Events Calendar

Do you know a high school student interested in nursing? The Nursing Schools Expo hosted by the Worcester Nursing Pipeline Consortium and Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing will be held on Monday, April 3, 2017 from 4:00-7:00 p.m. in the UMass Chan Medical School Albert Sherman Center. This is a free event for high school students interested in nursing as a career, their parents, teachers and guidance counselors. The event will include 12 Nursing Schools with exhibits, admission coordinators and nursing students along with a program highlighting different aspects of nursing as a career for life.

For more information or to REGISTER FOR THE EVENT, contact Diane.Quinn@umassmed.edu or 508-856-3399 by 3/30/17. Please click here to view the flyer.

You are invited to a faculty/student dinner with Alice Bonner on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in AS1-2130 East. She will give a brief talk titled “Why Geriatrics?” followed by an informal question-and-answer period.

Please RSVP regarding the dinner only to Julie.Schutz@umassmed.edu (or by phone at 508-791-7392) no later than Friday, March 31st.

Dissertation Defense Presented by:  Akwasi Duah

"Lived Experience of Caregivers of Relatives with Alcohol and Opiate Dependence"

RSVP to diane.quinn@umassmed.edu or 508 856-3399 by 4/12/17 if you plan to attend.

Dissertation Defense Presented by: Stephanie Griggs

"The relationship between hope, core self-evaluations, emotional well-being, sexual risk taking, substance use, and academic performance in freshman university student"

 Please RSVP to diane.quinn@umassmed.edu or 508 856-3399 by 4/13/17 if you plan to attend.

NONPF Conference - April 19^th-23^rd in Washington DC.  

Six Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing faculty will be presenting abstracts.

Dissertation Defense Presented by:  Helen Flaherty

"Informal Caregivers' Experience During Acute Exacerbation of COPD in Older Adults"

Please RSVP to diane.quinn@umassmed.edu or 508 856-3399 by 4/26/2017 if you plan to attend.

Dissertation Defense Presented by: Michele Griswold

"Experiences of Racism and Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration among First-Time Mothers of the Black Women's Health Study"

Please RSVP to diane.quinn@umassmed.edu or 508 856-3399 by 4/26/17 of you plan to attend.

"Caring Science in Action:  The Healing Power of the Caring Moment"

The symposium is about caregiving and caregivers – what we can do for those in need and what we can do about caring for ourselves. We will tell you surprising – maybe even dazzling – things we can do for those in need, and how that all works. This event is free to students and residents. Please click here to view flyer.