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Penn Nursing -
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"We like bringing smart people together. This is a place where people generate ideas, and there are no barriers to exploring new ways of thinking and working -- the sky is the limit." Neville E. Strumpf

PENN NURSING: GeroScholars
The three Penn Nursing GeroScholars featured below highlight our students' dedication, excellence and extraordinary achievements. This page points also to the extensive support services which are available to all Penn Nursing students, such as individual mentoring by renowned faculty, dynamic scholars groups, and unique clinical learning and research opportunities.
Focus on: Penn Nursing GeroStudents
Focus on Master's Student: MARY DeVRY
"I've made the right decision!"
Mary de Vry, a recent Penn Nursing graduate, reflects on her experiences at Penn.
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Focus on Doctoral Student: CARRIE STRICKER

"I'm excited about the opportunity to begin to address concerns of women through a collaborative research training program supported by a Clinical Research Nurse Training Award from the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program "

Focus on BSN Student: MARY NGUYEN

"I am interning as a communications student; so I am very excited to be working at this Center because I will be able to develop relationships with the elderly population and thus using my nursing and communications background."
Focus on: Penn Nursing Gero Students Groups and Seminars  

Gero Scholars Seminar Series.
Penn Nursing Gero Scholars meet regularly on a bi-monthly basis to present abstracts, public presentations, papers, journal articles, and research findings to each other and to their faculty mentors.

Gero-Oncology Group. Dr. Sarah Kagan's Gero-Oncology students get together at bi-monthly breakfast meetings to discuss their latest projects, listen to guest lecturers, and share each others company and good food.
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Hartford MBA / Administrative Scholar Mentoring Group meets regularly with faculty mentors, Cynthia Scalzi, Linda Carrick and Neville Strumpf. Participants: Elizabeth Miller, MSN, RN, CRNP (Wharton), Therese D. Narzikul, MSN, RN, CRNP (Villanova), and Bonnie B. Benetato, RN, MSN, FNP (American University).
 
Focus on: Penn Student Activities
Penn in Practice
Penn Nursing helps seniors choose LIFE
Penn Nursing Research
Penn Nursing Students Present at National and International Conferences
Unique Clinical Learning and Research Opportunities
Penn Nursing provides exceptional opportunities for one-on-one relationships with faculty through research and clinical experiences. GeroSeminars provide additional opportunities for scholarly exchanges. Penn Nursing pre- and postdoctoral scholars exchange ideas, give formal presentations, and get feedback on their research from mentors and peers.
 

What's different about Penn Nursing Gero Programs?

"All our faculty are actively engaged in research to advance the science of nursing. Students at all levels join us on significant projects and often design research of their own.

Penn's excellent research centers, such as the HCGNE, make collaboration especially fruitful, and teaming with experts in other parts of the University adds dimension and depth to our work.

Dr. Neville E. Strumpf
Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor in Gerontology


Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
University of Pennsylvania - School of Nursing - 420 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6096
TEL: (215) 573-3296 - FAX: (215) 573-6464
Last updated October 22, 2005