News, Page 17
April 28, 2014
SSON Ranked Best Program in the Nation
April 28, 2014COLUMBIA, Mo – The University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing (SSON) was rated as the best nursing school program in the country by CollegeAtlas.org. The school is dedicated to making its students the best educated and most qualified nursing students by the time they graduate.SSON has always been helping aspiring students and…
Oct. 28, 2013
Associate Professor Inducted as AAN Fellow
Oct. 28, 2013Columbia, Mo. — Maithe Enriquez, an associate professor in the University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing (MU SSON), was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing Oct. 19 at the Academy’s 40th annual meeting in Washington, D.C.Enriquez, a nurse practitioner, volunteers one day a week at Truman Medical Center…
Oct. 10, 2013
A Look at Hip Fracture Recovery in the Elderly
Oct. 10, 2013An interview with Associate Professor Lori Popejoy was recently featured on www.elderbranch.com. Popejoy discussed her paper, Patterns and problems associated with transitions after hip fracture in older adults. She wrote the paper, along with Karen Marek of the ASU College of Nursing & Health Innovation, and Jill Scott-Cawiezell of the University of Iowa…
Sept. 16, 2013
MU Sinclair School of Nursing’s Ruppar Named a 2013 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ‘Nurse Faculty Scholar’
Sept. 16, 2013Columbia, Mo. — Todd Ruppar, PhD, RN, GCNS-BC, an assistant professor at the University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, is one of just 12 nursing educators from across the United States to win a highly competitive grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Nurse Faculty Scholars program this year. Ruppar will…
Aug. 16, 2013
Myra Aud retires
Aug. 16, 2013Myra Aud retired July 31, 2013, after a lengthy career in gerontological nursing and nursing education. Upon retirement, Aud received the distinguished title of associate professor emerita. Aud spent 21 years in various roles in institutional long-term care. She joined the Sinclair School of Nursing faculty in 2001 and taught Gerontological Nursing Care.The…
June 24, 2013
School Receives Fourth NCIN Grant
June 24, 2013Scholarships, program support will aid second-career nurses from groups underrepresented in nursing that are enrolled in accelerated degree programsColumbia, Mo. — The MU Sinclair School of Nursing (MU SSON) has been selected for the fourth year as a grant recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program…
June 18, 2013
Nursing Faculty Member Receives National Fellowship
June 18, 2013Columbia, Mo. — Patricia Schnitzer, an associate professor in the University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing (MU SSON) has been selected as the 2013 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)/AcademyHealth Health Policy Fellow. This 13-month, full-time fellowship with the NCHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) brings a visiting scholar in…
June 18, 2013
MU Nursing Faculty Member Receives Two-Year Fellowship
The Claire M. Fagin Fellows are highly skilled scholars deeply committed to improving health care for aging patients
June 5, 2013
Nursing Faculty Member Receives UM President’s Economic Development Award
Rantz has spent more than 30 years working with the aging population and conducting research to improve seniors’ quality of life.
June 5, 2013
Nursing Faculty Member Receives UM President’s Inter-Campus Collaboration Award
June 5, 2013Columbia, Mo. — Debra Gayer, associate professor in the University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing (MU SSON), was recently honored with the University of Missouri System President’s Award for Inter-Campus Collaboration. Gayer shared the award with colleagues at the University of Missouri–St. Louis and University of Missouri–Kansas City Schools of Nursing: Dawn…