School of Nursing dedicates Younger Pavilion
The VCU School of Nursing held a ribbon cutting Monday for the new Younger Pavilion made possible by a donation from longtime school supporters Janet Younger, Ph.D., RN, CPNP, professor emerita, and her husband Carter. Jean Giddens, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, dean and professor, said a structure was needed for students, faculty and staff to enjoy the school’s garden during the warmer and wetter months.
“It became a goal of mine to figure out how to do something out here, and that’s where Janet Younger and Carter came in. This new pavilion has been built thanks to their generosity and it will allow our students, faculty and staff a place to come outside and enjoy the garden,” Giddens said.
In addition to School of Nursing faculty, staff, alumni and friends, attendees included members of the MCV Foundation Board of Trustees, who were at the school for an annual meeting held earlier that afternoon, and VCU President Michael Rao. In thanking the Youngers for their continued commitment to VCU and its School of Nursing, Rao said, “Janet and Carter are truly people of great wisdom. You both have been enormously successful. You are both sensitively connected to other people, sincerely care about other people, and you want them to have a chance to do as well as you have, and for that reason you give.”
Janet retired as associate dean of academic affairs in 2009 after serving the VCU School of Nursing for more than 40 years. She earned both her bachelor’s in nursing and master’s in maternal-child nursing from VCU. Janet has made a tremendous impact on the VCU School of Nursing, nursing education and the nursing profession. In fact, the school’s auditorium also bears her name since the Youngers have been steadfast champions of the school and Janet has exemplified nursing excellence throughout her career.
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