VCU School of Nursing News Archive

VCU School of Nursing classmates Ashley Rockhold, (BS ’13/N; left) and Brijaé Chavarria-Lewis, MD, MA (BS ’13/N; right), on learning from a complicated past Just over fifty years before classmates Ashley Rockhold, (BS ’13/N) and Brijaé Chavarria-Lewis, MD, MA, (BS ’13/N) graduated from the VCU School of Nursing, the all-Black, all-female St. Philip School of […]

The VCU School of Nursing is accepting nominations and self-nominations for the 2017 Alumni Awards. The four awards below will be presented April 8 during Reunion Weekend. Nominations are being accepted until Wednesday, Feb.15, at this link. Award Descriptions: Outstanding Nursing Alumnus Award: Honors outstanding contributions of graduates of the School of Nursing and is […]

The VCU School of Nursing is now accepting nominations and self-nominations for the 2017 Alumni Awards. The four awards below will be presented April 8 during Reunion Weekend. Nominations are now being accepted until Feb.15, at this link. Award Descriptions: Outstanding Nursing Alumnus Award: Honors outstanding contributions of graduates of the School of Nursing and is presented in […]

Accelerated B.S. students recently celebrated 100 days until graduation with an alumni panel event. Students shared lunch with members of last year’s Accelerated B.S. graduating class, including Christine De Kanter, RN, VCU Health; Carly Gallagher, RN, VCU Health; Abbie Smith, RN, Johnston Willis Hospital; current NP student Vicki Tedeschi, RN, CPN, VCU Health; and current DNP student Tamara Broadnax, M.S.N., RN, NEA-BC, director of Telemedicine at VCU […]

Linda Hines (B.S.’80/N; M.S.’99/N) has been named CEO of Virginia Premier Health Plan, effective immediately. Hines’ distinguished career began more than 20 years ago as a bedside nurse and a nurse manager. She rose through the ranks of management and leadership within Virginia Premier Health Plan, culminating with her promotion to Virginia Premier’s chief operating […]

Several School of Nursing faculty, students and alumni were recognized at various VCU Health events to mark National Nurse’s Week. Jeanne Walter, Ph.D., RN, FAAMA, clinical assistant professor, was the recipient of the VCU School of Nursing Excellence in Teaching Award during the VCU Health 2016 Week of the Nurse ceremony held in the Medical […]

Congratulations to Lynn Woodcock, FNP (B.S.‘95/N; M.S.‘97/N), Family Practice Specialists of Richmond, for winning the OurHealth Annual Best Bedside Manner Award. Shelley Woodley, DNP, FNP-BC (B.S.’01/N; M.S.’04/N), Bon Secours Surgical Dermatology Center, was voted second. Ashley Beavers, ACNP (M.S.‘13/N), Pulmonary Associates of Richmond Inc., Julie Julian, FNP-C (B.S.‘04/N; M.S.‘06/N), Virginia Physicians – Midlothian Family Practice
, George Proffitt, […]

Congratulations to SON alumni and students who were selected as finalists for the 2015 March of Dimes nurse of the year award: Melanie Ziff, VCU Health; Diana Naidoo; Emily Fritter, VCU Health; Felicia L. Harris (B.S. ‘04/N), Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital; Kathryn E. Funk (B.S. ‘04/N), Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center; Chantelle Lands (M.S. […]

Barbara Todd, DNP, ACNP-BC, FAANP (M.S. ’84/N), director of the CMS Graduate Nurse Education Consortia at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, will be inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, one of the most prestigious honors in nursing, during the organization’s annual conference on Oct. 17. Todd is a fellow of the American […]

Congratulations to SON alumni who have been nominated and/or selected for the Virginia Nurses Foundation 40 under 40 awards. The following were selected as emerging leaders: Sarah Holt (B.S. ‘05/N), Virginia Hospital Center; Wendy Lugo (B.S. ‘01/N), VCU Health; Liz Nottingham (B.S. ‘00/N), VCU Health; Charity Storm (B.S. ‘10/N), Virginia Hospital Center; and Kimberli Tate (B.S. […]