News, Page 12
Nov. 8, 2018
Nursing School Connected Army Veteran to His Job in the Emergency Room
After serving his country with the Army, Adam Brandes is back home serving his community as a nurse in the ER On June 1, 2013, Adam Brandes’ Army unit had just left a graduation ceremony for new Afghanistan police officers it had trained and was headed back to its base in Ghazni Province.…
Oct. 29, 2018
Only Missouri School to Achieve Status as a National Student Nurses Association Stellar School
Missouri Nursing Student Association (MONSA) held its annual convention in St. Louis on Thursday and Friday, October 25 & 26.
Oct. 26, 2018
Laura Remy – Opinion Piece in Columbia Tribune
Current PhD student, Laura Remy published her thoughts on the EPA rollbacks with the Columbia Daily Tribune newspaper. As a nurse, I know that having access to clean air to breathe and clean water to drink is essential for human health. That is why it is so alarming that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…
Aug. 15, 2018
Researcher retires after 32-year career
Dr. Vicki Conn has had an illustrious career spanning 32 years since her initial appointment as an assistant professor to the MU School of Nursing. She is a graduate of the MU Sinclair School of Nursing, first with a Masters in Adult Nursing in 1981, followed by a PhD in Social-Psychology of Health and Aging.…
June 19, 2018
Sinclair School of Nursing Receives $3 Million Gift from University of Missouri Health Care
COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The Sinclair School of Nursing at the University of Missouri has received a $3 million gift from University of Missouri Health Care to help fund the renovation and expansion of the current School of Nursing building. The renovation will transform the building, built in 1979, into a modern, state-of-the-art facility, with updated…
June 12, 2018
Sarah Thompson to lead Sinclair School of Nursing as new dean
University of Missouri Interim Provost Jim Spain announced June 11 that Sarah Thompson, associate vice chancellor of health professions and professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Colorado Denver, has been named dean of the MU Sinclair School of Nursing. Thompson’s appointment will begin Aug. 1. “Dr. Thompson is a proven leader…
June 5, 2018
Graduate Level Students Visit Campus
Nearly 100 graduate students are on campus this week for orientation into their areas of study. This gives our students the opportunity to meet the faculty members, their classmates, and gives them access to our advising staff. We also welcomed the very first class of RN-MSN students to the nursing program. The class met on…
May 24, 2018
Excellence in Online Facilitation Award
Donna Otto and Lynelle Phillips received the Excellence in Online Class Facilitation Award from MIZZOU Online for their work in the N4970 Nursing in Communities course for the RN to BSN Option.
April 27, 2018
Jonas Global Scholars Study in the Dominican Republic
This past winter, two Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students traveled to the Dominican Republic to work in the rural bateyes. Associate Professor Maithe Enriquez, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAAN, has been taking students to the Dominican Republic as part of the Jonas Global Fellowship. The Jonas Global Fellowship provides funding for graduate nursing students to…
April 18, 2018
Distance Learning
Whoever said there aren’t enough hours in the day clearly didn’t know Julio Loya. The senior nurse manager for the Trauma Progressive Care Unit and Abdominal Transplant/Surgical Oncology Intermediate Care Unit at Banner University Medical Center Tucson Campus in Tucson, Arizona, Julio works full time at the only Level 1 Trauma Center for Southern Arizona.…