Schedule of Events

Penn Nursing Alumni Weekend 2012
Friday - Sunday, May 11-13

Catch up with classmates, hear about the amazing work of Penn Nursing alumni and faculty – and bring your family, because there are events planned for everyone! Online registration is now closed for Alumni Weekend 2012.  You can still register in person this weekend at an increased price.  Registration will be located at Claire M. Fagin Hall.

Friday, May 11, 2012

10:00am-2:00pm
Center for Global Women's Health Inaugural Symposium, "Gender Equality, Peace, and Security: A Global Mandate for Women's Health"

To feature a series of events, including lunch, student and faculty poster session, guest speakers, and remarks by Dr. Marilyn Sawyer Sommers, Nu'72, director, Center for Global Women's Health. 

4-5:30pm
Celebrating Excellence: Faculty and Alumni Awards Program
Ann L. Roy Auditorium, Claire M. Fagin Hall

This annual Faculty and Alumni Awards Program honors the varied achievements of our community members. Celebrate the recipients of this year’s Alumni Awards and hear about the accomplishments of your Penn Nursing faculty. A reception will follow.

5:30-8:30pm
Women's Health and Midwifery Programs Reunion

With Special Guests: Ruth York, PhD, FAAN, RN, Associate Professor Emerita of Health Care of Women, Penn Nursing; and Joyce Thompson, DrPH, MPH, CNM, BSN, Professor Emerita, College of Health and Human Services, Western Michigan University
Ann L. Roy Auditorium, Claire M. Fagin Hall

Women's Health and Midwifery program alumni and students are invited to a reunion with current and past program faculty, featuring a poster session, awards, lecture, Fagin Hall tours, and a dessert reception.  Confirmed faculty attendees include: Dawn Durain, Bill McCool, Jamille Nagtalon Ramos, Barbara Reale, and Lynn Stringer.  This is a terrific opportunity to reconnect and network.  Special registration rate if you stay the weekend!

Saturday, May 12, 2012

8:30-9:30am
Penn Nursing Legacy Breakfast
Claire M. Fagin Hall, 4th Floor

Dean Afaf Meleis invites Penn Nursing "legacy" alumni (Class of 1962 and earlier, with all HUP alumni) for an intimate breakfast and conversation.  There will be opportunity for questions and discussion about the changes in nursing education and what the future holds.  Seating is limited.  Register early.  Legacy breakfast registration opens at 8:15am.

10:00-11:30am or 10:45-11:15am (offering two sessions, choose one)
Experience the new A&P Lab!
Ann L. Roy Auditorium, Claire M. Fagin Hall

Penn Nursing faculty member, Connie Scanga, will lead an interactive demonstration of the new A&P lab technology.  Advance registration required.

10:30-11:30am
Meet the Artist: The History of Nursing as Seen Through the Lens of Art
Carol Ware Lobby, Claire M. Fagin Hall

Kathleen Shaver, HUP'76, Moore College of Art and Design alumna, will discuss her vision in creating The History of Nursing as Seen Through the Lens of Art, a new installation at Fagin Hall gifted by the HUP Nursing Alumni Association.  With original paintings focused on the themes of voice, clinical judgment, global engagement, and more in the context of interpreted historic paintings, Shaver will lead a conversation with Nursing Dean, Afaf Meleis.  This event is part of the School's celebration of 125 years of Nursing Education at Penn.  Advance registration is not required, but seating is limited.

11:45am-12:30pm
Penn Nursing in the Parade
Patio by Steinberg Conference Center

All Nursing alumni are invited to march with the Dean, Nursing Alumni Board president, and fellow alumni.  Help us uphold our tradition as the most vocal and upbeat group in the parade!  

12:30-3:30pm
Penn Nursing at the Picnic
Tent at 34th and Walnut Streets

All Nursing alumni (undergraduate, graduate, HUP and School of Education nursing majors) are invited to enjoy a picnic lunch and network with fellow alumni, graduating seniors, faculty and Dean Meleis at the Nursing tent.  President Gutmann will stop by our tent to make remarks.  Be sure to register for the Nursing tent when signing up. 

6:30pm
Class of 1957 Reception at the home of Carolyn McGrory, Nu'57, Fort Washington, Pa., for the "generic group who started under Dean Lynch."

Sunday, May 13, 2012

12:00pm
Sigma Theta Tau Induction Ceremony and Luncheon
Ann L. Roy Auditorium, Claire M. Fagin Hall

Induction ceremony of the Penn Nursing Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau.  Registration begins at 11:30am.  Cost per person is $20, with checks payable to Sigma Theta Tau - Xi Chapter.

5:30-7:30pm
Annual Rosalyn J. Watts Diversity Scholars Graduation Celebration
Carol Elizabeth Ware Lobby, Claire M. Fagin Hall

Alumni are invited to applaud the graduation of Penn Nursing's Diversity Scholars from both undergraduate and graduate programs during a dinner celebration with students and their families.  $25 for alumni.