Bethlehem, Pa., October 20, 2015— Diane Cocozza Martins will present Homeless and Hungry: Community, Nursing, and Health Care’s Influence at the ninth annual Janet A. Sipple Nursing Lecture. The talk will be held on Wednesday October 21, at 5:30 p.m. in Foy Hal. It is open to the public and admissions is free of charge.

Martins dedicates her teaching, research, and service commitments to public health and community health nursing in vulnerable populations. At the University of Rhode Island’s College of Nursing, where she serves as an Associate Professor, she teaches a plethora of courses ranging from community health nursing theory to practice theory and philosophy.

Martins has extended a helping hand in a variety of ways including service trips to the Dominican Republic, the Honors Program Cuban Study Abroad Initiative and collaboration with Indonesian Nursing faculty. She has also extended her efforts to the Feinstein Hunger Center, Department of Human Service and RI Coalition for the Homeless to create policy changes in state’s SNAP program.

With Martins astounding work to contribute positive change through medicine Moravian College looks forward to welcoming her as a speaker to help further influence students.

Moravian College encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. Anyone who anticipates needing any type of accommodation or who has questions about the physical access provided should contact Michael Wilson at 610-861-1365 or wilsonm@moraivan.edu prior to visiting Moravian.

The Janet A. Sipple Lecture Endowment Fund, which funds the lecture, was created to honor Sipple for her role in establishing The St. Luke’s School of Nursing at Moravian College. The endowment was conceived in consultation with members of the nursing faculty to support programming on international health care, public health leadership, or world community service.

The Department of Nursing at Moravian College offers an innovative curriculum leading to a Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.N.) with the major in Nursing. Moravian also offers a baccalaureate completion program for registered nurses (R.N. to B.S.N), a post baccalaureate accelerated degree program (16-months),B.S.N. and the Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.). To learn more about nursing programs visit: www.moravian.edu/nursing.