Kelly Ayala DNP’18, uses her passion for innovation to improve the health care landscape for both patients and providers.
Alumni News & Events
Grandparents University Visits the School of Nursing
This July, grandparents and grandchildren visited the School of Nursing to learn more about where nurses work and what they do.
2024 NAO Award Winners
The UW–Madison Nurses Alumni Organization proudly announces the 2024 NAO Award Winners, Barbara King and Adam Schneider-Price.
Q&A with Laura Garcia ’21
A conversation with Laura Garcia ’21, who currently works as a local travel nurse on a med-surg unit at Mercy Walworth in Lake Geneva, WI.
Where are they now? Alumni Feature: Grace Long ’19
Grace Long ’19 talks about her career post-graduation, why she loves UW-Madison, and the challenges facing nurses today.
Where Are They Now? Q&A with Sirirothnak Seng ’20
Sirirothnak Seng ’20 talks about why she loved the ABSN program and the journey to her current position in the cardiovascular ICU at Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California, working with patients who have had heart and lung transplants.
Nursing Trailblazer Barbara L. Nichols Selected as Inaugural Recipient of the UW–Madison School of Nursing Canary Savage Girardeau Award for Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Nichols is known for her visionary leadership, advocacy, and political expertise throughout her 60-plus-year career.
Q&A with Leah Roscoe ’06
Leah Roscoe ’06 currently works as a clinical instructor at the UW–Madison School of Nursing. She talks about her nursing journey, the most rewarding part of her job, and advice for current and future students.
School of Nursing Announces the Canary Savage Girardeau Award for Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
The UW–Madison School of Nursing is proud to announce the establishment of a new award. Named in honor of the first Black alumnus of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing, The Canary Savage Girardeau Award for Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion reflects the School of Nursing’s commitment to building health equity through diversity and inclusion in nursing education and health care.
2023 NAO Award Winners
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Nurses Alumni Organization (UW NAO) proudly announces the 2023 NAO Award Winners. Mary Gulbrandsen, MS’74, RN, PNP, has been selected as the 2023 Distinguished Achievement Award recipient, and Tolu Oyesanya ’11, MS’12, PhD’16, has earned the 2023 Outstanding Badger Nurse Award.