UTHSC College of Nursing Magazine - Fall 2020

NURSING THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER FALL 2020

Legacy of Leadership

For more than 150 years, the UTHSC College of Nursing has trained exceptional nurses and nurse leaders.

We will experience a historic moment in 2021, when the college moves into our newly renovated home in the original campus quadrangle. As alumni, donors, and friends of the college, you have the opportunity to place your name in the building for thousands of future students, faculty, and staff to see. There are ways to donate and have your donation recognized at all giving levels.

For more information, please contact Michelle Stubbs, Director of Development, at mstubbs@utfi.org or call 901.448.2706.

UTHSC Chancellor Steve J. Schwab, MD

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Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operations Officer Ken Brown, JD, MPA, PhD, FACHE Dean of the College of Nursing Wendy Likes, PhD, DNSc, APRN-Bc, FAANP Vice Chancellor for Development and Alumni Affairs Love Collins, III, MBA Assistant Vice Chancellor for Alumni Affairs Chandra A. Tuggle

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Leadership is a common thread among CoN alumni at the local, state, and national level

Director of Development, College of Nursing Michelle Stubbs

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Assistant Vice Chancellor for Communications and Marketing Sally Badoud

Students, alumni care for patients in NYC COVID-19 crisis

Editors Leigh Ann Roman Peggy Reisser Designer Adam Gaines Writers Peggy Reisser Jackie Denton Amber Carter Leigh Ann Roman Photographers Natalie Brewer Jay Adkins Leigh Ann Roman Allen Gillespie John Linn David Roseberry On the Cover: Our graduates face an uncharted future as they become nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new normal that means masks and face shields are now standard nursing equipment.

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A look at faculty and student news and achievements

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From the Dean I have never been more proud to be a nurse than this year, the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as life has become completely unpredictable, I have watched our students, faculty, and alumni step up and step out of their comfort zones to serve in countless ways.

In the midst of this extraordinary service, the UTHSC College of Nursing has continued in its mission of excellent education. We successfully launched our 12-month, postbaccalaureate BSN program â&#x20AC;&#x201C; transitioning to virtual clinical experiences when needed and making required adjustments to re-enter clinical rotations as our community faced the COVID-19 crisis. Our faculty shifted seamlessly to 100 percent online courses as most of the world went virtual. At the same time, many of our DNP students served on the front lines, even while completing our rigorous program. As you will read in this magazine, some traveled to assist in the epicenter of the pandemic in New York City, while others volunteered their time in COVID-19 testing in our own community.

We have strengthened our stellar faculty, bringing on excellent professionals who are helping us expand the mission of the college by developing our clinical practice, emphasizing rural health and diversifying our research. Faculty research funding continues to grow, and we have retained our No. 1 rank in the state as the College of Nursing that receives the most funding from the National Institutes of Health.

All of these achievements point to one thing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; leadership. We have truly shown how nurses lead the way in clinical care, service, education, and research this year. I am so proud of the leadership displayed by nurses throughout our UTHSC College of Nursing community. Our faculty and alumni hold leadership positions in nursing organizations at national, state, and local levels. They are true servant leaders, giving their time and talent to improve health care for all people. It is both inspiring and humbling to be a part of the UTHSC College of Nursing community and to be a nurse at this historic moment.

Sincerely,

Wendy Likes, PhD, DNSc, APRN-BC, FAANP Dean of the College of Nursing The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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From the Chancellor In my most-recent State of the University Address, I was proud to announce that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center had completed a record-breaking academic year.

UTHSC awarded more than 1,000 degrees (more than 90 percent of them graduate degrees) and more than 400 specialty certificates. Both UTHSC records were achieved while keeping overall graduation and first-attempt board pass rates at more than 95 percent. We did this while limiting increases in tuition and fees. We generated record sponsored program revenue (all-source non-clinical grants and contracts) of more than $300 million, the largest of any public institution in the state, as well as record clinical revenues. In research, we achieved record grant awards of more than $100 million.

Our partner hospitals were nationally and regionally ranked as the best. This is a major source of pride for the university and reflects the excellent work of the faculty, including our College of Nursing It is fitting that, as our Campus Master Plan continues to move ahead to bring the campus “best-in-class” facilities with the update of our Historic Quadrangle, our College of Nursing will have a new home in the renovated Crowe Building. With this beautiful space, the college is poised to reach greater heights.

Our four-campus (Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga), six-college, one UTHSC model has served the university and the state well. We continue to perform in all metrics as the state’s most-outstanding public health science center.

Nowhere has this been more apparent than in our response to the global pandemic. You can be proud that the College of Nursing has stood front and center as a leader in providing care, assisting with testing, and serving as a conduit for vital information to the public.

I am so pleased to acknowledge what by all accounts has been a most successful time in the history of our institution. This could not have happened without the generous support and engagement of our outstanding alumni.

This year, “The Year of Pandemic,” has been challenging for UTHSC, the state, and the nation. We face many challenges and hurdles as we conduct our crucial mission. We will meet these challenges.

I invite you to take pride in the strides made by your college and your university, and to join us as we move into the future.

Sincerely,

Steve J. Schwab, MD Chancellor The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

From the Alumni President On behalf of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing alumni board, I would like to thank each of you for your active involvement in and support of our college. I am very excited about the opportunity to serve as alumni board president for the 2020-2022 term and continue to be a part of the great work that takes place in our college and communities. I am an ’09 graduate of the UTHSC College of Nursing and currently serve as the vice president of nursing for Kaplan Nursing. Like many of you, I began my nursing career at the patient bedside using skills I learned from our exceptional faculty, who taught not only applied science, patient assessment, and other necessary skills, but also cared enough to personally provide mentoring that has continued to affect my more than 30-year professional career in nursing.

I want to extend my gratitude to Tine Williams, who faithfully served as board president these past two years. With Tine’s leadership, our alumni board has built strategies in support of student and faculty needs for growth. We are thankful for Tines’s dedication and commitment to the college.

These past few months have been unlike anything most of us have experienced in our lifetimes. In the midst of a pandemic, nurses have continued to serve at the front lines of care, finding innovative ways to support patient needs and save lives. What a profound time for The World Health Organization to designate 2020 as The International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Now more than ever, nurses are rising to the call to serve our communities at the bedside, in leadership, and in research. I am proud to be a nurse, and I am honored to serve this institution, which has a rich history of educating some of the best nurses and nurse leaders in practice today. Many of you are part of an alumni group that strives to live up to this history and continue our college’s story of triumph and success.

Whatever your current role, please continue to be involved with the UTHSC College of Nursing. Your support is needed to continue to tell our story, to support students through scholarships, and to help build a strong future for academic excellence through programs of study and research. We need you! Remember, membership in the nursing alumni chapter is free and keeping up is easy! Visit the college website at uthsc.edu/nursing and the alumni website at alumni.uthsc.edu, and follow us on Facebook (@nursing.uthsc), Twitter (@UTHSCnursing) and Instagram (uthscnursing).

I look forward to this year with great anticipation of how our College of Nursing will grow through its innovative approach to learning and clinical expertise. Please join me in wishing our students and faculty well during this time.

Be well,

Susan Sanders, DNP ‘09

BY THE NUMBERS

#1

NIH-FUNDED COLLEGE OF NURSING IN TENNESSEE

$1,827,736

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FACULTY GRANT SUBMISSIONS

157

FACULTY PRESENTATIONS

TOTAL GRANT FUNDING FOR FY20 (UP FROM $1,689,248 IN 2019)

$1,045,351

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FACULTY JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

IN TOTAL NIH FUNDING

329

TOTAL CON ENROLLMENT

103

NURSING STUDENTS RECEIVING SCHOLARSHIPS

$517,968 SCHOLARSHIPS

100%

OF UTHSC CON GRADUATES EMPLOYED WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF GRADUATION

97%

THREE-YEAR AVERAGE NCLEX-RN (BSN) PASS RATE

97.1%

INITIAL BOARD CERTIFICATION RATE FOR ALL DNP CONCENTRATIONS COMBINED

(UP FROM $439,800 IN 2019) *Data reflects FY2020 UTHSC COLLEGE OF NURSING | FALL 2020

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Everywhere You Look, UTHSC Nurses Lead Faculty, alumni, and students of the UTHSC College of Nursing have something very important in common: They are nurse leaders. If you look at a nursing organization on the state, national or local level, you are likely to find a nurse with connections to UTHSC. From the American Nurses Association to the Tennessee Nurses Association, UTHSC nurses take the lead in serving their profession with a common goal — increasing health care access and improving outcomes for patients most in need. Their desire to be advocates for their patients leads them to service.

“The UTHSC College of Nursing exemplifies leadership throughout our faculty, staff, and students. We stand on the shoulders of those who went before us,” said Dean Wendy Likes. “The bar has been set high and I think our constant focus on moving our profession forward and setting high expectations for ourselves is key to our culture of producing nurse leaders.”

Read on to learn how our alumni, students, and faculty are leading and changing lives through nursing.

Debbie Hatmaker, PhD, RN, FAAN (BSN, 1979) Chief Nursing Officer, American Nurses Association Enterprise “In my 40+ years as a registered nurse, I have never regretted my professional choice. I’ve had a varied career in public health, maternal-child nursing, education, forensic nursing, and now as a leader in the non-profit American Nurses Association Enterprise. When I give presentations on leadership, I often tell a story that took place during my undergraduate program at the University of Tennessee. A nationally known nursing leader was guest lecturing 100 senior students and asked who had given thought to returning to school for a master’s degree. About a quarter of us raised our hands. She then asked who planned to return for their doctorate. Mine was the lone hand that went up. Even now, I’m not sure why, but I knew that I had made a commitment to life-long learning and leading. Indeed, as I’ve progressed through my career I’ve been motivated intrinsically and by my mentors to seek leadership positions. I’ve always thought of this as being my way to career satisfaction and giving back to my profession.”

Carla Kirkland, MSN, APRN, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, ENP-BC (MSN 1999) President, Tennessee Nurses Association (2019-2021) Nurse Practitioner, Saint Francis Memphis Emergency Department “My initial interest in pursuing this position was to work toward obtaining full scope of practice for our Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in Tennessee, in order to improve access to quality, affordable health care. I have become passionate about advocating for improved health and health care and hope to inspire other nurses in Tennessee to do the same. If nurses collectively become more vocal about the health care needs of our patients, especially to our state legislators who regulate decisions about our profession and our patients, we can have so much power.“

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Jeny Conrad-Rendon, NP-C (MSN, 2009) Secretary, Tennessee Nurses Association (2019-2021) Nurse Practitioner “I decided to run for TNA Secretary because I wanted to give back to my profession. I wanted to do my part in making the state of Tennessee better for all of our patients and for all nurses, including conquering Full Practice Authority.”

Laura Reed, DNP, FNP (BSN, 1986, MSN, 1990) Member, Tennessee Nurses Association Board of Directors (2020-2022) Assistant Professor, UTHSC College of Nursing FNP Concentration Coordinator “I chose to serve in a leadership role because I wanted to make positive changes by improving access to health care for my patients and to advance the nursing profession. By serving as an advocate for my patients, I hope to have a positive impact on improving access to care, which will lead to better health care outcomes, and I hope to be a role model for all nurses to be an advocate for our profession as well as our patients.”

Sharon Little, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC (DNP, 2014) Tennessee Nurses Association District 1 Board of Directors (2019-2021) Tennessee Nurses Foundation, State Board of Directors (2019-2021) Assistant Professor, UTHSC College of Nursing “My motivation to pursue this position is to serve and become engaged in directing and facilitating nursing as a profession. Organized support is needed to empower our profession to act as the needed change agent in the health care field. If we do not mobilize our collective voices, there will be minimal change related to access to health care and improved health outcomes for our communities, neighbors, and fellow citizens throughout the state and the country.“

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Kristin Fitchpatric (Expected graduation: May 2021) President-elect, TNA District 1 (2021-2023) DNP student, UTHSC “Working as a nurse, I quickly learned that health care policy and legislation greatly influence the way in which we practice. I was motivated to pursue the position for which I was elected because, as experts within our specialties, education and advocacy extends beyond those designated roles. TNA empowers nurses to advocate on behalf of the patients we serve by allowing our voices to be heard regarding policies that impact health care, practice, and the overall advancement of the profession. My greatest hope is that serving in this capacity will encourage other nurses to be involved in advocacy and policy on the local, state, and national level. There is great satisfaction in being a part of the process that influences change.”

Julia Ponder, DNP, CNP, AGACNP-BC, FNP-C, CEN (DNP, 2017) President, Arkansas Nurse Practitioner Association Chair, Arkansas Nurses Foundation Board of Directors Out-of-State Representative, UTHSC College of Nursing Alumni Board of Directors “My motivation to pursue leadership roles is to be involved in creating positive change for nurses and nurse practitioners. The change I am seeking is expanded health care access for patients by ‘ensuring that nurses (including nurse practitioners) can practice to the full extent of their education and training’ and ‘providing opportunities for nurses to assume leadership positions’ as stated by the Institute of Medicine in Healthy People 2010. This continues in their Healthy People 2020 report. I believe it takes a village to produce change, and I want to be a part of that village.”

Bobby Bellflower, DNSc, NNP (MSN, 1986, DNSc, 2002) Chair, National Association of Neonatal Nurses and Practitioners (Oct. 2020-Oct. 2022) DNP Program Director, UTHSC College of Nursing “As an NNP and educator, I wanted to be involved in the development of curriculum and educational competencies, so I volunteered for the first task force to develop NNP competencies and standards in the National Association of Neonatal Nurses and Practitioners. (NANNP). Serving as the chair allows me to help guide policies, practice guidelines, and NNP competencies and curriculum standards that affect the outcomes of premature and ill newborns. Over the next two years, we will focus on ways to improve health disparities, bias, and racism in the neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and we will focus on mentorship of underrepresented minorities in NANN/NANNP.”

If you are a UTHSC alumna and would like to share your leadership story with us, please contact Leigh Ann Roman at lroman2@uthsc.edu, and we can share your story on our social media.

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UTHSC DNP student Amber Gordon, left, receives a gift of gratitude from a New York co-worker. At right, recent UTHSC DNP graduate Rachel Love suits up for work at a New York City COVID-19 unit.

Students, Alumni Rush to Aid Hospitals at Center of COVID-19 Crisis

By Leigh Ann Roman

Nurses go where the need is, and the coronavirus pandemic is no exception. As the nation faced the initial COVID-19 peak, students and alumni of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing answered a call for help from the epicenter of the pandemic in the U.S. – New York City.

Many compared the experience to a war zone. Kathryn “Kat” Cooper, a 2005 graduate of the UTHSC College of Nursing MSN program, spent six weeks working as an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) in an intensive care unit at Mt. Sinai Beth Israel Hospital.

“I saw more codes and more death in six weeks than I had seen in 20 years of nursing.

That leaves a mark,” she said.

Cooper was grateful to serve and said the welcome and appreciation by New Yorkers “made a huge difference.” But she worries about health care professionals serving long term in the midst of the pandemic.

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Fitchpatric’s experience in the Bronx showed her even more clearly the significant role nurses play in caregiving.

“If a patient asks you to hold their hand for a second, you do it. It may be the last hand that they hold,” she said. “If they ask to talk to their family, you put your phone in a biohazard bag, take it into the room and ensure that they speak with their loved ones.”

Toward the end of her stint in New York, Fitchpatric said she saw people recover, come off the ventilator and be discharged home. “The most rewarding part of the job was actually witnessing the patients recover and finally starting to feel like, I have made a difference.’”

Amber Gordon

Amber Gordon, BSN, is a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) student who served 21 straight days working 12hour shifts as a nurse at one of the hospitals hardest-hit

by COVID-19 – Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York.

And she saw the impact of the pandemic on health care providers in the city.

On her first day, one of the doctors asked if she was there to help. When Gordon confirmed that she was, the doctor said, “ ’Thank God,’ and she burst out crying. It was shocking,” Gordon said. “Just to see her break down like that was very powerful and very moving.”

DNP student Kristin Fitchpatric, BSN, had a similar experience when she arrived at Lincoln Medical Center in the Bronx for her 21 days. “This was seriously like a war zone,” she said. “All of the floors had been converted into ICU floors for the most part. My second day there, the charge nurse started crying when we arrived on the unit, she was so relieved to see that we were there to help.”

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Rachel Love, DNP, and Tatum Severino, DNP, arrived in New York City April 19 and graduated from the UTHSC College of Nursing DNP program while serving at Lenox Hill Hospital on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, caring for COVID-19 patients in critical care units. Close friends and classmates, both had more than 10 years of critical care nursing experience and believed they could make a difference by helping in the crisis.

“Our experience in New York City has been nothing short of amazing,” Dr. Love said. “When we arrived, the staff described how they came together to flex from four ICUs to 11 critical care units in a matter of weeks, as the surge brought epic numbers of patients into the hospital.

She added, “Doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants learned how to manage IV pumps, give modified breathing treatments and really step out of their comfort zones to meet the needs of the extraordinary patient population.”

Their service in New York City was a great learning experience, Dr. Love said. “We look forward to bringing what we have learned from our NYC COVID-19 surge experience with us into our new careers as DNPs!” Cooper also said she believes the New York experience will benefit her future patients. “It is an experience that will make me a better provider for people in stressful situations.”

Nursing instructor, Terri Stewart, left, and Dr. Diane Pace sort supplies at the alternate-care facility.

Nursing Instructor Helps Lead Development of Alternate-Care Facility

By Leigh Ann Roman Terri Stewart, MSN, RN, retired once as a chief nursing officer (CNO), but she has been called upon to take on the CNO role again as Memphis prepares to open an alternate-care hospital to accommodate a possible surge in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stewart is a nursing instructor at the UTHSC College of Nursing, and her 42-year nursing career includes more than 25 years at Baptist Memorial Hospital and nearly eight years a CNO of Saint Francis-Memphis.

“This is my time to give back to nursing. Nursing has been a wonderful profession,” Stewart said. “I believe that every opportunity you have in life prepares you for the next challenge that you face. This is my opportunity to give back to nursing and give back to the community.”

The 401-bed, alternate-care hospital built by the Army Corps of Engineers in the former Commercial Appeal building at 495 Union Avenue in the Memphis Medical District was completed in May. UTHSC was charged with providing the medical and nursing leadership. Physicians from UTHSC will serve as medical director and CEO, and Stewart will be the CNO. Stewart received her nursing diploma from the Baptist School of Nursing, attained her BSN at Union University, and earned her MSN at UTHSC College of Nursing, where she now is a faculty member who teaches leadership.

When Nursing Dean Wendy Likes, PhD, DNSc, APRN-Bc, FAANP, was asked to provide a CNO for the field hospital, she thought of Stewart.

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“I immediately knew who the right person would be,” Dean Likes said.

“Terri has a great skill at leading and participating in teams and has real world practical experience that is essential to this operation. She was a CNO during the time of Ebola and spearheaded the hospital’s emergency plans. We are fortunate to have her on faculty and to have someone of her level leading the alternate-care hospital facility.”

Stewart said, “I felt very honored and humbled that she felt like I had the knowledge and ability to do this.”

Stewart’s career has included a wide variety of roles, such as head nurse and nurse manager in oncology, nurse manager in home health and hospice, director of a hospital’s staffing office and ancillary services, ACNO, and CNO. “I have had the privilege of being in leadership positions since very early in my nursing career.”

Marine Engine Company 3D Prints Face Shields

The role of CNO encompasses all aspects of patient care. “When I was CNO (at St. Francis) I used to laugh because the CEO would say, ‘You all report to Terri.’ Anything that touches a patient falls under the CNO’s jurisdiction, even though that person did not directly report to me. This just underscores the importance of the role in nursing in health care.”

Indmar Marine Engines is a family-owned company based near Millington, Tennessee, that manufactures gasoline-powered inboard marine engines. Indmar President Chuck Rowe said members of the National Marine Manufacturers Association have been quite involved in the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

As part of the leadership team for the alternate-care facility, Stewart is responsible for a vast array of details.

“The medical team is having to make a multitude of decisions because we are building a hospital from scratch.”

Stewart said she is grateful to serve during this time of crisis.

“At end of the day, it’s not about me.

It’s about the patients and about the staff who are going to go into that hospital, if we open it, to take care of the patients,” she said. “My role as CNO is to remove barriers, make sure that the patients receive the care that they need, and make sure that the staff have what they need to take care of the patients safely.”

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When the UTHSC College of Nursing learned that face shields would be required as protection against COVID-19 during clinical rotations, they turned to an unlikely source for the equipment – a marine engine company.

“As an industry, when the need arose, our companies started manufacturing gowns, face shields, and masks,” he said.

Rowe is the father of UTHSC College of Nursing Dean Wendy Likes. “It was obvious for me to ask Wendy if the college needed anything,” he said.

Indmar used its 3D printing capability to make the plastic headsets that hold the face shields and outsourced production of the shields to one of its vendors. So far, Indmar has donated more than 350 face shields to the college and will provide more as needed, Rowe said.

“It’s not much, but I’m glad we can contribute,” he said. “We are all here to serve each other and help each other, and it’s a blessing to be in a position where we can help.”

Dr. Likes said Indmar’s offer was a pleasant surprise. “We have a great need for PPE and it is quite generous for him to donate these so our students can remain in clinical rotations and remain safe. Our communities certainly need nursing now more than ever, and we appreciate partnering with Indmar to keep our students on track to graduate.”

Assistant Professor Diana Dedmon, DNP, FNP-BC, coordinated student volunteering at community COVID-19 testing sites.

DNP student Fatina Caldwell, right, was a regular volunteer.

UTHSC CoN Reaches Out to Community During Crisis •M ore than 75 students and faculty from the College of Nursing have volunteered nearly 800 hours at community COVID-19 testing sites and call centers.

•T he College of Nursing created and hosted a virtual nursing symposium, “Leading Amidst Crisis: Nursing through a Pandemic,” June 25. The event, which offered two nursing professional development hours, was attended by nearly 200 people.

•D ean Wendy Likes, PhD, DNSc, APRN-Bc, FAANP, is one of the principal investigators in the National APRN Practice and Pandemic Study, which will measure the impact of a decision by state leaders to waive physician oversight of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

•T he Colleges of Nursing and Pharmacy collaborated to offer a symposium Sept. 15 for practitioners called UTHSC Coronavirus Symposium: Clinical Care, which drew more than 500 registrants.

The College of Nursing’s New Home Year Built: 1928 | Square Feet: 53,390 | 4 Stories

Renovated Space • 82 offices •C ollege of Nursing Alumni Board Conference Room • Dr. Margaret A. Newman Dialogue Center • Dr. Cheryl Cummings Stegbauer Student Lounge • Ruth Neil Murry Reception • W. I. and Emma Lee Greenhill Quiet Room • Holland Insurance Conference Room

History Originally called the Pharmacy Building, the building was named for Robert Latta Crowe (1887-1953) after his death, becoming the Crowe Building. Dr. Crowe was a professor of Pharmacy and dean of the School of Pharmacy. The building transitioned to use as a research space before it closed in 2016. The renovation of the building for the College of Nursing is expected to be complete by the winter of 2020.

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2020 Most Outstanding Alumna Award Elizabeth Ellis, DNP, RN, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP A three-time alumna of UTHSC, Dr. Elizabeth Ellis has been a practicing family nurse practitioner for 24 years.

She earned her BSN, MSN, and Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees from the UTHSC College of Nursing. She began her career in rural health in East Tennessee with a desire to care for the underserved and to provide full access to primary care and preventive health services. After years of corporate health and administration, Dr. Ellis heeded the call to return to rural health to serve her own community by opening the Bedias, Iola, and Singleton (B.I.S.) Community Clinic, where she also practices as a family nurse practitioner. Opened in 2017, it is the sole primary care clinic in Bedias, a small town just outside of Houston, Texas. Before the B.I.S clinic opened, Bedias – which has a population of 460 – had not had its own primary health care facility in about 80 years. In 2018, Dr. Ellis became a Certified Rural Health Care Professional and is now serving patients from more than seven counties.

In addition, Dr. Ellis serves as adjunct faculty for UT Health College of Nursing in Houston, and Texas A&M University College of Nursing. She actively participates in lobbying and legislative testimony to advocate for modernization of regulations governing nurse practitioners and rural health. She serves on The Texas Association of Rural Health Clinics Board and The National Association of Rural Health Clinics Public Policy Committee. She is published and continues to present locally and nationally on Advanced Practice Provider utilization and is now being called to present on rural health nurse practitioner practice. In May, Dr. Ellis was featured on “60 Minutes” in a segment about health care providers serving rural communities during the coronavirus pandemic.

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2020 Most Outstanding Recent Alumna Shirleatha Lee, PhD, RN Dr. Shirleatha Lee received her PhD in nursing from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing in 2009 and was appointed dean of the Mary Black School of Nursing at the University of South Carolina Upstate in August 2019.

Dr. Lee earned her BSN from the University of Tennessee, Martin, and her MSN from Union University. Before moving to South Carolina, Dr. Lee served as associate dean of Academic Programs in the Loewenberg College of Nursing at the University of Memphis. She has more than 15 years of experience in higher education. A certified nurse educator, Dr. Lee is a past recipient of the University of Memphis, Thomas Briggs Excellence in Teaching Award.

Dr. Lee is a member of the American Nurses Association and the South Carolina Nurses Association. She is a Fellow of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Leadership in Academic Nursing Program. Dr. Lee serves as an onsite evaluator for the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), was elected to the CCNE Nominating Committee, and serves on the CCNE Budget Committee. She also served nationally on the AACN’s Baccalaureate Education Conference Program Committee (2017-2019). Most recently, Dr. Lee was appointed chair of AACN’s Transform 2020 Program Subcommittee – the first national conference for faculty teaching in baccalaureate and/or master’s nursing programs, which will be held in December 2020. Dr. Lee also serves on a national higher education advisory board seeking to identify measurable improvements in attainment rates for low-income students, especially those who begin at community colleges with the goal of obtaining a bachelor’s degree.

Dr. Lee’s research is focused on innovative teaching strategies and nursing workforce development. She is a reviewer for the following journals: Nursing Education Perspectives, Applied Nursing Research, Journal of Nursing Education, the Journal of Pediatric Nursing, and the Journal of Professional Nursing.

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2020 Methodist School of Nursing Outstanding Alumna Award Diane Todd Pace, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, NCMP, FAANP, FAAN After earning her diploma at the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in 1971, Dr. Diane Todd Pace began a long nursing career that has made a significant impact on the care of women.

Dr. Pace went on to earn her MSN/FNP and her PhD in nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing, where she serves as a professor and director of Special Programs. She has a dual appointment as an associate professor, College of Medicine/Department of Ob-Gyn, at UTHSC and collaborates with the physicians in clinical practice at a menopause/sexual health clinic that she helped develop with Regional One Health. Dr. Pace also leads a consumer menopause support group and codirects the multidisciplinary clinician menopause division.

A member of the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) since 1996, Dr. Pace is a NAMS-Certified Menopause Practitioner, served on the NAMS Board of Trustees, and is the only nurse practitioner to serve as Society President. She has also been awarded the NAMS Menopause Practitioner of the Year. Dr. Pace has helped create practice guidelines, transform lay messages, and interpret research results related to menopause symptoms and treatment. She helped launch a unique mobile application (MenoPro) to guide hormone therapy prescription for clinicians, resulting in more uniform evidence-based practice globally. Dr. Pace has also contributed to NAMS Menopause Practice: A Clinician’s Guide, multiple book chapters, and the National Organization of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health well-women app. She serves on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Menopause.

Dr. Pace has been inducted as a Fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), the American Academy of Nurses, and the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health. She is an active member of the Tennessee Nurses Association and has received their Award for Nursing Excellence in Advanced Practice. She also received thee AANP Nurse Practitioner State Excellence Award.

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Dr. Alisa Haushalter, director of the Shelby County Health Department and CoN associate professor, speaks to the media at a press conference about the coronavirus in late February.

CoN Alumna Leading Mid-South’s Response to COVID-19

By Jackie Denton The nurse leading Shelby County’s public health response to the coronavirus pandemic holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the UTHSC College of Nursing.

Alisa Haushalter, DNP, RN, is the director of the Shelby County Health Department, as well as an associate professor and alumna of the College of Nursing. Since February, she has been the face of the county’s response strategy, leading press conferences to update the public on the course of the pandemic, as well as community planning to mitigate its presence.

In this role, Dr. Haushalter has exemplified this year’s International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, which recognizes and celebrates the essential role of the nurse in health care. She was recently recognized by the Memphis Business Journal as a 2020 Health Care Hero, an annual recognition of health care professionals who make a significant impact in their professional roles.

“I challenge everyone to consider not only the role of nurses, but the role of public health nurses, in creating healthier communities for all and how we can really share our stories and elevate our voices through the practice we have exhibited relative to COVID-19,” she said during

a virtual symposium the college held June 25, titled “Leading Amidst Crisis: Nursing through a Pandemic.”

Dr. Haushalter was named director of the Shelby County Health Department in 2016. She is managing the funding to expand health department staff positions to assist with contact tracing, enforcement, and community education about COVID-19.

“Since the coronavirus pandemic began, Dr. Haushalter has been the face of the public health response in our community and has been described as ‘unflappable’ by others in leadership,” said Dean Wendy Likes. “She has been integral to the data-driven decisions being made to develop guidance to keep the public safe, including the three-phase approach to reopening the city and county.”

Dr. Haushalter is the recipient of the 2017 John William Runyan, Jr. Community Nursing Award, a 2015 Nemours’ Leonard L. Berry Award for Service Excellence Finalist, and the recipient of the 2014 Nemours Transformational Nursing Leader Award. In 2012, she received the Middle Tennessee March of Dimes Public Health Nurse of the Year Award.

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DVP Draws More Than 400 More than 400 students, nurses, and faculty attended the 2019 William T. Cashdollar Distinguished Visiting Professorship Nov. 1, at the Memphis Botanic Garden. The keynote speaker was Pamela S. Hinds, PhD, RN, FAAN, who shared a presentation on “The Clinician’s Role in Helping Parents Achieve Their Definition of ‘Being a Good Parent to My Seriously Ill Child.’”

Dr. Hinds is director of Nursing Research and Quality Outcomes at the Children’s Medical Center in Washington, D.C. She was director of the Division of Nursing Research at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 1999-2008.

Dr. Koehn Edits First NNP Test Prep Text The first test preparation text ever published for the national certification exam for neonatal nurse practitioners has entered the textbook market, thanks to the efforts of Assistant Professor Amy Koehn, PhD, MSN, NNP-BC, coordinator of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) program. Dr. Koehn is editor of “Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review: Fast Facts and Practice Questions,” published by Springer Publishing Company.

Leadership Transition for PPCNP DNP Program Marion Donohoe, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, retired in June, after serving as an assistant professor in the College of Nursing since 2016. She also served as Pediatric Primary Care Concentration Coordinator in the DNP program.

Sally Humphrey, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, has taken on the responsibility of Pediatric Primary Care Concentration Coordinator. Dr. Humphrey joined the UTHSC College of Nursing in August 2019. She received her BA in Biology from Rhodes College and her MSN with a focus in pediatric primary care from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN). She completed her DNP at VUSN in 2019.

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Nursing Faculty Involved in Rheumatology Grant Diane Pace, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, NCMP, FAANP, FAAN, director of special academic programs, and Assistant Professor Laura Reed, DNP, FNP, are coinvestigators on a $250,000 grant from Pfizer Pharmaceuticals to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center titled, “Growing the Rheumatology Workforce.” The goal of the grant is to increase the workforce by incorporating Advanced Practice Providers, including FNPs and physician assistants into the rheumatology clinical practice. The award will be housed in the College of Medicine with. Debendra Pattanaik, MD, (Rheumatology) as the principal investigator. Other coinvestigators include Syed Raza. MD, (Rheumatology), and Co-I Kristopher Maday, MS, PA-C.

CRNA students receive scrub caps Second-year students in the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Program received scrub caps to signify their move from coursework to clinical rotations.

These 22 students celebrated their Scrub Cap Ceremony in January.

Congratulations to these students on their hard work!

Dr. Stanfill Accepted to FAAN, ELAN Ansley Stanfill, PhD, RN, associate dean of Research, has been accepted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. Academy Fellows are nursing’s most accomplished leaders in education management, practice, and research.

The Academy serves the public and the profession by advancing health policy, practice and science through organizational excellence and effective nursing leadership. Dr. Stanfill also was recently accepted into the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Elevating Leaders in Academic Nursing (ELAN) program, designed for aspiring deans and senior faculty in leadership roles. ELAN is a yearlong fellowship in which participants take part in leadership immersion, which includes peer coaching, team-building, and advanced simulations.

More Than 100 Students Receive Scholarships The College of Nursing hosted its annual Scholarship Ceremony and Reception February 24. Recipients of the Chancellor’s Diversity Scholarship are pictured here with Chancellor Steve J. Schwab and Dean Wendy Likes. In all, 103 students received a scholarship to the College of Nursing, with $517,468 in awards distributed.

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Faculty recognized for educational excellence Instructors Anita Settles-Seymour, MSN, RN, and Christie Cavallo, MSN, RN, received the Student Government Association Executive Council (SGAEC) Excellence in Teaching Awards. These awards, presented to two faculty members each year, are vetted by the SGAEC representative for each college, as well as students from each college. In addition, Cavallo has been selected to receive the 2020 Outstanding Teacher Award sponsored by the University of Tennessee Alumni Association, which recognizes her dedication to the University of Tennessee and her students.

Students, faculty serve Mid-South Mission of Mercy Students, faculty and alumni volunteered last winter at the fifth annual Mid-South Mission of Mercy, which provides free dental care to the uninsured and underinsured, thanks to a partnership of the Memphis Dental Society and Shelby County Dental Society. Our nurses and nursing students provided medical triage for the patients, and more than 8,000 people received dental care at the two-day event.

Dr. Anderson a Putnam Scholar Assistant Professor Janeane Anderson, PhD, was recently accepted to be part of the fourth cohort of the Putnam Scholars Program, sponsored by the Academy of Communication in Healthcare. She proposes to develop a tailored intervention to improve patient-provider sexual communication between Black women with gynecological cancer and their oncology providers. Each year, two Putnam Scholars are selected.

White Coat Ceremony Marks Transition to Clinicals Members of the first class of the 12-month, concept-based BSN program received their white coats during the White Coat Ceremony last October, at the Memphis Botanic Garden.

The white coat symbolizes duty, honor, respect and compassion. The 59 class members took the White Coat Pledge and began clinical rotations the following day.

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Kate Fouquier, CNM, PhD, FACNM

Adrian McLain, EdD.

Mona Wicks, PhD, RN, FAAN

College Emphasizes Focus on Equity and Inclusion The UTHSC College of Nursing has established a Committee for Equity and Inclusion in response to the movement for social justice in the U.S.

and staff to begin to share their own experiences around race and justice. The college held a similar meeting for students.

Initiated by Dean Wendy Likes, PhD, DNSc, APRN-Bc, FAANP, the committee will include members from the college’s faculty, staff and students. Committee co-chairs are Professor Kate Fouquier, CNM, PhD, FACNM, and recruiting coordinator Adrian McLain, EdD. Professor Mona Wicks, PhD, RN, FAAN, chair of the Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, will serve as a liaison from the new committee to the college’s Executive Team.

The new committee will meet monthly or at the request of the dean with a focus on student engagement, faculty engagement, staff engagement and college/community engagement, McLain said.

“Development of the Committee for Equity and Inclusion allows for the full engagement of our faculty, staff, students and community partners with the Executive Team within the college to ensure we have an equitable and inclusive culture with an eye on social justice,” Dean Likes said.

The work of the committee will continue a conversation the college began soon after the movement for social justice gained momentum nationwide, following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police officers in their cities. Dean Likes held an allcollege meeting, moderated by Dr. Wicks, for faculty

“This is an opportunity for us to allow our CoN community – faculty, staff and students – to make sure we are able to share our experiences,” McLain said. “I really want to make sure others in the college have the opportunity to have their voices heard and have some say in the way our college addresses social justice and equity in the college and the community. I know it will be tough work but necessary work.”

In addition to the co-chairs and Dr. Wicks, committee members will include one student each from the BSN, DNP and PhD programs, one faculty member from each of the college’s two departments and two staff members, one exempt and one non-exempt.

Dr. Fouquier said she sees the committee as a call to action. “To bring about authentic social change, collectively we need to work toward creating a society that is just and equitable.”

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Cashion Brings Skills Developed Through Practice, Research, Leadership Back to CoN (NINR), scientific director, Division of Intramural Research, NINR, and acting director of the NINR. As she begins her faculty appointment as professor emeritus, Dr. Cashion said, “I would like to become more community-oriented and really apply the skill set I have obtained through practice, research, and leadership to improve the health care and access to health care and to address health equity in Memphis.”

When she returned to UTHSC July 1, Dr. Cashion quickly became involved. She volunteered in the college’s support of COVID-19 testing in the community, serving as a results caller for people who had tested positive for the illness.

She also is co-authoring the manuscript documenting the development and creation of the Alternate-Care Facility for COVID-19 patients in the former Commercial Appeal Building.

Dr. Cashion will work specifically with Sara Day, PhD, RN, FAAN, director of the Center for Community and Global Partnerships, and with Ansley Stanfill, PhD, RN, associate dean of Research. Her work with the center will focus on building leadership skills with hospital-based nurses and applying evidence-based practice methods to their work. In the area of research, Dr. Cashion will mentor the college’s PhD students in Nursing Science and review grant applications. Dr. Cashion’s own research has focused on the genetic, social, and environmental factors that lead some kidney transplant recipients to be at greater risk for weight gain.

Ann Cashion, PhD, RN, FAAN, is bringing the experience of three nursing careers together in her new role as professor emeritus in the UTHSC College of Nursing.

A native of Helena, Arkansas, Dr. Cashion worked as a critical care nurse in Little Rock for nearly 20 years.

Seeking to expand her career, she decided to pursue a PhD in Nursing Research at the UTHSC College of Nursing, from which she graduated in 1998. She served as professor and chair of the college’s Acute and Chronic Care Department from 2000-2011 and went on to work for more than eight years at the National Institutes of Health. There, her roles included senior adviser to the director of the National Institute of Nursing Research

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Dr. Cashion looks forward to returning to her roots in the College of Nursing. “I’ve just been impressed with the passion and the high quality of the faculty and the success they are having now in both education and outreach,” she said. “They are trying to make a difference in our community, and I appreciate that.”

“We are thrilled to have Dr. Cashion return to the College of Nursing,´ Dean Wendy Likes said,. “Dr. Cashion’s desire for community-based initiatives closely aligns with our strategic initiative to partner to improve the health of our community. Dr. Cashion has a depth of experience that makes her returning to our faculty invaluable for us all.”

Blackard Joins College in Student Affairs Glynis D. Blackard, PhD, RN, joined the faculty of the UTHSC College of Nursing in January, as assistant dean for Student Affairs and an assistant professor.

Dr. Blackard brings a wealth of practical nursing experience, hospital leadership, and academic nursing leadership to her new role. She earned her nursing diploma from the Baptist Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and her BSN and MSN from Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. Dr. Blackard attained her PhD in nursing from William Carey University in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Most recently, Dr. Blackard served as the founding dean for the School of Nursing and Health Sciences at Reinhardt University in Waleska, Georgia, where she was instrumental in establishing the school and its achievement of ongoing initial accreditation from the Georgia Board of Nursing. She also led the school in its achievement of accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education – through the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

Dr. Blackard also served as founding undergraduate chair and assistant professor for the Union University School of Nursing’s satellite campus in Hendersonville, Tennessee. In addition, she was a faculty member for Union University’s Germantown campus.

Dr. Blackard spent her long clinical career primarily with the Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp., where she held the following leadership positions: nursing administration director for Baptist-DeSoto, system nursing director for patient safety and quality, administrative supervisor for Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women, nursing staff development and clinical coordinator for performance improvement and regulatory standards, and director of surgical services for BMH-East.

Dr. Blackard is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International.

She has received the Meritorious Alumni Award for Distinguished Achievement in Healthcare from Union University, and she was honored for Distinguished Service in Leadership by Reinhardt University.

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Dedmon to Focus on Building Faculty Practice for College As a nurse practitioner, Dr. Dedmon has worked in rural West Tennessee as well as Memphis. The faculty practice program of the UTHSC College of Nursing likely will take the form of nurse-led clinics, Dr. Dedmon said.

Dr. Dedmon was the obvious choice to lead the college’s faculty practice, said Dean Wendy Likes. “She has a great depth of experience in various practitioner roles and has experience working with an academic center in initiating and developing a college of nursing practice.”

Dr. Dedmon earned her diploma at Baptist School of Nursing, a BSN from Union University, an MSN at the UTHSC College of Nursing, and her DNP from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

The opportunity for the CoN to create a faculty practice has led to research and reflection to build a practice around the vision and mission of UTHSC College of Nursing that aligns with the college’s strategic plan, Dr. Dedmon said. This would allow the college to offer Tennesseans greater access to quality, evidence-based health care.

At the same time, the college will have the opportunity to support students’ educational needs, serve community health care partners, create opportunities to advance research, and allow our faculty to increase scholarship through practice.

Diana Dedmon, DNP, FNP-BC, joined the College of Nursing in November as an assistant professor, director of Clinical Affairs, and Michael Carter Endowed Professor for the college.

Her primary focus will be to develop a faculty practice program that meets the needs of the community. “Nurses are very creative people. We like to look for ways around barriers for people who don’t have access to health care,” she said. “When someone has a need, nurses typically figure out a way to help.”

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Dr. Dedmon comes from a long line of nurses, starting with her great-grandmother -- a lay midwife in Lauderdale County. Dr. Dedmon’s grandmother was a licensed practical nurse (LPN), who returned to school at age 50 to attain her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). Dr. Dedmon’s mother became a registered nurse in 1963 and then a family nurse practitioner, graduating from the UTHSC College of Nursing in 1997.

A native of Ripley, Tennessee, Dr. Dedmon said, “I truly believe that I am intended to be a nurse.”

Manasco Eager to Serve Rural Health Initiative Christie Manasco, PhD, RN, has joined the UTHSC College of Nursing as an assistant professor in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention to support the college’s rural health expansion.

Dr. Manasco comes to the college from the University of Memphis, where she served as assistant dean of Nursing for that university’s Lambuth campus in Jackson, Tennessee.

“I’m super-excited for the opportunity to be a part of a nationally-known nursing program focused on improving the health of Tennesseans, particularly those living in rural areas,” she said. “As my personal goals and values align perfectly with the College of Nursing’s mission, I welcome the opportunity to help prepare the next generation of UTHSC nurses and identify solutions that address rural health concerns.”

Nurses play a critical role in expanding access to health care in rural America, said Dean Wendy Likes. “The UTHSC CoN realized a concentrated strategic effort between nursing educators, policymakers, regulators, and health systems would be needed to expand health care access in rural Tennessee,” she said. “Our newly focused rural initiative will explore opportunities, such as programmatic strategies, partnerships, and legislative changes, that the CoN can leverage to ensure all citizens, wherever they live, have access to quality health care. Nursing has the opportunity and talent to make a difference and pioneer innovative approaches to health care in rural areas.”

With experience practicing in the Jackson area for more than 19 years, Dr. Mansaco said she has firsthand knowledge of the unique challenges and health disparities experienced by people living in rural areas and she looks forward to working with the rural health initiative of the UTHSC College of Nursing. “I believe I can use my nursing and educational experience to develop and implement rural health initiatives that will help promote health, prevent disease, and improve health care outcomes for residents of rural areas,” she said.

Dr. Manasco earned her BSN at the University of South Alabama, her MSN at Union University, and her PhD with an emphasis on nursing education and administration from William Carey University. With more than 25 years of experience as a registered nurse, Dr. Manasco’s practice areas include medical-surgical, home health, oncology, palliative care and hospice nursing. Dr. Manasco maintains her practice as a registered nurse for West Tennessee Healthcare.

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Alumna Goins Leads the RNFA Program Natasha Goins, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, AG/ACNP, RNFA, has joined the College of Nursing as an assistant professor and coordinator of the Registered Nurse First Assistant Program (RNFA), taking the reins from lead instructor Nancy Appling, MSN, CNOR, CRNFA, ACNP-BC, who retired this June, after establishing the certificate program in 2017.

“I feel completely honored and humbled by the opportunity to continue a wonderful program that Ms. Appling has spent a lot of time and energy in developing,” said Dr. Goins, who earned her doctor of nursing practice (DNP) in the acute care and adult gerontology concentration, as well as her RNFA certificate, from the UTHSC College of Nursing in May. Dr. Goins practices with the University of Tennessee Methodist Physicians in the Division of Surgical Oncology. A graduate of East Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Dr. Goins began her career specializing in the recovery of open-heart and hepatobiliary surgeries.

She continued her education at Austin Peay State University, where she earned a Master of Science degree in nursing as a family nurse practitioner.

Dr. Goins is the daughter of a nurse. “I knew from a very early age that I wanted to be in health care.

I wanted to be able to engage with individuals who had a physical need and hoped to be able to meet that need, as well as a spiritual need,” she said.

“When trying to decide whether or not to pursue medicine or nursing, I found that nursing allowed me to actually engage in relationships with patients and their families.”

Dr. Goins is excited about joining the College of Nursing as a faculty member. “I have always known that education is extremely important to me. I have been heavily involved in surgery resident and fellow education over the last four years, but I want to be able to do the same for the nursing profession.”

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UTHSC Nurtured Leadership Qualities in Alumna Patti Scott

By Amber Carter Two-time UTHSC College of Nursing alumna Patti Scott, DNP, RN, PNP, NCSN, (CON’ 80 and ’09) has dedicated her career to providing leadership toward best practices for population health outcomes in the public health sector.

Now, she wants to give back to the institution that planted the seed in her to serve.

The Dr. Patti Scott Scholarship will support students pursuing careers in public health. In addition, the scholarship will support the training and continued mentoring of these students toward a successful, long-term nursing career in public health.

“Nurses are the most trusted profession and have the potential to make great impact from the bedside to the boardroom and beyond,” Dr. Scott said. “This has never had such importance as now, when we are dealing with not only a pandemic, but long-standing racism and injustices that perpetuate poor outcomes. Public health nurses can not only provide clinical care, but can address social determinants and inequities by helping build a culture of health.

Although a major part of her career has been in public health, Dr. Scott began her career in acute care pediatrics, first at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, then at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “The near decade of acute care experience taught me about the importance of prevention: vaccine preventable illness, injury prevention, good nutrition, and physical activity, for example,” she said.

“From there, I ventured into school health to work as a pediatric nurse practitioner and school nurse for the next two decades. That work is in my heart. I learned from the families and the school community that people can make healthy choices only when they have them. In the absence of public transportation, affordable housing, green space, and places to buy healthy food, families struggle to make healthy choices. These inequities are part of a deeper problem that requires policy, systems, and environmental changes.”

After receiving her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, Dr. Scott was able to serve in senior administrative and leadership roles at the Arkansas Department of Health, as a Robert Wood Johnson Public Health Nurse Leader, and at the Tennessee Department of Health, where she retired from as clinical director for their Office of Primary Prevention. However, she has never forgotten the impact that UTHSC has had on her life.

“UTHSC faculty taught me to be an astute, caring, and flexible nurse,” she said. “Faculty like Brenda Mills (a former professor) pushed me beyond my comfort zone to become a pediatric nurse practitioner. Dianne Greenhill (professor emeritus) nudged me to go to graduate school. Cheryl Stegbauer (professor emeritus) dazzled me with her knowledge of philosophy and its applicability to nursing, while Pat Speck (a former professor) prepared me to take a population approach. I’m grateful for all the university had to offer and how it collectively helped form my approach to health and the people I serve. UTHSC has an amazing history, leadership and future.”

For more information on how to establish a legacy of support through a scholarship for nursing students at UTHSC, please contact Michelle Stubbs at mstubbs@utfi. org or 901.448.2076.

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CoN Offers Helping Hand to Students in Need

By Peggy Reisser Nurses are by nature helpers, so when faculty members in the College of Nursing learned that some of their students were trying to cope with unforeseen financial needs that threatened to derail their studies, they jumped into action.

Last fall, students were able to apply for emergency help for the first time. The coronavirus pandemic has greatly increased requests.

“It’s not a grant, it is a gift that they are given,” Dr. Blackard said. “It is a fund that the students do not have to pay back.” They are, however, encouraged to contribute to the fund once they graduate and are working and in a position to help others in need.

The first round of emergency help, $ 6,100 total, went to 16 students in late May to help with needs from housing assistance, to food insecurity, to health care issues. So far, a total of more than $6,600 has been given out over the spring and summer to 17 students, with more than $11,000 available to distribute when applications opened again in September.

Faculty and staff of the college continue to give to the fund, as has the Nursing Student Government Association, which collected $1,000 to help their peers.

The Nursing Student Government Association collected $1,000 to contribute to the UTHSC College of Nursing Student Emergency Endowment. Nursing Student Government Association members are pictured here with adviser Dr. Emma Murray, left; College of Nursing Development Director Michele Stubbs, third from right; and Dean Wendy Likes, far right.

In 2018, the college started a fund-raising campaign to formalize a means to help student in need. Within six months, the college raised more than $25,000, with 96 percent of the faculty and staff participating, to establish the College of Nursing Student Emergency Endowment.

“It’s been a collective effort from the beginning to make sure that students have what they need,” said Glynis Blackard, PhD, RN, MSN, assistant dean for Student Affairs. Dr. Blackard oversees student requests and distribution of the emergency funds. “It was really a whole-college effort to make this happen.”

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Dr. Blackard said she feels privileged to be able to advocate for students in order to help them succeed with their studies. And she feels in helping them, the college is helping everyone.

“We’ve been in a nursing shortage for a long time, but this has escalated,” she said. “So, it is important that we do all we can to support our accelerated BSN students and DNPs through their programs to ensure they enter the profession in their new roles, where they can help to impact and change lives.”

To make a gift in support of nursing students facing an unforeseen emergency, go to www.giving.uthsc.edu/ give; select College, School or Preferred Fund; search ‘emergency; choose UTHSC College of Nursing Student Emergency Endowment. For more information please contact mstubbs@utfi.org. Thank you for your support.

Congratulations Graduates!

Eight Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students and 54 BSN students received their degrees from the College of Nursing during the December commencement exercises. Twenty percent of the BSN graduates were recognized as honor graduates. Student award winners in December included the following: • Chandler Mae Williams, DNP Clinical Award.

• Timothy Michael Pruitt, DNP Leadership Award.

• Sally Sue Discenza, Alumni Award for DNP graduates.

• Andrea Ruth Kilgannon, Alumni Award for BSN graduates and the IMHOTEP Award.

• Emmy Allen, Faculty Award.

• Julie Perkins Scobey, Sigma Theta Tau Leadership Award and the BSN Class Award.

May graduates included 12 BSN students and 72 DNP students. Twenty graduates were members of the Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society, and one student was inducted into the IMHOTEP Society in recognition of student leadership. Student award winners in May included the following: • Maria Kathleen Tucci, Alumni Award • Stephanie M. Baggett, DNP Leadership Award • Morgan Alexandra Morrow, DNP Practice Clinical Award.

Fifty-five students graduated from the CoN in August, including 53 from the 12-month BSN program. Among the graduates, 17 were members of the Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society, and four were inducted into the IMHOTEP Society. Student award winners included: • Lacey Ballard, Alumni Award, • Reba Moody, BSN Class Award • James I. Pickens, Sigma Theta Tau Leadership Award

Scholarship 2020

Total Faculty Grant Funding $1,827,736

Grant Funding Growth 23

$2,000,000 $1,827,736

$1,689,248

$1,500,000

55

$1,000,000 $500,000

TOTAL: 157

$374,000

$100,000 $50,000

FY2018

FY2019

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FY2020

NCLEX Pass Rates for BSN % Rate 100

100%

FACULTY PRESENTATIONS 2020

100%

46

7

International

Regional

National

Local

State

98 96

96%

96%

2018

2019

94 92 90

2016

2017

39

Faculty Grant Submissions by Year 25

TOTAL: 28

TOTAL: 31

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS 2020 TOTAL: 82

TOTAL: 25 20

20 17

15

15 11

10

Journal

7

5 0

3

2

FY2018

Federal Professional

32

2

1

3 1

0

FY2019

Foundation

2

0

0

FY2020

Internal (UTHSC CoN)

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Other

43

CoN Enrollment

329

CoN New Student Enrollment 2020 190 Total

10 AG-ACNP/FNP

67 ABSN

8 PMHNP/FNP

5 RN-BSN

7 PhD*

22 CRNA

2 PhD/DNP

12 FNP

4 RNFA

Certificate

20 AG-ACNP

1 Post DNP AG-ACNP

126

5 PPCNP

4 Post DNP PMHNP

8 PACNP

2 Post DNP PACNP

9

3 NNP

CoN TOTAL

193 DNP

1

BSN

RNâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;BSN

10 PMHNP

*PhD students are enrolled through the College of Graduate Health Sciences, but are taught by faculty from the College of Nursing.

*Totals reflect 2020 enrollment.

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1911 Society Donor Recognition The College of Nursing would like to recognize its donors for the impact they have made on our students, faculty, and staff in the past fiscal year. The following donors denoted by an asterisk have achieved 1911 Society recognition for their generous support of the College of Nursing and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. The 1911 Society recognizes annual supporters of UTHSC, who are critical to our mission of educating excellent students, conducting innovative research, and improving health. Membership in the 1911 Society is granted across three levels: Annual Giving Partners, who make a donation of $100 or more each fiscal year; Sustaining Partners, who give annually at any amount for five or more consecutive years; and Lifetime Partners, who make cumulative gifts of $25,000 or more during their lifetime. To learn more, please contact the Office of

Development and Alumni Affairs at 901.448.5516 or visit online at giving.uthsc.edu/1911.

Your support is critical to strengthening our impact across the state and throughout the world. There are a number of vehicles through which you can make a gift. Cash gifts can be made online, by mail, or over the phone. Other ways to give include matching gifts, gifts of stocks or bonds, real estate, gifts in kind, and various planned giving options, which can be incorporated into overall estate plans. For more information on how to support the College of Nursing, please contact Michelle Stubbs, director of development, at mstubbs@utfi.org or 901.448.2076. Make your gift today! Go to giving.uthsc. edu/give.

Thank you for your generous support!

Ina Catherine Abel *

Arabella Jones Mitchell and John Bruce *

Dr. Gene and Mrs. Sandra Gray Alford *

Shirley Dean and Kirby Bryant *

Vashti J. Alley *

Jacqueline Lee and C. Tony Burchum *

Rita R. Alloway *

Cheryl C. and Larry Burnett

Nancy Armour and Murphy Appling *

William W. and Nancy Smith Burton *

Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation *

Cynthia J. Cain *

James R. and Brenda K. Barkley

Joan B. and J. Woodson Carter *

Elizabeth Barrett *

Christie M. and Roger L. Cavallo *

Bill E. and Sherry Barry *

Vicki L. Chandler *

Victoria Young Bass *

Barbara Jean and Michael Cherry *

Sandra Davis and Richard E. Bateman *

Linda Fay Chism

Courtney M. Bell

Larry Alan and Gay Daniel Cohen

Bobby Lynn and Larry Dale Bellflower *

Lanny L. Coker *

Coleen and Marvin L. Bertsch *

Marilyn and Barton Comstock

Viginia Trotter Betts *

Patricia Kathleen Cooper and Rudy Garcia *

Patricia A. Blissitt *

Margo F. and Donald R. Cox *

Laura L. Boatman

Dee Ann and John W. Cox, Jr. *

Virginia Tanner Bradley *

Lois Crenshaw

Linda Moore and Philip Bronfin *

CVS Health Foundation *

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Diana D. and Darren Dedmon *

Gail Keener Horowitz *

Woodie M. Deming *

Sally Hrymak and James Stephen Hunter *

Bruno and Mary Carolyn Moran DePalma *

Sally Stevens Humphrey *

Janet E. DePriest *

Ashley H. and James Albert Hutcheson IV *

Jayant K. Deshpande and Patricia N. Scott *

Imperative Care, Inc.

Marion L. Donohoe *

Fay E. and Anthony F. Isele, Jr. *

Carolyn Jean Driscoll *

Joanie and Alton E. Jackson

Marilyn Kay Dunavant

Susan and Dick Jacob *

Ann and Dan Spurrier Eason *

Joan Ledbetter Jennings *

Elizabeth Fuselier and Jerry Ellis *

Qinyue Jiang *

Estate of Margaret Newman *

Randall Lee Johnson *

Nancy Alise and Mike Farrell *

Cindy Jones and Scott Kunkel

Melissa S. Faulkner *

Linda Douglas and Stan Joyner *

Mary G. Fong *

Patricia Anne and Ronald A. Kent *

Linda Sue and Joseph L. Fontenot

Tharon M. and Cecil E. Kirk *

Mary K. Fouquier *

Linda W. Kizer-Green

Robert A. and Kathryn A. Garrett *

Mary Anne G. and Scott R. Koeppel *

Rachel G. George *

Violetta and Edward Kozlowski *

Deana O. and Douglas R. Geraets *

Jill C. Krantz

Mary A. and Robert Girardi *

Cathy C. Laverty

Carolyn Graff *

Mary Kathryn Lawrence *

Patricia Anne Grayson *

Janice Shelley Ledbetter *

E. Dianne Greenhill *

Shaunda Lou Lewis *

Barbara M. Grossman *

Wendy M. Likes *

Mary J. and Vincent D. Hamilton *

Melissa Jane and William J. Littman *

Tommye and Paul Samuel Hanna *

Samuel L. Maceri *

Margaret Thorman Hartig *

Cat J. Marshall and Lynda R. Nemon

Mary S. and Charles Hartwig *

Judy Carbage and Willie E. Martin, Jr. *

Mark Allen Hassler *

Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Liss Darr and Jon A. Mather *

Elizabeth Anne and Herbert R. Heilig *

Pamela Jo and Gary McCart *

Katherine Grace and Valerian Keith Hendrix

Tracy Denise and Eric McClinton *

Betty J. Henry *

Nancy and Keith A. McGarr *

Queen Obiageli Henry-Okafor *

Wynema McGrew *

David Brent Hightower *

Laura A. Melaro *

Marion Edith and George Alan Hill *

Emily Kate and Michael Mewborn *

Holland Insurance, Inc. *

Pat R. and Mel C. Mielke *

Amelie Anne Hollier *

Junior and Judy Miller

Brenda G. and Malcolm H. Holt *

Alice E. B. Morris *

Cyndi and Alan B. Hopkins *

Patricia A. Mosley *

Roenella G. Hornsby *

Emma C. Murray *

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Valerie Murry *

Sarah T. and Robert W. Steenberge *

Sarah Irvin and Robert M. Mynatt *

Cheryl C. and William D. Stegbauer *

Judy Evelyn Narramore *

Mary Arnette and Sam Stewart, Sr. *

Timothy H. and Allyson Matney Neal *

Dawn L. Stewart

Martha Nooner and Stewart P. Nelson *

Alicia D. and Samuel J. Stigler, Jr. *

Tijuana Yvette and Forrest Nichols *

James E. and Dorothy A. Stockdale *

Stephanie Horn and Jamshid Nikbakht

Michelle Stubbs *

Alice and James A. Nunnery, Jr. *

Nina Katherine Sublette and Greta Cooper Young *

Sandra L. and Richard Oster *

Marilynn Susan Swain *

Jamie A. Overton *

Virginia E. Tacker *

Diane Todd Pace *

Cathy R. Taylor *

Nancy Elizabeth and Alan Pechacek *

Nancy Dempsey and John C. Telford *

Richard D. and Patricia A. Peppler *

Tennessee Hospital Association

Pershing LLC *

Doretha Clay and Bobby D. Truitt *

Collier Phillips

Reba Antionette Umberger *

Margaret Sawin and Carl Arthur Pierce

University of California San Francisco

Jarethea A. and Charles Powell *

Deborah A. Usselman

Jean C. and L.H. Quinn *

Judy Carol and Jose Valdez *

Bathsheba Antoinette Randle *

Karen Bryant and Tony Valk *

Laura K. and John B. Reed *

Virginia A. and David Wages *

Regional One Health Foundation *

Jasmine Natashia Walker *

Regions Financial Corporation *

Nelda J. and Bernard Walker *

Sarah Jane Rhoads *

Ming Juan Wang and Xueyuan Cao *

William R. and Ann Linder Rice *

Sherry S. Webb *

Muriel Curry and Charles Rice *

Jean Wellshear *

Michelle N. Rickard *

Sherrod Walker and John H. West, Jr. *

Mary P. and Dave Roberts *

Jo Ann West *

Pat Royal *

Sharon Fran and Steven K. West *

Jennifer H. Russell *

Cheryl Lynne White *

Cynthia K. and Jerry Russell *

Linda O. Wible *

Barbara I. and John R. Sanders *

Mona N. and Sammie J. Wicks *

Susan T. and Randy Sanders *

Christopher Cory Wilbanks *

Sue and Steve Malone Sawrie *

Armantine K. Williams *

Lisa W. Schafer *

Sandra Willmarth *

Patricia Ann and George Anthony Schwartz

Linda L. Winstead *

Cheryl B. and James J. Shields *

Jan Young *

Marguerite Royal and Thomas E. Simpkins, Jr. *

Caroline S. Zeind and Paul Pasquerella *

John P. Smith *

Kimberly Sue and Eugene Zilske *

Adoracion Galang and Jaime E. Soria * Bernice and William Speitel *

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Alumni Enjoy 2019 Golden Graduate Weekend The 2019 Golden Graduate Homecoming was a great success, with the largest number of attendees to date.

Alumni from all six colleges, including 16 from the College of Nursing, attended the three-day event last October to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their graduation from UTHSC. Alumni were greeted on Wednesday at the historic Peabody Hotel with a welcome reception, followed by dinner at the iconic Rendezvous Restaurant.

The class of 1969 enjoyed a breakfast together on Thursday morning, and then headed to the UTHSC campus for individual College Open Houses and a tour of the Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation (CHIPS). We continued to celebrate Thursday evening with the Golden Graduate Ceremony and Dinner at the Peabody Hotel, and concluded the homecoming on Friday morning with a farewell breakfast. It was a wonderful reunion for everyone!

Alumni Board of Directors PRESIDENT Susan Sanders (2020 – 2022) ‘09

EAST Sandy Bateman, ’70, ‘81

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Kim Zilske (2020 – 2022) ‘07

OUT-OF-STATE REPRESENTATIVES Barbara Cherry, ‘06 Kim Zilske, ‘07

SECRETARY Sandy Bateman (2020 – 2022) ’79, ‘81 TENNESSEE REPRESENTATIVES WEST Emily Mewborn, ’09, ‘13 Crystal Walker, ’11, ’15, ‘16 MIDDLE Hallie Bensinger , ‘01 Melissa Flatt Littman, ‘81

REPRESENTATIVE AT-LARGE Belinda Mandrell, ‘08 Diane Pace, ’71 Methodist School of Nursing, ’96, ‘98 Diana Dedmon, ‘99 Susan Sanders, ‘09 Susan Donlevy, ‘77 Patricia Cooper, ‘10 Brittany Hill, ‘07 Dee Blakney, ‘07

Julia Ponder, ‘17 Pat Speck, ’82, ’85, ‘05 Methodist School of Nursing Paula Spears, ’84, ‘02 PAST PRESIDENTS Armantine ‘Tine’ Williams, ’75, ‘81 James ‘Hutch’ Hutcheson, ‘07 Dianne Greenhill, ’62

The UTHSC College of Nursing Continuing Education Presents The 2020 William T. Cashdollar Distinguished Visiting Professorship Friday, November 6 | 8:45 am – 12:00 pm | Via Zoom Theme: “Ethical and Human Challenges of Coping with COVID-19” Keynote Speaker: Douglas S. Diekema, MD, MPH, Director of Education Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics - Seattle Children’s Research Institute Panelist Members: Justin N. Baker, MD, FAAP, FAAHPM – Moderator Chief, Division of Quality of Life and Palliative Care - St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Donna Lynch-Smith, DNP, ACNP-BC, APN, NE-BC, CNL - ICU Nurse Sherry Webb, DNSc, RN, CNL, NEA-BC - Family Caregiver Jeffrey Nelson, MD – Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine Anthony Burdick, M.Div., CPE - Chaplain Register Online: 2020cashdollardvp.eventbrite.com For more information, contact Roylynn Germain at 901.448.2726.

Douglas Diekema, MD, MPH, is attending physician and director of education for the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics at Seattle Children’s Hospital and professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He received his MD from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and his MPH from the University of Washington School of Public Health. Dr. Diekema is co-author of Christian Faith, Health, and Medical Practice and the author of numerous scholarly publications on medical ethics and pediatric emergency medicine. He is the editor of Clinical Ethics in Pediatrics: A Case-based Textbook, published by Cambridge University Press.

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Leave Your Legacy Have you thought about the legacy you will leave behind?

With a Planned Gift, you can: • Simplify your estate for your family • Reduce the tax burden applied to your assets • Benefit causes you hold dear

Legacy donors become members of the Hershel “Pat” Wall Legacy Society Dr. Wall’s more than 50 years of dedication to UTHSC as a student, faculty member, and administrator are unsurpassed.

His legacy will live forever, as will the impact made by our donors.

For more information about planned gifts to UTHSC and Legacy Society membership, contact Bethany Goolsby at 901.448.5516 or estateplans@uthsc.edu.

In Memoriam Class of 1944 Mrs. Sara Shanks July 22, 2019

Class of 1957 Ms. Pauline Bridger May 18, 2020

Class of 1968 Dr. Mickey Badgett June 1, 2020

Class of 1947 Mrs. Betty Vaughn September 20, 2019

Class of 1962 Ms. Mary Ann Barbee July 9, 2019

Class of 1986 Ms. Linda Jane Naile December 31, 2019

Class of 1948 Mrs. Jane Cook Hollis September 29, 2019

Class of 1964 Mrs. Barbara F. Ensley November 25, 2019

Class of 1988 Ms. Allyson S. Bell September 28, 2019

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POINT OF PRIDE!

Everyone who passes the University of Tennessee Health Science Center at the intersection of Madison Avenue and Dunlap Street can now see UTHSC’s pride in being part of the UT System of academic institutions displayed in 35-foot bright orange and white letters.

UTHSC has one of several murals in the system’s “Everywhere you Look, UT” awareness campaign. The campaign emphasizes the statewide reach and impact of the UT System’s contributions through a series of murals proclaiming those words and located in prominent spots across Tennessee that have been donated by friends and alumni of UT.

In addition to showcasing the UT System, the Memphis mural calls attention to UTHSC’s status as the state’s public, academic health care institution, responsible for educating and training a majority of Tennessee’s health professionals, dentists, pharmacists, physicians, and doctorally prepared nurses.

For more information about the “Everywhere You Look, UT” campaign or to submit recommendations for future sites, please visit everywhere.tennessee.edu/murals.

Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Memphis, TN Permit No. 4026 Office of Development and Alumni Affairs 62 S. Dunlap, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38163 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED

2020 GOLDEN GRADUATE HOMECOMING

UPDATE Due to the uncertainty related to COVID-19, and to ensure the safety and health of all alumni and their families, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Development and Alumni Affairs leadership team has made the decision to postpone the Golden Graduate Homecoming scheduled for October 2020.

The Office of Alumni Affairs is in the process of developing a strategic plan for Golden Graduate Homecoming in October 2021. We recognize the importance of celebrating with your classmates, and we will share some new and exciting updates with you in the next few months.

For more information, contact Terri Catafygiotu, Assistant Director for Alumni Programs, at tcatafyg@uthsc.edu or 901.448.8580. alumni.uthsc.edu/golden