
WVU in the News: WVU expands Faith Community Nursing program
The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation gave $41,000 to the WVU School of Nursing to expand their Faith Community Nursing program to the counties the foundation serves.
The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation gave $41,000 to the WVU School of Nursing to expand their Faith Community Nursing program to the counties the foundation serves.
A WVU School of Nursing alumna and faculty member, Lya M. Cartwright-Stroupe, DNP, RN, APRN, CPNP-PC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, has been selected to become a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (Academy).
Dr. Tara Hulsey, WVU School of Nursing Dean and E. Jane Martin Endowed Professor, has established a $25,000 endowed scholarship fund to support non-traditional students enrolled in the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.
WVU School of Nursing student Eva Ochoa, who is also a student athlete, led the Potomac State College softball team to become the Region 20 champions.
The WVU School of Nursing is expanding its Faith Community Nursing program into Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, and Webster counties, thanks to generous funding from the Pallottine Foundation of Buckhannon.
At the WVU School of Nursing Keyser Campus, students in both the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program and the LPN to BSN program participate in a pharmacology-based escape room to practice their clinical skills in an engaging, hands-on way.
Several WVU School of Nursing Keyser Campus students were recognized at the end of last semester during WVU Potomac State College's 8th Annual Recognition Day.
Thanks to generous funding from The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, the West Virginia University School of Nursing is expanding the Faith Community Nursing program into Kanawha, Putnam, Boone, Clay, and Fayette counties. Nurses in these newly added counties can receive full scholarships for the all-online, 8-week Faith Community Nursing program. The next course will begin Sept. 15, 2025.
Beckley Campus faculty and students attended the State Fair of West Virginia to represent the WVU School of Nursing and showcase nursing as a profession.
From grade school through high school, one goal remained consistent for Sallie Mathews Romano: She wanted to become a nurse. And she did, graduating from the West Virginia University School of Nursing in 1973.