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College of Nursing Community Gives Support For Future Nurses
The past few years have not been the easiest for students in the College of Nursing. Our students have been faced with challenges not seen for over a century. As nurses tend to do, these students adapted and worked hard to make the best of a difficult situation. Remote learning, abbreviated clinical…
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Kent State University College of Nursing Named 2021 Morgan Impact Award Recipient
Peg’s Foundation recently recognized Kent State University College of Nursing as the recipient of the 2021 Morgan Impact Award for Excellence in Education for its work in leading change in mental health care service delivery.
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Holiday Greetings from Dean Johnson-Mallard
This first holiday season as the dean of Kent State University College of Nursing, I want to extend my heartfelt season’s greetings to all. It is especially important this time of the year for us to pause, reflect and express our gratitude. I am grateful for the warm reception I have received at Ken…
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Nursing professor wins Excellence in Political Action Award
Kent State University at Trumbull Professor and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Coordinator Gina Severino DNP, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, recently earned the Ohio Nurses Association’s (ONA) Excellence in Political Action Award. Dr. Severino has been an ONA member for the past 36 years and joine…
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Nursing Immersion Learning Experience in Amish Country: Finding the Truth Behind the Image
Driving through Ohio’s farmland to meet my students, I felt a calm simplicity. Bright white laundry swung in the breeze. Corn was as it should be knee-high by the fourth of July. Women in their clean, simple, self-made dresses wore their plain, solid colors pinned or buttoned closed. Their face…
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Kent State Nursing Dean Elected to Serve Two Years on The American Academy of Nursing Board of Directors Dec 16
The American Academy of Nursing recently announced that Versie Johnson-Mallard, Ph.D., APRN-BC, FAAN, FAANP, Kent State University College of Nursing Dean, professor and Henderson Endowed Chair, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors until 2024. In this role Johnson-Mallard will oversee the Academy’s strategic planning and financial management.
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Honoring the Legacy of Cheryl Swinehart Dariushnia – Nurse, Counselor, Loving Mother
Cheryl Swinehart Dariushnia graduated from the Kent State School of Nursing (as it was referred to at the time) in 1977. As was the case for many students of her generation, Cheryl’s journey to become a nurse was not always easy. With limited scholarships available, she was forced to work over 30 ho…
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Giving Tuesday 2021 – Nurses Helping Future Nurses
Giving Tuesday provides a great opportunity for the College of Nursing community to help bolster the Kent State University College of Nursing Emergency Fund. This fund provides immediate and flexible support for students in need and allows our future nurses to focus more on the classroom and less on…
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Kent State Graduate Program Leads to Fulbright, International Experiences & Life-long Connections
Two-time Kent State University alumnus John Mastrojohn III, MSN ‘96, MBA ‘01, RN, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer at Hospice of the Western Reserve (HWR), credits Kent State for helping him to create a future he had not previously imagined. “My life and career changed dramatic…
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Kent State University College of Nursing proudly welcomes our new Dean, Professor, and Henderson Endowed Chair, Versie Johnson-Mallard, PhD, RN, APRN, FAANP, FAAN
Kent State selected a national leader as the new Dean of the College of Nursing. Dr. Versie Johnson-Mallard is a researcher, academician, clinician, and executive leader in nursing and higher education and most recently served as Associate Dean at the College of Nursing in the Health Science Center …
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