9am - 10am
 A Nurse's Eye View of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
If it's been a few years since you've traversed the halls of HUP for your clinical rotations, join us for a tour of what's new, what's changed, and what remains the same. You will need to walk briskly for 45 minutes. RSVP to 215-898-4841, space is limited. Tour will leave promptly at 9am. (Meet at the main hospital entrance at 34th Street)

10am - 11am
Changing Policy, Changing Practice*
Ann L. Roy Auditorium**
Penn Nursing alumni and faculty discuss how nursing science can provide solutions to the healthcare crisis in local, national, and global communities.
-Eileen Sullivan-Marx, HUP'72, NU'76, GR'95, HOM'01, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, RN, Shearer Term Associate Professor for Healthy Community Practices, and Associate Dean for Practice and Community Affairs.
-Lillee Smith Gelinas, GNu'79, RN, MSN, FAAN, Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer, VHA, Inc.
-Sean P. Clarke, GNC'99, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, Class of 1965 25th Reunion Term Asst. Professor of Nursing.
-Moderator: Jane H. Barnsteiner, Nu'70. GNu'73, PhD, FAAN, Professor of Pediatric Nursing.

11:15am
School Update
Remarks from Dean Afaf I. Meleis

11:30am
Penn Nursing Alumni Update
Penn Nursing Alumni President, Tara Trimarchi, GNu'97

11:45am
Annual Penn Nursing Alumni Awards
Celebrate our outstanding leaders!

12:30pm
Picnic Lunch and Fellowship
Nursing School tent at Hill Square**
Reconnect with classmates, faculty and our newest alumni, the Graduating Class of 2007!

2:00pm
Penn Parade of Classes
March with your School in the big parade!

All school and class tents will be on Hill Square (near 34th & Walnut), College Green, and Perelman Quad with the Kids Corner close by. If you're celebrating your undergraduate reunion year, you can have lunch with your class or Nursing.  Make sure to stop by the Nursing Tent to say hello!  For additional information on childcare, or accommodations, call Alumni Relations at 215-898-4841, email nursalum@ben.dev.upenn.edu or visit www.nursing.upenn.edu/alumni.  

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*The Program "Changing Policy, Changing Practice" has been awarded 1 contact hour of continuing nursing education credit.          
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University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Center for Professional Development is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.