The School of Nursing is recognizing Dr. Susan Newfield, PhD, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, for her 35-year tenure in nursing education at West Virginia University. Newfield, Associate Professor, Emerita, began her career with the WVU School of Nursing in January 1990 to pursue her intellectual curiosity.
The WVU School of Nursing's Faith Community Nursing initiative has expanded to new counties recently. Recent coverage from media outlets include: West Virginia Daily News, WOWK, WOAY, My Buckhannon and The Herald-Dispatch.
The WVU School of Nursing Beckley Campus invited incoming WVU Tech freshmen interested in nursing to join a Jumpstart Summer Bridge Program for three days of hands-on learning, campus connection, and professional exposure that will help them start their educational journey with confidence.
This fall, the WVU School of Nursing Keyser Campus will offer NSG 100 as part of the High School ACCESS Early College Program, providing high school students the chance to explore nursing while earning college credit.
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.