Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, PA
The school benefited from NCIN program resources and toolkits, and program coordinators said they appreciated the ability to tailor the toolkits to meet the needs of their scholars.
 

Grant Years:

2008
2009
2012
2013
2014
Degrees Conferred: 
BSN
Scholarships Awarded: 
40

Scholars:

Round 1: 2008-2009
Christopher Caruso
Katrina Clacks
Diana Huertas
Alexandra Huynh
Anthony Letto
Christine Mogle
Carla Mucko
 
Round 2: 2009-2010
Luke Adams
Olayinka Akinmerese
Matthew Anderson
Karah Chandley
Emily Daniell
Margaret Froehlich
Molly Keen
John Mack
Ryan Muschick
Tamara Parker
Kara Petruska
Stephen Wang
Rachel Williams
 
Round 5: 2012-2013
Janet Adu Frimpong
Willa Cotton
Mikayla Osborne
David Rueda
Akilah Scott
 
Round 6: 2013-2014
Eric Devine
David Mwangi
Lashiwe Pepala
Fatimah Salim
 
Round 7: 2014-2015
Feruz Asmelash
Kanna Castro
Chidinma Chukwuani
Dhanujini Hordagoda
Rebecca Laughery
    
With NCIN support, the Duquesne University School of Nursing offered leadership, development, and mentoring programs to scholars in the school’s accelerated second-degree nursing program. This support not only helped scholars succeed, but also helped administrators and faculty better understand students’ personal and professional needs.

Students welcomed the opportunity to be mentored and to mentor others and eagerly participated in the annual NCIN mentor event. Nursing school program staff noted that, over the five years of NCIN awards, the scholars enthusiastically shared their insights and expertise with each other.  

ESSAY WINNERS

I believe this about nursing... "Nursing is spending time assessing the total needs of a patient to increase overall health."
I believe this about nursing… "Nursing is not only a career but a distinct way of improving people’s life by managing their health problems, maintaining health, and enhancing healthy state."