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College of Integrated Science and Technology
Student-Parent Night Caps Childhood Obesity Project at Ottobine School
Posted Feb. 26, 2007
HARRISONBURG – James Madison University nursing students
will lead Ottobine Elementary School students through a food
pyramid and engage in other nutrition-related activities
with the students and their parents Thursday, March 1, at
the school.
The 6-8 p.m. activities will wrap up a special series
of "Fitness for Learning" lessons that have been conducted
by students in JMU's undergraduate and graduate nursing
programs for the students at Ottobine, a Rockingham County
Public School.
The Ottobine Elementary students – 48 kindergartners and
third-graders – learned about healthy nutrition, exercise
and lifestyles in four sessions conducted by JMU nursing
students in January and February. The program has been going
on for several years at the school, said graduate nursing
student Tammy Kiser.
In addition to the activities, students and parents will be
treated to a healthy meal. Each student will receive a hula
hoop and each family will receive a pedometer, Kiser said.
James Madison University and the Rockingham Education
Foundation provided funding for the program.
Directions to the school from Dayton: Turn left onto Route
257; follow Route 257 to Route 742, six miles west of
Dayton; go straight at the stop sign for half a mile and the
school is on the right.
For more information, contact Kiser at 540-746-6336 or
kisertc@jmu.edu, Linda Hulton in the JMU Nursing
Department at 540-568-6883 or hultonlj@jmu.edu or Ottobine
Elementary School kindergarten teacher Bonnie Berry at 540-879-2091.
JMU, RMH Map Course For Future Collaboration
Posted Jan. 26, 2007
Jerry Benson, dean of the College of Integrated Science and Technology (left) and Jim Krauss, president of Rockingham Memorial Hospital, discuss new ways that the university and the hospital can work together during a special collaboration meeting on Friday, Jan. 26. Speakers noted the two institutions have a long history of working together, but that work has primarily been based on serving needs. The goal now, while continuing to serve current needs, is to look at ways to be proactive in serving the community. Ideas discussed included JMU helping RMH to become a more environmentally friendly business and RMH providing research opportunities for students and faculty.
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