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WELCOME TO THE SINTE GLESKA UNIVERSITY JULY 2022 NEWSLETTER

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As always we appreciate greatly your donations to our Native American/Lakota University on the Rosebud Sioux Lakota Indian Reservation

 

Spotlight on the SGU Nursing Department

SGU Director of Nursing Retires

 

DeAnn Eastman-Jansen is an enrolled member of the Sicangu Oyate and a lifelong resident of the Rosebud Reservation. Her parents were Victor Eastman and Cynthia (Rogers) Eastman. Her grandparents were Rufus Eastman, Charlotte (Young) Eastman and Robert Rogers and Irene (Bordeaux) Rogers. She has been married to Fred Jansen for 34 years DeAnn has 3 children, 4 amazing grandchildren and many other relatives and friends. She feels truly blessed. DeAnn grew up in St. Francis, SD.  As a young girl,

 

Rhonda Lee Jackman is the new Director of Nursing for Sinte Gleska University. 

Rhonda and her husband Steve moved from Dallas, Texas to Rosebud in March of 2022 to serve here as missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  Rhonda has 45 years of experience working with children in the NICU, PICU, Children’s Emergency Room and Pediatric out-patient settings.  She worked as the NICU Clinical Manager at Baylor University Medical Center and then managed their out-patient clinic for Medically Fragile and Premature Infants. She and her husband have 6 children and 26 grandchildren that they adore.  They spend any time off hiking, exploring, and keeping in contact with family and friends.

Meet More Of The Nursing Staff and Students

I am Laura (Laurie) Dunn, RN, MSN, Certified Nursing/Healthcare Educator, a nursing faculty professor at Sinte Gleska University since September 2017. During the last 48 years in nursing, I

Greetings!  I am Marissa Bordeaux, Administrative Assistant for the Nursing Department since March 2022. Prior to coming to Sinte Gleska I spent three years at the Department of Social Services working my way from Secretary to Social Worke

 

Michelle Allen is an LPN.  She graduated from SGU in 2012.  She will be returning to Mitchell Tech this fall to finish her RN degree

Sharon Egleston, LPN graduate of Sinte Gleska University 2011, I have lived here with my husband on a ranch outside of White River and have been working as a nurse in Long Term Care

Nursing Staff Michelle Allen and Students

Nursing Students and Staff

 

Annual Nursing Dept. Pinning Ceremony

Sinte Gleska Nursing Department held their annual Pinning Ceremony on July 1, 2022.  Five students were honored for their dedication and commitment to completing this strenuous course work.

 

Here It Is! The Fall Semester Course Schedule

We can't wait to welcome back our returning students and to meet our new students! All the info is HERE

 

This month's Lakota Story: Šuŋǵila Kiŋ / The Fox.

As always wopila tanka to Royal Lost His Blanket Stone for the Lakota Story!! 

There was a fox going somewhere. And since a coyote could be dying of hunger, he kept chewing on a tree root. He said......

 

 

And don't forget THE LAKOTA WORD OF THE WEEK!

 

Thanks for reading this far. We hope you enjoyed this issue of Strengthening The Circle Newsletter

 
 
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