FEATURE
College of Health and Human Sciences
By Cassie Myers
Stories that highlight experiential learning
The College of Health and Human Sciences is home to applied and professional disciplines serving dynamic societal needs and dedicated to promoting a healthy, ethical and enlightened global community through innovative application of knowledge and scholarship. With two schools and six departments, CHHS is home to SJSU's nursing, military science and human rights programs. Read on to learn more about how CHHS faculty help their students “learn by doing” in fields as varied as child welfare, nursing, audiology and packaging.
Photo by Robert C. Bain.
They’re Listening
San José State’s first cohort of doctors of clinical audiology (AuDs) is about to graduate, bringing their compassion and passion to the workforce.
Maybe you’re one of the many people (this writer included) who takes both hearing and balance for granted. But hearing loss and hearing issues are some of the most common problems in older adults. If we’re all lucky enough to grow old, chances are we’ll need an audiologist at one time or another.
A City on a Hilltop
SJSU nursing students spend a semester visiting a senior living facility called Hilltop Manor, bonding with residents and learning how to help the community and let the community help them.
At the top of a hill in Almaden in South San José, a cluster of buildings look out onto the sprawling city below. These buildings make up a complex aptly named Hilltop Manor, an independent senior living community and the site of one of SJSU Nurse Managed Centers - SJSU Nursing’s community health clinical rotation programs.
Sierra Soltis, '24 Nursing, helps a client test her blood pressure. Photo by Robert C. Bain.
Manh Nguyen, '25 Packaging, and Edmund Tang, assistant professor of nutrition, food science and packaging, examine a package during testing at Westpak labs. Photo by Robert C. Bain.
Good Things Come in (Many) Packages
By the time a package is delivered to a consumer’s doorstep or a company’s warehouse, countless seemingly invisible things have already happened: feats of organization, design, engineering, logistics and other considerations have all come together to ensure its safe arrival.
Photo by Jim Gensheimer.
Lessons in Child Welfare
Master of Social Work students in the Title IV-E Child Welfare Program Simulation Lab at San José State's School of Social Work tackle various hypothetical scenarios to learn how best to approach child welfare home visits.
For Miesha Gammage, ’24 MSW, the hardest part of her child welfare simulation was probably when her client took off running. Gammage, an experienced social worker who came back to San José State University to pursue her Master of Social Work (MSW), had prepped for the basic hypothetical scenario, and as an emergency response volunteer for nearly 15 years in hospitals and clinics, she’d participated in child welfare consultations in real life.
Top photo: Robert C. Bain.
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