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After being a stay-at-home mom for 15 years, teaching high
school history, and then working nights at Highland Hospital
as a patient care technician, Dianne “Dee Dee” Rutigliano
decided to further her career in nursing. “I wanted to make
a difference and help others. Becoming a nurse was the way
I could definitely do that,” she says. Rutigliano knew that
the fastest route to becoming a registered nurse was to apply
to the University of Rochester School of Nursing’s APNN
program.

Rutigliano realized she would be unable to work due to the
intensity of the program. She worried about the financial
ramifications of one income, paying tuition, and raising
her five children while commuting from Geneseo, NY to
Rochester. at Strong Memorial Hospital in 2014, Rutigliano decided to
return to earn her Master’s in Nursing Education and become
During her first semester, Rutigliano considered leaving the a full-time faculty member at the School of Nursing.
program even though she knew it would drastically change
the trajectory of her career and her family’s livelihood. Looking back, Rutigliano cannot express enough how grateful
Despite achieving the Dean's List, making tuition payments she is for the financial support she received. Being so inspired
was becoming difficult. With the help of a scholarship from by the generosity of those who helped her, now Rutigliano is
the Class of ’59 Nursing Endowment Scholarship as well as “paying it forward” by making personal contributions to the
additional support from family, friends, and the School, she School of Nursing to support students who are experiencing
was able to graduate on time. After securing a nursing position financial hardship.

LEGACY/IMPACT - GIVE TO THE SCHOOL OF NURSING

You can create a permanent legacy that supports the work Your immediate support can also help us attract and retain
of current and future nurses or educators by establishing the brightest faculty and students, and give them the freedom
an endowment, a fund that is invested and managed by the now to seize opportunities and pursue creative ideas in
University in perpetuity. You can endow: prevention, care, education, and research that will change the
way we can help people regionally, nationally, and globally.
• Scholarships
You can support:
• Research Funding/Fellowships
• Pilot Projects/Seed Funds
• Deanship
• Educational Funds
• Program Development
• Scholarships

ON THE FRONT COVER. (From left to right) Katie (Yu-Ching) Yang, MS, RN, Kathleen Mullaney, RN,
Javauni P. Forrest ʹ18N, MA, MHC-LP, BSN, RN

For information on supporting the University of Rochester
School of Nursing, please contact:

ANDREA J. ALLEN
Director of Advancement and Alumni Relations
University of Rochester School of Nursing
(585) 276-4336 | andrea.allen@rochester.edu