Online & In-Person Opportunities for February 

Faith Together | New date this month

Dr. Hilton has been the Safe Patient Handling and Mobility (SPHM) National Program Manager for the Veterans Health Administration in Washington DC after her role as SPHM Coordinator at Loma Linda VA Health Care System.   In her 20 years has been a nurse leader having served in areas of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, FNP, public health consultant, and program manager. She has the distinguished title of ARN Fellow Designation (FARN). She has a passion for caring for the medically underserved populations in community clinics.

She has extensive experience in leadership development, palliative care, end-of-life care planning and ethics, medical case management, long-term mechanical ventilation in the community care setting, and home health care for high-risk and technology-dependent patients. She speaks at national and international conferences on many topics and has published extensively over her career. She is dedicated to caring for our veterans and their families in appreciation for their honorable services.

Lynda Reed, DNP, RN, FNP-C, has focused her efforts as a nurse practitioner on chronic illness management and negotiating self-care behaviors with patients. In 2012, Reed began teaching full-time at Azusa Pacific University. As a community member, she continues to serve on hospital and community health center boards and committees so that she can be aware of the needs of patients and providers.

Last year SON Alumni offered an in-person interview with alumna, Juli Boit with Living Room International.  Juli released her second book, Brave Love. 

If you missed this in-person CE interview, we would like to invite you to view this presentation on video.  You have until February 16, 2024, to view the video at your convenience and to fill out the evaluation form within that window to receive your CE certificate.  

SON Alumni is passionate about providing benefits that matter to our alumni.  The CE certificate is our gift to your professional development.  Thank you for the difference you are making in the nursing profession!
 
REGISTER NOW 
REGISTER HERE | Love Makes Us Brave | Time-limited Video Viewing

APU Career Help

The APU Center for Career and Community-Engaged Learning provides career development resources, workshops, events, and information to support students and alumni in their professional endeavors. Whether you’re preparing for an interview or need help setting up your LinkedIn account, the center staff aims to help you thrive in your career pursuits.

Handshake

Handshake is APU’s free career platform for all students and alumni to connect with thousands of businesses and organizations, search for jobs and internships, get access to expert resources, and make a career consulting appointment with APU's Career Development team. Reach out to career@apu.edu with any questions.

To access your Handshake account for the first time, use your APU Home portal sign-in information to gain immediate access to the platform. If you have difficulty accessing your APU sign-in information, alumni can sign up with their personal email address and will have access after completing a verification process. For more information or help setting up your account, email career@apu.edu.

Contact Information

• Email: career@apu.edu
• Phone: (626) 815-2103
• Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Happy New Year
SON ALUMNI
2024

GOD IS AT WORK
Building a Connected Community to Support, Encourage, Educate, and Strengthen APU SON Alumni

There are so many stories about transformational experiences happening in our alumni commUNITY, but here is one as we move towards the close of another year.  

Barb has been a faithful member of our bi-weekly prayer team for over a year.  This summer, Barb attended the SON Alumni online women's bible study - She Who Dares: An 8-week study on learning to live dangerously for God, by Kristi Huseby.  In the devotional study, she was challenged in her walk with the Lord. She committed to continue to anchor her heart to God and fearlessly say YES to what God had in store for her.  

Barb had recently retired (wound care/ostomy specialty at Sutter Hospital) and moved from California to Washington to build the house of her dreams close to the mountains.  Her husband received a cancer diagnosis which put a wrinkle in their retirement dreams.  Barb has followed God all of her life but the study she did this summer prepared her for another YES to God that she did not anticipate.

Barb had traveled abroad in the past to use her skills as a nurse to provide care internationally.  She was introduced to Dr. Elaine Goehner (faculty emeritus) at an APU SON reunion in Washington last year.  Barbara, BSN '77 was in the first nursing class at APU and Elaine was the teacher.  They began to talk and realized they shared a passion for wound care.  Dr. Goehner had worked with an organization (REI) making multiple trips to Vietnam to teach nursing including wound care treatment.  She has made a profound impact on the country.  She has a desire to see others continue the work she has begun.  She and Barb met to discuss the possibility of Barb traveling with a team of APU nursing faculty (through REI) to Vietnam.  

Barb made a courageous step to say YES to God and committed to a trip to Vietnam.  This YES was not easy.  Her husband had multiple treatments requiring travel back to Sacramento.  Her husband had a significant fall weeks before she was ready to leave for Vietnam.  She voiced her worries about "timing."  Her family courageously stood behind her and encouraged her to continue to say YES.  Our prayer team heard Barb voice insecurities about her adequacy and how she might teach and share her knowledge with nurses who speak a different language.  SON Alumni Prayer Team members reminded Barb that God had equipped her and that she could do it!  At the midnight hour, a key faculty member had a family emergency and was not able to go.  Barb lost her travel partner.  So many reasons to postpone the trip or to back out but Barb continued to say YES to God.  

A faithful YES placed Barb front and center to fill in as a speaker for the absent faculty member.  This was no ordinary speech, this was at an International Nursing Conference in Vietnam.  Interpreter and all, Barb presented to a full crowd of eager learners.

It is not very often that we get a peek into the wonderous tapestry that God is laying out for us.  He weaves together people and circumstances using sicknesses, emergencies, and obstacles, to work out beautiful teachable moments for us and others in his kingdom.  What an important reminder of the power of prayer.  What an important reminder that we don't have to be a skilled public speaker.  God used Moses and God can use us.  He asks us to pray without ceasing.  By praying we support each other we build community - we are His church.  He asks for our open hearts to weave and work His will in our lives.

Thank you, Barb for saying YES. 

Devotional Speaker - Dr. Elaine Goehner, APU Faculty Emerita
Alumni Speaker - Dr. Sarah Coors, BSN'03

~Learning to Lean In & Listen to God~

During a chapel service at APU President John Wallace challenged the students to “seek the Lord in what to do.”  Sarah was in the Global Studies program but was challenged to change her major after the chapel challenge.  She felt that she could do more hands-on work as a nurse, so she changed her course schedule and applied to the nursing program. 

On a mission trip with Mercy Ships, she saw the different roles of nurses and physicians on the mission field and felt she should get more education to be able to help more.  God opened doors for a pre-med program at Johns Hopkins University but closed doors for a Global Health Nurse Practitioner program.  So, after finishing her nursing degree at APU, she started down the path to becoming a physician with the intent of one day serving internationally. 
Click Here to Read More about Sarah

Sarah sat on a God-sized dream for 20 years.  Join us to hear how Sarah held onto her faith and learned to listen to God's leading in her calling.