All Posts: School of Nursing
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‘Promote the Health of Our Nation’: Commencement Speaker Encourages Nursing Graduates
The 121 graduates of the School of Nursing gathered on Healy Lawn to celebrate the commencement of the Class of 2025 surrounded by their friends and family.
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Graduates Participate in Annual Traditions Welcoming New Nurses Into Their Chosen Field
The Pinning Ceremony and Blessing of the Hands, two annual events for the School of Nursing, were held on May 15 in Lohrfink Auditorium, marking important rites of passage for nursing graduates.
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School of Nursing Students Recognized for Their Achievements at Annual Tropaia Ceremony
Faculty of the School of Nursing celebrated the extraordinary accomplishment of the Class of 2025 at the annual Tropaia ceremony on May 15 in Lohrfink Auditorium.
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With $25M Gift, Georgetown Will Rename School of Nursing, Expand Educational Opportunities
Georgetown University’s School of Nursing has received a $25 million gift from the Berkley Family Foundation — and with it, a new name. The school will be renamed the Berkley School of Nursing during the 2025 fall semester, marking a significant milestone in the university’s 122 years of educating nurses.
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First Georgetown Nursing Fulbright Recipient To Build an Archive of Indigenous Birthing Practices
As the first Fulbright scholar from the School of Nursing, Lexie Meger (N’24) is building an archive of Brazilian Amazonian birthing practices. She plans to capture how indigenous communities near Manaus use herbal remedies, local foods and communal ceremonies during the phases of pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
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Expanding Global Health Initiatives at the Georgetown University School of Nursing
From training health care workers to innovating with new care models, School of Nursing faculty, students and alumni are driving change across the globe.
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Honoring Donors Whose Generosity Helped Shaped Future Doctors, Graduate Nurses
On March 18, 30 families gathered at Georgetown University’s Dahlgren Chapel for a solemn interfaith celebration and mass honoring loved ones who had contributed to medical education by donating their bodies for anatomical study.
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Georgetown Sweeps BIG EAST Undergraduate Symposium
Three Georgetown students, including a School of Nursing student, took home the three top prizes at the 2025 BIG EAST Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium.
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Health Equity Course Celebrates 10 Years of Educating and Empowering Students
Over the last 10 years, about 150 students from across the university have taken “Health Equity Think Tank: Exploring Realities and Solutions,” an innovative course created by the School of Health and the School of Nursing that encourages students to take a solutions-oriented approach to health equity issues.
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Donors Patty (NHS’93) and Chris (B’93) Mosher Establish Nursing Student Resource Endowed Fund
In gratitude to Georgetown University and its tenet cura personalis or “care for the whole person,” the Mosher family recently established the Nursing Student Resource Endowed Fund in the amount of $150,000 to provide immediate financial assistance to undergraduate nursing students who have an emergency and critical financial need. The Fund helps ensure that students can continue with their nursing education despite a financial setback.
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