Nursing students from the Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus (IUPUC) attended the annual Indiana Associations Nursing Students Conference held in Indianapolis on Jan. 24th. The students attended an all-day conference with overnight accommodations from the assistance of a grant award from East Indiana Area Health Education Center (EI-AHEC).

The nursing students played an active role in the conference--attending every available session and participating in games where they won prizes such as, exercise bands, Kaplan Review and a tablet. 

Carece Robbins was elected a state officer for 2015. In her role as Editor, she will represent IUPUC at monthly meetings held throughout the state.

“I was very proud of our students,” said Dr. Beth Sharer, head of the IU School of Nursing at IUPUC. “They represented our school very well--and made me proud to be a faculty member at IUPUC.”

List of student nurses attending the conference:

Bartholomew County

• Columbus: Meghan Bailey
• Columbus: Megan Ballard
• Columbus: Desirae Miller
• Columbus: Shelby Newkirk
• Columbus: Erica Sterling
• Columbus: Lacey Tincher
• Columbus: Alicia Tembo
• Columbus: Bradley York ?

Brown County

• Freetown: Olivia Burton

Decatur County

• Westport: Katelyn Mote
• Greensburg: Carece Robbins

Jennings County

• Scipio: Keilah Jones

Johnson County

• Trafalgar: Cheyenne Caughlan

Shelby County

• Shelbyville: Sarah Harrell

For more information on the nursing program at IUPUC, please visit www.iupuc.edu/academics/divisions-programs/nursing/, call 812.348.7250 or email nursing@iupuc.edu.