Community Events
Find out more about School of Nursing events that are open to the public. Current events include:
- 2008 Soule Endowed Lecture
- 2008 Nurses Recognition Banquet
- 2007 Nurses Recognition Banquet
- 2007 Soule Endowed Lecture
2007 Nurses Recognition Banquet
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Keynote Speaker Eric Liu Book Author, Columnist and Educator |
Thursday, 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.27th Annual Elizabeth Sterling Soule Endowed Lecture
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2007 Soule Lecturer May L. Wykle Case Western Reserve University |
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Health Disparities in Late Adulthood
Delivered by May L. Wykle, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA
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
