If you have questions or are interested in participating in any of our events, please e-mail Michelle Barrett or Juanita Perkins via masonsna@gmail.com

August

Big/Little Program: Seniors, remember how overwhelmed & confused you felt last fall? We want to try and make the transition into nursing school a little easier for the incoming juniors! The intention of the Big/Little program can be compared to how you would help out a friend that is in the program. We just want the Juniors to have a source who can offer advice about how to study, where to find great resources, or just to tell them, you will survive this!

* Littles, if you have not heard from your Big yet, please send us an email as soon as possible. Thank you! *

24th SNA Orientation: It was great meeting all the incoming nursing students! We know it was a long day, but we hope you found the orientation helpful. For those who could not make it, please feel free to stop by the SNA office located in Robinson A, 3rd floor during our office hours to get information about SNA, buy apparel, etc!

31st New to Mason Social: - Thank you to everyone who came out to support SNA & help out Student Health Services. We had a great time advertising the event all around campus, running the Jeopardy game for the raffle to win the WiiFit, and talking to students about Student Health Services. Click Here to see photos of all the fun!

September

1st Sexual Chocolate: - Thank you to everyone who came out to support SNA! Click Here to see photos of the event & there is even a Video!

13th AARP Antique Car Show: We appreciate everyone who came out to help take blood pressures, blood glucose tests, and sell raffle tickets. The cars, music, and people made this a memorable & fun event! Special thank you to the faculty and Alumni members who came out to support SNA! Click Here to see photos of the event

25th Bake Sale: Thank you everyone who helped out. It was great to see some new faces! All the yummy sweets were a huge hit! Click Here to see some of the pictures. If you missed out or would like to help out again, we have our next bake sale Friday, October 9th!

30th SNA's First General Meeting: We hope you found the SNA meeting fun & informative. If you have any suggestions/comments/concerns for future SNA meetings, please email us at masonsna@gmail.com. We want to make your nursing school experience fun & interesting!

October

3rd SIM Lab: Thank you to all who helped out the Alumni Association for this event.

9th Bake Sale #2: Thank you to everyone for helping again!

15th Breastival: Although the cold and rain forced the event inside SUB I, it was very successful and many students showed up! The SNA did a great job of teaching students about how to do a self-breast exam. Thank you to everyone who helped with this event and student activities for creating such a unique and fun event!

17th Pyramid Challenge: It was a very cold and rainy day, but that didn't deter lots and lots of kids and parents to come out for the race! A special thank you to Juanita Perkins for coordinating SNA's involvement with this event, Professor Cox for coming out and supporting SNA, and Dawn Whitemore for bringing hot coffee and bagels! We offered free blood pressure checks and manded the first aid tent. Overall this event was a great way to help out the community. Thank you everyone who came out.

23rd Bake Sale for Heart Walk #1: Thank you to everyone that helped out! Special thanks to michelle for making a great poster to advertise the Heart Walk. We have one more bake sale to raise money before the heart walk. It is on November 4th, we hope to see some new faces!

26th Foster's Grill: Thank you to everyone who came out to support SNA.

28th Heart Walk T-shirt Deadline: T-shirts are in! Please stop by the SNA office to pick it up.

November

1st Toys for Tots: Thank you to everyone who donated!

4th Bake Sale for Heart Walk #2: Great job everyone!

11th General SNA meeting #2: Special thank you to Laura Geisen for coming out to speak to the SNA. The INOVA externship is truly an amazing experience and we encourage all juniors to apply! If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about the externship, fellowships, recruitment or anything else, her contact information is: laura.geisen@inova.org . We hope you all enjoyed the meeting & we look forward to seeing everyone attending the heart walk and the open house this weekend. If you have any suggestions, comments, or concerns for SNA, please stop by the office during our hours or send us an email at masonsna@gmail.com!

14th Open House: Thank you to everyone who came out to participate!

14th Heart Walk: Awesome turn out at the Heart Walk! We raised $1502.02!! Thank you to everyone who participated & helped raise money.

December

2nd Latex Lounge (part of HIV Awareness Week):located in SUB I, Patriot Lounge. 11am - 3pm. Nursing students will be increasing awareness and providing education on the prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

9th SNA General Meeting: 7pm, location TBA. A massage therapist will be there to teach us relaxation techniques to help us prepare for our exams!

January

22nd Convention Pre-Party: 7 -10pm at The Founders Inn. Come enjoy good food and meet nursing students from around the state!The cost for a room at the Founders Inn is $80/night plus taxes and fees.

23rd 58th Annual VNSA Convention: Congratulations to GMU for winning the Spirit Stick!

February

1st - all semester CALL to PROTECT: With the help of a knowledgeable Community Instructor, Dr. Douglas. The focus of this venture is to support CALL to PROTECT, which aims at combating domestic violence by simply donating old cell phones (functioning or not). All the proceeds (100%) are used in the attempt to end family violence. The phones get refurbished, sold to raise funds for the purchase of new, reliable phones with airtime and in turn distributed to domestic violence shelters nationwide. In past, The Wireless Foundation has given over $3 million to agencies leading the campaign to end domestic violence. Additionally, The CALL TO PROTECT program has kept over 200 tons of electronics out of landfills by recycling all donated obsolete or damaged phones. For more information you can visit: http://www.wirelessfoundation.org/CallToProtect/index.cfm

Our goal is to collect 50 phones, so as many of you may be replacing your old cell phone this Holiday Season, we are asking you to save your old cell phone or if you have a friend /family member with an old phone, please drop it off at the SNA office in Robinson A, room 372. We will have a collection box and will forward them to a central drop off location. All donations are tax deductible and you can print a Tax Receipt to reflect the value of the phone you have donated by visiting the following website: click here Prior to your donation please: Deactivate your phone service Erase personal information If you have photos you would like to save, forward them to your new phone.

3rd 25th Legislative Day: GMU was unable to attend due to the snow. Thank you to everyone who signed up to go!

19th Stop the Hunger: Relief for Haiti:
1. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR * STOP THE HUNGER *: Prince of Peace Lutheran Church (POP) is putting together 100,000 meals to send to Haiti and they need 150 volunteers each day to help put these meals together. It takes place in Springfield on Friday Feb. 19, 7-9:30PM. We will need to register each person who volunteers online prior the actual date, so please reply to this email or you can call Juanita (703-969-1396) or Michelle (301-717-6906) if you would like to be a part of this outreach project. For more information on this visit: http://www.poplc.org/and click on "STOP THE HUNGER".
2. WE NEED VARIOUS DONATION ITEMS (SEE LIST BELOW) Additionally, POP has organized a mission trip coming up in March. They are requesting donations of various items they are hoping to take to Haiti while on the mission trip, which is listed below. Sonya Almond suggested we collect some of these items and deliver it on either February 19 or 20, our volunteer day for * STOP the HUNGER *. DONATIONS ITEMS REQUESTED: · Cans of Vienna Sausages · Peanut butter · First aid supplies · Disposable diapers small, medium and large (children and adult sizes) · Baby wipes · Off the shelf medicines (Tylenol, Advil, ibuprofen, antiseptic pump sprays, etc).
3. MAKE A MONETARY DONATION If you are not the shopping type, we are accepting monetary donations which the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church will use 100% of the proceeds to purchase items for Haiti. You can drop it off at the SNA office, Robinson A 372 and we will gladly deliver it for you.

21st Senior Nursing Portraits:: 12 - 5pm at Fairfax Campus. Please see your GMU email for details about sign up and dates. Package information: page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4.

March 2010

2nd, 3rd, & 4th Purchase Cap & Gown (Fairfax Campus): Dewberry Hall in the Johnson Center. 11am - 7pm all three days.

5th Purchase Cap & Gown (Prince William Campus): Bookstore at Prince William from 11am - 7pm.

15th Kaplan NCLEX review Information Session: Come find out how Kaplan can help you study for the NCLEX!
When: Monday, March 15th. 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Where: Prince William Campus, exact room TBA.
* We are currently working on setting up an Information session with Hurst NCLEX review. Stay tuned! Information sessions are free, you are not obligated to sign up to do the course if you attend. This is only to give you information about what they have to offer so you can decide if it is for you!

April

1st Health & Fitness Expo: Dewberry Hall. 10am - 4pm. We are looking for volunteers to:
1.) help with the clinical aspect of the fair such as taking blood pressures, and performing blood glucose tests
2.) staff the SNA table to help sell nursing apparel and inform students or any other interested parties about the SNA and what we do. Please read the information below as it gives important details on the event!
Please note: if you are in the tues/thurs pediatric clinical rotation that begins after Spring Break, you will be participating in this event as part of your clinical, so you do not need to email us. Your clinical instructor will give you more details
Date/Time/Location: April 1, 10am - 4pm, Dewberry Hall in the Johnson Center. *(Volunteers can sign up for two hour increments)
What you should wear: Green polo, khaki pants for the clinical tables. Mason nursing t-shirt or sweatshirt for the SNA table.
What will you be doing: For the clinical tables, you will be taking manual blood pressures, performing blood glucose & cholesterol screenings & BMI measurements. For the SNA table, you will be selling nursing apparel, and explaining what we do as an organization to those who are interested. Requirements to participate: You must have learned how to do the following skills in lab: manual blood pressures and blood glucose testing.
How to sign up: E-mail Michelle Barrett at mbarret6@gmu.edu, please specify if you would like to work the clinical tables or the SNA table. Also be sure to include the time slot you would like to volunteer (10am-12pm, 12-2pm, or 2-4pm). If you would like to volunteer for more than two hours, you are welcome to do so.

29th Testival: 11am to 3pm in North Plaza

May

10th Nightingala: An evening to let loose and celebrate graduation for seniors and the end of the 1st year of nursing school for juniors! Open to all nursing students.

12th Pinning Ceremony: location TBA, will take place in the evening, exact time TBA.

13th Convocation: 10:00 am. Time to graduate from the College of Health and Human Services!