Posts Tagged ‘EDI’
Second annual Academy for Diverse Emerging Nurse Leaders application cycle opens
September 15, 2023
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing will hold the second annual Academy for Diverse Emerging Nurse Leaders, a program that offers professional development and insight to support participants in health care and academic leadership roles, in Nashville from November 13-17. Applications for the program are open through October 30. “We believe that the knowledge, mentorship, strategy…
School of Nursing and VUMC launch new program for diverse nurses aspiring to leadership
May 11, 2023
Nurses from underrepresented groups in nursing who are interested in leadership are invited to apply for a new aspiring leaders academy to be held at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing July 17-19, 2023. The academy is for those who have more than three years’ nursing experience and are not yet in leadership roles in health…
Rolanda Johnson receives university award
April 23, 2023
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Rolanda Johnson, PhD’98, received the Vanderbilt University Joseph A. Johnson Jr. Distinguished Leadership Professor Award at the university’s Spring Faculty Assembly. The award recognizes a faculty member who has proactively nurtured an academic environment where everyone feels valued and where diversity is celebrated. It…
VUSN fosters inclusivity and understanding during Diversity Month
February 3, 2023
The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office and Black Student Nurses Affinity Group are hosting Diversity Month 2023. Throughout February and March, different student-led affinity groups will bring in speakers and hold activities to promote inclusivity and an increased understanding of health equity and different cultures.
Academy for Diverse Emerging Nurse Leaders debuts
December 8, 2022
Nurse leaders from eight states in either clinical practice or academic nursing came together from Nov. 14-18 at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) for the inaugural Academy for Diverse Emerging Nurse Leaders. The academy, a joint effort of VUSN and VUMC, is a new leadership development program for nurses new to health care leadership and academic positions who are from groups historically underrepresented in nursing and/or those who support them. Read the story in the VUMC Reporter.
School of Nursing earns 2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity award
October 24, 2022
For the third year in a row, the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has won a Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
