The annual Elevate & Celebrate Award Ceremony was held on Friday, May 9, and honored the outstanding contributions of our dedicated Gator Nursing team.The recognitions included the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurse Educators, College Faculty and Staff Awards and special honors for faculty members moving on to new…
In the latest episode of “Tell Me About It” WUFT’s Sue Wagner talks to Dean Shakira Henderson about the college’s Elevate 2029 strategic plan. The tenets of the plan were determined after months of dedicated collaboration and rigorous analysis, both internally and externally, to chart a course toward making…
As we close out National Nurses Week — a time when we honor the heart and soul of health care — it’s easy to focus on those frontline nursing professionals. But behind every compassionate caregiver is a teacher, a mentor and a leader who believed in their potential and helped…
As we kick off Nurses Week, May 6-12, the spotlight turns on those professionals who serve at the heart of our health care system. For many, the image of nursing remains the caregiver at the bedside, dispensing the comfort and compassion central to the profession. However, nursing has evolved…
While the UF College of Nursing’s pinning ceremony on May 2 continued the time-honored tradition of marking the culmination of years of hard work for nursing students, this year, the college introduced a new tradition: graduates got to choose who pinned them during the ceremony. Traditionally, college Alumni Council members pinned new…
The University of Florida College of Nursing celebrated research, scholarship and the future of health care at the 2025 Nursing Research Summit and Malasanos Lectureship. This year’s theme,Then, Now & Forward: Advances in Nursing Education, Practice and Research, emphasized the power of nursing science to drive meaningful change in patient…
When Mariella Marfori, a graduate student at the University of Florida College of Nursing, was invited to join a team tasked with designing a health care facility from the ground up for the 2025 PDC Summit Student Design Challenge, she felt both intrigued and uncertain. She wondered what a nurse…
Advocating for those in need and working to transform how Florida addresses end-of-life care have become passions for Meredith Fischer, a University of Florida College of Nursing student.
Katelyn Watts never thought that in just three months her graduate student project would rescue several human trafficking victims, capture accused traffickers, and become part of a hospital system’s screening process. Watts, a recent Doctor of Nursing Practice graduate from the University of Florida College of Nursing, said she is…
Congratulations to the Gainesville and Jacksonville Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing students who recently received Moffitt Cancer Center scholarships. The scholarships are open to ABSN students who are not eligible for traditional scholarships since they already hold a bachelor’s degree. As part of the scholarship, students agree to…
