College of Nursing News
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News Releases
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![°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ nursing faculty member Dr. James Tudhope (far right) and his research team members Dr. Andrea Warner Stidham (far left) and Andrea Nelson (center), stand next to the Portage Path Behavioral Health sign.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/HERSA%20Tudhope%20and%20Team%20fall%202023_1500x600.jpeg?VersionId=_viTjA.Y6EfA0wv1aWimh8fS45VS4oPG)
James Tudhope, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, NPD-BC, assistant professor and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner concentration coordinator at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ College of Nursing, was recently awarded a four-year, $2 million grant from the Department of Health and Human…
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![New College of Nursing faculty members, from left, Meghan Edmondson and Alisha Lickwar](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/New%20faculty%20fall%202023_1500x600.jpeg?VersionId=hIoxVyl8uUAJ2BWrf.NMszACUpnMetZW)
The college welcomed three full-time faculty at the start of the fall 2023 semester.
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![Pictured (from left to right) are Mary Kutchin, Tracey Motter, Erin Slay and Holly Ma. Pictured (from left to right) are Mary Kutchin, Tracey Motter, Erin Slay and Holly Ma.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/Mary%20Kutchin%2C%20Tracey%20Motter%2C%20Erin%20Slay%20and%20Holly%20Ma.jpeg?VersionId=6VwUa5.tijhl_SCqvosr7SzeRJFMHS.5)
Faculty researchers from °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s College of Nursing recently received nearly $4 million in grant funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration to develop an LPN-to-BSN pathway called the LPN Education Advancement Program (LEAP). The program…
Each year, dozens of College of Nursing students open their inbox and are greeted with a message notifying them that they have been awarded a scholarship. These scholarships ignite a chain reaction of positive change in the students’ lives. The ripple effects of our donor’s…
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![College of Nursing juniors Caleb Faust (left) and Melina Connell pose for a photo in their nursing scrubs in front of Henderson Hall on the Kent campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/Phi%20Beta%20Kappa_1500x600.jpeg?VersionId=v9rDgqm8EvpATyFn_bTTmZMJAzvsYCYC)
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ College of Nursing juniors Melina Connell of Mansfield, OH, and Caleb Faust of Columbus, OH, were among 53 °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Society, America’s most prestigious academic honor society which recognizes a student’s…
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![To the left, siblings Mason and Morgan Copley stand with their father, Christoper. To the right, Nikolai stands with his mother, Lisa.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/Nurse%20legacy_1500x600.jpeg?VersionId=dXY2FrRjzp7ExhYiQ_Uz_0KSoM4oOSop)
While the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ College of Nursing spring class of 2023 basked in their educational accomplishments during the Convocation pinning ceremony in May, nursing legacy students and siblings Mason and Morgan Copley, along with another nursing legacy, Niko Davis, shared…
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![Spring 2023 BSN white coat ceremony](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/White%20Coat%20spring%202023%201500x600.jpeg?VersionId=NEYD8jJPzz0EptRv4hjnANQ6W5caJTNM)
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ College of Nursing held five inaugural BSN White Coat Ceremonies at the Geauga, Kent, Salem, Stark and Trumbull campuses and one ABSN ceremony at the Kent campus during the spring 2023 semester. More than 200 sophomore BSN nursing students and 13 ABSN…
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![End of Life CAREOL research project](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/End%20of%20Life%20simulation%20spring%202023%201500x600.jpeg?VersionId=AMvtUhXGb6ZlGz.I4cf6oWWZ5iGLtXXl)
On a Tuesday morning in early February, nearly 300 students, about 130 junior nursing students from °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's College of Nursing and 160 second-year medical students from
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![Four °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Alums Join College of Nursing Staff, from left: Ean Hudspeth, Michelle Whittlesey, Taylor Livengood and Chris Dipadova New CON staff spring 2023](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/New%20CON%20staff%20spring%202023%201500x600.jpeg?VersionId=wS_2vyHAS26wbpZZRSLX9izbpk1FVeud)
The next time you visit Henderson Hall, you may notice some new faces around the building! Our staff has been joined by two College of Nursing Information Technology Support Services personnel, as well as two academic advisors.
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°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ College of Nursing welcomed Christine Kauth Ph.D., RN, as the inaugural Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs on January 17, 2023. In this role, Kauth will oversee schedules, faculty workload, faculty development and relationship building with facility…