After visiting Japan last year during a nursing school cultural exchange, WVU School of Nursing alum Sydney Cain recently traveled back to the country to attend the Hamamatsu Kite Festival, which features multiple kites, Japanese food and other cultural displays.
During the Spring 2025 semester, the WVU School of Nursing welcomed members of the Hamamatsu Nursing School in Japan for a cross-cultural exchange. Their multi-day visit included tours across campus, meeting with WVU faculty and students, and experiences in Morgantown.
Five West Virginia University students recently completed international health care experiences made possible by the Nancy Sanders Memorial Student Study Abroad Travel Award, offered through WVU Health Sciences Global Engagement. The award supports students committed to global health and service.
Through a collaborative partnership, WVU School of Nursing graduate-level students are working with administrators at WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital to identify clinical opportunities for improvement, implement evidence-based solutions and enhance patient outcomes.
As part of the WVU School of Nursing’s LPN to BSN program, students recently met for their first clinical lab as part of the NSG 213 course, “Transition to Professional Nursing.”
WVU Medicine held a signing ceremony Thursday (May 15) to welcome its third cohort of students selected to participate in its MedEd educational program and celebrated its first graduates.
The WVU School of Nursing has received a $15,000 grant from Sisters Health Foundation to support the training of Faith Community Nurses in three new counties over the course of the next year.
The Monongalia Emergency Medical Services (Mon EMS) is recognizing a West Virginia University nursing student who gave another student CPR earlier this year and helped save his life.
To help introduce participants to the profession of nursing, the WVU School of Nursing Keyser Campus is hosting a Nursing Academy for Mineral County School System 9th graders in August.
A WVU School of Nursing clinical education assistant professor, Amanda Kitzmiller, has been working with the West Virginia Colorectal Cancer Group to help educate West Virginia residents about the importance of colorectal cancer screening.