NewsletterMarian College • Marian Health Careers Center • Los Angeles • Van Nuys • Vol. 15 No. 3 • May-Jun 2013

LA Campus Welcomes New Administrator

The Main Campus will have anew administrator starting thisMay. Ms. Ramona D. Beltran,

MA, or Ms. Monette as she is morefondly called, will take on theresponsibilities of being campusadministrator, along with herconcurrent tasks as Research andDevelopment Officer and Marketing Specialist for both campuses.

Ms. Monette has already been workingdirectly with the students providingthem with counseling services,therefore this will be an easy transitionfor the whole academic community.Included in her additional tasks is theoversight on the daily goings-on of the main campus.However, Ms. Monette still remainsresponsible for research anddevelopment, and will continue toprovide counseling to the faculty,staff, and students in both campuses.

Congratulations, Ms. Monette!È

Marians Gatherfor Annual Field Day

On June 13 , Marian College held itsth

Annual Field Day at the park. It wasan all-day affair and students, faculty,staff, administrators, and their guestsfrom both campuses gathered in one ofthe picnic areas along Crystal SpringsDrive in Griffith Park, Los Angeles,which is the country’s largestmunicipal park with urban wildernessarea.

Like many field days past, thedifferent classes spread out theirpicnic fare on their tables, andeveryone was invited to drop in andshare what each class had to offer,which was naturally a multi-culturalmix of food and beverages.

Besides the sampling of food, therewere other activities and games.Group games were played, whichhelped foster a camaraderie betweenstudents of both campuses.

Of course, the highlight of the daywas when Ryan David D. Tanglao ofVan Nuys and Dexcelle L. Camins ofLos Angeles won the Mr. & Ms.Marian titles respectively.

It was a very carefree day and theweather was perfect with lots ofsunshine and the right amount ofbreeze to keep everyone cool andcontent. Everyone was afforded abreak from the rigors of lectures, tests,and clinical sessions, and you couldtell that the students really welcomedit.

The annual field day, as well as anycampus-wide gathering, is also afitting welcome gesture that allemployees and students extend to the“newbies,” or the new students whojust started classes early this year.Yes, this is the spirit of MarianCollege; come and share in ourlaughter and triumphs!È

Los Angeles Campus students gathered for a photo with Miss Jo Anne.

2 Newsletter May - June 2013

WelcomeVN 43 and VN 81

The Los Angeles campus added 19students to its roster as it welcomedthe following VN 81 class members inMay:

Romulo III. M. AlbanoAnne-Alexis M. AlburoCamille P. AringoMark J. CanozaArmando CerdaJuno G. ChuaMark Anthony C. ColesMartiauna CortesAngelus P. De GuzmanLawrence J. GarciaKristine G. KimballMaribel LimMaria Isabel P. MabungaMaria Delos Santos MateoNyesha Yaeko PetersRoyce RiveraMyesha L. RobinsonDaffney Joy SalvadorOliverlou V. Samaco

Meanwhile, the Van Nuys campusalso enrolled a new class in May. Thefollowing new students make up VN43 in Van Nuys:

Joan Michelle ChoriegoAbraham CoronaKaysie L. HaganMaria De Jesus MartinezAlyssa M. NazarenoAngelica Y. Rodriguez CortesRuth SaraiElizabeth A. UribeCarolina Velazquez Villa

CongratulationsVN 41 and VN 42

On May 30 , the following studentsth

from Van Nuys received their capsand badges after completing Term Iof the Vocational Nursing Program:

Jocelyn BertoletWhitney Cameron

Ana CuevasMia Del RosarioJennifer ErhahonShaeleen Graham

Devora HuezoGriselda MaganaPatricia Martinez

Phigiao NgoArmine TorosyanHarsharan UppalCzarina VelascoPatricia VelascoKimberly Withey

Louella Yecla

Safety Awareness andDrug Abuse Prevention

Campaigns Held

Over the month of May, all MarianCollege employees and studentsparticipated in an information driveon Safety Awareness and Drug AbusePrevention where data and guidelinesheets on these two concerns werehanded out.

Everyone was reminded about how tobe safe in the school environment,and what to do in emergencysituations in school and in the clinicalsetting. As a reminder to everyone,details on the School’s safety policiesare found in the School Catalog,Student Handbook as well as inpostings inside the classrooms or onhallways.

The whole academic community wasalso reminded of the standing policy

on drug and alcohol abuse. TheSchool is committed to maintain adrug- and alcohol-free environmentand penalties for violations on existingpolicies include expulsion from schoolor discharge from employment. TheSchool’s Drug and Alcohol Policy canlikewise be found in the SchoolCatalog, Student Handbook.È

Did You Know?

• Alcohol is the most widely useddrug in America. It is the thirdlargest cause of death in the UnitedStates, second only to heart diseaseand cancer. It accounts for over100,000 deaths per year in thiscountry alone.

• Alcohol and other drugs contributeto over 50% of all suicides and over50% of all violent crimes.

• Over 60% of admissions toemergency rooms are either directlyor indirectly due to drug or alcoholusage.

• Over 50% of all traffic accidentsinvolve the use of drugs or alcohol,with many of these being fatal.

• It is estimated that drugs and alcoholare a factor in at least 80% ofdomestic violence incidents.

• Alcohol and drug use contributes to60% of all sub-standard jobperformance and at least 40% of allindustrial accidents.

• More than 60% of college womenwho have contracted sexuallytransmitted diseases, herpes orAIDS were intoxicated at the time ofinfection.

• 28% of all college dropouts arealcohol users.

• 95% of all college campus violenceis alcohol related.

• More than 40% of all collegestudents with academic problems arealcohol users.

Source: Florida Institute of Technology;

http://www.fit.edu/caps/articles/facts.php