海角社区 Day at the Capitol 2018
POCATELLO - A number of 海角社区 students, faculty, and staff members from various programs and departments traveled to Boise to represent the Kasiska Division of Health Sciences (KDHS) at 海角社区 Day at the Capitol on Wednesday, February 28. The annual event provides an opportunity for legislators to meet with students pursuing higher education in a wide range of health professions, and see first hand how their decisions affect health sciences education at 海角社区.
鈥淲e look forward to this opportunity each year,鈥� said Rex Force, 海角社区 vice president for Health Sciences. 鈥淭he faculty and students in our programs are eager to showcase their disciplines and their research to lawmakers. 海角社区 Day at the Capitol provides a unique way for the decision makers for education in Idaho to connect directly with 海角社区 students and faculty to gain inside knowledge about their activities and objectives.鈥�
KDHS programs and departments represented at 海角社区 Day at the Capitol were: College of Pharmacy, School of Nursing, Family Medicine Residency, Physician Assistant Studies, Dental Hygiene, Physical Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, Audiology, Idaho State Meridian Health Sciences Center, and Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health Virtual Anatomy & Physiology Laboratory.
Following the visit to the capitol building, attendees met with Idaho legislators over lunch and heard from AS海角社区 President Jessica Sargent, who is one of just two members in her family to pursue higher education. 海角社区 President Arthur Vailas then provided an update on the Unversity, thanking the Idaho legislators for their contributions to the institution.
