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Dr. Susan Fletcher serves as chair of the Global Health Education Program for Chamberlain College of Nursing. Dr. Fletcher developed Chamberlain’s international and multicultural nursing program and frequently leads nursing students on international nursing service projects to India, Brazil, Kenya, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines.

Dr. Fletcher previously served as a professor at Chamberlain’s St. Louis campus and taught nursing courses for Regis University in Denver. She has received the DeVry PRIDE Award and Chamberlain’s “Doing Well by Doing Good” Award. Dr. Fletcher was a finalist for Nursing Spectrum’s 2010 Nursing Excellence Program in the category of Community Service and was also nominated for the Dorland Health People Awards in the Public Health Nursing category.

Dr. Fletcher is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International, the National League for Nursing, the American Public Health Association and the Vincent DePaul Society. She also has served on the boards of the Autonomous Case Management, Deaconess Parish Nurse Ministry, Positive Family Enterprises and Epiphany Health Ministry.

She earned both a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and a Master of Science in Nursing degree with an emphasis in community health from St. Louis University and a Doctor of Education in adult education from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Sheri Sawchuk is an assistant professor in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program at Chamberlain College of Nursing. She brings more than 18 years of experience in nursing practice, clinical work and education to the position. In this role, Sawchuk organizes and leads BSN students on several Global Health Education Program experiences every year. She also participates in ongoing research and planning for future Global Health Education Program experiences.

Prior to joining Chamberlain, Sawchuk was the clinic nurse supervisor at Plumas District Hospital in Quincy, California. Her previous experience includes hospice registered nurse (RN) at St. Francis Healthcare Systems, clinic nurse and case manager at Kalihi-Palama Health Care Center, and clinical RN in the urgent care unit at Queen’s Health Care Center, all in Honolulu, Hawaii; and surgical clinic and float RN at The Doctor’s Clinic of Bremerton in Washington. Her academic experience includes serving as nursing faculty in the BSN program at Biola University. Additionally, she served in a leadership position as the medical director at Samaritan’s Purse, an International Relief organization.

Sawchuk is a member of several professional nursing organizations including Sigma Theta Tau International, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing. She has traveled the world to participate in several volunteer projects including trips to Liberia to assist during the Ebola outbreak and disaster relief in Honduras.

Sawchuk earned a BSN from Pacific Lutheran University and a Master of Science in Nursing from Chamberlain. She is currently working toward earning her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Missouri- Columbia. Sawchuk is licensed to practice nursing in the states of Hawaii, Washington and California.