卫生科学学院 Director 瑞秋Bergstrom brings joy 和 a passion for people 和 science to all the spaces she enters.

最让你兴奋的是什么 卫生科学学院 和一个新的 与埃奇伍德学院的护理合作?

这么多事情! 克里斯汀Labby 建起了那么多伟大的东西 建议 为学生们策划活动和项目，我很高兴能让他们走出去. 我很高兴我们能突出我们的校友. 现在是医学院的录取季节, 我很高兴地向大家介绍最近的校友(他们已经进入了专业学校), 所有人都是这样的, “是的! 帮我联系一下在校生. 在这个过程中我真的学到了很多.”

[For the BSN program through Edgewood College] we really want students to still have the identity of a 十大菠菜台子 student. 有了BSN, students will be able to stay here; they won’t have to uproot for a short time 和 then uproot again after they’re done. Everybody is so excited about this opportunity 和 what it means for our students 和 the community. Not many schools are doing this kind of on-campus partnership in the way that we’re doing it. 我很兴奋 护理 我们校园的学生. 这是一个非常适合文科的职业.

学校已经有哪些学生可以参与的活动?

我们有第一堂课 紧急医疗技术员(EMT) students over at Blackhawk Tech right now, 和 they’re having a blast 和 learning a ton. 这对他们所有人来说都是艰难、激动、沮丧和兴奋的, 看看这学期是如何运作的, 我在想下一步做这件事的最好方法. It’s so wonderful that they can do it as part of their Beloit time; it’s like an internship of sorts. 我对此非常兴奋.

我们已经进入了第二学期 跨专业实践与教育中心. 我们的学生正在做一个痴呆症护理和意识项目. The goal [of CIPE] is to help people work better in healthcare teams 和 increase awareness around dementia. 我正在为其中一个团体提供便利, 来自威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校的专业学生和我们的学生. 这学期，我们和照顾痴呆症患者的人一起工作. 学生们已经见到并采访了护理人员, 和 they’ll be working with a dementia care specialist through the Aging 和 Disabilities Resource Center. 而不是关注痴呆症患者, 该计划的重点是照顾者所需的资源. 在我的小组里, 他们住在一个美丽的农村地区, 和 that gets complicated making sure this person has the support they need in-home 和 the ability to take care of themself. 其目标是为护理人员提供量身定制的资源包，以满足他们的需求. The caregiver is thinking about when they are going to move their loved one into a more supportive care — 和 how long can they keep them at home with them? 我们对需要提出的问题以及如何解决这些问题有一些想法. 对我们的学生来说，这真是一次大开眼界的经历, 我希望我们能继续我们的关系. 为此，学生们会得到一枚徽章——简历上的一份证书. 和他们一起工作很愉快.

在四月观测日食对阴影的影响.

他们未来可以期待的新体验呢?

We’re working on building a stronger relationship with the University of Wisconsin-Madison around physical therapy. 我们还在与Beloit Health System进行合作. 我们有一个 通往见习和实习的道路 there, 和 we placed several students there for the second half of this semester for shadowing. 这将是一次专业的申请经验, 面试, 然后被接受, 学生们将不得不考虑他们想要什么样的影子体验, 他们想看的东西. 我们正在与护理教育人员合作, 和 they’ll tailor the shadowing to the students’ needs 和 make sure they’re making connections for the students. 很多学生来到伯洛伊特说, “我想在医疗保健领域做点什么, 但我不知道是什么.“让他们进去看看吧.

什么风把你吹到伯洛伊特来了?

Grad school taught me that the place that I can make the biggest impact in science is in teaching scientists. I have a liberal arts background; I went to North Park University in Chicago, 我从文科培训中受益匪浅. 它非常符合我的个性和兴趣. I found that it was important to have that opportunity to do stuff that wasn’t science 和 think about how it’s all connected 和 how different ways of thinking through problems can be influenced by interdisciplinary work. I also benefited from the small class size; I knew all of my professors 和 had the opportunity to work with them 和 get to know them as people. 他们激发了我的热情.

我在大学的时候就想去读医学院. I took the MCAT 和 I worked in a hospital for four years as a phlebotomist 和 lost interest in working in a hospital setting. 我对研究更感兴趣. 我在西北大学的一个研究实验室找到了一份工作，然后进了研究生院. I got into my dream school 和 thought I wanted to have a research lab 和 realized that wasn’t the thing that would bring me the most joy or make the most difference. 研究生毕业的时候，我觉得有点迷茫. I found a sabbatical replacement [position] at Mankato State 和 then was applying for jobs 和 knew my parents were going to be retiring close by in Monroe, 生病了.所以我申请了伯洛伊特，参加了面试，然后说:“我可以在这里工作!”

Proudly displaying an “honorary nurse” degree received by Edgewood College for her work to establish the 双学位护理伙伴关系.

教大学生让你兴奋的是什么?

我的专业是神经科学, 我每隔一年教一次神经学课程, 所以我可以教很多不同的东西. 我喜欢教新发疾病——我没有受过培训, 但我喜欢训练自己. I made my first T-shirt [this year] based on a case study that we do in the class about how they eradicated rabies from foxes in Central Europe. 布瑞特Scharringhausen 为我设计的. 我喜欢我可以认真对待科学，而自己却不严肃. 我可以找到一些学生会记住的愚蠢的事情. I like that this is a place where I can teach science with high expectations for my students, but I can incorporate myself into the classroom 和 the way that I work with students through 建议.

It’s been important for my professional development that I’ve been encouraged to do things outside of the biology department. 我从中学到了很多 AMP program, 和 now I’m learning more as the new director of the 卫生科学学院. It’s helping me to better underst和 the college as a whole 和 the ways in which students are experiencing this place, 然后回到我的教室是如何设置的, 我的办公时间, 我如何与学生互动. 我认为这归结为我可以做自己的感觉, 和 it’s not like I’m trying to match what other people are doing or expectations in science. 我可以做我自己，这会提高我的工作水平.

有一年夏天，我把头发染成了粉红色，然后说:“啊，现在我得把它染回去。. 我必须是专业的.[生物学名誉教授] 肯Yasukawa “为什么? 这不会带走Ph值.D.记住这一点很有帮助. 我得到了一些很好的指导，不仅来自我的部门, but also from women who are in administration 和 have been in the sciences for a long time. 我知道我不是每个人的菜, 但我在伯洛伊特找到了自己的位置，在那里我可以成为更多人喜欢的人. 这对于与学生的关系也很重要.

这些导师都有哪些人 你 如何成为一名导师?

房地产格罗斯曼 和 肯Yasukawa were incredibly important to me for getting me through tenure, supporting me. 布瑞特Scharringhausen也在很多重要方面帮助我坚持做自己. 埃里克·博因顿总统 和 查克•刘易斯 让我明白，我喜欢思考制度体系, 那不是我认为我感兴趣的东西. 然后是我妈妈! 我妈妈真的很擅长与人交往，而且很友好.

是什么让你准备好迎接一个忙碌的学期呢?

The big thing is that I’ve started to get much better at making boundaries between work 和 family. 这使我去年的生活发生了巨大的变化. I have an almost three-year-old 和 a five-year-old, 和 it’s so hard to get those boundaries. 另一件事是，我必须有工作以外的事情和创造性的事情去做.

“我喜欢这样，我可以认真对待科学，而不用把自己当回事. 我可以做我自己，这会提高我的工作水平.”

我编织—— 每一个人 知道我在编织 到处都是. 我也正在重新装修我家的前厅。. 圣诞节期间, 我承担了拆除一堵墙的浩大工程, 现在我必须在开始其他项目之前完成它. 我成年后的大部分时间都在跑步，我把跑步放在首位. 我在周一，周三和周五的8-10点授课，然后10-11:30，我跑步. 这太棒了. 我每天工作很长时间，因为委员会、管理和教员会议, so making that space 和 time for myself to stop 和 do something else really has made a difference.

布里特和我定期一起去自习室. 我们去百吉饼店，喝咖啡，工作. 在不同的空间度过时间真好. 我们不一定要做什么特别的事情, but having the accountability of someone else physically sitting there — 和 the cinnamon rolls! 这是美妙的. It’s nice to be in a different space with someone I don’t see on a regular basis otherwise.