1. Rising into the top 5 of graduate nursing programs
in New England and top 7% na onally according to
U.S. News & World Report, UConn’s School of
Nursing has dis nguished itself as a world-class
leader in nursing educa on. What has led to the
program’s rapid growth? [read more ...]
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Healthcare entrepreneur, angel investor, and
adjunct professor for UConn School of Nursing’s
new Healthcare Innova ons program, Chris ne
Meehan (BS ’74) entered UConn as a theater
major. However, by her sophomore year, Meehan
made a bold leap from performance art to
nursing. Why the switch? [read more ...]
Alumni Feature - Christine Meehan, Healthcare Entrepreneur
Healthcare Innovation Unleashed - Advancing to a 4-year program
Due to its overwhelming success as a pilot
program in the past two years, the UConn School
of Nursing’s Healthcare Innova ons program is
set for expansion in the 2015-2016 academic
year. From nursing to engineering to business,
each area of exper se brings a new dimension of
knowledge to poten al innova on ventures.
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2. Blending the classic shop class atmosphere
with modern high performance technology,
“makerspaces” are revolu onizing the do-it-yourself
culture. Taking cues from the maker movement,
UConn’s School of Nursing will u lize a por on of its
clinical simula on labs as a makerspace by opening
these labs to a team of engineering and nursing
students and encouraging collabora on to take
healthcare innova ons from concept to prototype.
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Simulation Lab Makerspace - Conceive, Collaborate, Create
Jhennelle Lee - MakingPowerfulConnections
“In South Africa they have a saying: Ubuntu or
‘I am because we are,’” senior nursing student
Jhennelle Lee remembers from her clinical
educa on abroad semester in Cape Town. “It
says that you are the person you are because
of all the people you encountered and all the
experiences you’ve had.” [read more ...]
Nursing Learning Community -FosteringAchievement
As higher educa on enrollments soar and
lecture sizes expand, learning communi es help
tear down the walls of anonymity and lay a new
founda on on which to build small, suppor ve,
like-minded student communi es. The Nursing
Learning Community aims to provide academic,
experien al, and social support to freshman
nursing students transi oning to the University
community. [read more ...]
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NEWSON Faculty - OutstandingEducatorsandResearchers
Meet our new dis nguished faculty members
in key posi ons: Coordinator of Global Nursing
Educa on Programs, Director of Center for
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