The campus community is invited on Wednesday, Sept.13 to the School of Nursing centennial kickoff party -- the official launch of a year-long celebration honoring a century of nursing excellence at UCSF.
Sponsored by the UCSF School of Nursing, the festivities are scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Saunders Court, 513 Parnassus Ave. A 1906-style brass band will salute as a giant 3-story centennial banner unfurls down the front of the School of Nursing building. Refreshments will be served. Several hundred celebrants are expected to attend.
Dean Kathleen Dracup will host Chancellor Mike Bishop, UCSF Medical Center CEO Mark Laret and the students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends of nursing at UCSF, throughout the university and the community.
Nurses who work at UCSF Medical Center, UCSF Children's Hospital and all of the hospitals and clinics served by UCSF are particularly welcome to attend, Dracup said.
"This is a celebration of every aspect of nursing excellence at UCSF - a tradition that began the day that a hospital diploma program for nurses was established by the university soon after the first UC hospital opened on Parnassus Avenue a century ago," she said.
The kickoff is the first of a year-long series of events that honor the accomplishments of alumni and faculty and the leadership of nurses throughout the university.
Lecture Series
Centennial lectures and symposia are scheduled throughout the academic year, beginning with a Thursday, Sept. 28 address by Linda Aiken, PhD, RN, director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania. She will speak about the role of nurses and nursing education in saving patients' lives.
On Saturday, Oct. 18, the Alpha Eta Chapter of the nursing honor society Sigma Theta Tau will host Associate Dean Emerita Marilyn Flood to discuss the centennial and the challenges of historical research about nursing.
On Thursday, Dec. 7, Karen Luker, dean of the Manchester School of Nursing in the U.K., will speak on the challenges of assessing research quality.
On February 5, 2007, Ruth Macklin of the Albert Einstein School of Medicine will discuss ethical standards for international health research.
On October 5, 2007, the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences' second Anselm Strauss Symposium will round off the year-long series, addressing the challenges of qualitative research.
Other events include the spring 2007 unveiling of a Wall of Fame by the UCSF School of Nursing Alumni Association to honor the achievements of 100 leaders associated with the school from every era and specialty.
On Alumni Day, April 28, 2007, UCSF Nursing Press will host a book-launching event to celebrate its publication of the first complete history of the school, written by Associate Dean Emerita Marilyn Flood.
Two seminars on global nursing scholarship will book-end the nursing graduation and doctoral alumni reunion events scheduled for June 7 through 12, 2007. On June 8, symposium keynote speaker Afaf Meleis, PhD, dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, will address the topic of women's health. Meleis was a longtime member of the School of Nursing faculty.
The keynote speaker for the June 8 graduation is UCSF alumna Hiroko Minami, president of the International Council of Nurses. The June 9 Black Tie Gala will feature performer Rita Moreno.
The UCSF School of Nursing, consistently ranked among the best in the nation and number one in grants from the National Institutes of Health, is internationally renowned for research that advances health and for educating the next generation of leaders worldwide in nursing practice and policy.
For more information and updates about the UCSF nursing centennial throughout the year, go to School of Nursing
website.
Links:
UCSF School of Nursing to Celebrate 100 Years of Nursing Excellence
UCSF Today, June 27, 2006
UCSF School of Nursing Party to Launch 100-year Celebration Events
UCSF News Release, September 7, 2006
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