Nursing News and Events

Peer Support Group Offers Opportunities to Address Mental Health Issues Scrabble tiles spell out the word support.

10/29/2021 - A twice-monthly peer support group on campus is designed to help students address their mental health issues with the assistance of peers and professionals. A cross-campus collaboration, the sessions are organized by Dr. Chris Noel, visiting associate professor in the Wegmans School of Pharmacy, and facilitated by two graduate students in the mental health counseling program in the Wegmans School of Nursing.

Show Off Your Research at Posters on the Hill Logo: Posters on the Hill

10/28/2021 - Fisher undergraduate students who conducted academic research are invited to submit their abstracts to Posters on the Hill 2020, sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR).

One Alumna, Two Students Awarded Italian Women’s Civic Club Scholarship Winners of the Dante Scholarship with Stella Plutino (second from the left)..

10/25/2021 - St. John Fisher College alumna Ellen Fichera ’21 (M.S.), and students William DePasquale ’22 (Pharm.D.) and Anthony Nicolosi ’23 were named recipients of the Italian Women’s Civic Club (IWCC) Dante Scholarship Award. Fichera was honored as a 2020 recipient, and DePasquale and Nicolosi were honored as 2021 recipients.

New Faculty Join Fisher: Two Begin at Wegmans School of Nursing Deborah Hurley and Katie Ledwin

10/11/2021 - Next in our series welcoming new faculty to Fisher, College News Highlights introduces Dr. Deborah A. Hurley, DNP, RN, CNL and Kathryn M. Ledwin, MS, FNP-C in the Wegmans School of Nursing.

Federal Grant Expands Mental Health Training Program Dr. Rob Rice discusses a new $1.8 million grant that will provide significant funding to train underrepresented students in the Mental Health Counseling and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner master’s degree programs to serve and care for the communities in which they reside.

09/13/2021 - In 2017-18, when the Wegmans School of Nursing at St. John Fisher College was awarded two grants totaling $2.2 million to train students to respond to patients using an interdisciplinary approach, mental health was already a national crisis. Now, after nearly two years of isolation, fear, and uncertainty spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic, creating a workforce that is prepared to deliver the best possible care to those struggling with mental health is an even greater necessity.

U.S. News and World Report Calls Fisher a “Best College” Seal: U.S. News & Wolrd Report Best Colleges National Universities 2022

09/13/2021 - For 11 consecutive years, St. John Fisher College has earned a place on the U.S. News & World Report’s annual “America’s Best Colleges” feature.

Nursing Alumnae Take on Leadership Roles Wegmans School of Nursing

08/10/2021 - Several alumnae of the Wegmans School of Nursing have recently been selected for leadership roles in the community.

Fisher Programs Among RBJ Readers’ Favorites Students interact in a classroom.

08/04/2021 - St. John Fisher College’s undergraduate and graduate programs were selected as the top “reader favorites” in the Rochester Business Journal’s 2021 Reader Rankings Awards.

Fisher Nurse Wins Excellence of Care Award A patch on the uniform students wear at the Wegmans School of Nursing..

07/13/2021 - Along with several other members of the New York Presbyterian Tracheostomy Thursday Team, Mallory Milligan ’16 has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Helen Henry Excellence of Care Award from Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.

St. John Fisher College Named College of Distinction in 2021-2022 Cohort 2021-2022 Colleges of Distinction Seal

07/02/2021 - St. John Fisher College has been recognized for its honorable commitment to engaged, hands-on education by Colleges of Distinction.

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