Committees

Committees

Bylaws Co chair Renee Duttloff

            Chair: Treasurer- Katie New  treasurer.gvsusna@gmail.com

Bylaws committee is well versed in the inner workings of SNA. The committee reads through the bylaws and looks for adjustments to be made. The proposal for adjustments is made at the general meeting and the delegates vote on the proposal.

            Members

•  Kassie Castellucci
• Bryan Nicholson

Resolutions

            Chair: Communications Director- Bethany Nies communication.gvsusna@gmail.com

Resolutions committee is the ultimate “make a difference” committee. The work that this committee does can ultimately go to the state and national legislative levels to make changes in the nursing profession.

            Members

• Megan Downer
•  Beth Williamson 
•  Penelope Fryling

Fundraising co chair Taryn Zyburt

            Chair: Vice President- Erin Nicoson vicepresident.gvsusna@gmail.com

            Fundraising is in charge of merchandise (t-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, and more) sales.  The orders are collected two weeks after they are dispersed.  This committee helps with sorting forms for ordering and sorting items when they are completed and ready to pick up.  This committee will be divided into four subcategories: badge reel sales, luminary decorating, bake sale and tee’s mugs & more.  If placed on a sub-committee, attendance at that event is mandatory.

            Members

• Stephanie Moore
•  Chelsea Armbrustmacher
• Jenifer Rice
•  Amanda Onken
•  Avana Johnson
•  Brittany Hawthorne

CHS

            Chair: Secretary- Ashley Gaebel secretary.gvsusna@gmail.com

            The CHS committee is in charge of keeping our bulletin board up to date and reaching out to prospective GVSU nursing students.  They are also in charge of the pop can bins that are around the CHS building as a fundraiser for SNA.  The time commitment for this committee is very little.

            Members

• Jessica Ramano
•  Megen Tanner
• Avana Johnson

Nursing in the News

            Chair: Curriculum Director- Frank Durante  curriculum.gvsusna@gmail.com

             The Nursing in the News committee looks to keeping our organization up to date on the happenings in the nursing community. This committee is working on getting SNA recognized in the Lanthorn and other publications. This committee meets mainly through email.

            Members

•  Brooke Shelton
• Penelope Fryling
• Kara Siekirk
•  Megen Tanner
•  Megan Downer

Break Through to Nursing (BTN)

            Chair: Image and BTN Director: Molly Steensma btndirector.gvsusna@gmail.com

            The BTN committee is involved in reaching out to people interested in nursing. The Girl Scout event is a huge event that this committee organizes. If you want to make a difference and represent nursing in a positive way, this is the committee for you!

            Members

• Jenifer Desy
• Morgan Pendowski
•  Alicia Prater
• Morgan Kochajda
• Anne Conwell
• Sarah Watkins 

Community Wellness (LIC) Co Chair- Ally Duxter

            Chair: Community Wellness- Erika Shilkey community.gvsusna@gmail.com

             The community wellness committee is in charge of finding volunteer opportunities for the KCON students and calculating the volunteer hours into LIC points at the end of the semester.

            Members

•  Eric DeJong
•  Dawn Hatchew
• Kara Siekirk

Community Health Project

            Chair: Evaluations Director- Laura Courtright evaulations.gvsusna@gmail.com

Responsible for carrying out our decided upon initiative, which is promoting the education of low income families on the benefits of healthy eating.

            Members

• Natalie Ervin
• Lauren Glovak
•  Rachel Sasinowski
•  Leah Jennings 
• Linda Lamberts          

Scrapbook

            Chair: President- Liz Mikes  president.gvsusna@gmail.com

             Scrapbook committee is in charge of documenting the semester’s events across the different cohorts in a creative way. If you like to take pictures and scrapbook, you will fit in here. The time commitment is as much or as little as you like, depending on what events you photograph. We will meet once or twice to assemble the scrapbook. 

            Members

• Meredith Visser
•  Renee Dettloff
• Alex Davis
• Miranda Kreiser
• Brooke Shelton
• Keely Kowalski
• Morgan Pendowski

 Elderly Action Committee Co chair Alyssa Tassiello

            Chair: Membership Director- Lauren Vockler membership.gvsusna@gmail.com

            The goal of the Elderly Action Committee is to advocate for the health and wellness of the older adult population.  This committee works to complete projects and provide services for the elderly in the local community.  If you are interested in doing some volunteer work with this population, this committee is for you! 

             Members

• Bianca Orduna
• Brittany Switanowski
• Nicole Husen
•  Casie Pedley
• Sarah  Bemiss