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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.…
April 18, 2018
Students, Faculty and Alumni Represent SSON at MNRS Conference
The Sinclair School of Nursing (SSON) showed off its research prowess at the Midwest Nursing Research Society's (MNRS) 42nd Annual Research Conference. The SSON team gave 16 research presentations and took home three awards from the conference, themed "The Future of Nursing Research: Economic Realities and Creative Solutions." The team also took on new leadership…
April 17, 2018
SSON Recognized as Stellar School
The Sinclair School of Nursing (SSON) is one of two schools this year to earn the National Student Nurses’ Association’s NSNA Stellar School Chapter Recognition. The award recognizes school chapters for their ongoing involvement in NSNA and their commitment to shared governance and professional development. The NSNA Stellar School Chapter certificate and pins were presented…
April 12, 2018
A Selfless Spring Break
For many college students, spring break is a chance to take a much-needed vacation. Others may head home to visit their families and catch up on sleep. Several nursing students chose to use this year’s spring break to serve others throughout the country and across the world. Here are a few of their stories. Gracie…
April 5, 2018
PhD Students Practice Advocacy
Three powerful days in Washington, D.C. taught Sinclair School of Nursing students the power of their voices as nurses. PhD students Laura Remy and Karen Clark joined hundreds of students from around the United States at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Student Policy Summit March 25 - March 28. Students learned about…