This is a four-part course. All four courses are required to earn the certificate. You do not have to sign up for all four courses at once. The four courses can be taken in any order.

DESCRIPTION: This innovative online certificate program is designed to explore the various components necessary to develop and run simulation scenarios within an academic or clinical setting.

WHO: Any nurse practicing in an education role who is interested in developing or working in a simulation program. This would be applicable to nurse educators in academia or healthcare facilities, preceptors, mentors, or staff nurses who are interested in learning more about this teaching pedagogy.

WHY: The content will provide the nuts and bolts of simulation to include how to assess educational needs, develop, implement and evaluate simulation experiences.

WHAT: In order to receive this 60-hour certificate (equal to 60 contact hours), completion of the four modules is required. Each module is 15 contact hours and is taught in an online format: 6 hours virtual live webinar, 9 hours online utilizing discussion boards and case studies, and required reading over the course of 4 weeks in an asynchronous manner.
 

Module 2: The Art of Debriefing

Topics: purpose and importance of debriefing, role of facilitator, rules of debriefing, types of debriefing

Learning Outcome: On successful completion of this program, the participant will be able to : discuss and apply the broad concepts related to Debriefing.

Agenda for Live Day:

• Session 1: An Overview of Debriefing
• Session 2: Debriefing Methods
• Pre-brief for Afternoon Module
• Session 3: Evaluating Debriefings
• Session 4:   Application of Debriefing Methods
• 4 weeks of Readings and Discussion Board Posts and Responses on Canvas LMS platform

April 8- May 5, 2026, live virtual webinar on April 8, 2026 

Cost: $350
 

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Who really won the Revolutionary War?

In 1775, Ben Franklin sent a Connecticut shopkeeper, Silas Deane, on a secret mission to persuade Louis XVI to arm the Americans against the British. Deane had no experience abroad, spoke no French, and knew nothing about diplomacy, but Franklin chose him because Deane was such an improbable secret agent, the British would never suspect him.

This is the bizarre true story of how Deane succeeded with the help of two other men – a French comic playwright and a gender-bending spy – to smuggle all of the arms, ammunition, and supplies out of France, through the British lines, to George Washington’s beleaguered army. It’s a wild tale of espionage, political intrigue, seduction, and murder.

The Washington Post named Paul’s book, Unlikely Allies, one of the best books of the year and compared it to a Monty Python movie. It’s available for purchase online or at your local bookseller. Book signing with the author to follow.

This event is FREE and open to the public - No advance registration required.

In partnership with the Franco-American Centre

At the start of our republic, America was an idea, not a reality. We were many peoples, not one. Americans identified as citizens of their states and had little in common with people from other states. It took decades for an American identity to emerge from two competing visions of American nationalism.

New Hampshire native son Daniel Webster challenged Andrew Jackson’s populist idea that only white Christians could be American. Webster argued that the Constitution defines all of us as Americans, regardless of race, faith, or ethnicity. Professor Paul shows how Webster’s pluralist idea of constitutional nationalism triumphed and came to define what it means to be an American.

Joel Richard Paul is the Alfred and Hanna Fromm Emeritus Professor at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, where he teaches constitutional and international economic law. He has also taught on the law faculties of the University of California, Berkeley; Yale University; the University of Connecticut; Leiden University in the Netherlands; and American University.

His most recent books include Indivisible: Daniel Webster and the Birth of American Nationalism; Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times; and Unlikely Allies: How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution (all published by Penguin/Riverhead). Unlikely Allies was named one of the best books of 2009 by The Washington Post and was recently adapted by the author into a stage play. His books and articles have been appeared in French, Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish.

Professor Paul was educated at Amherst College, the London School of Economics, Harvard Law School, and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He lives outside San Francisco.

Books may be purchased in advance online or at your local bookseller. Book signing with the author to follow.
 

This event is free and open to the public - No advance registration required.

Event led by Dr. Jay Parini, D.E. Axinn Professor of English and Creative Writing at Middlebury College, as part of the 2025-2026 Big Thought Series on the topic of "The Pursuit of Happiness."

At the completion of this webinar, participants will be able to assess, differentiate, and manage common acute and functional gastrointestinal conditions using evidence-based pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic strategies.

Description: This full-day webinar provides nurses and nurse practitioners with a comprehensive overview of common gastrointestinal (GI) conditions. Participants will gain practical skills in performing thorough abdominal examinations, recognize acute and functional GI disorders, and explore evidence-based treatment strategies. The program will cover conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, chronic constipation, GERD, diverticulitis, pancreatitis, and appendicitis. Emphasis will be placed on integrating both nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic management approaches, with interactive case studies to reinforce clinical decision-making.

Target Audience: Registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare professionals who manage patients with gastrointestinal complaints in inpatient, outpatient, or primary care settings. This program is suitable for clinicians seeking to enhance their assessment skills, clinical reasoning, and pharmacologic knowledge in GI care.

Faculty: 

• Wendy Wright, DNP, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP
   

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Each Friday, during the college common hour, the Humanities Institute hosts an open, informal discussion led by a member of the Saint Anselm faculty, staff or monastic community. This forum invites people from all parts of campus to come together with others who are willing to open their lunch bag and their mind to a question about our humanity. A Zoom Link will be provided weekly for those wishing to take part remotely. This week’s event will be hosted by Professor Marc Rugani, Theology Department.