WVU in the News: WVU, Johns Hopkins nursing collaboration offers community-based clinicals
WVU’s School of Nursing is collaborating with Johns Hopkins University to offer a clinical track for students interested in community health.
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WVU School of Nursing partners with Suncrest United Methodist Church to provide Community Blessing Boxes
The WVU School of Nursing has teamed up with Suncrest United Methodist Church to launch a community initiative aimed at supporting vulnerable populations. Together, they are building and stocking “Blessing Boxes,” which are supply boxes placed in accessible community settings to provide free food and hygiene items to those in need.
Southern West Virginia high schoolers can expedite their nursing pathway through WVU School of Nursing’s Beckley Campus
Through a new pathway established with LevelUpWV, the WVU School of Nursing’s Beckley Campus will soon allow high school students to complete the first year of the nursing major during their junior and senior years.
WVU in the News: From the track to the tiara: How one WVU student balances it all
Nineteen-year-old Baylee Jarrett has a lot on her plate from attending nursing school at WVU Potomac State College, running on their cross country team and being Miss West Virginia Teen USA® 2025.
Save the Date: WVU School of Nursing to feature Dr. Devon Noonan as keynote speaker during Kandzari Lectureship
The WVU School of Nursing will welcome Dr. Devon Noonan as the keynote speaker for the Kandzari Lectureship, set for Thursday, April 23, 2026. The lectureship, “Rural Health Nursing: Grounded in Community Based Solutions,” will be held at the WVU Health Sciences Center, Okey Patteson Auditorium.
WVU School of Nursing’s Beckley Campus Chair named one of WVU Tech’s 2026 Alumni of the Year
Hillary Parcell, WVU School of Nursing Beckley Campus Chair, has been named one of WVU Tech’s Alumni of the Year. A 2008 graduate from WVU Tech, Parcell earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She has since earned her Master of Science in Nursing in 2011, and she is currently working toward her Doctor of Education in Leadership Studies.
Beckley Campus nursing professor selected as Professor of the Year finalist by the Faculty Merit Foundation of West Virginia
Peggy Fink, an associate professor at the WVU School of Nursing Beckley Campus, has been selected as one of five 2025 Professor of the Year finalists by the Faculty Merit Foundation of West Virginia.
Junior nursing student selected for study abroad scholarship
Kaelyn Wright, a WVU School of Nursing junior, has been selected for a study abroad scholarship by the Alpha Rho Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
WVU School of Nursing ranks as one of the top 100 online master’s programs by U.S. News and World Report
The WVU School of Nursing has received one of the top 100 rankings in the country by U.S. News & World Report for the Best Online Master’s in Nursing Programs for 2026.
WVU School of Nursing alum supports the next generation of out-of-state nursing students with planned gift
For Joyce Frame, West Virginia University has always felt like home, even before she became a student. That lifelong connection recently led to a $50,000 planned gift to establish a namesake scholarship for out-of-state undergraduate students at the WVU School of Nursing.