Howard University Division of Nursing in the College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences will be joining five nursing schools from across the nation to provide training and help to schools of nursing in Rwanda.

Beginning in the fall Howard and nursing schools at University of Maryland, University of Texas, New York University, Duke University and the University of Illinois at Chicago will be sending health professional to the African nation for 11-month to seven-year stints to train nursing students in the nation.

Mary Hill, dean of Howard’s College of Nursing along with other nursing professionals from the University of Maryland, just returned from Africa this week from early planning meetings for the Rwanda Human Resources for Health Program in conjunction with the Clinton Health Initiative.

Part of their work is to recruit faculty members for the Rwanda Human Resources for Health Program. A number of positions are open including infection control nurse educator, clinical mentor, and curriculum development advisor. Coordinator of the Office of Global Health, Anne Brenner, says the program is projected to begin in the fall and is still in the early planning stages.

“The majority of the positions are for high-level deans or experienced faculty,” Brenner said.

According to the University of Maryland’s School of Nursing’s website, “Rwanda currently faces a severe lack of highly qualified physicians, nurses, midwives, and other health care workers. The key obstacle to building the health workforce in Rwanda is in the inability of Rwandan schools and clinical teaching hospitals to offer adequate levels of teaching, clinical training, mentorship, research experience, and opportunities for advanced/specialized study.”

The school’s website also says that, “the United States Nursing Academic Consortium for the Rwanda Human Resources for Health Program has been invited by the Rwanda Ministry of Health to assist in strengthening nursing education, faculty development, and professionalization of Rwandan nursing. The primary goal is to support nursing and midwifery faculty in Rwanda and strengthen clinical teaching programs for nursing and midwifery students. As a part of this program, American universities will hire nursing and midwifery educators and clinical mentors and deploy them to Rwandan schools of nursing and teaching facilities.

These educators will fill a number of roles at Rwandan academic institutions and in teaching hospitals and clinics.”

Morgan State University

The Department of Communication Studies and Title III New Technologies Program in conjunction with the Center for Career Development, is hosting Internship Fair 2012, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Feb. 28 and 29 in the New Student Center in the Calvin and Tina Tyler Ballroom on Morgan’s campus. The Fair offers an excellent opportunity for organizations to recruit staff, interns and volunteers, as well as share the latest information with attendees.

The Department of Communication Studies is one of the largest undergraduate programs at Morgan and has a rich history of connecting students with the best professionals in the communications industries. By building relationships between multi-media organizations and media professionals, it is believed that Morgan students will gain the academic and professional experience needed to be competitive in an increasingly complex media environment.
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