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  Congratulations to the May/June cohort of OER 101!  We are proud of our most recent graduates of OER 101 who are off to make a difference in students' lives! First Name Last Name Institution Samantha Bauer Madison College Pamela Beam Western Technical College Theresa Beckman Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Jim Begotka Moraine Park Technical College Crissy Brimm Mid-State Technical College Deb Clarke Chippewa Valley Technical College Abigail Dillon Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Susan Dzubay Chippewa Valley Technical College Kellea Ewen Lakeshore Technical College Lisa Farrell East Central College (Missouri) Christopher Fischer Fox Valley Technical College Sharon Gebelein Mid-State Technical College Cindy Gibson Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Paul Girolamo Chippewa Valley Technical College Debra Hall-Kind Madison College Melissa Hauge Madison College Krista Huppert Chippewa Valley Technical College Donnalee Hustedt Mid-State Technical College Shawn Jensen No

We are thrilled to present the Nursing Pharmacology OER textbook and view the other international participants' OER projects at the Open Education for a Better World (OE4BW) Yearly Eduscope conference sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).  This is a screenshot of Tanja Urbancic presenting the graphic of the eight-two international participants for 2020. Tanja is one of the program chairs from the University of Nova Gorica, and was the first keynote speaker at the OE4BW conference that is being held virtually this week due to the COVID pandemic. To join the free OE4BW festival component of the conference, go to  https://oe4bw.miteam.si

See the Quarterly Monitoring Report for the 2nd year, 1st quarter of the Open RN grant project. Here is an overview of the exciting progress we’ve made over the past quarter: The first edition of the Nursing Pharmacology book has been officially published in Pressbooks. To access the electronic and downloadable versions of the textbook, go to: https://wtcs.pressbooks.pub/pharmacology/ . The textbook is also being uploaded into LibreTexts so that faculty outside of WTCS can easily remix and align the book to their curriculum.  XanEdu , the print publisher of OpenStax textbooks, will be creating optional, affordable print versions that are projected to be available in college bookstores and on Amazon for around $40 retail price.  We would like to publicly thank everyone who helped create the first edition of the Nursing Pharmacology OER textbook, including the developing authors, contributors, national peer revi

The Open RN team is pleased to announce that the first edition of the Nursing Pharmacology book has been published in Pressbooks.  The link to access the free, online version of the textbook is:  https://wtcs.pressbooks.pub/pharmacology/ .  PDF and other downloadable versions are also available at this link. The Nursing Pharmacology book is currently being uploaded into LibreTexts for easy remixing, and we are investigating options for print versions that will be optionally available in WTCS bookstores and on Amazon. More to come on these exciting developments!