The School of Nursing & Health Innovations would like to welcome Gary Laustsen as a FT Visiting Faculty for Spring semester 2023. Laustsen’s work on Family Health Care Nursing: Theory, Practice, and Research was recently named Best of 2022 by the American Journal of Nursing’s Best Book of the Year Award in the Environmental Health category. Laustsen’s chapter comprehensively addresses key concepts like environmental health risks, disasters, environmental justice, and the built environment. Diverse case studies illustrate the impact of environmental exposures on family health. Congratulations and welcome!
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$50,000 Campagna Gift To RISE
The University has announced a RISE Campaign donation of $50,000 from Dr. Mario Campagna ’49 and his late wife, Edith Campagna ’51. The donation will provide scholarships for nursing and pre-med students. Edith Campagna, a nursing graduate of the University, passed away in February 2013.
The Campagnas have supported the University’s mission for many years, establishing two scholarships in 2002: the Edith and Mario Campagna Endowed Scholarship in Nursing and the Dr. & Mrs. Mario Campagna Endowed Scholarship for pre-medical students, contributing more than $300,000 over the years.
The Campagnas’ gift is part of the University’s RISE Campaign, which seeks to raise $175 million over the next several years.For more information contact development at 7395.
Faculty Update
Susan Stillwell, nursing, was invited by the Nursing Quality Network, American Nurses Association to speak on “Evidence Based Practice, Research, or Quality Improvement: What’s the Difference?” The webinar was held November 29, 2012.