Reunion
Get Ready for a Reunion Weekend You Won’t Forget!
The fun kicks off on Thursday, Oct. 15 and doesn’t end until the weekend does. The exciting schedule includes our annual Quinq Luncheon with the Dean, Julia Hereford Society reception, Collaborative Academic Practice Symposium (this time focusing on pediatric, neonatal and systems nursing), Dean's Welcome Reception, Awards Ceremony, Open House and Alumni/Student Tailgate.
Schedule
Thursday, Oct. 15
- 10:30 am-1:00 pm – Annual Quinq Luncheon with the Dean, Colleen Conway-Welch Atrium and Godchaux Hall Living Room
- 5:30-7:30 pm – Julia Hereford Society Reception (by invitation only)
Friday, Oct. 16
- 9:00 am-3:15 pm – Collaborative Academic Practice Symposium – Focus for 2026 is pediatric, neonatal and systems specialties. Details to be announced.
- 3:15-4:00 pm – Dean’s Welcome Reception, Colleen Conway-Welch Atrium
- 4:00-5:00 pm – Annual Alumni Awards Ceremony featuring Dean Jeffries' State of the School Address,
- Frist Hall 140 and livestreamed
- 5:00-7:00 pm – Sim Lab Expo, MIND Lab Demo and All-alumni Reception, School of Nursing
Saturday, Oct. 17
- Time to be announced – Alumni Board brunch hosted by the Dean (by invitation only)
- 2 hours before kickoff – VUSN Tailgate hosed by Grad Council and Alumni Board, Vandyville
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Give Back
Reunion is a time to celebrate, reminisce and connect with fellow alumni. When you participate in Reunion giving, you’re adding to the legacy of generations of Vanderbilt School of Nursing alumni. Gifts of all sizes help ensure that today’s students are able to continue pushing the VUSN status to greater heights.
You can designate your Reunion gift to any area of VUSN. For Reunion 2026, a gift or multi-year pledge made to any area of VUSN during the Reunion timeframe of 7/1/2025 – 12/31/2026 will count towards our VUSN Reunion Goals. For our Quinqs and Classes of 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, planned gifts also count.
For other ways to give back to VUSN including planned gifts, stocks and securities, and electronic bank drafts visit the Giving page.
VUSN has a Reunion goal of 225 donors and $400,000. We only need 27 more donors, and have surpassed our goal at $559,639! Please click here or the button below to make a gift in honor of Reunion.
Current Giving
Thank you for your generous support of VUSN! We recognize donors of $2,500 (or $1,000 for Vanderbilt graduates of the last decade) or more with membership in the Julia Hereford Society. You will also be invited to our annual JHS celebration event during Reunion Weekend! Learn more about JHS here!
Volunteer
Volunteers are integral to the success of Reunion. You know best how to rally your classmates to return to campus and how to ask them to join you in supporting VUSN. Volunteers are the front line in communications with Nursing alumni, and your personal connection makes a big difference. With your help, alumni will Come Back and Give Back. Thank you to all our VUSN Reunion volunteers for their leadership! If you are interested in joining your class’s Reunion volunteer committee, please email Betsey Usher, Senior Director, Alumni Relations at betsey.usher@vanderbilt.edu.
Volunteers
| Overall Chair | Marilyn Dubree, MSN’76 |
| Class of 1966 Reunion Chair | Ginger Trundle Manley, BSN’66, MSN’81 |
| Class of 1976 Reunion Chairs | Sally Hale, BSN’76, and Margie Nicks Gale, BSN’73, MSN’76 |
| Class of 1981 Reunion Chair | Pam Orebaugh Jones, BSN’81, MSN’92, DNP’13, and Anne Atkinson Moore, BSN’ 76, MSN’81 |
| Class of 1986 Reunion Chairs | Leslie Jeter, BSN’86, and Andrea Stupka, MSN’86, DNP’10 |
| Class of 1991 Reunion Chair | Nancy Sinclair- Brook, MSN’91 |
| Class of 1996 Reunion Chair | Donna Hamby, MSN’96 |
| Class of 2001 Reunion Chair | (none) |
| Class of 2006 Reunion Chairs | Emily Cruze Boykin, MSN’06, and Emily Wachs Kane, MSN’06 |
| Class of 2011 Reunion Chair | Carol Callaway-Lane, MSN’93, DNP’11 |
| Class of 2016 Reunion Chairs | Christina Cardy, MSN’16, DNP’17, and Susan Grant, DNP’16 |
| Class of 2021 Reunion Chairs | Stacey Rokas, MSN’21, and Jenny Slayton, MSN’09, DNP21 |
Questions about Volunteering?Contact Us.
Registration
Check your email, social media and this page for updates about registration opening and other information.
If you have any questions, want to volunteer, make a class gift or need additional information, please reach out to Betsey Usher at betsey.usher@vanderbilt.edu or 615-322-4836 and Anja Fairholm at anja.fairholm@vanderbilt.edu or 615-343-1778.