the Robert
Mary Fry, associate
tion by the Associa-
Wood Johnson Foundation through the
professor at MNU,
tion for Play Therapy
RWJF New Careers in Nursing Scholar-
as national secretary
(APT). Just a handful
ship Program.
of the association at its
of other universities
The grants provided through this
annual conference.
in the country have
competitive program will be used for
For more informa-
earned this designa-
scholarships to maximize diversity and
tion about Play
tion.
increase the number of students enrolled
Vice President for academic affairs Therapy, contact
in MNU’s accelerated B.S.N. (Bachelor of
The Center offers
Dr. Stephen Ragan, Rebeca Chow,
Rebeca Chow at (913)
Science in Nursing) program. This
introductory and
play therapy certificate program
971-3710, send e-mail
national initiative, launched by RWJF
advanced play therapy director, Mary Fry, associate profes-
to rchow@mnu.edu, or
and the American Association of Colleg-
graduate instruction sor/founding director of play therapy
visit www.mnu.edu/
es of Nursing, aims to help alleviate the and supervised clinical
certificate program, and Associate Vice
playtherapy.
nation’s nursing shortage by expanding experiences toward
President for graduate
the pipeline of students in accelerated Registered Play Thera-
and adult studies Roy Rotz.
nursing programs. pist (RPT) and Supervi-
MNU joins 51 other U.S. schools of
nursing, including Duke, Johns Hopkins
and Villanova, that were awarded the
New faces among the MNU faculty
grant. The $100,000 award to MNU will
New faculty for fall 2009 (from left)
assist 10 new students in earning a B.S.N.
Mary Fry, graduate studies in counsel-
degree. Susan Larson, Ph.D., Dean of The
School of Nursing and Health Science,
ing; Tricia Brown, graduate studies
says the increased funding will likely
in counseling; Steve Pillow, graduate
bring more students to MNU for a career
studies in education, Claudia McVicker,
change to nursing.
department of education; Karen Wieg-
Scholarships will be awarded to stu-
man, graduate studies in nursing; Karen
dents beginning their accelerated BSN
Garber-Miller, department of education;
program in May, 2010. Eligible students
Danna Dahl, graduate studies in coun-
must have a previous bachelor’s degree
seling, Rhonda Carlson, department of
in a field other than nursing. Each recipi-
humanities.
ent will receive a scholarship of $10,000
to be used in full for tuition, books, and
living expenses.
For more information on the acceler-
Schools model encourages collaboration
ated BSN program, visit www.mnu.edu/
nursing.
MNU’s move to a “schools” model Similar disciplines have been
within its academic organization was grouped into a school or college,
completed over the summer. Steve resulting the new MNU schools setup:
Ragan, Vice President for academic
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
affairs, says the switch to a schools
• School of Business
concept encourages better collabora-
tion across department lines.
• School of Education and Counseling
“This way, divisions and depart-
• School of Nursing and Health
ments are more responsible for their
Sciences.
own leadership and resources, and this The ceremony to install Steve Ragan
allows for effective decision-making,” as vice president for academic affairs
Ragan says. was held in Chapel September 1, 2009.
MNU’s nursing programs continue to get atten-
tion. This fall, the Robert Woods Johnson grant
was covered in the Kansas City Nursing News.
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