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![С»ÆƬÊÓƵ nursing faculty pose for a photo outside Henderson Hall on the Kent Campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Faculy-with-Dean_fall2021_1500x600_0.jpg?VersionId=CJJlw0AqsGkOSsnHQ.8ude5DDjl_2Gjx&h=e6f36a9c&itok=BfOWXXAE)
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s College of Nursing Redesignated a Center of Excellence by National League for Nursing
For the third consecutive term, the National League for Nursing (NLN) has designated С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s College of Nursing as a Center of Excellence in the category of Advancing the Science of Nursing Education. This new cycle of designation will extend from 2022-2026.
Awards & Achievements – Summer 2022
![Collage of the seven Kent nursing faculty members who have retired since 2020.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/retired-faculty_1500x600_0.jpg?VersionId=lL.kCDar3ljzLmz51UDXq571vuWHKCi9&h=e6f36a9c&itok=vRTa5AG0)
Honoring Our Retired Faculty
![Two College of Nursing alums, Drs. Ruth Ludwick, MSN ’81, Ph.D. ’93, (left) and Rebecca M. Patton, BSN ’80,worked as two thirds of the editing cohort to release the nursing textbook: Nurses Making Policy, Third Edition: From Bedside to Boardroom.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Alumni-Book_1500x600_0.jpg?VersionId=bodzpOvJf_bTpbPQqj5qsvULN743f.zy&h=e6f36a9c&itok=oRQFG3bP)
Health Policy Experts Release New Edition of Innovative Nursing Textbook
![Group photo of the Integrated (Genoa/pharmacy; AxessPointe/Primary Care; Portage Path Behavioral Health/Community Mental health center) and Interprofessional Team (Psych-Mental health NPs; Family Medicine MD; Pharmacist and Pharmacy Techs)](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Peg%27s-Foundation-group-photo2022_1500x600_0.jpg?VersionId=VQkh4I9syAkH5wMEoe6F44iDOTVPhl2f&h=e6f36a9c&itok=H94cK14W)
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s College of Nursing Awarded $225,000 Grant From Peg’s Foundation
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s College of Nursing was recently awarded a three-year $225,000 grant from Peg’s Foundation, formerly the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation, a private grant-making foundation that supports mental health programs in Northeast Ohio.
![Henderson Hall in the spring](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/HendersonHallSpring1500x600_0.jpg?VersionId=g67s21hxpmXIGpRz05wiDeObK_HP.Fe.&h=e6f36a9c&itok=1kYQhoXz)
Expanding Scholarship Access
Distinguished Fellowships Opportunities: Loretta Aller and Taryn Burhanna Win Competitive Awards
A tribute to both their ongoing scholarship and service to the College of Nursing, Loretta Aller, Ph.D., MSN, RN, CHSE, and Taryn Burhanna, MSN, APRN, NP-C, received competitive fellowship awards by the internationally recognized International Nursing Association for Clinical and Simulation Learning (INACSL) and the nationally recognized SOURCE Service-Learning Academy, respectively.
![Current graduate student, Hanna Shaw (second from left), poses for a selfie with a ground of young female children in Mexico during a recently medical mission trip.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/HannaShaw1500x600_0.jpg?VersionId=wsrMEfPjLHLuQsgv2vsc2x04zCIml50_&h=4a7d1ed4&itok=2rl2BCYS)