Diversity

  • Nilda (Nena) Peragallo Montano

    Health care, research and Latino populations subject of May 11 guest lecture

    Nilda (Nena) Peragallo Montano, DrPH, R.N., FAAN, dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, will deliver the spring 2017 VUSN Dean’s Diversity Lecture on Thursday, May 11, at 2 p.m. in Godchaux Nursing Annex room 161. Read More

    Apr. 25, 2017

  • Rumay Alexander

    National diversity expert speaks May 3 on going beyond rhetoric of equity and opportunity

    G. Rumay Alexander, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s interim chief diversity officer, will present a talk Wednesday, May 3, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in Godchaux Nursing Annex, Room 161, in the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. Lunch will be provided but requires an RSVP. Alexander, who is also professor and director of the Office of Inclusive Excellence at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing, will speak on “Equity of Opportunity: Beyond the Rhetoric.” Read More

    Apr. 20, 2017

  • Zeppos, Lauderdale, Dewey

    Jana Lauderdale receives university leadership award

    Jana Lauderdale, assistant dean for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion in the School of Nursing, received the second Joseph A. Johnson, Jr. Distinguished Leadership Professor Award ever given by Vanderbilt University The honor recognizes faculty leadership in equity, diversity and inclusion in academic endeavors and was presented during Vanderbilts spring faculty assembly. "I am so very honored," Lauderdale said after receiving the award. "When you aren't expecting something and it happens--it makes you all the more appreciative and grateful." Read More

    Apr. 7, 2017

  • Marcia Smith, RADM Trent-Adams, Dean Linda Norman, Shannon Davis

    U.S. Deputy Surgeon General encourages nurses to be bold and influence public policy

    Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams, the U.S. Deputy Surgeon General, visited Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) on Monday, January 10, to speak to a packed audience of students, faculty, alumni and campus leaders. In her presentation, “Health Policy Priorities for Nursing: Past, Present, and Future,” the nation’s top nurse gave . . . Read More

    Feb. 1, 2017

  • VUSN and VUSM present MLK Day lecture Jan. 16

    VUSN and VUSM present MLK Day lecture Jan. 16

      Nilda (Nena) Peragallo Montano, DrPH, R.N., FAAN, dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, will deliver the spring 2017 VUSN Dean’s Diversity Lecture on Thursday, May 11, at 2 p.m. in Godchaux Nursing Annex room 161. The dean’s talk, Cultural Considerations for… Read More

    Jan. 9, 2017

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    Nominations due for VU's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award

      Nilda (Nena) Peragallo Montano, DrPH, R.N., FAAN, dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, will deliver the spring 2017 VUSN Dean’s Diversity Lecture on Thursday, May 11, at 2 p.m. in Godchaux Nursing Annex room 161. The dean’s talk, Cultural Considerations for… Read More

    Jan. 4, 2017

  • VUSN ranked 4th in awarding graduate degrees to Native Americans

    VUSN ranked 4th in awarding graduate degrees to Native Americans

      Nilda (Nena) Peragallo Montano, DrPH, R.N., FAAN, dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, will deliver the spring 2017 VUSN Dean’s Diversity Lecture on Thursday, May 11, at 2 p.m. in Godchaux Nursing Annex room 161. The dean’s talk, Cultural Considerations for… Read More

    Dec. 16, 2016

  • Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams

    U.S. Deputy Surgeon General lecture at 3 p.m. today

      Nilda (Nena) Peragallo Montano, DrPH, R.N., FAAN, dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, will deliver the spring 2017 VUSN Dean’s Diversity Lecture on Thursday, May 11, at 2 p.m. in Godchaux Nursing Annex room 161. The dean’s talk, Cultural Considerations for… Read More

    Dec. 13, 2016

  • Events honor King’s call to dream, serve, inspire

    Events honor King’s call to dream, serve, inspire

      Nilda (Nena) Peragallo Montano, DrPH, R.N., FAAN, dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, will deliver the spring 2017 VUSN Dean’s Diversity Lecture on Thursday, May 11, at 2 p.m. in Godchaux Nursing Annex room 161. The dean’s talk, Cultural Considerations for… Read More

    Jan. 23, 2014