GSN Commandant Team
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Commandant |
LTC Iluminada S. Chinneth |
US Army |
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First Sergeant |
HM2 Wendy Cajas |
US Navy |
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Company Commander |
CPT Malvis Tarney |
US Army |
The Commandant of the USU Graduate School of Nursing is the senior military officer-in-charge of all brigade-assigned GSN students including service members in the Army, Air Force, Navy and Public Health Service. The commandant reports to the brigade commander for military issues and chain of command accountability and serves as the military advisor to the dean of the GSN. The mission of the GSN Commandant Team is to:
- Exercise military command and control of all brigade uniformed services students assigned within the GSN
- Direct service-specific mandated programs, physical fitness, weight control, urinalysis, officer professional development and equal opportunity
- Execute plans, programs and policies to ensure accomplishment of all USU brigade missions in compliance with directives of higher authority
- Model, stimulate and foster the qualities and attributes of professional leadership and officership
- Serve as the student resource for service-specific military career counseling, officer professional development and a facilitator for administrative requirements
The GSN Commandant holds the dual responsibility of serving as the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs. The assistant dean fosters educational and professional development of all assigned students, manages the administration of various student needs in cognitive and non-cognitive areas of growth; administers the student conduct process; coordinates career development programs; and oversees the academic performance of each student. The Assistant Dean for Student Affairs supervises the quality of student life and represents the student body to the university administration.
Highlights
Spotlight
Navy Lieutenant Commander Pamela Wall, director of USU's Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program, recently spoke at a Joining Forces event held at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is working toward a Doctor of Philosophy.
"The Joining Forces initiative is important, because it provides America's nurses with the education, information and sensitivity they need to recognize and treat conditions that are unique to military and veteran populations," said Wall, who was hand-selected by the dean of Penn's nursing school to talk about her nurse corps experiences.
At the event, Wall also introduced first lady Michelle Obama, another Joining Forces guest speaker, who called nurses the "frontline of America's healthcare."