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St. Thomas to Host First Hmong Nurses Conference
Health & EducationRepresentation in health care matters. Patient outcomes improve when providers reflect the communities they serve, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association. But representation is not enough. To sustain and improve health outcomes, those health professionals need support and opportunities to grow so that they can thrive in their profession. This need for…
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School of Nursing Announces New Name
St. Thomas 2025 - Grow the Morrison Family College of HealthWhat advice would Susan S. Morrison give to the next generation of nurses? “Get out of their zone a little bit and meet the patients where they are – you will learn so much from them,” she says. That’s the answer you would expect from someone who says patient contact was her favorite part of… -
School of Social Work Names Dr. Ande Nesmith New Director
Health & EducationThe Morrison Family College of Health announced that after a national search, Dr. Ande Nesmith has been selected to serve as the new director of the School of Social Work. Nesmith will officially begin her duties at the start of the 2022-23 academic year. Nesmith, who has been serving as interim director of the School… -
Graduate Psychology Professor Receives Two Awards
People & CultureGraduate School of Professional Psychology Associate Professor Dr. Bryana French is the recipient of two recent awards for her exceptional contributions to the field of psychology. On Feb. 4, she received the John M. Taborn Award for Outstanding Contributions to Psychology by a Person of African Descent from the Minnesota Psychological Association. On Feb. 6,… -
Two Tommies Compete in Beijing for Winter Olympics
AthleticsAs St. Thomas students tuned in to February’s Winter Olympics opening games in Beijing, they may have recognized some of the players flying across the ice over the weekend in the women’s hockey competition. Two freshmen teammates on the St. Thomas women’s hockey team, goaltender Saskia Maurer and defender Nicole Vallario, were competing for Team… -
Relentless Support: A Conversation About Life as a Modern Nurse
AlumniMartha Scheckel, director of the St. Thomas School of Nursing, recently sat down with Jake Gerhartz, RN, PHN, MN, who graduated from St. Thomas with a degree in exercise science from the Department of Health and Exercise Science. Scheckel and Gerhartz, now a registered nurse at Regions Hospital, discussed the nursing shortage, nursing during a…