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SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COLLEGEPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PROGRAM 2011/2012
COMMUNITY/PUBLIC SERVICE
SJVC PA students participated in a school organized Blood Drive with the American
Red Cross.
COMMUNITY/PUBLIC SERVICE
SJVC PA Students organized a toy drive. All the toys
collected went towards the Visalia Harley-Davidson Toy drive benefiting those that cannot afford toys for the
holidays.
COMMUNITY/PUBLIC SERVICEIn collaboration with
JCPenney and The Salvation Army, SJVC PA students
adopted 2 homeless families this Christmas Holiday.
Clothing, appliances and toys for the children were
collected and donated to both families.
PA students participated in a school organized Coat
drive to support members of the community that
could not afford to provide coats for their families.
SJVC organized a canned food drive to support the
Visalia Emergency Aid Council. Every year the
Visalia Emergency Aid feeds over 10,000 families in the
community.
COMMUNITY/PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMUNITY/PUBLIC SERVICESJVC PA students
volunteering for the Salvation Army in order to raise funds and help the poor and homeless
this holiday season.
SJVC students celebrated PA week by honoring local PA’s all across San Joaquin and
Tulare County by delivering coffee and pastries.
Providers were also invited to PA celebration at a SJVC PA sponsored local venue.
COMMUNITY/PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC EDUCATION
In order to combat the obesity problems in our
community, SJVC PA Students visited local
elementary schools and spoke about the
importance of eating healthy and exercising.
They gave each student a pedometer and
encouraged them to get a minimum of 3,000 steps a
day.
PUBLIC EDUCATION
Our Goal as future health care providers is intervening at a younger age to help decrease the rise of childhood obesity and diabetes within our
community.
PUBLIC EDUCATION
World Diabetes Day, SJVC PA students organized and lead
World Diabetes Day, out in a local awareness and prevention
project throughout our community in order to better
educate people on diabetes as well as healthy eating, exercise
and prevention.Brochures and education material were distributed in both English
and Spanish .
SJVC PA Students went to local Elementary Schools and taught
students about the importance of hand washing. They explained how germs can get them sick, taught them the proper hand
washing techniques. They left posters, Purell, and hand washing activities for the
children and their families.
PUBLIC EDUCATION
DIVERSITY
The student body consists of 30 students, most from the Central
San Joaquin Valley.
Diversity is displayed by a total of 21 different foreign languages and
over 19 ethnic backgrounds among our
SJVC students
DIVERSITY
Ethnic backgrounds include: Nigerian, Italian, Swedish, Vietnames, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Salvadorian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Iranian, Pakistani, Mexican,
Native American, Peruvian, African American, Caucasian, Indian, and Hmong.
DIVERSITY
SJVC PA program also boasts 20 % Veterans and have several
students who plan on serving in the military after graduation.
DIVERSITY
DIVERSITYSJVC PA program hosted a cultural diversity day on campus. In collaboration with local tribes we
organized a Native American booth to educate our community over the different tribes, territories and language differences that are found in our
region.
PROFESSIONAL ADVOCACY
PROFESSIONAL ADVOCACY
SJVC Student Representative Steven
Hauswirth PA-S with State representative
Stewart Anderson. On behalf of
Assemblywoman Connie Conway a proclamation
in recognition of PA week 2010
State Representative Stewart Anderson thanking SJVC
Physician Assistant students for their work and commitment to
the people of the Central Valley of California
PROFESSIONAL ADVOCACYSJVC PA Student representative, Steven Hauswirth, speaking at
the County Board of Supervisors to declare October 6-12, 2010 as
"Physician Assistants Week throughout Tulare County
PROFESSIONAL ADVOCACY
The founding officers of the SJVC Student Veterans Caucus have
kicked off their first official function by participating in the AAPA Project Access project. Speaking to local ROTC cadets
at Lemoore HS about the PA profession, what it takes to get
there, and how their military experience helped them get to
where they are now.
PROFESSIONAL ADVOCACY
PA and SJVC instructor Jed
Grant awarded the LAMP
award for his dedication in the classroom
and to his students.
Jason Sanchez, SJVC alumni, awarded the
LAMP award for beginning the SJVC
Alumni Organization.
Luis Archilla, SJVC alumni, awarded the
LAMP award for his position held on the
SAAPA Board.
FUND RAISING
SJVC Students participated and raised money for Down
Syndrome in the annual “Step up for Downs Syndrome” walk at
Hoover High School. SJVC students were part of “Team
Emma Ann.”
The annual walk had over 1450 walkers and raised over $54,000.
FUND RAISER
FUND RAISEROn Jan 2010, SJVC PA
Students participated and volunteered at:
The 6th Annual Race Against Hunger on Thanksgiving.
There were over 3300 Participants and the event
raised over $65,000 and fed over 2500 families.
SJVC PA students alone raised
over $1250 for the event.
FUND RAISERSJVC PA Students
organized a Breast Cancer Bake Sale to
benefit:
The Susan G Komen foundation.
We raised over $140 by selling a variety of pink pastries and pink punch. All the money raised went towards finding a
cure for Breast Cancer.
FUND RAISING
SJVC PA students participated in:
The 11th annual Wiggle Waggle Walk in
September.
The walk raised around $15,000 for the Valley
Animal Center, Fresno’s premier no-kill animal
shelter
FUND RAISERDuring 2010 CAPA
Conferences in Palm Springs, SJVC Students
participated and donated to:
The Suzanne Jackson Breast Cancer Fund of
the Desert Cancer foundation.
This Foundation provides free
mammograms to residents of the
Coachella Valley who are uninsured or unable to afford
preventative testing.
FUND RAISING
In collaboration with 93.7 KISS Country FM, Lexus of Fresno
and TACHI Hotel & Casino, SJVC students volunteered at:
The 12th annual Children's Hospital Radio-A-thon.
Our work alone raised over $12,440 for the Children and Families of Central California
and beyond.
FUND RAISING
2010 SJVC PA students took part
in:
The American Cancer Societies “Relay For Life of
Visalia”
In 24 hr, over $1,716.00 was raised for the
American Cancer Society
FUND RAISING SJVC PA students raised
money for their program by doing multiple fundraisers.
Throughout the year
They participated in a fundraiser at Mimi’s Café,
designed their own bumper sticker and t-shirt which they sold at CAPA and at other PA events, they made tamales,
bake sales and sold them during the holidays.
All money raised went towards school events,
donations to various charities, as well as the purchasing of Pastries and Coffee for local
working Physician Assistant in our community in celebration
and in recognition of PA week.
Class bumper
sticker
Class T-shirts
CLASS UNITY
CLASS UNITY
Through class unity and team building, SJVC
students continue to show commitment and
dedication in learning clinical skills and
techniques to better serve our communities.
SJVC students attended the annual CAPA conference during PA week. While in attendance they supported students in PA idol, Class Cheer and student
Challenge Bowl.
SJVC Senior Class Vice President won the 2010 American PA Idol,
SJVC Junior Class won the 2010 CAPA Cheerleading Competition
CLASS UNITY
SJVC students coordinated good luck potlucks, BBQs, and Birthday Celebrations with both the junior and senior classes. Also the
senior class set up a mentorship with the junior
class. This allowed the seniors to give advice and
encouragement to the Junior class.
CLASS UNITY
SJVC students held the 1st Annual Christmas Potluck and White Elephant Gift
Exchange.
CLASS UNITY
With full class participation PA Student’s made tamales
during a week long fundraising event.
MENTORSHIP
SJVC PA students set up mentorships with
other PA students they met at CAPA
conference.
Students communicate 3-4
times a month discussing community involvement, school activities, and study
tips.
Mentorships were set up with USC, UC
Davis, and Tuoro
Jenny Black:
SJVC
Kristen McKenna: USC
WORK W/CONSTITUENT ORG.
WORK W/CONSTITUENT ORG.
IMPACT 2010─AAPA’s 38th Annual PA Conference.
SJVC PA Student Steven Hauswirth along side Benjamin Olmeda PA student from Yale
Physician AssociateProgram.
Both winner and recipient of the LtCol David Gwinn/Veterans
Caucus Scholarship
WORK W/CONSTITUENT ORG.
The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
(OSHPD), in partnership and collaboration with the California Area Health
Education Center (AHEC) and the California Primary Care
Association (CPCA) Awarded:
California's first scholarships in Student/Resident Experiences and Rotations in Community
Health Program (Cal-SEARCH) were given to 5 SJVC PA
Students.
WORK W/CONSTITUENT ORG.
SJVC PA Student representative Steven Hauswirth at the AAPA annual conference in
Atlanta.
He was awarded SJVC first recipient of an AAPA
Veteran's Caucus Scholarship for academic achievement, service and
professionalism.
During his time there he attended and was
involved in representing SJVC and PA’s throughout in the Student Assembly of Representatives under
the direction of former SJVC PA student Luis
Archilla
STUDENT LEADERSHIP
SJVC PA student Stephanie Rolfo, ran for the Student
Representative position with CAPA.
The same position held by former SJVC student Adam Marks the previous year
STUDENT LEADERSHIPSJVC Senior PA Student Steven
Hauswirth meet with AAPA Veterans Caucus during the Nat’l conference in Atlanta, in order to
form an SJVC branch of the veterans Caucus.
It was approved unanimously by the Vet Caucus Board of
Directors.
Steven Hauswirth PA-S also attended their board meeting
and had a part inbrainstorming for the Memorial
Day celebration at Nellis Air Force Base.
During that time he organize an Enlisted Call for Medics at the
hospital for the AAPA Vet Caucus members to go and speak about
the benefits of becoming a PA after the service.
Founding President of SJVC Student Veterans
Caucus
SJVC Krista Alldritt PA-S; PresidentSJVC Jennifer Black PA-S; Vice PresidentSJVC Alicia Gordon PA-S; Treasurer
SJVC Jason George PA-S; Constituent Chapter Student Representative (CCSR); External Affairs Chair (EAC)SJVC Steve Hauswirth PA-S; Assembly of Representatives (AOR) RepresentativeSJVC Daniel Villegas PA-S; AOR AlternateSJVC Stephanie Rolfo PA-S; House of Delegate (HOD) Student RepresentativeSJVC Jessica Rumsey PA-S; Student Society HistorianSJVC Tina Fantozzi PA-S; Student Diversity Committee Representative (SDCR)
STUDENT LEADERSHIP
SJVC PA students speaking at a local high school about the
PA profession. Our goal was to recruit within
our community future PA’s. Brochures on what PA’s do and how they benefit communities
was handed out to over 50 high school students.
COMMUNICATION
COMMUNICATION
SJVC students Shagufta Khan and Stephanie Rolfo, speaking to over 200 high school kids about the PA
profession, what it takes to get there and ways to
volunteer and get involved in our communities.
Woodlake High School Career Day 2010
COMMUNICATIONSJVC Senior PA Student Len
Linbach speaking at a local at risk continuation high school
about the importance of getting an education.
Many of the student have never heard of the PA profession.
PA Pamphlets and other educational brochures were
handed out to over 100 students
COMMUNICATION
SJVC PA students visited a local High
School during a Health Career
Pathway Program. Our Goal was not
only to promote and encourage local
students to peruse a career in Physician Assistant Studies but to also offer direction on how
they too can become more involved
within their communities.
SJVC PA students participating at this
years CAPA conference.
SJVC PA students took part in the (SOS) Share our
Selves projects in order to
communicate with other PA programs
and to shed light and ideas about our
activities, commitments and our dedication as
future Health Care Providers.
COMMUNICATION
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COLLEGEPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PROGRAM 2011/2012