Wegmans School of Nursing News
05/15/2013
The Wegmans School of Nursing held its hooding ceremony on Thursday, May 9, and honored nine graduates with special awards.
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05/15/2013
The St. John Fisher College Wegmans School of Nursing hosted the inaugural “Joining Forces” conference on May 13 and 14, promoting the health of veterans, military personnel, and their families, attracting over 170 health care professionals, veterans, and active military personnel to campus.
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05/09/2013
A particular group of senior nursing majors had been looking ahead to their finals weeks as Fisher students, which they would spend in Peru to complete their final clinical rotation. The group of 11 Wegmans School of Nursing students and two faculty took off on April 13 for a trip they now call “life and career-changing.”
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05/08/2013
On Tuesday, May 7, members of the Wegmans School of Nursing Class of 2013 gathered for the annual Senior Award Luncheon in Cleary Auditorium to honor classmates and reveal the beneficiary of the class gift.
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05/02/2013
St. John Fisher College has received a $300,000 grant from the Fred L. Emerson Foundation of Auburn, NY, to outfit the Wegmans School of Nursing’s new Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Obstetrics (OB) simulation rooms, currently under construction in the School of Nursing’s new annex, slated to open this fall.
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04/18/2013
This semester, a total of 39 students are participating in the St. John Fisher College Study Abroad Program. They are in countries including England, The Netherlands, Spain, South Africa, Italy, Costa Rica, and France, to name a few. Those participating come from a variety of majors, and we will hear from some throughout the spring.
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04/09/2013
Dr. Dianne Cooney Miner, Dean, Wegmans School of Nursing; Dr. Marilyn Dollinger, Associate Dean; and Dr. Cynthia McCloskey, Director, Graduate Program in Advanced Practice Nursing, have been hard at work behind-the-scenes of the Future of Nursing Initiative. And on Saturday, May 4, the Future of Nursing Finger Lakes Region Nursing Leadership Conference will help keep their efforts moving forward.
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03/22/2013
Tara Sacco, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Wegmans School of Nursing, attended the 2013 Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) Conference in San Antonio, Texas, from March 7-9.
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03/21/2013
On Friday, April 5, Dr. Dianne Cooney Miner, Dean of the Wegmans School of Nursing, and Dr. Scott Swigart, Dean of the Wegmans School of Pharmacy, will be the featured speakers for the final First Friday Lecture of the semester. Their presentation is entitled, “Transforming Health Care Education in Response to the Affordable Health Care Act.”
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03/20/2013
Dr. Dianne Cooney Miner, Dean of the Wegmans School of Nursing, and Dr. Mary Collins, Professor and Doctor of Nursing Practice Program Track Coordinator in the School of Nursing, were recently invited to present at “Sharing Nursing’s Knowledge,” an international scientific meeting at the University of Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain on March 13.
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