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=SCHOOL OF HEALTH NEW DEAN=

By: JACKIE RWIGAMBA email@email.gov

NEW DEAN OF SCHOOL OF HEALTH Jackie Rwigamba


 * HUSSON UNIVERSITY**: Currently Husson has been going some changes. The school of Pharmacy was started last year, a school of law has been denied, and students will be start paying for extra printing and free movies every month is also a new thing.

The school of health, which comprises of Physical therapy, occupational therapy and nursing, is also currently undergoing some changes. As Teresa Steele, the current dean of the school of Heath will be retiring this June; husson has already announced the new dean.

http://www.husson.edu/index.php?cat_id=1526&q=BARBARA+hIGGINS&x=0&y=0 DrBarbara Higgins will be replacing Steele. She will assume deanship effective July 2010.

Steele who is retiring has been a dean for nine years but at Husson for 20 years. Dr Higgins has been at Husson since 2005.She was a professor and chair of nursing from then to date. As a dean, Higgins will have new responsibilities; She will oversee undergraduate and graduate programs of the school of health.

Dr Steele’s departing advice to students was, ‘’to focus not only on their studies but also take care of themselves by exercising and watching their diet.”

The incoming dean, Dr Higgins said she was looking forward to an area that the school of health will be expanding on in the future which is,” leveraging some of the strengths of single programs.”

Touching on Healthcare reform the incoming dean, said that we need Healthcare reform, and also confirmed that, “ the amount of national expenditure that go into Health care currently, are just more than our country can absorb.”