Duquesne University Nursing Alumni Association

Effective June 30th, the Duquesne University Nursing Alumni Association page will be closed. We highly encourage you to follow the Duquesne University School of Nursing page that will continue to communicate information to our alumni.

Just a reminder the deadline to order is March 22nd!

It’s time for the School of Nursing Alumni Association Spring Sarris Candy sale! The sale runs until Friday, March 22nd. All proceeds benefit the Nursing Alumni Association Scholarship. Ordering is easy and comes right to your door!

Because of YOU, the 9th annual Day of Giving was a huge success. The School of Nursing received 106 gifts for a total of $33,019. We exceeded fundraising goal to support nursing students' education and beat what we raised last year.
Thank you so much for giving and spreading the word!

Update: we have raised $30,759 from 88 donations! Help us to hit 100!

There is still time to give !

There is still time to give !

TOMORROW is the Day of Giving! Join other donors to support the School of Nursing in a variety of ways. You can pick where your donation goes - to the Student Emergency Fund, the School of Nursing Food Pantry, and other options! We hope you'll consider donating to support the School of Nursing tomorrow!

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Calling all School of Nursing alums! Help us make this Day of Giving the most successful to date!

There are only TWO days until the Day of Giving! We hope you consider donating to support the School of Nursing and our students. Learn more and donate on Wednesday here: https://dayofgiving.duq.edu/

We love to welcome new . Congratulations to Holly Hendrick, FNP, SANE-A.

Holly Hendrick recently completed the SANE-A Certification at through an extended Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant. Holly recently shared her experience about the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner’s (SANE) program and her work as a FNP and owner at Simply Physicals. Read about her experience - https://bit.ly/HendrickSANE.

Dr. Sekula received a grant to Increasing the Number of SANEs via Digital Technologies. The SANE-A Certification program is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Next weekend there's a special event to honor a and support . The Jessica-Marie Tisak Memorial 5k Run/Walk will be held next Saturday, August 5 at 10 AM at at the Brady’s Run Park (Shelter 14). We'd love to have you join us for an afternoon picnic with bouncy houses and family fun. If you prefer to donate, please visit the GoFundMe page - https://gofund.me/26400f69.

This scholarship is in memory of 2014 alumna Jessica-Marie Tisak, and supports students through an endowed scholarship.

We want to welcome on the new graduates to the Duquesne University Nursing Alumni Association. Congratulations!

Are you a reader? Do you enjoy alumni community? Well then, you should consider joining the Alumni Book Club and engaging with fellow .

We know that Rosanna touched many lives, and we wanted to give you the opportunity to know of her pending retirement. Please know that any DMs or posts will be forwarded to Rosanna.

Today was bittersweet. It was Rosanna Henry, MSN, RN, CHSE, last lab day before her well-earned retirement. Ms. Henry is the Assistant Dean for Clinical Skills and Simulation Education and an Instructor. In her more than 20 years with the School of Nursing, she has touched the lives of many .

True to her passions, she spent this lab day with the incoming class of Clinical Immersion BSN students, helping nursing students reach their bigger goals.

We couldn't love this any more....thank you for sharing the gift of alumni.

We received this from Kra Friedman, and are so pleased to know the Duquesne University Nursing Alumni Association is strong around the entire globe. Needless to say, Abby and Shayna have made us smile. We love our .

"Today I went in to work for my shift as a staff midwife at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem, and my first patient of the day was Shayna Wolf, a graduate!!!

She said, 'I know you! I saw a post about you on 's social media!'

There are not many Duquesne Nursing graduates in Israel and here we found ourselves meeting up in the labor and delivery room of all places!!

It was so wonderful to talk and reminisce about our experiences, our faculty, and how much we both loved Duquesne Nursing!!"

We received this from Kra Friedman, and are so pleased to know the Duquesne University Nursing Alumni Association is strong around the entire globe. Needless to say, Abby and Shayna have made us smile. We love our .

"Today I went in to work for my shift as a staff midwife at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem, and my first patient of the day was Shayna Wolf, a graduate!!!

She said, 'I know you! I saw a post about you on 's social media!'

There are not many Duquesne Nursing graduates in Israel and here we found ourselves meeting up in the labor and delivery room of all places!!

It was so wonderful to talk and reminisce about our experiences, our faculty, and how much we both loved Duquesne Nursing!!"

Save the date! The University’s annual Homecoming and Family Weekend will be held Friday, Oct. 20, through Sunday, Oct. 22.

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We are so proud to have represented among the . Congratulations, Emily!

Over the weekend, alumna Emily Kinley received the "Dukes from the Last Decade" award through Duquesne University. Although Emily was unable to attend the ceremony due serving as a Navy Nurse in Sicily, she did share about her bigger, future goals. Read what Emily shared - https://bit.ly/kinleyaward.

Needless to say, we are exceptionally proud to call Emily a member of the Duquesne University Nursing Alumni Association. Congratulations!

Just a reminder, if you'd like to come celebrate Emily!

Dukes from the Last Decade: coming again soon to the Energy Innovation Center! Register by June 2 to reserve your spot to celebrate our awardees!
https://www.myduquesne.duq.edu/dukeslastdecade

We are so proud of our newest alumni.

Tomorrow, we will welcome approximately 200 new from the School of Nursing. Congratulations on your pending graduation, class of 2023! We are proud of you!

Last day!! Don’t forget to buy while it’s hot!!

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Get your Easter candy!!! Sale runs thru the 2nd!!

Happy St Patrick’s day all🍀
Easter is just around the corner so don’t forget to order your candy from Sarris.
Share with your friends and make the world a sweeter place!!!!

It was with the utmost sadness that I inform you that Dr. Linda Garand passed away on March 18th. Please keep Dr. Garand and her husband, Ben, in your prayers.

Linda Garand, PhD, RN, GCNS-BC, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, obtained a PhD in Nursing from the University of Iowa and completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Garand achieved significant national recognition for her contributions to the field of geropsychiatric nursing. She published extensively and presented her work at Scientific Meetings and Global Consortiums. Peer and student evaluations of her teaching effectiveness were consistently excellent. Her research focused on preserving the mental health and well-being of family caregivers of persons with cognitive impairment (e.g. Alzheimers Disease, mild cognitive impairment, and traumatic brain injury). With support from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIHM), she characterized the nature and level of psychiatric morbidity and burden among spouses of individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI, a precursor to some forms of dementia), and then she conducted a randomized clinical trial (RCT) of a preventive, problem-solving training (PST)-based mental health intervention with family caregivers of persons with MCI or early dementia. Relative to a comparison intervention, caregivers that received the PST intervention endorsed significantly lower burden and depression levels over one year of follow-up. Dr. Garand was also awarded a U.S. Department of Defense Peer reviewed Alzheimer's Research Program Award from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.

Dr. Garand will be remembered for her kindness, love of nursing science, and sense of humor.

will have a memorial service in the Duquesne University Chapel of the Holy Spirit in the near future. We will provide details once they are finalized.

- Dean Mary Ellen Glasgow

Happy St Patrick’s day all🍀
Easter is just around the corner so don’t forget to order your candy from Sarris.
Share with your friends and make the world a sweeter place!!!!

We hope you'll consider supporting the proposed program. Gifts of monetary support are needed by tomorrow evening, as ANY amount is doubled if gifted before the end of the day.

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Buy Sarris and help out Duquesne! Easy to shop and buy. Prices the same as at the shop and the best part? It’s shipped to your door!

Sarris Candies Sale for Duquesne School of Nursing Alumni Association

There's a proposed Clinician to Faculty Member program at that may be of interest whether in gifting, participating, or both.

Our alumni are doing great things. Sara, thank you for being a wonderful representation of .

Congratulations to 2022 BSN graduate, Sara Greenan. Sara works at UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh, PA, and was awarded a "DAISY."

The DAISY award is an extraordinary care award given to nurses whose patients nominate them (https://bit.ly/Award-Daisy). Here is Sara's nominees' story (in her own words):.

"I was sitting with the Patient whom she was caring for, I was really proud to be standing with her as her patient got very upset, calling her and all the staff names, and also refusing the care the patient needed. The whole shift I watch how she stayed so very professional as the patient tried to break her spirits down. She never allowed the patient to take her out of character. Once she informed the patient that he was being moved to a different room, that upset the patient to the point that we had to call security to transport the patient to the new room. I would like to let Sara know that she is a ROCK STAR!!"

Sara, we are so proud of you!