Group meetings to begin March 12

Group meetings to begin March 12

The Youngstown Area Ostomy Support Group will host meetings the second Tuesday of each month beginning March 12 at Humility House, 755 Ohltown Road in Austintown. The next meeting, April 9, will take place at Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital, 8401 Market St. Meeting locations alternate each month.

This is a nonprofit self-help support group. Family and friends are welcome to attend. For information, call Anna Fitzgerald at 330-480-3440 or email to Anna_Fitzgerald@mercy.com.

Clarion places first

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Clarion University accounting students recently placed first in the IIA-PICPA Internal Audit Case Competition. The Clarion team, which consisted of all undergraduate students, beat out 19 other collegiate teams.

Library to host tea

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Kimberly Kenney, curator of the McKinley Presidential Library and Museum, will be the guest speaker at a tea party to be held in the Quaker Room at Salem Public Library at 2 p.m. Friday. The program topic will be “Something Borrowed, Something Blue: A History of Wedding Traditions.”

Learn the history behind bouquets, invitations, favors, gift giving, wedding cake and more. Wedding superstitions will also be explored.

Light refreshments will be served. Seating is limited; registration is required and may be done online at www.salem.lib.oh.us or call the library at 330-332-0042 for assistance. This program is free and open to the public.

University accepting nursing applications

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The University of Mount Union’s second degree accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program is accepting applications for the May 2019 program launch.

The program is designed specifically with adult learners in mind who have previously earned a bachelor’s degree in a field other than nursing and are seeking a career change. The program, approved by the Ohio Board of Nursing and accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, can be completed in as little as 15 months.

This accelerated option will assist in resolving the nursing shortage that is expected to occur over the next few years and builds on the success of Mount Union’s current BSN program. In fact, the first two classes of BSN graduates at Mount Union’s achieved a rare 100 percent passage rate on the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX).

The accelerated BSN degree at Mount Union allows students to work with state-of-the-art equipment in its new health and medical sciences facility, yet remains one of the most affordable programs of its kind in Stark County.

For more information on Mount Union’s accelerated BSN degree, visit mountunion.edu/umu-accelerated-bsn-apply.