School of nursing news
UMSN Class Hears Cancer Survivors’ Emotional Stories
May 30, 2013“Ovarian cancer is not the silent killer. It speaks. We just have to listen,” students are told.
“It’s really important for us as survivors to share our stories with future health care professionals,” says Michelle Shepherd, a nine-year cancer survivor and facilitator for the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance program, Survivors Teaching Students: Saving Women's Lives.® “Ovarian cancer is the deadliest of all the gynecological cancers. It doesn’t have a specific screening test, and it’s most frequently in an advanced stage by the time it’s diagnosed. That’s why we want to raise... Read more
May Headlines: UMSN Stepping Up, Online and Worldwide
May 24, 2013Faculty funding and accolades, the first dual midwife-nurse practitioner graduates, and clinical research management training.
Associate Professor Janis Miller, Ph.D., RN, APRN, FAAN, received a University of Michigan Global Challenges for a Third Century (GCTC) Phase 1 grant for her project “Transforming Violence and Conflict into Hope and Innovation: Establishing a Center of Excellence for Training and Research in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo.” Dr. Miller and colleagues will develop training programs to spread knowledge gained through Panzi Hospital’s experiences in a... Read moreU-M Developing Nursing Program in Ghana
May 16, 2013The first class of graduates is expected to play an important role in health care for years to come.
“Nurses have the ability to make the strongest impact,” says University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) Ph.D. student Sue Anne Bell, MSN, FNP-BC. “They’re the first ones to have contact with the patient and they have the most sustained contact with the patient. There is a strong need for highly trained and professional nurses.”
Bell is part of a group of UMSN and U-M Health System professionals and students involved in developing emergency health care in Ghana... Read more
History of Reproductive Justice Display - Now Online
May 10, 2013“Birthing Reproductive Justice: 150 Years of Images and Ideas” provides a visual narrative of catalysts, struggles, and evolution in the movement.
A striking cultural shift emerged in the 1990s as women advocated for the right to control their bodies, and more specifically, their reproductive destiny. The movement, led by women of color, developed a framework to give women options for the right to have children, to not have children, and to parent the children they have in safe and healthy environments. Advocates focused on “justice” instead of “choice” to create a more... Read more
Congratulations, School of Nursing Class of 2013! (more pictures added)
May 08, 2013“Make finding and growing the leader within you a continuous path,” Dean Kathleen Potempa tells new graduates.
The University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) honored students who earned baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral degrees this year with a commencement ceremony at Hill Auditorium on May 4. The ceremony was punctuated with moments of laughter, inspiring speeches, and praise for and from the graduates. The remarks emphasized the collaborative effort of higher education involving the faculty, staff, friends, and families of the students.
Remarks from... Read moreDean's Spring Newsletter: Building for the Future
Apr 25, 2013Dedicating our new academic building, celebrating nursing research, more...
Happy Spring!
It has been busy at University of Michigan School of Nursing. We welcomed U-M's president, provost, and good friends to a groundbreaking ceremony for our beautiful new academic building. Then at Dean's Research Day, we installed rising nurse scientist Dr. MinKyoung Song as our first Feetham Professor of Nursing, listened to the annual Brouse Lecture, and discussed "Improving Family Health Through Practice-Changing Research." Celebrating these events while... Read moreSafe Drinking Water Project in Mexico Open to UMSN Students
Apr 24, 2013Apply by April 29 for three-week project that takes place in June.
“This experience gave me a better understanding of how projects are done on a large scale,” says Lucia Michaelazzo Ceroni, one of three University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) students who participated in the trip in 2012. “Focusing on the world's issue of water supplies and hygiene practices is vital to reduce health risks that millions of people are facing.”
For the third year in a row, U-M Ross School of Business Professor Noel Tichy is leading U-M and West Point students to Mexico... Read more
UMSN Associate Dean Honored with 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award at the University of Iowa
Apr 24, 2013Dr. Marita Titler will be recognized for her achievements in science and health care.
“I’m both honored and thrilled to be able to represent nursing at the big table,” says Marita G. Titler, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) associate dean, professor and Rhetaugh G. Dumas Endowed Chair. “I think it is important for nursing to have this presence.”
The Distinguished Alumni Award for Achievement 2013 is the University of Iowa (UI) Alumni Association’s highest honor; it draws from graduates of all programs, including science, engineering,... Read more
UMSN Program Recruiting Middle and High School Students to Improve Diversity in Nursing
Apr 23, 2013EnAct is accepting applications for the free, on-campus program designed to educate students about the skills, requirements, and advantages of a nursing career.
“You do not have to come into the program certain that nursing is what you want to do, but definitely by the end of the program you will know,” says Lindsay Reed, a recent University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) graduate and a former Exploring Nursing as a Career for Tomorrow (EnAct) participant. She is one of more than 100 students who have participated in EnAct. Many of them, like Reed, have gone on to... Read more
Annual “Dogs on the Diag” Study Break Brings Smiles to Students
Apr 18, 2013Therapy dogs and their owners gathered on the Diag to give students, and anyone passing by, the chance for a canine cuddle.
“I want to pet one,” “I miss my dog at home,” and a simple “Awwwww” are phrases heard over and over during Dogs on the Diag this week. The annual event began four years ago when several University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) students helped create Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS) as a service learning project. PAWS of Ann Arbor evolved into a volunteer student organization with members from many different U-M programs.
PAWS partners with... Read more
