Progress and Partnership >

Save the Date and Be Here!
Penn Nursing will celebrate the latest transformation of Fagin Hall this fall.  Several floors are currently under renovation to expand existing laboratory space, reorganize a confusing interior, make better use of existing space, and incorporate more environmentally friendly features.  Renovations will be completed in the fall and we invite Penn Nursing alumni and friends to join us for an unveiling.  The celebration will be part of a multi-day event featuring a doctoral alumni conference and reunion dinner and the State of the School.  Please watch your mail, email and the Penn Nursing website for more information.

Penn Nursing Students Set for Community Project in Honduras
As part of the Nursing course, Infant and Maternal Care in the Americas, nine Nursing undergraduate and graduate students will help out in underserved communities in Honduras to improve health care, particularly in midwifery, for two weeks this May.
This is the third year of trips to Honduras, but the first year that students will blog about trip preparations and experience on site.  Penn Nursing professors and instructors hope that by blogging even students not on the trip will have the opportunity to learn from it.


Alumni Connections >

Penn Nursing Alumni Weekend, May 16-18, 2008: Let Your Voice Be Heard!
All Penn Nursing alumni are invited to participate, with a special call for reunion classes to come celebrate with Penn Nursing!  Class of 1958 - it's your 50^th reunion; Class of 1983 - it's your 25^th reunion.  Watch your mail for more information, or contact the Nursing Alumni Relations Office at 215-898-4841 or nursalum@pobox.upenn.edu.

Looking to Reconnect at Penn? Get Involved!
From parent programs, to community service, arts and culture and leadership opportunities, there are many ways to get involved as a volunteer at Penn.  For a comprehensive list of Penn opportunities, see http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/VOG/ and be sure to scroll down to the School of Nursing.  Or, for opportunities specifically for Penn Nursing alumni, see our website at http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/alumni/opportunities/


Supporting Penn Nursing >

Achieving the Goal
The Nursing Annual Fund is at 72% of its 2007-08 goal with over $221,000 raised from 1,123 donors! Your support is crucial. Please consider participating to help us achieve our goal of $305,000 by June 30^th.  The Annual Fund provides support for emerging student and faculty opportunities within the school.  It is the combined gifts, of any size, from MANY alumni, parents, friends, faculty and students that give the Annual Fund its impressive impact.  Your participation is important to help us to maintain our momentum and achieve our goal.  For a secure and easy way to donate through Penn's online giving Web site, click here.  Thank you for your support!


Penn Nursing Happenings and Upcoming Events >
SAVE-the-DATE

Monday, April 7, 2008 - SNAP hosts Penn Nursing Alumni Panel featuring Carla Weil Cohen Nu'75 GNu'77 and Sandy Samberg Nu'94 GNu'95 - Fagin Hall, Philadelphia, PA

Thursday April 10, 2008 - Claire M. Fagin Distinguished Researcher Lecture & Award
Marilyn (Lynn) S. Sommers, Nu'72, PhD, RN, FAAN, Lillian S. Brunner Professor of Medical-Surgical Nursing will present on "Inquiry and Injury: Why Curiosity Never Killed the Cat" - Claire M. Fagin Hall, Philadelphia, PA

Sunday, April 13, 2008 - Penn Nursing goes to Baltimore to discuss Where Science Leads and the Future of Health Care. For more information, contact the Development and Alumni Relations Office at 215-898-4841.

Monday, April 28, 2008 - Making History - The Campaign For Penn Regional Launch Event with Penn President Amy Gutmann - Fairmont, Chicago, IL

Monday, April 28, 2008 - Hillman Scholars Reception celebrating graduating Hillman scholars with Hillman Alumni, undergraduates and friends of the program - New York

May 16-18, 2008 - Penn Nursing Alumni Weekend
Featured event:  10-11am - "The Anatomy of HealthCare Reform" panel featuring Penn alumni experts from the worlds of nursing, business, insurance, medicine and government; moderated by Rosemarie Greco, director, Pennsylvania's State Office of HealthCare Reform.

Thursday, September 25, 2008 - Penn Nursing Alumni Reception as part of the American Association for the History of Nursing (AAHN) 25^th Annual Research Conference in Philadelphia, PA.

Continuing Nursing Education >

March 28 & 29, 2008 - 5^th Annual Patient Safety Conference - Inn at Penn, University of Pennsylvania Campus.  Contact: Janet Tomcavage 215-898-4522

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