School of Nursing Reunion

Hosted by Dean and Professor Kathy P. Parker, with special guest Dean Emerita Loretta C. Ford, the inaugural recipient of the School of Nursing Dean’s Medal.

A special evening has been planned at the nearby Genesee Valley Club for members of the Dean’s Diamond Circle. Current students and scholarship recipients will be in attendance.

For information on becoming a member of the Dean's Diamond Circle, please contact Dianne Moll at 800.333.4428 or directly at 585.273.5075.

Featuring the Trauma and Pediatric Units and the new James P. Wilmot Cancer Center.

Education for Global and Multicultural Leadership with guest speaker Shaké Ketefian, EdD, RN, FAAN, professor and director, Office of International Affairs at the University of Michigan School of Nursing.

Increasingly, the global economy is becoming knowledge-based, and dependent on new knowledge and its application. Closer to home, the population of the United States, and indeed that of many countries, has acquired a global profile, with the concomitant need to be responsive to the educational and health needs such diversity entails. Universities are called upon to prepare their students and scholars for global leadership in this uncharted environment. This presentation will address relevant issues inherent in this task, and suggest strategies for educating our students to meet the challenges presented.

Please join Dean Kathy P. Parker as she shares updated news on the School and confers special commemorative medallions on alumni celebrating 50^th and post-50^th reunions. Sigma Theta Tau awards will also be presented to an undergraduate and graduate student.

Join your classmates for a group photo. All participants will receive a framed photograph of their class after Reunion.

Includes a reception for alumni and friends to mingle with students.

A distinguished panel of nurses share their perspective on their careers and the future of nursing. Q&A discussion to follow. Panelists include Elaine Andolina, MS, RN, Director of Admissions, Co-Director, Accelerated Programs for Non-Nurses, University of Rochester School of Nursing; Pamela C. Smith, MS, RN, ANP, Director, Edvantage: Healthcare Career Development, University of Rochester School of Nursing; and Pamela A. Meyers Herendeen, DNP, PNP-BC, Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing, Specialty Director, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program, University of Rochester School of Nursing.

Enjoy a reception and dinner with School of Nursing alumni while viewing Rochester’s best science exhibits. All participants will receive a commemorative photo (you and a guest) at the end of the evening. 

• The Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition is included in this event.

All classes will be seated together during dinner. The Class of ’59 Award will be presented to a deserving student, totals for the Reunion Scholars program will be announced, and the Reunion Class Check (representing all gifts received from Reunion alumni from January 1, 2009 to the present) will be presented to Dean Kathy P. Parker, PhD, RN, FAAN.  

After dinner, please join us for a complimentary show at the planetarium. Shuttle service will be provided to and from the host hotel, Courtyard Marriott. Cash bar.