College of Nursing News
- Posted 05.12.26
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Pursuing an associate degree in nursing at the °®ÎÛ´«Ã½, Tanesha Slocum balanced service in the Army Reserve’s 828th Battalion in Livingston with full-time college—all while raising three children, welcoming a new baby and building a new marriage. On May 8, she added another title to her list: college graduate.
- 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.