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This 508 at a Glance provides a quick overview of the CSU best practices for accessibility requirments and issues. For more detailed information, consult the 508 In Depth Section.
Meeting these best practices will aid assistive technologies in the presentation of Web site content for disabled users.
To ensure that your web site meets these accessibility requirements, you must always perform a manual review using the CSU Cal Poly Section 508 Manual Website Evaluation Guide found in the Tools section of the Accessibility Compliance Guide.
Syntax validation
Contemporary, maintainable, accessible web design is based on complete separation of content (HTML/XHTML) from presentation (CSS) with both conforming to W3C standards; valid code contributes to accurate presentation by both standard browsers and assistive technologies.
Page titles must be unique for every page because they are the first item read by a screen reader. They are also useful for bookmarking and used by search engines to identify results, helping users easily get to the appropriate web page.
Semantic validation
Page elements that function as links (including text, images, and buttons) should be recognizable and usable by sighted viewers and assistive technology. Broken links and empty links that don't go anywhere are confusing to all users. All visitors are helped by logically-organized page content that uses section headings and sub-headings in their proper order; visitors using assistive technology can use the headings for easy navigation between sections of the page.
Opening a new browser window can be confusing to users because it will "break" the browser back button. Best practice is to not open new windows. If opening a new window is absolutely necessary, then Include link text that notifies the user that a new window is being opened.
Alternate Text - Checkpoint (a)
"A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be provided (e.g., via "
alt", "
longdesc", or in element content)."
Screen readers cannot interpret non-text elements, which are most often images, so you must provide text alternatives by using the alt attribute.
Internet Explorer for Windows displays alt text as a tool tip that appears when you hover over the element, even when the element itself is also displayed. However, don't rely on this feature, as most other browsers don't display a tool tip for alt text. If you need a tool tip (or equivalent) to appear, use the title attribute in addition to the alt text (see 508 Indepth for more information on using the alt text and title attributes).
Purely decorative images (images that add no material value to those using assistive technology) should be coded as
alt="" (alt equals double-quote double-quote with no spaces).
Multimedia elements should have text alternatives synchronized with its content, as specified in the More Information part on Captioning.
Multimedia Equivalents - Checkpoint (b)
"Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation."
Captioning allows deaf people to comprehend multimedia with text. You must synchronize captions for media such as video, audio, or animations. Click here for more information on captioning programs.
Color - Checkpoint (c)
"Web pages shall be designed so that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or mark-up."
Section 508 guidelines do not discourage color, just the use of color to convey information. The image shown below is a bad example of the use of color.
Styles (CSS Style Sheets) and Headings - Checkpoint (d)
"Documents shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style sheet."
Section 508 guidelines implicitly support the use of CSS style sheets, so you should use them to help make your web site accessible. You are required, however, to make your web site usable if the style sheet is turned off. This is because some disabled users use their own style sheets to make text larger or to make the web site display high contrast colors. Section 508 also recommends using CSS's absolute positioning instead of tables, but using tables for layout is fine as long as your content makes sense when a screen reader reads it. A web site that uses tables for layout can still be 100% accessible.
Server-Side Image Maps - Checkpoint (e)
"Redundant text links shall be provided for each active region of a server-side image map."
You should rarely encounter server-side image maps since most image maps are now client-side image maps. When you click on a hot area of a server-side image map, the server decides where to take you. This poses problems for screen readers, since screen readers do not know where the link goes, which means your users won't know as well. Section 508 guidelines recommend you use client-side image maps wherever possible. If you must use server-side image maps, include redundant links for each active region and locate the links next to or below the image map. The alt text is used to alert the user that alternate links are available for the server-side image maps.
Client-Side Image Maps - Checkpoint (f)
"Client-side image maps shall be provided instead of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape. Client-side rather than server-side image maps should be used unless there are limitations in creating hot spots in client-side image maps tools/software."
Client-side image maps have clickable hot spots that act as links. Clicking on a different area of the image takes you to a different place. You should label each of your hot spots with alt text to tell the screen reader where each hot spot takes the user.
Simple Tables - Checkpoint (g)
"Row and column headers shall be identified for data tables."
If you still choose to use data tables, you should always have the tables' headings defined. This lets the screen reader know what it is reading in each table. Tables used only for layout should NEVER have row and column headers.
Complex Tables - Checkpoint (h)
"Mark-up shall be used to associate data cells and header cells for data tables that have two or more logical levels of row or column headers."
Complicated data tables sometimes have more than one column or row header associated with each column or row. In this case, you must tell the screen reader which headers correspond to which column or row.
Frames - Checkpoint (i)
"Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame identification and navigation."
Cal Poly recommends that the use of frames be avoided. If used, every frame page must be titled correctly, and the title should reflect the frames' contents. For example, the navigation frame should be called "navigation," the content frame should be called "main content," and so on.
Screen Flickering - Checkpoint (j)
"Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz."
People who have photosensitive epilepsy are susceptible to seizures if your web site contains flashing elements. Flickering is usually annoying to all users, and you should try to stay away from it all together. If you must have flickering elements, make sure they meet the guidelines.
Provide Text Only Pages as a Last Resort - Checkpoint (k)
"A text only page, with equivalent information or functionality, shall be provided to make a web site comply with the provisions of this part, when compliance cannot be accomplished in any other way. The content of the text only page shall be updated whenever the primary page changes."
You should NEVER resort to a text only web site before attempting to make your web site accessible. However, there are some situations where it is not possible to follow all these guidelines, and you must use a text only page.
Scripts - Checkpoint (l)
"When pages utilize scripting languages to display content, or to create interface elements, the information provided by the script shall be identified with functional text that can be read by assistive technology."
The most predominant scripting language for the web is JavaScript. You should generally stay away from using scripts (most notably JavaScript) to generate content (especially navigation such as fly-out menus). If you decide to do so, the content generated by the scripting should be accessible with or without Javascript turned on, unless the content is purely decorative. The content must be available to both mouse and keyboard users, as well.
Provide Links to Necessary Plug-Ins - Checkpoint (m)
"When a web page requires that an applet, plug-in, or other application be present on the client system to interpret page content, the page must provide a link to a plug-in or applet that complies with everything from Alternative Text to Scripts covered in this tutorial."
If you need your users to download a plug-in before viewing your content, you must provide a link to the plug-in, and the link itself must comply with Section 508 guidelines. The web site that the plug-in resides in must follow Section 508 guidelines as well.
In addition to linking to the applet or pluggin, any media and e-documents (pdf, word, excel, etc.) must be made accessible. For more information on creating accessible materials see the e-documents section on the Accessibility Web site.
Forms - Checkpoint (n)
"When electronic forms are designed to be completed on-line, the form shall allow people using assistive technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues."
Forms must be created with accessibility and usability in mind. There are a number of factors that contribute to the accessibility and usability of forms, including layout, labeling and grouping. Refer to building accessible electronic forms - checkpoint (n).
Skip Repetitive Navigation Links - Checkpoint (o)
"A method shall be provided that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links."
If your navigation links are the first things that appear in your code, you will have to provide a skip navigation link. Sighted users can skip links by scanning past them on every web page. A person using a screen reader or keyboard only navigation, however, would have to go through each link manually to get to your main content.
Timed Responses - Checkpoint (p)
"When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required."
You should tell your users when their session is about to time out if you employ this method. Disabled users may take longer to go through a Web site, so they should have an option to request more time.


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Position: Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education, Texas State University
"Most students begin my Texas State courses with a combination of fear and dread. They perceive science as a collection of stagnant facts that must be memorized by rote and regurgitated on tests.
They view scientists as balding, older white males who wear thick glasses, white lab coats, and spend their days in laboratories surrounded by beakers, flasks and bubbling test tubes.
The first weeks of every semester are devoted to transformative learning opportunities that confront tenacious negative stereotypes and provide authentic science experiences.
We explore: What is science? Who participates in science? How is scientific knowledge developed and confirmed? What is scientific inquiry? Is scientific literacy important?
We examine innovative approaches to teaching and learning about science in preparation for 21st century classrooms. We experience science as a method of asking questions and making personal discoveries.
We use science process skills to discover that the goal of scientific inquiry is content knowledge. Once I have established that everyone is a scientist and that science is a way of looking at the world and asking questions, we explore how science instruction can be modified to honor diverse cultures and enhance the unique strengths of children.
We have fun studying science from this perspective and celebrate science as a human endeavor.
I have a collaborative approach to teacher education and regularly work with stakeholders to improve science education in the P-16 school environment. I enjoy promoting and modeling inquiry science instruction while simultaneously providing support for reading and writing with special emphasis placed on meeting the diverse needs of English language learners and economically disadvantaged students.
I enjoy publishing authentic work from Texas classrooms and I am committed to nurturing and sustaining public school partnerships. Seven of my publications have been co-authored by a combination of Texas State graduate students, Round Rock ISD, and Pflugerville ISD teachers."
"I am married to Robert Jackson and we have two daughters. Both of my daughters attended RRISD schools and my oldest daughter, Jennifer Jackson Polson, earned a photography degree from Texas State and she currently lives in Round Rock with her husband and three children.
"I have been a teacher for over 28 years. I have elementary, middle and high school teaching experience. I have been teaching university-level courses for 15 years."

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True lovers are as certain to return as bo-peep's flock or a systematically deported cat.
If you could have whatever you wished for, what would you choose, bo-peep?
So bo-peep's mother gave her a little woolly lamb to take home to her baby brother.
Vendredi gets right, but in makes the same mistake as bo-peep.
When he reached the door and had said good-bye, he opened it again and said, "bo-peep!"
"I have a very weak head for business, bo-peep," was the reply.
Again, in broad daylight, in 1828, a lugger landed a heavy cargo of kegs on the open beach at bo-peep.
But he only cried "Caw, caw, caw;" so bo-peep ran on again across the fields.
She used her drawing-room when bo-peep was out, and regarded it with intense satisfaction.
A determined and blood-stained struggle took place at bo-peep at midnight of January 3rd, 1828.


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A few good steps and it worked, hope they keep that up.Sony has been talking to MCV and have revealed that the PS Vita has seen a sales increase of 100% during our rather nice summer, with that success being partly attributed to the Vita Mega Packs, where 10 Vita games are sold for £35.
Vita had a good summer, the Mega Pack is one of the things that has boosted performance by more than 100 per cent. Its now in growth year-on-year. And youve seen several pieces of news at Gamescom which will only help. So that means we can feel optimistic, said Sonys UK boss Fergal Gara.
Of course the price cut for the Vita and its memory cards probably also helped, and the potential of relationship with the PS4 is also a plus, especially the Remote Play function. The interview also revealed that by the end of 2013 the Vita will have over 900 titles.
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09-07-2013 #1
UK Vita Sales Have Increased 100%#lovegaming
Stop preordering games! Stop buying day1 games! Stop being idiots!
09-07-2013 #2
Nice boost for sure. I'd love to know what the actual numbers were and not just the percentage increase. Nice game packs too.
09-07-2013 #3
Some new colors will help too, just needs those games. Minecraft should definitely get a retail release too when it hits, just look how well the retail version of the 360 is doing.
09-07-2013 #4
Finally making some right moves with it
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The thing that will help the most is Vita memory card prices. The console is priced alright; just need top lower card prices to encourage more software sales.
I mean, they can "dupe" people to buy the consoles, but they may not be interested in buying more games due to the cards being priced highly.Be Together - Not the same.
09-08-2013 #8
100 percent compared to what? I hate when these companies give us vague perecentages instead of actual numbers. Maybe because the actual numbers aren't that impressive. lol
09-08-2013 #9
But what they fail to mention is they only sold 3 last month but 6 this Ha Ha Ha....
But i admit i was one of the 6 and picked up a Game Exclusive Killzone pack....
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With Killzone Vita just released that must of impacted sales.Well i am buying a Vita in the future.Great to see an increase in sales from what people who i know got a Vita said its a good device.Support Xenosaga HD by clicking the link below and sign the petition!
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01.23: On this day in 1953, Robin Zander, lead singer of the cheapest trick in all the land, Cheap Trick, was born. Actually, they're not that cheap. They owned the airwaves in 1979, with their still very catchy, and somewhat pleading, song "I Want You To Want Me." You've heard it, you know it, you love it. Admit it, you've actually tried to pick up someone with that song, singing it as you pass them in the hallway at school or the office, hoping they'd pick up on your awesomeness. No? Just us? Oh, well, that doesn't diminish our love for Cheap Trick, for their late '70s porn-stache, their wavy and pretty hair, and their general disregard, even for the times, of all things cool. We think that's why we like them so much. Cuz they just don't care. All they want is for you to want them. That's what we all just want, though, isn't it?
01.25: Mark Wahlberg felt the wrath of litigious action on this day in 1994. Why is Mark Wahlberg in the Musings, you might wonder? Well, before his days as a movie star, he lived the life of a pop star, as the remarkably untalented Marky Mark. Remember? Yeah, we try to forget, too, but those sounds and images are burned into our brains, stained on our retinas forever. He had the hit song "Come On, Come On, Feel It, Feel It" (or something like that) and the other hit song that was a cover/redux of a much, much, much better Lou Reed song. Why'd you let him do it, Lou? Being the younger brother of one of the New Kids On The Block didn't hurt Marky Mark's career, as he opened for said boy band on their 1991 tour, helping to rocket his debut record, featuring his group The Funky Bunch, to the top of the charts. Which brings us to this day in 1994, when a woman claimed that she suffered injuries after being trampled at one of his shows, right after Marky had pulled down his pants, showed off his Calvin Klein tighty whities, and incited the prepubescent and disturbingly not-so-prepubescent crowd to rush the stage. We're really not sure whatever became of this lawsuit, but we don't think we'll ever forgive God or Lou Reed for unleashing (or this day for reminding us of) the "hip-hop" "stylings" of Marky Mark. Damn, now we can't get that song out of our head. BTW, whatever happened to The Funky Bunch? Come on, come on, feel it, feel it, Good Vibrations… 01.26: This day, 1957, saw the birth of one of the greatest guitar players ever to wander the planet, Kung Fu-style (man, we love that show), helping those in need, in their hour of rock 'n' roll desperation, ready to kick some audio-butt when the need arises, ready to rock at the drop of a mullet. We'll give you a hint as to who this mystery guitarist is. His last name is also the name of his band. Take a guess. We'll wait. Nelson? Wrong! Winger? Wrong! Toto? Awesome group, but, huh? Okay, in case you haven't guessed it yet, Eddie Van Halen celebrates his 54th b-day today and we are totally, insanely in love with his finger work. Wait. That didn't sound right. Eddie took guitar playing out of the '70s and into the '80s, playing his instrument in ways people didn't even know possible, setting the bar higher than most people could even see. Yes, we love Eddie's guitar playing, his contributions to rock (hard rock, specifically) and the legend that is Van Halen. From the eponymous Van Halen to the synthesizer-laden 1984 to the reunion tours with Diamond Dave, Van Halen has proven to be a powerhouse in the world of music again and again and again. And don't forget Eddie's solo on Michael Jackson's "Beat It," which stands the test of guitar-time and stands up to the best of the best, any way you look at it. 01.27: "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" became Otis Redding's one and only #1 hit, entering the charts on this day in 1968, just a little over a month-and-a-half after he died in a plane crash at the age of 26 (which still blows our mind and makes us sad). Now, get ready for some learnin', kids. Otis actually wrote the bulk of the song while he was staying on a houseboat - in a bay! Richardson Bay to be exact, in-between the beautiful California towns of Sausalito and Strawberry (sounds like a '70s disco duo). The song departed from Otis' deep soul style, flirting with more pop sensibilities, inspired and influenced by The Beatles, allowing his writing partner, Steve Cooper, to pen more personal lyrics. Before Otis' death, they'd planned on recording the last verse, for which lyrics still needed to be written, but which is held now and forever in place with that insanely awesome whistle solo, and adding a horn section or backup vocals by The Staple Singers. These things, of course, never happened. Those plans ended in a cold lake in Wisconsin, two days after the song's recording. This is one of those things that just make us sit up and reflect on not only the nature and frailty of life, but also the beauty of which life is capable, the amazing ability of people to produce lasting art and have that art affect generations. This is Otis. This is his legacy. If "Dock Of The Bay" is your in, then you should take it because to explore Otis' catalog is to explore the history and vitality of not only soul music, but music itself.


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Anyone else receive a payment notification this morning but hasn't actually received the funds via PayPal? I'm guessing Envato sent out the payment notification a little premature again?
Funds hit paypal when i got the mail, currently spending on ebay!!! lol
im sure its nothing to worry about.
sometimes have a delay, i think is from paypal side. happended to me last time.
I got a notification then when I checked paypal, it was there. So I dunno about you. check back again.
I got mine too. I'd wait a little and if it still doesn't come, contact support.
I got my mail 5 hours after I had deposited my money last week
Cross your fingers you didn't enter the wrong email ...
Just checked my account and its there, guess PayPal was lagging a little bit.
Cross your fingers you didn't enter the wrong email ...
haha yeah,this is a scary job
I got my notification early this morning around 7am Pacific time… I think it just takes time to get to every author. That said, I'm always a little nervous around the middle of the month that I've made a typo in the Paypal field – so far, I haven't had any problems though


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Mabank HS Choir to hold free concert
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MABANK–The Mabank High School Choral Department and the Panther Edition will be performing in many upcoming local events including:
• A free concert Friday, Jan. 25, with Texas A&M Commerce Dr. Chris White as guest conductor.
• "That's Amore" annual dinner theatre show Tuesday, Feb. 12.
• Lone Star Show Choir Competition Saturday, Feb. 23. The Panther Edition will compete against 5A schools in Keller.
• Many choir members will be performing in the school's annual musical The Music Man Friday- Sunday, Jan. 18-20. Tickets are on sale now.
As a service to the community, students in the choir program put on a free annual "Evening in December Concert" Dec. 14. In addition, the Panther Edition performed during the annual luncheon of Eubank's grief recovery group at the Ranch House Dec. 4, and the Daughters of the American Revolution at the Cedar Creek library, Dec. 12.
The Panther Edition performed Santa Claus is Coming to Town and Blue Christmas with Wesley Beasley as the soloist. They also performed some selections from The Lion King.


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Traffic alert: 520 Bridge, Aurora Ave intersection closed this weekend
Updated 8:41 pm, Friday, July 13, 2012
The state Route 520 Bridge will be closed again this weekend for road construction.
In addition, the intersection of Aurora Avenue North and North 85th Street in North Seattle will be closed again this weekend for repaving work, the Seattle Department of Transportation reports.
Plus, drivers should prepare to share the road with thousands of cyclists participating in the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic.
The floating bridge will close at 11 p.m. Friday and reopen at 5 a.m. on Monday. The highway will remain open between Montlake Boulevard and I-5. In Bellevue, the 108th Avenue Northeast on-ramp to eastbound SR 520 remains open, the state Department of Transportation reports.
The work is related to new lids being built over the highway on the Eastside.
For the 85th Street repaving project, traffic on Aurora Avenue North will be detoured at North 105th and 80th Streets, with local access provided to North 85th Street.
"One westbound lane on N 85th Street will be maintained through the intersection during this work. The eastbound closure on N 85th Street between Greenwood Avenue N and Aurora Avenue N will remain in effect with eastbound traffic detoured to N 80th Street," SDOT said in a news release
At 8 p.m., the center lanes will close, with a full closure by 10 p.m., SDOT reports. A detour map is available here.
Metro bus routes also will be affected. Riders should check for alerts at bus stops or reroute information on Metro Online at www.kingcounty.gov/metro or call (206) 553-3000.
The closure is part of the year-long, $12 million repaving and reconstruction of the North 85th corridor, which began in January. The corridor will be rebuilt and repaved from 15th Avenue to Interstate 5.
The project is the largest repaving project supported by the nine-year "Bridging the Gap" levy, which Seattle voters approved in 2006 to pay for street maintenance.
More than 30,000 vehicles travel 85th Street every day, which has inflicted heavy wear and tear on the arterial. SDOT is closing the Aurora intersection to lay down new concrete and install new stormwater pipes.


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Catalog 2016-2017 > Graduate and Continuing Studies > Graduate and Continuing Studies Degree Programs > Graduate Study in the College of Natural and Health Sciences > Master of Science in Nursing
Catalog 2016-2017
The Master of Science in Nursing program allows the advanced practice nurse to specialize in one of two concentration areas: adult/gerontology or family nurse practitioner. The University of Tampa's nursing programs are accredited by and affiliated with the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, 3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850, Atlanta, GA 30326, www.acen.org. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accredits the University to award baccalaureate and master's degrees.
Department of Nursing Mission Statement
The mission of the Department of Nursing is consistent with the mission of The University of Tampa in its commitment to challenge learners academically and contribute to the fulfillment of their aspirations to become productive individuals prepared to meet the global challenges of the future. The faculty members believe that the education of students should promote the development and integration of intellectual, ethical/moral and practical knowledge. The faculty supports the University's aim of developing students who possess an appreciation for rational and disciplined thought, as well as a sense of obligation to provide service to the community.
The Department of Nursing promotes the integration of experiential and didactic learning that engages students, faculty and community experts in collegial partnerships. These relationships form the basis for lifelong contribution to the health of the community, nation and world.
Associate Professor Botwinski, Director/Chair; Professor Collins, Interim BSN Program Director; Associate Professors Parsons, Stevens, White; Assistant Professor D'Alessandro, Delacroix, Rice; Instructors, Beltran, Franks, Pedroff, Wolf, Interim MSN Program Director.
Admission Standards
Admission to the MSN program is competitive. Every student admitted to the MSN program must have earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university. At least one year of direct patient care experience within the past five years must be demonstrated.
General Admission Requirements
Note: No credits taken more than seven years prior to application will be accepted for transfer credit.
Students can be admitted under two categories based on the criteria listed below. Grade point averages are based on the last 60 credit hours of coursework completed at the undergraduate level.
Full Admission
For full admission, applicants must have achieved the following:
Pre-MSN Admission*
For pre-MSN admission, applicants must have achieved the following:
*Students who have bachelor's degrees in an area other than nursing are admitted as pre-MSN students and are required to take NUR 322, NUR 415, NUR 432 and NUR 422 prior to starting the graduate-level curriculum. These courses can be completed without the GRE because they are undergraduate courses. Only grades of "B" or better will be accepted. Students may complete pre-MSN courses at another university with the program director's permission provided the Pre-MSN Course Approval Form has been completed. Students will be re-evaluated for admission once the pre-MSN courses are completed.
Non-Degree Seeking Students
Students with a BSN and a valid Florida nursing license may be permitted to take up to two graduate-level nursing courses at the discretion of the program director. Non-degree seeking students are permitted to take classes only on a space-available basis, with priority registration going to current degree seeking MSN students. Those interested must apply to the University as a non-degree seeking student. Being granted permission to take classes as a non-degree seeking student does not assure admission into the MSN program. Non-degree seeking students are not eligible for University or federal financial aid. International students are not eligible for non-degree seeking student status.
Post-Master's Admission
A student with a previously earned MSN may apply for admission to the post-master's program to complete requirements for the adult/gerontology nurse practitioner (AGNP) or family nurse practitioner (FNP) concentration. Students will be individually evaluated to determine required coursework. There must be evidence from the previous master's program of courses fulfilling UT requirements. Courses taken more than seven years prior to admission will not be applied toward a post-master's certificate.
Each student will be assigned to the program director for advising purposes pertaining to class selection and professional guidance. For matters related to registration, withdrawal and other academic issues, students should contact their advisor in the Office of Graduate and Continuing Studies.
Student Organizations
In addition to student organizations at The University of Tampa, nursing students have access to several professional and honorary organizations. The Student Nurse Association (SNA) participates in planning activities for the department and organizes community activities for students to provide services to underserved populations. In addition, the SNA plans the pinning ceremony each fall and spring. Students are also encouraged to join the Florida Nurses Association Student Nurse Organization. The Delta Beta Chapter-at-Large of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing was founded in 1980 at the University of South Florida and re-chartered in 2000 to include The University of Tampa. Delta Beta sponsors an annual research program, provides opportunities for scholarships and research grants and promotes scholarly work in the community.
Nursing Student Handbook
More information about the MSN program can be found in the Department of Nursing Student Handbook provided to each student upon entrance to the University. Policies and procedures in the handbook may exceed those outlined in this catalog. See the handbook for further details.
Program and Course Requirements
Satisfactory completion of the MSN curriculum requires a minimum of 42 (adult/gerontology nurse practitioner) or 49 (family nurse practitioner) credit hours of graduate work.
MSN students must obtain a grade of "B" or higher in NUR 618, NUR 620, NUR 645 and NUR 655 in order to progress in the program. A grade below a "B" in any of these classes will result in immediate dismissal from the program. No grade below "C" will be accepted toward a graduate degree or certificate completion. MSN/post-MSN students cannot earn more than one grade below a "B." If they do, they can repeat up to one course, but the original grade will not be removed from their academic record. A second grade below "B," regardless of grades in repeated courses, will result in academic dismissal. Students may withdraw from one course for academic reasons. Withdrawal from a second course for academic reasons will result in dismissal. Students who receive a grade of "B/C" or less in a practicum course will be required to repeat that course.
A student is allowed five years from the time graduate work begins, whether at UT or elsewhere, in which to complete the degree. Under certain circumstances, the student, with approval from the director, may retake outdated courses.
NUR 600 may be waived for students who receive a score of 4.0 or higher on the analytical writing section of the GRE.
NUR 675, 676, 685, 686: These courses each require a minimum of 224 hours of supervised clinical practice in a designated facility.
NUR 675, NUR 676, NUR 686: These courses each require a minimum of 224 hours of supervised clinical practice in a designated facility.
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Hollywood's depiction of artists only fuels misconceptions about their role in society, writes Rebecca Lancashire.
British celebrity artists Jake and Dinos Chapman once made a film called Sacrificial Mutilation and Death in Modern Art in which they reduced the lives of several famous artists down to a single, cataclysmic event: Jackson Pollock was a car crash, Vincent Van Gogh was a sliced ear and Andy Warhol was an assassination attempt.
The brothers, later short-listed for the 2003 Turner Prize for works including Sex , a sculpture of bodies being eaten by maggots, snails and rats, claim to detest what they see as the dumbing down of art; how it is only newsworthy when it sparks controversy.
"In Britain nobody was interested in art for years and
years and years. Then suddenly the press thought f--, there's this whole
community of people with caricatures, falling-outs and fights," Jake Chapman
railed in the Sydney Morning Herald
recently. "But instead of saying 'here are these artists who work in
studios and they probably work more than anyone else, that's what they do, isn't
that interesting?' They say, 'look: bad boys of British art ...'"
Hollywood's depictions of artists certainly bear out the "caricatures, falling-outs and fights" theory. Add a dollop of romantic genius, some angst, provide a vicarious glimpse into a weird, bohemian world - and it's a wrap.
Artists who make it to Hollywood biopic status are those whose lives offer a ready-made feast of melodrama: Vincent Van Gogh (at least three celluloid attempts to get the ear scene right); Frida Khalo (a vibrant and tumultuous life despite horrific tram accident); Toulouse-Lautrec (all that absinthe and can-can); Jackson Pollock (drunken rages, tortured soul in search of original expression); Caravaggio (brawling bloodlust, gay rumours) and Picasso (notorious womaniser, legendary ego). Even the arthouse offerings of Love is the Devil (on the life of Francis Bacon), Basquiat (about Black American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat), The Hours, Hilary and Jackie, Farinelli and Amadeus reinforce the romantic notion of creative genius: it is necessary to be daft, eccentric, selfish and to suffer for the cause.
Artists may be mystics and seers but they are also trouble. If they're not chopping at their lobes, they're arguing with the Pope, getting into punch-ups or high-tailing it to Tahiti. And, as if they're not busy enough, they must struggle to maintain their integrity in a world of grasping patrons, art dealers and vicious critics.
As the art dealer in Robert Altman's Vincent and Theo ( 1990) says with an indulgent shrug: "Vincent (Van Gogh) never understood that it doesn't matter if the art is good, as long as it sells ..." Cue discordant clanging soundtrack symbolising artist's mental turmoil.
The creative impulse is a complete mystery.
In The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965), Michelangelo (Charlton Heston) has a sunset epiphany while gazing at the clouds from a mountaintop (as the orchestra's strings swell). This helps him to cope when Rubens reminds him: "We are harlots peddling beauty at the doorsteps of the mighty."
Post-epiphany, our hero approaches his patron as he is about to go into battle. The cannonfire is perilously close but the artist is oblivious, unrolling his plans for the Sistine Chapel ceiling in the dust. Fire laps at their heels, threatening to singe the papal robes, as the pair scrutinise his design. In the end he wins the Pope over: "What runs in his veins is not blood, but paint."
The Age film critic Adrian Martin believes it is difficult to tell artists' stories on screen in a convincing and satisfying way. "There are few genres so readily open to auto-destruction by cliche, stereotype and convention," he notes in a review of High Art (1999), which he calls, despite some misgivings, a compelling and original take on the difficult lifestyle of art. There are always "the absurdly romantic images (painters struggling to imprint their souls on canvas in a torrential outpouring of spontaneous creativity) and the easy jokes (critics as pseudo-intellectual parasites; dealers as money-grubbing vultures)".
He also sees problems in trying to depict art onscreen, noting that the camera's gaze can be merciless, making even fictitious "great art" look kitsch.
And being artistic is tricky work. If you are a nutter, then by implication your motives are pure; otherwise you're an evil con-artist. As Carrie Rickey writes in Art in America , in an essay titled "Going SoHollywood", in film, contemporary artists, in particular, are subjects of deep suspicion. They are grasping frauds whose work is inexplicable and patently overpriced and the onscreen artworld they inhabit is full of bogus ideas, venal art dealers and kinky sex, with the action taking place in murky nocturnal SoHo lofts.
Rickey relates a gallery scene in Beverly Hills Cop in which those who understand a sculpture are merely yes-men who "pretend to see the Emperor's new clothes", while good-guy cop Eddie Murphy's response is to laugh, "signalling to the audience that he won't be part of this fraud called art". In fact, Murphy goes on to discovers the artist in question is also - naturally - a cocaine dealer.
"That artists produce things of value is dismissed as merely fortuitous," she says. "That they get paid for what they make is seen to be the product of an inflationary marketplace whose rules are incomprehensible to the average Joe."
As Adrian Martin observes in World Art magazine, conceptual, performance, installation or multi-media artists come in for the most battering. "It is certainly curious that, at least three decades after Pop Art, such suspicious stereotyping can still so readily cloak these art forms and their practitioners � a continuing resistance to any 'cool', cerebral or theoretical art and a corresponding nostalgia for the most simplistic conceptions of the 'romantic artist'."
He notes the fabulously cringe-making scene in Legal Eagles in which Daryl Hannah plays a performance artist, striding about, hair flailing, in an act involving dolls bursting into flames and much muttering into a microphone a la Laurie Anderson: "old flame", "brush fire", "piece of cake". Martin quotes a line from Body Chemistry (1991): "What do you get when you cross a mafioso with a performance artist? An offer you can't understand."
One of the problems with Hollywood's mythologising and/or demonising of artists is that it only serves to fuel public misconceptions about their lives and their role in society. The Australia Council's 1999 report into public attitudes towards the arts showed about 50 per cent of Australians saw little value in the arts and were critical of its perceived elitism and funding levels.
In 2000, a "landmark" council survey showed 25 per cent of the population was not interested in "experiencing, participating in or enjoying the arts", and a general impression that the arts were the domain of the pretentious.
Yazmina Reza's play Art , staged by the Melbourne Theatre Company in 2001, has friends falling out over one's purchase of an expensive piece of contemporary art - a plain white canvas. Is it contemporary art or, as one character puts it, a piece of shit? A recent television advertisement for air-conditioners - in which a gallery visitor waxes on about the clean minimalist lines of a boxy "installation" before discovering it has a cooling switch - hardly strengthens the case for contemporary art to be taken seriously.
In the onscreen lives of artists, it seems that creative genius comes out of nowhere (or in Daryl Hannah's case, out of an exploding doll). There's no sense of the intellectual rigour and sophisticated knowledge artists have; of the boring hard work that goes into making something genuine and truthful. In fact, they are hardly ever seen actually making art. Perhaps that's too dull. As director James Ivory said of the making of Surviving Picasso : "How often can you take shots of a painter painting? What's interesting is how their lives shaped their art, what caused the art to be the kind of thing that it was."
Hollywood's art world is full of portraits of the artist as a young man. Those few women whose stories are deemed interesting enough for celluloid are either so wildly colourful and improbable that they can't be ignored (Frida Khalo); they are feisty victims (Artemisia Gentileschi - the 17th century painter who was raped by a colleague and later abandoned by her husband); or someone's mistress (Camille Claudel, to Rodin). Fascinating and talented women such as Diane Arbus, Kathe Kollwitz or Cindy Sherman don't appear to fit the storyboard (although there has been talk of a Georgia O'Keeffe biopic). Hollywood largely ignores the fact that a large proportion of artists are women, that some artists are actually happy, well-adjusted and living above the poverty line.
More recent additions to the genre, such as Girl With a Pearl Earring , at least attempt a genuine engagement with the artists' aesthetic through the way they are filmed. Inspired by Tracy Chevalier's novel about a famous work by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer (with a brooding Colin Firth as the artist), the film is infused with the artist's rich palette and stunning use of light. Many shots even look like his paintings - the sunlight catches the profile of a maid as she pauses by a window; interiors glint like jewels.
The alchemy and sensuality of mixing paints - lapis lazuli and verdegris - is lovingly captured.
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Frida Khalo's biographer Hayden Herrara approved of director Julie Taymor's 2002 Frida because "she had the wisdom not to try to convey the crucial action of Frida's life - making pictures - by placing the artist before her easel and having her look intense as her brush slowly brought forth an image".
Taymor says the vexed question of how to show the artist creating her paintings was helped by the fact that most of the artist's work was autobiographical. She allowed the audience to experience aspects of Frida's painting as they played themselves out in her life long before they saw the actual works.
"Hopefully, the audience will see the paintings on a much deeper level, having experienced the abstract seeds of their creation ..." Taymor says. "The events of her life's narrative are a surface reality, barely hinting at a subtext far more complex and harrowing, as revealed in the paintings."
Frida also employs an unusual, quite surreal filming technique Taymor calls "3-D live paintings", whereby paintings seem to blend into a scene or appear to come alive when the actors posing for them move.
Love is the Devil's visceral soundtrack and nocturnal, disorientating camerawork captures the violence and menace of Francis Bacon's art. When he is shown painting it is fast and violent, accompanied by the sound of paint slurping against the palette and the rasping of brush on canvas. And watching paint dry can be quite fascinating - as lengthy but mesmerising La Belle Noiseuse (1991) proves. The script explores a complex relationship and power struggle between the artist and his life model, and when the camera just lingers as the artist draws in silence, the audience lingers too.
While filmmakers may gain kudos and cultural cache by making films about fine art, artists are not averse to using film for their own purposes. Andy Warhol is perhaps the best-known beneficiary of turning Hollywood's fame machine back on itself. As he said: "I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everyone's plastic. I want to be plastic."
Girl With a Pearl Earring (2004) Based on Tracy Chevalier's novel about a famous work by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer.
La Belle Noiseuse (1991) Intriguing power struggle between the artist and his life model. Michel Piccoli plays the artist with Emmanuelle Beart as his subject. As Leonard Maltin says: "deliberately paced but always involving".
Lust for Life (1956) Vincente Minnelli directs this critically acclaimed adaptation of Irving Stone's Van Gogh biography. Kirk Douglas as Vincent and Anthony Quinn as Gauguin.
Pollock (2000) Ed Harris (looking uncannily like the artist) directs and stars in the title role with Marcia Gay Harden as Pollock's long-suffering wife, Lee Krasner (she won an Oscar).
Frida (2002) On the extraordinary life of Mexican artist Frida Khalo, directed by Julie Taymor, with a slightly hirsute Salma Hayek in her dream role.
Vincent and Theo (1990) One of many films on the life of the quintessential tortured genius, Robert Altman's film explores the relationship between Vincent Van Gogh (Tim Roth) and his brother, Theo (Paul Rhys).
Love is the Devil (1998) On the life of Francis Bacon (Derek Jacobi) and his relationship with lover and model George Dyer (Daniel Craig). The claustrophobic, disorientating camerawork reflects the artist's aesthetic. Luvvy lines provide light relief: "Champagne for my friends, pain for my sham friends."
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965). Directed by Carol Reed with Michelangelo (Charlton Heston) wiping the Sistine Chapels paint out of his eyes and fending off the Pope: "When will you make an end?"
"When I am finished."
Surviving Picasso (1996) Anthony Hopkins plays the bald master in this James Ivory romp. No genuine Picassos or even reproductions are seen on screen, thanks to a ban by the Picasso estate (the family disapproved of the screenplay).
Basquiat (1996) Traces the swift rise and fall of controversial Black American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. A film about a painter directed by a painter - Julian Schnabel - in his directorial debut. David Bowie appears as Andy Warhol - it works, surprisingly.
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Ethan Michael Burrell of Elmira, NY, went to be with the angels on January 2, 2004. He was born on January 20, 2003 in Syracuse, NY, with a serious heart condition. In his 11 months, Ethan put up a courageous struggle through two heart operations. He is survived by his loving parents, Michael T. McCartney and Stephanie A. Burrell; brother, Austin M. Sexton; maternal grandmother, Pam Burrell with Keith Miles of Elmira Heights; maternal grandfather, James Burrell of Elmira; paternal grandparents, Peggy and Carl McCartney of Elmira; paternal grandfather, Darrell Grant of Elmira; maternal great-grandparents, David and Gerry Lap and Jim Burrell, all of Horseheads; paternal great grandparents, Clinton McCartney Sr. of Elmira and Linda Hagg of Odessa: uncle, Jason Burrell, aunt, Michelle Grant: several great aunts, great uncles and cousins. Private family services will be held for Ethan with burial to folllow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Arrangements by McInerny Funeral Home.
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