College of Nursing News
- Posted 02.13.26
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The °®ÎÛ´«Ã½ will receive $1.8 million in federal funding to strengthen nursing education and workforce development, thanks to the appropriations leadership of U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.). The funding will support °®ÎÛ´«Ã½â€™s Alabama Rural Nursing Enhanced Technology Project, which will provide the Ira D. Pruitt College of Nursing with updated high-fidelity simulation training equipment for nursing students.
- Posted 11.10.25
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Leighanna May has come full circle since graduating from °®ÎÛ´«Ã½'s College of Nursing in 2019. Now an assistant professor, she teaches alongside the same faculty who once guided her.
- Posted 05.06.25
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Nursing has never just been a career choice for Willie Daniels. It’s a calling rooted in a lifetime of caregiving.
- Posted 04.04.25
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The °®ÎÛ´«Ã½â€™s College of Nursing is bringing Stop the Bleed® training to rural Alabama through a $25,000 grant from the Alabama Association of RC&D Councils for the Tombigbee, Ala-Tom, and Gulf Coast regions.
- Posted 12.17.24
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At its quarterly meeting held in December, the University Board of Trustees approved a change of name for the Ira D. Pruitt Division of Nursing to the Ira D. Pruitt College of Nursing.
- Posted 10.15.24
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For °®ÎÛ´«Ã½ alumna Chloe Johnson Stokes, balancing her demanding roles as an emergency department nurse and business owner fuels her passion and energizes her.
- Posted 08.27.24
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Despite growing up just a few miles down the road from the °®ÎÛ´«Ã½, Dr. Mary Hanks never expected to find herself teaching on campus.
- Posted 07.02.24
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Few individuals know as much about nursing education at the °®ÎÛ´«Ã½ over the past five decades as Lynn Lashley does. Her journey reflects the program's full evolution, from being a member of the inaugural class of then-Livingston University's Associate Degree in Nursing program to her current role as a part-time retention specialist in the Ira D. Pruitt Division of Nursing.
- Posted 06.13.24
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Through a series of providential meetings, Mike Williams, Mayor of Butler, Alabama, and his sister, Patricia Williams Harris, recently partnered with the Alabama Nurses Foundation (ANF) and representatives John Beard, president of the board of trustees, and Dr. John Ziegler, executive director, to gift the °®ÎÛ´«Ã½ Foundation a $50,000 endowment for the Joan Williams and Alabama Nurses Foundation Nursing Scholarship.