As seen in the Washington Square News.
NYU’s College of Nursing will hold its first-ever commencement exercises today for its students after nearly 75 years as a division of the Steinhardt School of Education.
Elevated to the stature of a college in September 2005, the College of Nursing will see Dr. Antonia Novello, the state health commissioner, deliver the graduation’s keynote address. Of the 289 graduates, 175 students will receive bachelor’s degrees, 97 students will receive master’s degrees, nine students will receive doctoral degrees and eight students will receive advanced certificates.
Dean Terry Fulmer said in an e-mail that students picked Novello to deliver the keynote address.
“They said, ‘Dean Fulmer, we want you to ask Antonia Novello,’ and I did,” Fulmer said. “She is a wonderful physician and an excellent choice for the first commencement keynote speaker.”
Fulmer said a number of prominent figures in the field will also be recognized for their achievements. Judith Giuliani, the managing director of Changing Our World, Inc., will receive the New York University College of Nursing Humanitarian Award in recognition of her outstanding humanitarian effort on behalf of New Yorkers. Registered nurse Susan Bower-Ferres will receive the Distinguished Clinical Leadership award for outstanding contributions as a clinical leader and Novello will receive the Helen Manzer Award in recognition of outstanding leadership on behalf of improved health for the American people.
Judith Haber, the dean for Graduate Programs and Ursula Springer Leadership Professor in Nursing, said in an e-mail that the graduation is a “historic event that celebrates the proud history of the NYU Nursing program.”
“As one of the premier nursing programs worldwide, NYU Nursing alumni around the globe will mark this special event as one which recognizes the scope of national and international leadership and influence,” Haber said. “As a double alum (’67 MA, ’84 Ph.D), I am thrilled to be participating in this momentous event at which the first class of future nurse leaders is graduating from the NYU College of Nursing.”
The opportunity to become a college “evolved” from the installation of new Steinhardt administrators and Steinhardt’s “own introspection and search for a new dean,” Fulmer said.
“The timing was right to ask the questions: ‘Is this the right time to reposition nursing in the university? Is a college of nursing at the College of Dentistry a way to enhance the research and scholarship of nursing?’ ” Fulmer said. “The answer was ‘Yes.’ ”
Fulmer said enrollment is up this year for all programs, most of all the undergraduate program, with over 900 undergraduate applications this year, an increase of 24 percent from 724 applicants in 2005. More importantly, the college is seeing an increase in applications from around the country and internationally — a significant change from the traditionally high amount of applications from the tri-state area, Fulmer said.
“Nursing is being re-discovered as a profoundly gratifying career,” Fulmer said. “Over a quarter of this year’s incoming undergraduate class is coming to the nursing program having already completed one or more post-secondary degrees.”
Higher enrollment is partially due to “enhanced visibility” that allowed the college to recruit what Fulmer called “the best students from across the nation and the world.”
“Being a college strengthens our status as the premiere place for faculty recruitment,” Fulmer said. “Nationwide, nursing research faculty understand NYU now has a stronger, more committed nursing program as a college headed by a dean — and it makes the students feel terrific. They love it.”
Edit Meier, a junior in the School of Nursing, is also pleased by the school’s new independent status and graduation.
“Especially now that there is such a need for nurses, I think it puts the school out there for what it is,” she said. “And it’s a huge honor for the students, professors and the school as a whole to be recognized for all of that.”
Fulmer said the college’s first commencement is only the beginning of many great things in store for nursing students.
“The future for the College of Nursing and the nursing profession as a whole is bright indeed,” Fulmer said.
The College of Nursing’s commencement exercises will be held at 11 a.m. in the New Amsterdam Theatre at 214 W. 42nd St.
A stand-alone graduation for nursing students
As seen in the Washington Square News.
NYU’s College of Nursing will hold its first-ever commencement exercises today for its students after nearly 75 years as a division of the Steinhardt School of Education.
Elevated to the stature of a college in September 2005, the College of Nursing will see Dr. Antonia Novello, the state health commissioner, deliver the graduation’s keynote address. Of the 289 graduates, 175 students will receive bachelor’s degrees, 97 students will receive master’s degrees, nine students will receive doctoral degrees and eight students will receive advanced certificates.
Dean Terry Fulmer said in an e-mail that students picked Novello to deliver the keynote address.
“They said, ‘Dean Fulmer, we want you to ask Antonia Novello,’ and I did,” Fulmer said. “She is a wonderful physician and an excellent choice for the first commencement keynote speaker.”
Fulmer said a number of prominent figures in the field will also be recognized for their achievements. Judith Giuliani, the managing director of Changing Our World, Inc., will receive the New York University College of Nursing Humanitarian Award in recognition of her outstanding humanitarian effort on behalf of New Yorkers. Registered nurse Susan Bower-Ferres will receive the Distinguished Clinical Leadership award for outstanding contributions as a clinical leader and Novello will receive the Helen Manzer Award in recognition of outstanding leadership on behalf of improved health for the American people.
Judith Haber, the dean for Graduate Programs and Ursula Springer Leadership Professor in Nursing, said in an e-mail that the graduation is a “historic event that celebrates the proud history of the NYU Nursing program.”
“As one of the premier nursing programs worldwide, NYU Nursing alumni around the globe will mark this special event as one which recognizes the scope of national and international leadership and influence,” Haber said. “As a double alum (’67 MA, ’84 Ph.D), I am thrilled to be participating in this momentous event at which the first class of future nurse leaders is graduating from the NYU College of Nursing.”
The opportunity to become a college “evolved” from the installation of new Steinhardt administrators and Steinhardt’s “own introspection and search for a new dean,” Fulmer said.
“The timing was right to ask the questions: ‘Is this the right time to reposition nursing in the university? Is a college of nursing at the College of Dentistry a way to enhance the research and scholarship of nursing?’ ” Fulmer said. “The answer was ‘Yes.’ ”
Fulmer said enrollment is up this year for all programs, most of all the undergraduate program, with over 900 undergraduate applications this year, an increase of 24 percent from 724 applicants in 2005. More importantly, the college is seeing an increase in applications from around the country and internationally — a significant change from the traditionally high amount of applications from the tri-state area, Fulmer said.
“Nursing is being re-discovered as a profoundly gratifying career,” Fulmer said. “Over a quarter of this year’s incoming undergraduate class is coming to the nursing program having already completed one or more post-secondary degrees.”
Higher enrollment is partially due to “enhanced visibility” that allowed the college to recruit what Fulmer called “the best students from across the nation and the world.”
“Being a college strengthens our status as the premiere place for faculty recruitment,” Fulmer said. “Nationwide, nursing research faculty understand NYU now has a stronger, more committed nursing program as a college headed by a dean — and it makes the students feel terrific. They love it.”
Edit Meier, a junior in the School of Nursing, is also pleased by the school’s new independent status and graduation.
“Especially now that there is such a need for nurses, I think it puts the school out there for what it is,” she said. “And it’s a huge honor for the students, professors and the school as a whole to be recognized for all of that.”
Fulmer said the college’s first commencement is only the beginning of many great things in store for nursing students.
“The future for the College of Nursing and the nursing profession as a whole is bright indeed,” Fulmer said.
The College of Nursing’s commencement exercises will be held at 11 a.m. in the New Amsterdam Theatre at 214 W. 42nd St.