Community Events
Find out about upcoming School of Nursing events:
Nurses Recognition Banquet 2009
The annual Nurses Recognition Banquet (NRB) will be held Thursday, May 7, 2009.
Read more about the event and the 2009 winners of the school's leadership awards honoring distinguished alumni, researcher, humanitarian and volunteer award winners at the 2009 NRB events page.
For information about the event, including sponsorship opportunities, contact the School of Nursing Office of Advancement: 206-616-9219. Become a sponsor of this event.
Previous events include:
- 2008 Soule Endowed Lecture
- 2008 Nurses Recognition Banquet
- 2007 Nurses Recognition Banquet
- 2007 Soule Endowed Lecture
29th annual Elizabeth Sterling Soule Endowed Lecture
"A Cause for Concern: The Global Health Workforce and the State of Our Health"
Speaker: Dr. Barbara Stilwell
When: Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009
7-8 p.m.
8-8:30 p.m.: Public reception following lecture
Where: Kane Hall, Room 120
Richer countries have long relied on recruiting health care workers – especially nurses – from poorer countries to provide medical care, rather than improving the recruitment and retention of homegrown care providers. Research shows about one in four doctors and one in 20 nurses trained in Africa is working in one of the leading industrial countries. The migration of health workers is a complicated issue that may impact patients and their families in surprising ways. Dr. Stilwell explores the question of why migration matters in health care – who wins and who loses?
Speaker: Dr. Barbara Stilwell is a senior scientist in the Human Resource Department at the World Health Organizaton in Geneva, Switzerland. Her area of interest is the impact of global issues on the health workforce, specializing in education and the supply and demand factors that affect performance. She also has held appointments in the Royal College of Nursing.
2007 Nurses Recognition Banquet
Keynote Speaker
Eric Liu
Book Author, Columnist
and EducatorThursday, May 10, 2007
Keynote Speaker: Eric Liu
See photos from this event.
Watch the video, showcasing this year's Nurse Leadership Award winners and this year's featured clinical partner, Northwest Hospital & Medical Center. (Requires Windows Media Player)The UW School of Nursing hosts its Nurses Recognition Banquet each year during National Nurses Week to honor outstanding nurses and nursing leaders. (See the list of winners from previous years.) This celebration, which debuted in 1980, acknowledges the many ways the profession of nursing improves health and touches lives. Each year, the school presents the Distinguished Alumni Award, Distinguished Research Award, Humanitarian Award and Outstanding Volunteer Award.
This year's keynote speaker, acclaimed writer and educator Eric Liu, discussed how to find and be a guiding light by sharing invaluable lessons from people whose classrooms are boardrooms, arenas, concert halls, theaters, kitchens and places of worship. Liu offers inspiration for making a difference in other’s lives and being open to allowing others to make a difference in ours. He reminds us that we have the capacity to be both teachers and students throughout our lives.
Liu is the author of Guiding Lights: The People Who Lead Us Toward Our Purpose in Life, a fellow at the New America Foundation and writer for the online magazine Slate. Liu served as a speechwriter for President Bill Clinton during his first term in office and White House deputy domestic policy adviser in the second term. After the White House, he was an executive at the digital media company RealNetworks. He now lives with his daughter in Seattle, where he teaches at the University of Washington's Evans School of Public Affairs and hosts a cable program called "Seattle Voices." He is a graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School.
View the "Children in Daycare: Science, the Media & Public Opinion" lecture by Prof. Cathryn Booth-LaForce - May 2, 2007
27th Annual Elizabeth Sterling Soule Endowed Lecture
2007 Soule Lecturer
May L. Wykle
Case Western Reserve UniversityWednesday, February 21, 2007
Health Disparities in Late Adulthood
Delivered by May L. Wykle, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA
Download the presentation.
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Dean, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Director, University Center on Aging and Health
Florence Cellar Professor of Gerontological Nursing
In her lecture, Dr. Wykle discussed:- Health disparities faced by vulnerable populations, in particular elderly minorities.
- Factors that influence health status and health literacy.
- The impact of health disparities on family care giving.
- Co-morbidity in the elderly.
- The challenges of interdisciplinary leadership.
"Twenty years from now the baby boomers will need care," says Dr. Wykle. "I always tell young people that what you do today to make the quality of life better for aging adults adds to your own longevity and sense of well-being."
Established in 1979, the Elizabeth Sterling Soule Endowed Lecture honors the founding dean of the UW School of Nursing. It is an annual presentation featuring prominent nursing and health care leaders and is supported through the Elizabeth Sterling Soule Endowed Fund.
Archived Soule Lectures
- 2006 Lecture: The Nursing Shortage: The Impact of Nursing on Patient Safety
- 2005 Lecture: Healthy Community Design Across the Lifespan: What We Build, How We Travel … and How We Feel
