Class of 2022: With new master’s degree, Terrica Lacey looks to make an impact in health care leadership
Lacey, who has been a nurse for more than two decades, has seemed destined for the field since she was a child. Terrica Lacey always knew that she wanted to be a nurse. Her grandmother was in her 40s when she gave birth to Lacey’s mother. As a result, her grandmother was older when Lacey […]
MCV Foundation awards $4M to VCU to advance student DEI on health sciences campus
Four schools and one college will recruit and train highly qualified, underrepresented students. The MCV Foundation has announced it will award $4 million over four years to Virginia Commonwealth University to recruit highly qualified students from underrepresented backgrounds to the university’s five health sciences programs. Scholarship recipients will go on to meet the health care […]
Alum Tara Talbott, RN, honored as one of VCU’s 10 Under 10
VCU Alumni’s 10 Under 10 awards program recognizing the noteworthy and distinctive achievements made by alumni who earned their first VCU degree (undergraduate, graduate or professional) within the past 10 years will honor Tara Talbott, RN (B.S.’16/N; M.S.’19/N) this fall. Since earning her B.S. from the VCU School of Nursing in 2016, Talbott has quickly […]
VCU honors nursing alum Zach McCluskey as one of its 2022 Alumni Stars
Zach McCluskey was honored Sept. 29 by VCU as one of the university’s brightest alumni stars. McCluskey began his career as a nurse working with critically ill children at VCU Health and transitioned to hospital leadership out of a commitment to the best outcomes for patients in the community he serves. Over the course of […]
VCU School of Nursing receives largest gift in school’s history to fund student scholarships
A $13 million gift made by Joanne and Bill Conway will provide need-based scholarships for over 1,000 undergraduate and doctoral nursing students, support diversity in health care. The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing received a $13 million gift made by philanthropists Joanne and Bill Conway through their Bedford Falls Foundation-DAF. The gift, the largest […]
VCU School of Nursing’s undergraduate program ranked No. 22 in the country in its category in new U.S. News and World Report rankings
The VCU School of Nursing’s undergraduate program ranked No. 22 in the country in its category in today’s updated rankings, up one spot from No. 23 in 2021-22. The School of Nursing’s undergraduate program offers two prelicensure pathways for students to become a nurse — the traditional B.S. and accelerated B.S., and an RN to B.S. pathway for registered […]
Three nursing faculty among four at VCU selected as American Academy of Nursing fellows
The selected faculty members were among 250 nurse leaders chosen to join the AAN’s 2022 class of fellows. Three faculty members from Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Nursing will receive one of the most prestigious honors in nursing this fall when they are inducted as fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. The faculty members were among […]
VCU School of Nursing leads research consortium to study long-term effects of COVID-19 in children
Families with children or young adults can now sign up to participate in this NIH-funded project at VCU or other sites across the U.S.A. A team of researchers and clinicians at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing is leading a multi-institutional project aimed at studying the long-term health effects of COVID-19 in infants, children, adolescents and […]
VCU alum Linda Hines receives Paul A. and Veronica H. Gross Achievement in Nursing Award
Hines, a former School of Nursing adjunct faculty member, has worked in managed care leadership for over 25 years. Registered nurse Linda Hines, the Medicaid plan president for Virginia Premier and a three-time alum of Virginia Commonwealth University, has been awarded the Paul A. and Veronica H. Gross Achievement in Nursing Award. The award was […]
‘Be flexible and be teachable,’ and other advice from VCU grads who’ve become chief nursing officers
More than 35 Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing alums have risen through the ranks to become chief nursing officers (CNO), a top-level administrative role that involves leading teams of nurses within a health care environment. Although they do not provide direct care to patients, CNOs are responsible for ensuring overall clinical and patient care standards. In […]
