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Community Involvement

Valentine's Day Nursing Ice Cream Social - February 2024

Our Valentine's Day event was on February 12th in the Arkansas State University College of Nursing and Health Professions building. We handed out free grab and go ice cream for everyone! We loved getting to put a smile on the students' faces!

Narcan Education Event - February 2024

Our Narcan administration and safety education event was performed on February 5th by our very own board member, Matti! It was held at Arkansas State University and everyone that attended received a Narcan certification at the end.

SNA Open Meeting - November 2023

On November 13th at 6 pm, we held an open SNA meeting welcome to all nursing and pre-nursing students! Here, we talked about joining SNA, upcoming events happening, and how they all could get more involved! We also did a Shadrachs Coffee gift card giveaway!

SNA Benefit Night - November 2023

Our SNA benefit night November 7th from 3-10 pm at Texas Roadhouse. We were raising money to help us attend national convention. We were so excited that we got to see everyone there!

ANSA State Convention - September 2023

Thank you to Arkansas Nursing Students' Association for hosting the Arkansas state convention in September! We had such a great time getting to experience and listen to so many talented speakers!

We are happy to say that we received five different state awards including:

- Breakthrough to Nursing

- Financial Excellence

- Outstanding Newsletter

- Community Health

- Image of Nursing

We are also proud to announce that many of our Arkansas State University SNA board members have been elected onto the ANSA ‘23-‘24 board including:

- President- Katie Henley

- Secretary- Samantha Steiner

- Treasurer- Jonathan Schaufler

- LNEC- Matti Juarez Harris

- District 3- Danelly Orozco

Let's Taco 'Bout Nursing - August 2023

Our Welcome Week event, Let's Taco 'Bout Nursing, was such a success! Everyone was welcome, including the pre-nursing students, and we had such a fun time. We also took donations for Jonesboro’s Leadership Magnet School! We asked for the following items:
- Refillable water bottles
- Reusable ponchos
- Pants, shorts, and underwear sizes 6-10 for boys and girls
- Hair products (For example: Leave in conditioner, edge control, bobby pins, headbands, etc.)
- Disposable wash cloths/hygiene wipes
We also accepted monetary donations and anyone that donated was entered into the giveaway for many different items like, Cheddar's gift cards, Longhorn Steakhouse coupons, Buff City baskets, Healthwear items, and so much more! We loved this event and getting to see everyone!