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South African Nursing and Human Services Faculty Visit SUNY Ulster

Professor Makhathini with Health Alliance Hospital staffProfessor Makhathini and Hope Windle with Health Alliance staff.

From December 1-7, 2018, two faculty from Durban University of Technology (DUT) visited SUNY Ulster and the local area! Elliot Mqansa Makhathini, Professor of Nursing at DUT, and Nomashodo Mirriam Siluma, Professor of Child Welfare at DUT, visited from South Africa to meet SUNY Ulster’s Nursing and Human Services faculty, students, and alumni. Professor Makhathini met with nursing students, faculty, and alumni, as well as the Ulster County community of health practitioners, including doctors, nurses, and the chief administrator of Health Alliance Hospital in Kingston. Professor Siluma met with Human Services faculty and students at SUNY Ulster and the KCSU, attending a few of Vicky Burgh-Harris’ and Keri McArdle’s classes.

Hope Windle with South African Professors
COIL Coordinator Hope Windle welcomes Professor Siluma and Professor 
Makhathini to New York!
SUNY Ulster Nursing Professor Dr. Ellen Tangney and Professor Makhathini working together with Sage College professors.
Professor Mirriam Siluma visits a Human Services class.
Professor Makhathini takes a scenic walk in Rosendale with local healer Kate Anjahlia Loye and Hope Windle.
Professor Makhathini and Professor Siluma have dinner with a group of Hudson Valley healers and SUNY Ulster Nursing alumna Elizabeth Bourne.
Professor Makhathini learns about the SUNY Ulster Simulation Lab from Nursing Program Assistant Jackie McDowell.
Professor Makhathini and Professor Siluma visit the Kingston Center of SUNY Ulster, meeting nursing professors and students who will be traveling to South Africa in March 2019, as well as Human Services professors Vicky Burgh-Harris and Keri McArdle.
SUNY Ulster Nursing Alumni Jess Robie and Nurse/Reiki Healer Jeannette Duffau at the Health Alliance Kingston Hospital visit with Professor Makhathini about the healing arts incorporated at their hospital.
 Professor Makhathini also got to visit with Health Alliance CEO David Scarpino.
Allegra Condon
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Allegra is an Ulster County-based content specialist and writer. She graduated from SUNY Ulster in 2016.

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