college of nursing News Archive
![Raymond Chhun and Katelyn Smallwood-MacDonald at the College of Nursing's atrium.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Chhun-Smallwood-MacDonald-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Nursing PhD program celebrates 10 years
October 26, 2023 —
The College of Nursing’s PhD program entered its 10th year this term with a cohort of seven students. The program has graduated 14 students since its inception, including six who are currently faculty members in the the college.
![Students crowd around the Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases booth at the Graduate Studies Open House.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Grad_Studies_Open_House_2019_01-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Grad Studies Open House ‘incredibly valuable’
October 24, 2023 —
Morgan Taverner says that attending the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Studies Open House is one of the most important things an undergraduate student can do if they’re thinking about pursuing grad school.
![Nursing students reading the UM nursing pledge.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/aa-reading-the-pledge-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
103 new nurses welcomed at pinning ceremony
October 18, 2023 —
The College of Nursing welcomed 103 new nurses to the profession at a pinning ceremony on Oct. 17 at the Pinnacle Club at IG Field. The group, which started the program in the fall of 2020, was the first to begin their studies with online learning due to the COVID pandemic.
![The Pride flag hangs from a wire in Brodie Centre atrium next to the Métis flag, Treaty One flag, flag of Manitoba, and flag of Canada.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/UM-Today-Pride-flag-unveiling-5a-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Pride flag flies permanently on Bannatyne campus
October 10, 2023 —
The Pride flag now has a permanent home on the Bannatyne campus.
![Mariah Pankiewicz, Karandeep Bhamra and Holly Okaluk each standing outside the College of Nursing's building on Fort Garry campus, in three separate shots.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/NP-students-UM-Today-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Nurse practitioner program marks 25 years, helps address rural health system challenges
October 6, 2023 —
Twenty-five students entered the nurse practitioner (NP) stream of the College of Nursing’s master’s program this September, marking the 25th annual intake since the program launched in 1998.
![An arm reaches in to place an orange ribbon to a window on Bannatyne campus to honour children lost to residential schools in Manitoba.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Ribbon-placing_sm-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady Faculty honours National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with orange shirts, powerful messages
October 4, 2023 —
Hundreds of people wearing orange shirts filled Brodie Centre atrium for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on the Bannatyne campus presented by Ongomiizwin – Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing.
![Dr. Peter Nickerson, dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, speaks at a podium in front of balloons at the Bannatyne campus.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Deans-Breakfast-09-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Alumni travel through time at Rady Homecoming events
September 29, 2023 —
Alumni from the past six decades and from each of the Rady colleges descended on Brodie Centre atrium to celebrate the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Dean’s Homecoming Breakfast on Sept. 23 and reconnect with one another and their alma mater.
![Kali Froese stands outside the Helen Glass Centre for Nursing at Fort Garry Campus.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Kali_IMG_1865-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Nursing student researcher sees positive changes in long-term care
September 12, 2023 —
When third-year nursing student Kali Froese visited Scandinavia with her father in 2018, she had a first-hand experience that fueled her interest in health research.
![Dr. Jonathan McGavock walks on an outdoor pathway.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/McGavock-Jonathan-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM health researchers receive more than $6.7 million in federal support
September 6, 2023 —
Health researchers at UM have been awarded more than $6.7 million in the latest round of project funding by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
![Cover of the RadyUM magazine featuring a smiling pharmacy graduate in graduation cap and gown. Text on cover reads, "University of Manitoba Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Magazine" and "RadyUM" and "Issue 12, Summer 2023" and "Pharm Fresh."](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Rady_UM_Summer2023_cover_UM_Today-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
First PharmD grads featured in RadyUM magazine
July 27, 2023 —
The cover story of the new issue of RadyUM magazine features the “pharm fresh” Class of 2023 – the first grads to complete the new doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) degree at UM.