Dr. Caralise Hunt

Dr. Caralise Hunt is a well-respected professor here at Auburn University. She has taught part or full-time for 15 years. She teaches fundamentals, health assessment, and medical-surgical nursing at Auburn. She has recieved her BSN from Auburn University, her MSN from Troy, and recently completed her PhD from the University of Alabama Birmingham. Her dissertation topic was: Relationships among Self-Efficacy, Social Support, Social Problem-Solving, and Self-Management Behaviors of People Living with Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Alabama. She has worked as a medical-surgical nurse as well as mother-baby nurse. Dr. Hunt is married to her husband Chuck and has two children: Corey who is 15 years old and Carter who is 11 years old. She also has two kittens that are named Auburn and Spirit. Some of her favorite things to do in her free time is to watch her son Corey play lacrosse and watch Carter play baseball. Dr. Hunt also enjoys watching Auburn football.

Blue Jean Ball

The Bluejean Ball was held on Friday before the Florida game on Oct 14th. There is no way that I can put into words the imact this event has had over the last 11 years. Couch Dye and Dr. Nancy McDonald have hosted it each and every year and influenced the lives of hundreds of students. I have been told by many students that the BJB scholership was what keep them in school. Couch Dye and Dr. McDonald we love you and appreciate all that you do. Not only was the event sucessfuli in funding scholarship it was so much fun. Aubie was there and the Raptor Center was there with many of their birds. The music was excellent and the food was great. BBQ, beef brisqet and Conecuh sausage with bannana pudding for desert - a southern meal that cannot be beat. There were many, that had attended several and thought this was the best. I have enjoyed them all but this one was special. The help that we recieved from so many AUSNA students was unbelievable.

The new year for the AUSNA started off with a bang. Our second meeting of the year was attended by over 100 members. Preliminary plans for Project Underpants (PU), T-shirt and sweatshirt design, State Convention, National Convention, and Committee of 19 were discussed. Final plans for all of these will be discussed later, but here are some highlights for now.

Project Underpants will go international. A portion of the PU donations will go to an orphanage in Africa. Dr. Constance Hendricks made a

presentation to AUSNA and asked for our support. The membership voted unanamously to support the project in Africa. This project will begin on October 4th and continue until Thanksgiving break. The T-shirt and sweatshirt designs were a big hit in the meeting. In the meeting the design for the T-shirt was voted upon and was decided that we will have an orange shirt with blue lettering. Florence Nightengale will be on the back of the shirt with part of the Auburn creed underneath it. The sweatshirt will be navy blue with a Vera Bradley print on the front in orange. Both the T-shirts and the sweatshirts will be available for sale in the upcoming months and will be announced. The State Convention this year for nursing will be held in Auburn! War Eagle! The convention is on October 20-21st and will take place in the Auburn Hotel. The National Convention will be held in Pittsburgh which will take place in the month of March. Details regarding both conventions will be coming soon. Ashley Bett also spoke at our previous AUSNA meeting about the Committee of 19 which fights for the war against hunger taking place all over the world and what the AUSNA and other people can do to help. We will be collecting food for the Committee of 19 on October 19th in honor of World Hunger Day.

Our next meeting is on October 4th at 6 pm in Miller Hall and we will be kicking off our Project Underpants campaign. Pizza and soft drinks will be served.