~Health andscience organiz ations prepare studentS/Or the/uture ALUMN"I SPEAKERS RELATE CAREERS TO CAMPUS ORGANIZATIONS Several clubs on campus t ry to give their members experiences that they wi ll remember for a li fetime. However, two organizations, Harding'sStudent Nurses Association and the Hea lth Science Club, try to give their members experi ences that will be both memorable and help them in their careers. The majority of the Health Science Club consisted of science majors who were in pre-denistry, pre-medical, pre-phyiscal therapy and other pre-occupational majors. These students wi th preoccupational majors gathered to hear lecturers in their particular fi eld. "The Health Science Club is here to help students to prepare for the next level," Health Science Club adviser Debbie Duke said. "We try our best to bring speakers who can give the students a sense of direction. We're glad to provide the service because anythi ng more that our faculty can do shows how great Harding's campus actually is." Two Harding alumni who came back to speak at a Health Science Club meeting believe these meetings are some of the most helpful discussions that they were invo lved in whi le attending Harding. "I lea rned a lot of the do's and don'ts by attending Health Science Club mee tin gs ," Dr. Danny Smel ser said. "I feel li ke I came because I knew howmuch students sometimes needed to be pumped up. It's sortofa mutual edifi cation thing that goes on in the meetings. Students have the chance to ask questions to someone who has already been there and they get a glimpse of what t heir futur e occupation is rea lly like." Smelser and Dr. Felix Morris traveled to Searcy from Florence, Ala., to speak to the students. "We wanted to come back because we felt that we needed to repay our debt to t he Hea lth Science Club," Morri s said. "We appreciated guest speakers so much that we thought we would help today's students. " The Health Science Cl ub also offers a special research program in th e summer for preoccupational students. "It 's rea ll y great to have someone who can tell you what a Photo by Daniel Dubois A donorgrits her teeth as a WhiteCountyMedical Center lab technician draws blood from her arm for a health screening during lecturship. The Health Science Club sponsored many activities that taught the students about the well-being of their bodies. • 264 ORGAN I ZATIONS pre-med major should expect after coll ege," freshman pre-med major Marcus Moore said. "It's a very va luab le resource that more students wi th science majors should probably take advantage of." The Harding Student Nurses Association, like th e Hea lth Science Club, brought in speakers to ass ist nursing majors . "The HSNA brings speak\,!s who are from different backgrounds to give students an idea of what they might want in a job," senior nursing major Matt Bishop said. "Sometimes we will travel to a convention in Little Rock, or we will just meet and talk with each other." HSNAhad its own officers and even more activities outside the classroom than the Heal th Science Club. "We try to do whatever it takes to get a well-rounded look at the nursing field, " Bishop said. "Most students want to lookat all aspects of nursing so that they can make a we ll-informed decision on what they may very well want to do for the rest of their career." - Phili p Murphy "The HSNA is beneficial to all nursing students because it can improve nursing skills and knowledge about the field itself. Potential employers will ask nursing students whether or not they have been in a professional organization, so it is very important for students to be involved. We do a lot of meaningful activities for the communi ty and we want to be more wellknown." - Susie Hughes. 1993 Petit Jean
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