Stanbridge College was pleased to be a supporter of the graduation ceremony of twenty eight students of the Orangewood Children’s Foundation, an organization in Orange County, California that works to successfully transition emancipated foster youth, support children in foster care, strengthen at risk families and break the cycle of child abuse. Stanbridge College supports a […]
Nurses working at busy hospitals need to keep their composure at all times, but receiving a large number of critically injured patients at once requires nurses to use all of their skills and training. When a gunman shot innocent bystanders at an event for Congresswomen Gabrielle Giffords outside a grocery store in Tucson, Arizona, the […]
On June 7, 2011 Stanbridge College hosted their biannual Allied Health and Vocational Nursing Career Fair. Stanbridge College’s Vocational Nursing and Occupational Therapy students were able to network with over 30 southern California health care organizations. The students were able to explore new career opportunities and gather advice on what employers are looking for in […]
Wednesday, June 8 was World IPv6 Day, a large scale 24 hour experiment aimed at indentifying problems associated with IPv6, an upgrade to the Internet’s main communications protocol IPv4, reported an article on NetworkWorld. Over 400 organizations, including Google, Facebook, AT&T, Cisco and Microsoft all participated along with other businesses, universities and government agencies enabling […]
Standbridge College announces the quarterly Favorite Charity Contest where students, faculty and staff are encouraged to submit their favorite charity and why the Stanbridge community should contribute to its mission. This quarter, Stanbridge College would like to support the town of Joplin, Missouri as it recovers from the devastating tornado hits in May. Please post […]
In April and May, Stanbridge College students raised $2,636.52 for ShelterBox, an international disaster relief charity that delivers emergency shelter, warmth and dignity to people affected by disaster worldwide, to provide support for the victims of the Japanese tsunami and earthquake. Nursing students participated in Jeans Week, a fundraiser that allows students to wear jeans […]
Nursing Skills Week included Disaster Preparedness Exercises. One of the missions of Orange County is to enhance the emergency preparedness and response capabilities of the public through advanced registration, organization and training of volunteer health professionals. Our nursing students went through multiple demonstrations along side active volunteer health professionals. Stanbridge College nursing students were given […]
Stanbridge College students, faculty and staff volunteered with Habitat for Humanity to build a home in South Orange County for an underprivileged family. They helped with light construction, painting and debris cleanup. The Stanbridge College volunteers worked along side other Orange County community volunteers and the future homeowners that were extremely appreciative. Continue to REACH […]
In some Third World countries poverty-stricken amputees known as “crawlers” slowly transport themselves by crawling on the ground each day. Their quality of life is literally reduced to what they can do on partial limbs to get from place to place. Compassionate students and staff at Stanbridge College worked with Free Wheelchair Mission to donate […]
The lives of many children hang in the balance each day around the world, especially in Africa’s poverty-stricken and war-ravaged countries. Without sponsorships through programs like World Vision, such children would be left without clean water, nutritious food and education. Multiple children in Malawi, Africa are sponsored by Stanbridge College with the assistance of World […]