RN to BSN Program extended to prelicensure ADNs

UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing is excited to share that the RN to BS in Nursing completion program now extends entry to prelicensure Associate Degree Nurse (ADN) students. Students working towards an ADN can take a variety of courses at UWM through one …

Honorary Doctorate of Community Health: Ms. Belinda Pittman

When Ms. Belinda Pittman founded Nia Imani Family, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI) in 1994, she had no intentions that the years of commitment and service would result in a Doctorate of Community Health by UW-Milwaukee. On December 19, Ms. Pittman was …

Preceptor Highlight: Paige Lindow

Paige Lindow, a clinical nurse leader at Columbia St. Mary’s and UW-Milwaukee direct entry Master of Nursing (MN) alumna, has been giving back to future nursing students in a way that impacts students for years to come; she has been …

McAndrew Selected as 2021 Sojourns Scholar

PORTLAND, OR – December 15, 2021 Cambia Health Foundation is pleased to announce the eighth cohort of scholars accepted into its Sojourns® Scholar Leadership Program. Ten emerging palliative care leaders were carefully chosen through a rigorous selection process from a …

UWM at Waukesha nursing program trains students to fill local needs

WAUKESHA — For the first time, UW-Milwaukee at Waukesha students are earning four-year nursing degrees almost entirely at the Waukesha campus. This fall, the school welcomed its first students into the program. A cohort of eight students would have been …

The Standout Sister: Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu

UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing Professor Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu has been named a Milwaukee Magazine 2021 Betty Award winner! “It is my passion to speak for women who are not confident enough yet to speak for themselves,” she says. Professor Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu …

UWM hosted the Peace and Justice Studies Association Conference

UW-Milwaukee, in partnership with the Wisconsin Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, hosted the Peace and Justice Studies Association conference October 8-10, 2021. The conference hosted over 200in-person and online attendees with keynotes from Venice Williams from Alice’s Garden Urban …

Ovation Jewish Home Names New Nursing Professor in Aging

A gift from Ovation Communities, supported by the Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation, will advance the work of Murad Taani, assistant professor of nursing at UW-Milwaukee. The Foundation’s gift will support a five-year professorship for Taani as the Ovation …

Dr. Mkandawire-Valhmu a Fellow of AAN

UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing congratulates Dr. Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu on her recent induction as a Fellow to the American Academy of Nursing (AAN).  Dr. Mkandawire-Valhmu is a Professor of nursing at UWM with research and expertise in violence in women, health …

VA Program Fosters and Provides Opportunities for New Registered Nurses

After taking the NCLEX in June, UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing Parkside campus graduates, Ashley Tronson and Joy Trapp started their journey in the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Registered Nurse Residency Program at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical …