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Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, Brian O'Malley joined the College of Nursing’s Clinical Performance Lab team as a Simulation Specialist Technician in 2020. Since then, he’s become an integral part of the team providing a safe, equitable learning environment for SU students to learn through simulation. An avid trail-runner, when not in the office he says he’s usually “prancing out and

Kacey Jaenicke is a recent graduate from the post-baccalaureate Bachelor of Science in Diagnostic Ultrasound program at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡. She and her classmate Riley Davis, ’23, had their senior capstone papers published in the Journal for Vascular Ultrasound.

Drs. Diane Fuller Switzer, Kumhee Ro, and Mo-Kyung Sin, along with former faculty members, Drs. Sofia Aragon, '97, and Carrie Miller were inducted as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) Saturday, October 7, 2023. These colleagues and other inductees were recognized for their substantial, sustained, and outstanding impact on health and health care.

Jaime Navetta, DNP, RN, CNE, who began her one-year appointment as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs at the College of Nursing on August 1, 2023, is a graduate of both its Doctor of Nursing Practice and Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs.

Mebel Christian-Ezeofor, ’26, is a doctoral student in the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AG-ACNP) program at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡. Her decision to pursue a career in nursing was influenced by her experience growing up in Cameroon, Africa, where she said, “socioeconomic disparities are not only apparent but consequential.”

Dr. Butch de Castro has been appointed the next Dean of ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡’s College of Nursing and will hold the Robert J. and Mary H. Bertch Endowed Professorship in Nursing Leadership, he will join ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ on July 1 2023.