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Future nurse succeeds at both Marinette colleges | News | ehextra.com

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Jan 16, 2021

MARINETTE—Sarah Pettit has wanted to be a nurse since she was 5 years old. This May, she will receive her Associates Degree in Nursing from UW-Green Bay Marinette Campus and has secured an externship with Aurora Medical Center—Bay Area. While many choose to leave the Marinette area to seek success, Pettit was able to go…

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UW-Green Bay nursing students prepare to help COVID-19 vaccine rollout

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Jan 5, 2021

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY)-Nursing students at UW-Green Bay are getting ready to help with the state’s vaccination effort. “As we understand it, the local health departments are in a position where they don’t have the capacity to launch a massive vaccination clinic throughout the whole state,” said Christine Vandenhouten, chair of Nursing and Health Studies…

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More on the Student Healthcare Worker Tuition Initiative

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Sue Bodilly

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Jan 4, 2021

As announced earlier this month, UW System created the COVID-19 Student Healthcare Worker Tuition Refund Initiative. The process to request the tuition refund is now formalized at UW-Green Bay. Details about the process are included in this email. Please refer to the detailed initiative for student eligibility requirements, required work hours and timeframe for the…

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$500 tuition credit available to UW System nursing students working in the healthcare system

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Dec 2, 2020

“We have six nursing schools, 4,000 nurses,” University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson said. “The hospitals are at a all-time heavy load, nursing homes are having a huge problem, who better than our nursing students to come in and help out?” Source: $500 tuition credit available to UW System nursing students working in the healthcare…

Features

UW-Green Bay alumna creates fundraiser to benefit Dorothy Underwood Nursing Scholarship

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Nov 23, 2020

UW-Green Bay alumna, Sherri Underwood Johnson and her mother created a Facebook craft sale with proceeds going to the Dorothy Underwood Nursing Scholarship to benefit UW-Green Bay’s nursing students. Sherri’s mother, Dorothy, who is 88, has created some of the items. This fundraiser will run until 2 p.m. Nov. 28, 2020. Find the fundraiser on facebook.…

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MSN Leadership and Management program awarded 10 years of re-accreditation

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Oct 26, 2020

With this announcement comes great pride and gratitude to faculty and staff for support, preparation, and time spent with the CCNE (Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education) accreditation site visit team in February 2020. The UW-Green Bay’s MSN Leadership and Management program was awarded the maximum full 10 years of re-accreditation, through 2030. CCNE accreditation seeks continuing self-assessment…

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SSM Health and UW-Green Bay announce partnership for MSN Leadership and Management program

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Sue Bodilly

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Jul 2, 2020

Green Bay, Wis.—The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Master’s of Science in Nursing (MSN) Leadership and Management—a fully online graduate program—has announced a partnership with SSM Health, in which SSM Health employees have their application fees waived when applying to the MSN program. Value is created for both parties in such partnerships, as academic institutions gain…

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Video: UW-Green Bay’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing

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May 6, 2020

As a young girl, Grace Stubb was drawn to jump in and help when somebody was sick or injured. Now she is a nursing student in her senior year at UW-Green Bay and will be graduating with a B.S. in Nursing. Along with her nursing degree, she also studied abroad in Spain and obtained a…

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Learn more about UW-Green Bay’s Health and Wellness Management program | WFRV

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Emily Gerlikovski

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Apr 17, 2020

UW-Green Bay’s Health and Wellness Program was recently featured on Local Five Live in light of the attention health care workers are receiving during the coronavirus pandemic. Associate Professor and Chair of Nursing & Health Studies Christine Vandenhouten was interviewed to give some insight into the field and program. Watch the interview via Health and…

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Vandenhouten shares about the growing demand for health and wellness workers

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Apr 14, 2020

Program Chair of Health and Wellness Management Graduate program, Christine Vandenhouten shares about the growing demand for health and wellness workers. Workers in the health care industry are getting lots of attention these days, deservedly so. There is a growing field of Health and Wellness positions and UWGB has a great program to help you…

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