In celebration of the DNSc-PhD conversion, newly conferred alumni of the PhD program raised more than $10,000 for the 2013-2014 Annual Fund to support scholarships for two Columbia Nursing PhD students.
Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program Tara Helene Geist ’05 completed her post-Master’s certificate in nursing education at Villanova University College of Nursing. Michelle Kolb ’05 ’09 received the Richard E. Witten Award for Volunteer Leadership at the Columbia Alumni Association’s Leadership Weekend in 2013.
Martha Cohn Romney ’81 and her husband Benjamin celebrated the wedding of their daughter, Ari, last summer.
Susan Patel Furlaud ’09 ’12 hosted the Annual Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Alumni Reception on November 4, 2013.
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program Jeannemarie Gelin Baker ’90 received the 2013 Norman Vincent Peale Award for Positive Thinking Award. Suhanna de Leon-Sanchez ’06 ’09 addressed newly admitted students at Visiting Day this year and encouraged them to enroll at Columbia Nursing. She works at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and also has a private practice in Brooklyn.
Save the Date: November 7-16: Dean Berkowitz will lead a nursing delegation to Vietnam, open to alumni and friends of Columbia Nursing. Bill Campbell, Co-Chair, the Trustees of Columbia University; Michelle Kolb ’05, ’09; Larry Lawrence; and Lee Bollinger, President, Columbia University
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ALUMNI ADMISSIONS AMBASSADORS 2013-2014 Alumni admissions ambassadors connect with accepted applicants to give their perspective as recent graduates. Columbia Nursing alumni ambassadors not only share their experiences and information about Columbia Nursing, but also help personalize the admissions process for candidates each year. If you are a Columbia Nursing alumnus who has graduated within the last 10 years and would like to become an admissions ambassador, please email nursingalumni@columbia.edu. Vanessa Battista ’06 ’08 Monica Buff Burrell ’09 ’12 Bernadette Capili ’96 ’02 Julia Chan ’10 ’12 Suhanna de Leon-Sanchez ’06 ’09 Kimberly Garruto ’07 ’11 Mara Iaconi ’10 ’12 Matthew Jenison ’10 ’12 Judith Jones ’08 ’09 Michelle Kolb ’05 ’09 Allison Ledwith ’12 ’13 Paige Mackey Bellinger ’10 ’12 Margaret Leeves Martin ’10 Rebecca Mizrachi ’10 ’12 Erik Morris ’10 ’12 Ann-Margaret Navarra ’92 ’10 ’11 Elizabeth Ong ’09 ’11 Roxana Sasse ’92 ’11 Kathy Wu ’10 ’12
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