For Amy Bruce, skin cancer is personal. In April 2013 she lost a friend, instructor and co-worker to skin cancer. “It was a terrible situation; she was young. She had a mole on her back, and by the time she had it looked at, it had already spread. It’s a deadly form of cancer that moves quickly. She left behind a family, including three small children.”
All alumni will be honored, and reunion classes recognized, Friday, June 5, at Touchdown Terrace at Milan Puskar Stadium. On Saturday, June 6, Dean Tara Hulsey will host a breakfast for classes 1964 through 1970 at Lakeview Golf Resort and Spa.
Before you leave be sure to take advantage of the events and activities planned for the Class of 2015, including a Mountaineer Send-off hosted by President Gee on May 14 (7-8:30 p.m.).
WVU Healthcare will celebrate its 3,200 nurses and nursing staff during National Nurses Week beginning May 6 and ending May 12, on Florence Nightingale’s birthday.
The President and Chief Executive Officer of Highland Hospital Association will join West Virginia University School of Nursing faculty and staff as they celebrate the achievements of outstanding nursing students at this year’s Lorita D. Jenab Lectureship. The lecture is a highlight of the School’s annual night of recognition, starting at 7 p.m. Friday, April 17 at the WVU Health Sciences Center’s Fukushima Auditorium.
The WVU School of Nursing will host its annual spring event, the Lorita D. Jenab Lectureship: A Celebration of Scholarship, at 7 p.m. Friday, April 17, in Fukushima Auditorium.
The West Virginia University School of Nursing Class of 2014 achieved a perfect 100 percent pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination – Registered Nurse (NCLEX-RN) this year.
Led by a first-time published ranking for chemical engineering, 13 West Virginia University programs are among the top 100 in U.S. News and World Report’s rankings of graduate programs released today. Rural medicine continued to be the top WVU program at 13.
Aaron Santmyire, of Wiley Ford, W.Va., was traveling down the Manabolo River in southwest Madagascar when he decided to join the Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) program at the West Virginia University School of Nursing.
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