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“The point of healthcare simulation is to help students have an opportunity to practice what they would do in actual clinical practice, so they have this safe space that is a controlled environment where they have an opportunity for instant feedback,” Tserotas said. “They’re able to take what they learn in practice, and they can take that to a clinical setting when they interact with their patients.”

According to Chris Hansen, chair of the Film and Digital Media department, there was already a two-year Master of Arts program in place, but the department had been wanting to create a three-year Master of Fine Arts program to give students a chance to better develop their craft.

The DA’s office dropped the charges against Scott and Nichols because they concluded that doing so would ensure justice. Rather than aiming for convictions, they saw the case as an act of “self-defense and defense of others,” committing to the proper application of the law.