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2008 Events

2008 Nurses Recognition Banquet

2008 Video: Nursing: Service Rooted in Knowledge

As part of the nationwide tradition of celebrating National Nurses Week, the UW School of Nursing’s annual gala provides a chance to thank local nurses and health care leaders for their commitment.

Sheraton Seattle Hotel

Thursday, May 8, 2008

• Reception: 6 - 7 p.m.
• Dinner & awards banquet: 7 - 8:30 p.m.
• Book signing by Suzanne Gordon
• Glassybaby display and sales table

Individual Seats: $95 includes three course meal and no host bar

Patron Table: $1,2000

Alumni/Group Table: $1,000

• To register on-line for individual seats contact the UWAA

or call 206-543-0540 or 1-800-AUW-ALUM

• To sponsor a patron or alumni/group table, please contact the School of Nursing at nsevents@u.washington.edu or 206-616-9219.

Speaker Suzanne Gordon - award winning journalist, author and lecturer will deliver the keynote speech. Gordon has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post, among others. She also has published several books, including Life Support: Three Nurses on the Front Lines and From Silence to Voice: What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public. Her forthcoming book, Safety in Numbers: Nurse-to-Patient Ratios and the Future of Health Care, is slated for publication by Cornell University Press in April 2008.

Each year, we honor four passionate, dedicated individuals who have made lasting contributions to the field of nursing. Join us as we pay tribute to our 2008 award winners:

2008 Award Winners

Distinguished Alumna

Judith Huntington, BSN ’68, MN ’85

Executive Director, Washington State Nurses Association

 

Distinguished Researcher

Donna L. Berry, BSN, MSN, PhD ’92

Myrene C. McAninch Term Professor

UW School of Nursing

Humanitarian Award

Lisa Black, BSN '93

Pediatric Nurse, Providence Everett Medical Center

Outstanding Volunteer

Ellery Cramer,

Campaign Advisory Board Member

To scroll through archived 2008 Events

To scroll through archived 2007 Events

• View the "Children in Daycare: Science, the Media & Public Opinion" lecture by Prof. Cathryn Booth-LaForce - May 2, 2007

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2008 Press Releases

• Four women honored at annual Nurses Recognition Banquet May 8
• Marla Salmon named new dean of UW School of Nursing

2007 Press Releases

• Dr. Linda Teri honored for work on healthy aging - Nov. 16
• New directors appointed to head the Center on Infant Mental Health and Development - July 30
• UW Names Brown to Group Health Professorship - July 25
• Group Health Endows Nursing Professorship in Chronic Illness at UW - May 8
• Call for Volunteers for UW Shortness of Breath Study - April
• Healthy Aging Spring Lecture Examines Effects of Dementia - April 26
• Nurses Receive 2007 UW School of Nursing Leadership Awards on May 10 - April 25
• UW School of Nursing ranks No. 1 in nation - March 30
• UW receives $3.5 million for first endowed nursing deanship - Jan. 22
• Dean Woods Receives Honorary Degree from Chiang Mai University - Jan. 16

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Dean's Monthly Communications

Each month, Dean Nancy Fugate Woods shares current news about faculty, staff, students and the School of Nursing in an online newsletter called the Dean's Monthly Communication. Read it to learn about grant awards, honors, donations, new hires, retirements and other changes at the school.

2008 Dean's Monthly Communications

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