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Rachel Rivera

Pascale Bélony honored as outstanding young alumni

We are thrilled to recognize Gator Nurse Pascale Bélony (BSN 2018) today as the College of Nursing’s University of Florida Alumni Association’s 40 Gators Under 40 honoree. Bélony is a surgical nurse at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach and represented her home country Haiti in the 70th Miss Universe…

Alumna, Cathy Campbell, receives prestigious award at UVA

Cathy Campbell (BSN 1986, MSN 2000 & DNP 2004), associate professor of nursing and department chair at the University of Virginia School of Nursing recently received the University of Virginia Health’s 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Award, the health system’s biggest annual equity and inclusion award. She was one of…

Cousin Receives Institutional CTSI Scholar Award

Assistant Professor Lakeshia Cousin, PhD, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, is the recipient of an Institutional CTSI Scholar Award funded by the UF Health Cancer Center. Cousin’s research focuses on reducing morbidity and mortality risk in older African American breast cancer survivors by developing culturally tailored interventions to improve mental and…

Ukraine: Message of Support from Dean McDaniel

After a very trying two years, I know we are all weary of distressing news. However, the recent events taking place in Ukraine are especially harrowing. I want to offer support to any College of Nursing students, faculty, staff, or alumni who have connections to Ukraine or who might find…

Giving Day 2022 – THANK YOU!

The fourth annual Gator Nation Giving Day was one for the record books. Held Feb. 17, this 24-hour fundraising event called on all alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends to make a gift to the university and support any area that means the most to them.

2022 Dorothy M. Smith Nursing Leadership Award Winners

With the switch to a virtual conference, the UF College of Nursing was unable to host the 2022 Dorothy M. Smith Nursing Leadership Special Guests and Awards Dinner. At this dinner, the college honors outstanding alumni who have advanced nursing in the areas to which founding dean Dorothy Smith dedicated…

40 years in the making – A journey toward becoming a Gator Nurse

Gator Nurse Ashley Williamson is a registered nurse at the NCH Heart Institute in Naples, Florida. There Williamson – who has been an RN for two and a half years – works with the cardiothoracic surgery team at the clinic adjacent to the hospital where she was born. She is…