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Bond, M.A., McKinney, S., Carolissen, R., Smith, M., Toof, R., Mandell, C., Holmbeg, M.D., Reyes-Quinteros, J., Melillo, K. & Houde, S. Nurturing diversity in health professions: Challenges and best practices. Symposium presentation abstract accepted for the 11th International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, Cape Town, South Africa, June 20-22, 2011.
Creeden, R., Melillo, K.D., Dowling, J., Abdallah, L., Findeisen, M., & Knight, M. Use of Zoomerang to assess interest in nursing as a career choice (Poster) (ppt). Eastern Nursing Research Society, Boston, MA., March 19-21, 2009 [Selected #1 First Place Poster for MS Students by ENRS].
Knight, M., Abdallah, L., Findeisen, M., Melillo, K.D. & Dowling, J. (In Press). Making healthy connections: Introducing nursing as a career choice to middle school students. Nursing Forum.
Melillo, K.D. , Dowling, J., Abdallah, L., Findeisen, M., & Knight, M. Bring Diversity to Nursing: First Year Initiatives (Poster) (ppt). Nurse Faculty – Nurse Executive Summit: Strategic Planning to Build Strategic Partnerships, Scottsdale, AZ, December 4-6, 2008.
Melillo, K.D. , Dowling, J., Abdallah, L., Findeisen, M. & Knight, M. Bring Diversity to Nursing. Poster session at the Inauguration Week’s Achieving Excellence Through Partnerships – UML and the Community, Wannalancit Conference Center, Lowell, MA, and at UML Research: Creating the Future of the Commonwealth, Cumnock Hall, University of Massachusetts Lowell, April 2, 2008.
Melillo, K.D., Dowling, J.S., Abdallah, L., Findeisen, M., & Knight, M. Bring Diversity to Nursing: Recruitment, retention, and graduation of nursing students. Submitted to Journal of Cultural Diversity, October 2010.
Melillo, K.D., Dowling, J., Abdallah, L., Findeisen, M., Knight, M. & Lane, S.R. (2010).
Bring Diversity to Nursing: The University of Massachusetts Lowell, Department of Nursing in Partnership with the Lawrence and Lowell Massachusetts School Systems (Poster). UMass Lowell Faculty Research Symposium, UMass Inn and Conference Center, October 26, 2010.
Melillo, K.D., Dowling, J., Abdallah, L., Knight, M. & Lane, S. Bring Diversity to Nursing: Lessons learned after three years of project implementation, the University of Massachusetts Lowell nursing initiative. Paper presentation accepted for the 11th International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, Cape Town, South Africa, June 20-22, 2011.
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Vannary Chaay's Cambodian Television Interview