Chartula [UNCG School of Nursing newsletter, Summer 2002]

              Faculty news
The March 2002 issue of the
Journal of Gerontological
Nursing features articles by
UNCG School of Nursing
faculty members Dr. Beth
Barba, Dr. Anita Tesh, and
Dr. Nancy Courts. Titles
include "Promoting
Thriving in Nursing
Homes: The Eden
Alternative;" "Thriving: A
Life Span Theory;"
"Characteristics of Nursing
Homes Adopting Environmental Transformations;"
and "The North Carolina
Eden Coalition: Facilitating
Environmental
Transformation."
Dr. Rachel Allred, faculty
emeritus, has been elected
vice president of the
Chatham Hospital Board of
Trustees.
Emelia Amoako received a
pre-doctoral fellowship
award from the John A.
Hartford Foundation to
complete her doctoral
studies in nursing.
Emelia Amoako and Beth
Barba received a grant
from the North Carolina
AHEC for the Co ley-
Jenkins & Morehead-
Simkins Independent
Living Centers, Resource
Center at Hampton Homes
as part of the "Support for
Planning, Continuation and
Development of New
Clinical Training Sites for
Nursing: Fiscal Year 2001-
2002" initiative.
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VonCannon receives Scholarship fund
Distinguished Alumni       memorializes
fire victim
C    Award
Alumni assist NYC
in aftermath
of Sept. 11
Nurses are bulwark
of strength   /°"
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School of Nursing Receives Major Grants
Awards recognize schools strength in gerontology
of Nursing has received several major      lenge of provid
The School of Nursing has received several major
grants from leading healthcare foundations in
recent months, thanks largely to the nationally-
recognized strength and stature of its gerontological focus.
William Randolph Hearst "Initiative in Aging"
The school is one of only five nursing schools
nationally, and the only one in the Southeast to
receive a $500,000 grant from the William
Randolph Hearst Foundation's "Initiative in
Aging 2001." The grant will endow the William
Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship Fund for
Geriatric Nurse
Practitioners, providing
fellowships of $4,250 for
graduate students in the
gerontological /adult
nurse practitioner program (GNP/ANP) starting in the fall. In the
future, as many as five
awards could be made
annually.
"Receiving this grant
through a national competition is one of the
highest forms of recognition that can be given to
a professional program
like ours," said Dr.
Lynne Pearcey, dean of
the school. "The William
Randolph Hearst
Foundation's 'Initiative
in Aging' will allow our
school to meet the chal
lenge of providing health care for America's aging
population. In the future, the Hearst endowment
will provide opportunities for many of our graduate students, and overall, it will serve to enhance
the care of the elderly in the state and region."
In addition to UNCG, the other four programs
to receive Hearst Foundation "Initiative in Aging"
grants are New York University's Division of
Nursing; the Bolton School of Nursing at Case
Western Reserve University; the School of
Nursing at the University of Texas Health Science
Center; and the School of Nursing at Oregon
Health Sciences University.
"These other recipients of the award are
very large prestigious
schools of nursing," said
Dr. Laurie Kennedy-
Malone, director of the
GNP/ANP program.
"Such a high level of
competition makes this
award all the more
gratifying. One of the
reasons UNCG was
selected is our sustained
ability to recruit and
graduate a significant
number of geriatric
nurse practitioners with
over 160 graduates to
date."
The Hearst
Foundation's "Initiative
in Aging 2001" is a $5
million grant program
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