{"id":6215,"date":"2024-08-12T17:19:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T17:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=6215"},"modified":"2025-01-30T13:08:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T18:08:15","slug":"wilmu-expands-relationship-with-remote-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2024\/08\/12\/wilmu-expands-relationship-with-remote-island\/","title":{"rendered":"WilmU Expands Relationship with Remote Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column6215_de0bf5-e9 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column6215_de0bf5-e9 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column6215_de0bf5-e9 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column6215_de0bf5-e9 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column6215_de0bf5-e9 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column6215_de0bf5-e9 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column6215_de0bf5-e9 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column6215_de0bf5-e9{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column6215_de0bf5-e9 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column6215_de0bf5-e9 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column6215_de0bf5-e9 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>Students in Wilmington University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmu.edu\/health\/nursing-practitioner-master.aspx\">Family Nurse Practitioner program<\/a> are helping to bring primary care to Smith Island, an isolated jot of land in Maryland\u2019s Chesapeake Bay, where <strong>Dr. Aaron Sebach<\/strong>, dean of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmu.edu\/health\/indexh.aspx\">College of Health Professions and Natural Sciences<\/a>, regularly leads trips that provide a unique rural health experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, that initiative has expanded to include Natural Sciences students. Dr. Sebach accompanied <strong>Dr. Esosa Iriowen<\/strong>, Natural Sciences chair, and students <strong>Samantha Kidwell<\/strong> and <strong>Jacob Botterbusch<\/strong> to the remote island, accessible only by a 45-minute boat ride. 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