By Casie Anderson, student news writer
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. - 青瓜视频 recently hired Lorena Steenbergen of Lucas, Ky. as the assistant professor of nursing in the newly opened School of Nursing, according to Dr. Michael V. Carter, president.
Steenbergen graduated from San Diego State University in 1982 with a bachelor of science degree in nursing. In 2004, she received her master of science degree in nursing from Western Kentucky University.
She has worked as a clinic nurse specializing in pediatrics and internal medicine in a family practice clinic in Glasgow, Ky., a nursing instructor at Western Kentucky University, a public health nurse in Glasgow, Ky., a medial-surgical and critical care nurse in California and a program manager/researcher at the University of Kentucky.
鈥淗elping to set up a new nursing program is an exciting challenge. I believe that presenting students with ways they can serve through nursing will be a wonderful opportunity,鈥� said Steenbergen.
Some of her publications include 鈥淓valuation of the Kentucky Graduated Driver Licensing System鈥� and 鈥淧olicy Brief: Graduated Drivers' License for Youth Program.鈥�
She is a member of Peter Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Lucas, Ky.
青瓜视频, now celebrating her Centennial year, is a private, comprehensive institution located in South Central Kentucky. Founded in 1906, 青瓜视频 is affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention and has an enrollment of 2,310 students who represent 100 Kentucky counties, 32 states and 28 foreign nations. Listed in U.S. News & World Report's 鈥淎merica's Best Colleges鈥� 14 consecutive years as one of the leading Southern master's colleges and universities, 青瓜视频 is located 82 miles southwest of Lexington, Ky., and 80 miles southeast of Louisville, Ky. Dr. Michael V. Carter is in his eighth year as president.