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A PublicAtion of new York universitY college of nursing Spring 2014 vol. 12, no. 2 scholarshipsmake the difference cynthia sculco, edD, rn (right), endowed the cynthia Davis sculco scholarship fund, which is helping Malka schuler attend nYu college of nursing. students Discuss the Aid that Paved the way to nursing 4 ghana wins! the ghanaian nurse leaders Program 10 interprofessional learning unites nursing, Dental, and Medical students 13 giving annual scholarship fund Our Students Have an Urgent Need for Scholarships Of Our Undergraduates Nearly 90% Receive Financial Aid Each Year Please Give to the Colle Ge of NursiNG AnnuAl ScholArShip Fund aNd helP our studeNts reaCh their dream of be ComiNG the best Nurses iN the world. Please use the envelope enclosed. Or, donate online at nursing.nyu.edu thank you for your generosity. for more information, contact nadège roc at 212-992-8580 or [email protected] 2 Greetings from the Dean 16 College of Nursing Creates Faculty Council A PublicAtion of new york university 3 Your Name Here: Opportunities college of nursing to Sponsor Rooms in the New 17 The Right Place at the Right SPRING 2014, VOL. 12, NO. 2 Nursing Building Time: Nursing Faculty Member Rescues Toddler 4 Scholarships Make it Happen: Students Discuss the Aid that 20 Celebrations Paved the Way to Nursing 7 Donor Spotlight: Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn Scholarships Support Student Leaders Dean Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, 8 Donor Spotlight: Marie Schwartz, PhD, RN, FAAN a Pioneer and Role Model Associate Director Continues to Inspire for communications Dean Mudgett 9 Donor Spotlight: Yanki Schori’s Assistant Director 22 Strengthening Infection Gift Says Thank You to Nurses for Alumni relations Control in Rwanda and Development for the Best Care Nadège Roc Managing editor / Writer 24 College and Faculty News Barbara Kancelbaum 10 Ghana Wins! The Ghanaian Nurse Leaders Program writer Cecilia Malm Design Susan Carabetta editorial board Deborah Chyun, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN Judith Haber, PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN Amy Knowles, EdD Barbara Krainovich-Miller, EdD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, ANEF, FAAN 13 Preparing to Work Together: 32 Alumna Profile: Wendy Budin Ellen Lyons, MPA Interprofessional Learning Gail D’Eramo Melkus, Experience Unites Nursing, 33 EdD, C-NP, FAAN Alumna Diana Mason Takes Dental, and Medical Students the Helm at AAN James Pace, DSN, MDiv, ANP-BC, FAANP 34 Alumni News and Achievements 39 Why I Give: Cynthia Davis Sculco NYU College of Nursing 726 Broadway, 10th Floor New York, NY 10003-9502 40 Dean’s Circle 212-998-5300 Spring 2014 1 Greetings From DEAN EILEEN Sullivan-MARx Dear Friends, for many of our students — and to these We are also bringing even closer promising scholars who graciously accept together the College of Nursing and NYU I’d like to extend my heartfelt congratula- this assistance to take the first steps toward Langone Medical Center through the tions to our wonderful class of 2014! It’s highly worthwhile and fulfilling careers. appointment of Kim Glassman, PhD ’07, always a thrill to watch our impressive When our alumni and other friends MA ’87, RN, the medical center’s senior and motivated new nurses venture from ask me how they can help, I always tell vice president for patient care services the classroom into the world, bringing them that the need for scholarships is and chief nursing officer, to an additional their skills, knowledge, and enthusiasm paramount to a large proportion of our new role as associate dean for partner- into our health care system, where I know students, 83 percent of whom receive ship innovation at the College of Nursing. they will have a tremendously positive some form of financial aid. This support Through this position, she’ll provide impact on their patients and the system as is especially meaningful for our acceler- vision and leadership for the integration a whole. I look forward to hearing about ated baccalaureate students — those with of education, practice, clinical research, their achievements as their careers unfold. previous academic degrees who often and scholarship between the College and This issue of our magazine is devoted to are not eligible for traditional financial NYULMC, where more than 500 under- the extremely generous donors who make aid programs. Second-degree students graduate nursing students every year the promise of a nursing career a reality have for the past decade constituted the have clinical experiences. In addition, fastest-growing group of nursing students some $15 million in research funds are at NYU and across the country. Offering shared annually through collaborative scholarships to these mature, driven indi- efforts between the medical center and viduals is a shining example of how the our faculty. College of Nursing helps to usher deserv- Finally, I’d like to congratulate our won- ing students quickly into a career that derful faculty on developing the College’s needs them — whether they go on to work first Faculty Council (page 16) — a system for NYU Langone Medical Center, as many of participatory governance common at of our graduates do, or on the other side of large universities, which brings us to a the world. new level of maturity as a College within a As you’ll read beginning on page 4, great university. accelerated students or recent graduates— Again, my profound thanks to the many like Luke Andrew Glaude, who volun- donors who are helping our students teered with the Peace Corps in Tanzania; obtain an excellent nursing education Neida Leal, with forensic entomology without taking on undue financial bur- experience; and Abieyuwa Omogun, who dens, freeing them to practice how and served in the U.S. armed forces — are a where they choose. With your support, very well-rounded group who, because of our students can take on the world. their varied backgrounds, will challenge and improve the ways in which health care is delivered in our country and beyond. They see nursing as an opportunity to merge their passions and their pasts, and Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RN, FAAN they will help us ease the shortage with the Dean & Erline Perkins McGriff Professor best the profession has to offer. This spring, our degree programs have continued to generate robust applications from prospective students who are seek- ing an exceptional education and career, and we will once again surpass our enroll- ment goals for the fall semester. 2 New York UNiversitY College of NUrsiNg Magazine { your Name here } INNOVATIVE STATE-OF-THE-ART INTERPROFESSIONAL THE FUTURE Top row from left: Bottom row from left: nursing leadership learning commons faculty offices courtyard observation rooms conference room group study rooms Put your name or that of a Name an outdoor space that in the clinical simulation By including your name or and seating clusters loved one or mentor on the will be enjoyed by College learning center that of another nurse leader Name these larger, private spaces office door of one of the of Nursing faculty, students, Name one of the rooms where in this room, you’ll celebrate where students from Nursing, College’s esteemed faculty and staff, surrounded by an students will observe and the achievements of nurses Dentistry, and Engineering will members, where students and oasis of plants and flowers learn as their peers conduct across generations. study with their peers or engage colleagues will be reminded in the fresh air. clinical simulations. in interprofessional projects. Also every day of your generosity. available for sponsorship are inti- mate seating clusters, where students will gather to study together, con- duct team projects, and catch up. there Are still oPPortunities to nAMe rooMs in our new nursing builDing Construction of the College of Nursing There is still an opportunity to name a seat “Naming may be done in honor of your fam- building on First Avenue is on sched- in the Alumni Lecture Hall or to add your ily, a faculty member who made a big differ- ule, and classes will begin there in spring name to a plaque for the Dean’s Suite, named ence in your life, or yourself,” says Dean Eileen semester 2015. A sense of excitement fills in honor of inaugural dean Terry Fulmer, or Sullivan-Marx. “The Nursing Leadership our entire College now that the building’s the Nursing Leadership Conference Room. Conference Room is an especially important structure is complete and interiors are room in our new building. Named by our being outfitted with beautiful furnishings alumna colleen conway-welch, PhD ’73, dean and state-of-the-art technology. For more information about emerita of the Vanderbilt University College This is the time to be included in our opportunities for you to of Nursing, it will be an inspiring space. family of donors: The new building contribute, Additional funds will enable the College to affords a wide range of naming and spon- please call Larry Siegel, feature in this conference room distinguished sorship opportunities, including faculty leaders whom the College has produced.” offices, study lounges, seating clusters, director of development, More information and photos of our new conference spaces, simulation observa- at 212-998-6794. home are available on our new-building web- tion rooms, and an entire courtyard. site, building.nursing.nyu.edu. K Spring 2014 3 ScholarshipsMAke it HAppen Students Discuss THE Aid that paved the way to nursing Financial support is invaluable to the 83 corporations, foundations, and friends. educations, some donors have directed percent of NYU College of Nursing under- Scholarships are particularly impor- their scholarship gifts particularly to these graduate students who receive it. The tant to second-degree accelerated bac- students. The College maintains some 36 College is proud to offer numerous schol- calaureate nursing students, who often scholarship funds, 10 of which are dedicated arships, offsetting the burden of loans and have exhausted federal grants and loans in to undergraduates.