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Gator Nurses Take Plunge in First-Ever Research ‘Shark Tank’

Gator Nurses swam with the sharks in an all-new experience that put their health care innovation skills to the test. The College of Nursing recently held its first ever research “Shark Tank” to give Gator Nurses a chance to design and present their own inventions that could be used to…

VIDEO Celebrating Black History Month: Gator Nurse Carolyn Adams

We would like to recognize Gator Nurse Carolyn Adams (BSN 1972, MSN 1973), who was one of the first African American students invited to attend the University of Florida. After graduating, she established the Estella Byrd Whitman Wellness and Community Resource Center to provide much-needed health care underserved and uninsured…

A presidential reflection

Current Alumni Council President, Ashley-Marie Mendez (ABSN 2014) shared her Gator Nursing story with students. Ashley-Marie has practiced at UF Health in a variety of roles, including trauma and lung transplant medical-surgical nurse and lung transplant nurse coordinator. She currently practices with with UF Health Shands HomeCare as a home…

UF College of Nursing Alumnus Named to the Gator100

Recognizing his exceptional entrepreneurship and innovative spirit, UF College of Nursing alumnus, Larry Siegel was named a Gator100. The Gator100 list serves as the University of Florida’s premier entrepreneurial awards program and recognizes the 100 fastest-growing, Gator-owned or led businesses in the world. Siegel was officially honored for his achievement…

Angela Godwin Beoku-Betts honored as outstanding young alumni

Gator Nurse Angela Godwin Beoku-Betts (BSN ’04) was one of 40 University of Florida alumni who received this year’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award. Beoku-Betts currently lives in New York, where she is a clinical assistant professor at NYU. Q: What is your career point of pride?A: “The numerous nursing…

UF Online Rises to Fourth in the Nation for Online Bachelor’s Degree Programs

The University of Florida sets a new standard as a modern research university, receiving national recognition for both traditional classroom programs and online pathways. UF Online, UF’s online undergraduate experience, has now risen to No. 4 in the country for best online bachelor’s programs according to…

Honoring Gator Nursing Veterans

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program has several similarities to the military. Both are structured, challenging, require teamwork and discipline, and, above all else, can mean the difference between life and death.

Rising Above Childhood Cancer to Care for Others

DNP graduate and pediatric cancer survivor Laura Sealy with a pediatric patient at Texas Children’s Hospital, where Sealy works as a nurse practitioner. One night in 1995, Jody and Marcus Sealy prayed as they took their 4-year-old daughter, Laura, to Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville. They prayed what…