Category: ForwardNursing

Dean’s Letter | Fall 2021

Service in the form of leadership is inherent to nursing. Through careers in research, education, practice, policy, and beyond, nurses recognize and seek to mitigate factors and conditions that impact health. In addition to intervention, investigation, dissemination, and education that are the primary focus of their professional roles, nurses also regularly contribute their leadership in …

Two Selected as Jonas Nursing and Veterans Healthcare Scholars

PhD candidates Jessica LeClair ’05, MPH, RN, and Nicole Thomas, BSN, RN, have been selected as Jonas Nursing and Veterans Healthcare Scholars. The two are among 75 Jonas Scholars selected from 49 universities nationwide for the 2021-2023 cohort. Hailed as the most diverse cohort in the program’s history, the group includes 50 PhD candidates and …

2021 NAO Award Winners

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Nurses Alumni Organization (UW NAO) is proud to announce the 2021 NAO Alumni Awards recipients. Linda Kautza Procci ’72, MSN’74, PhD has received the 2021 Distinguished Achievement Award, and Emily Hansen Schumacher ’10, DNP’18, has received the 2021 Outstanding Badger Nurse Award.

School of Nursing Receives Insight Into Diversity 2021 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award

The School of Nursing has been selected as a 2021 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award recipient by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.