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Sim labs train future doctors and nurses

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State-of-the-art simulation labs — some of them unique in the country — help UND health care students hone their skills A College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines student practices preparing a manikin arm for an IV in class. Photo by Walter Criswell/UND Today. Health care practices are evolving, as are the tools that health care […]

Trio of students take home top academic prizes

Categories: News, RAIN

Two RAIN students earn Cobell Scholarships; Computer Science major wins Hispanic Scholarship Fund award UND archival image. Three outstanding students have put the University of North Dakota on the map by winning national scholarships. Sophomore Honors student and Computer Science major Mario Medeles, Manvel, Texas, earned a Hispanic Scholarship Fund award, while Nursing majors Erin Morin, Bottineau, N.D., and Ashley Davis, […]

RAIN program receives Rural Health ‘Excellence in DEI’ Award

Categories: News, RAIN

Half of all American Indian registered nurses in North Dakota are RAIN Program graduates, the program reports Earlier in June, UND’s RAIN or Recruitment & Retention of American Indians into Nursing program received the Rural Health ‘Excellence in DEI’ Award at the 38th Annual Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health. Accepting the award are […]

Nick Houge

Well Prepared for Patient Care | Nick Houge

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Nick Houge

Nick Houge earned his Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at UND, and he returned to the University for his current program, in which he’s pursuing a Nurse Anesthesia Doctorate of Nursing Practice. Photo by Shawna Schill/UND Today. Nursing is a calling often transmitted through experience. Many nurses credit seeing medical care administered up close […]

Dean Maridee Shogren stands in front of a UND CNPD sign

A simulated rural emergency hospital? Watch for it

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Dean Maridee Shogren stands in front of a UND CNPD sign

A Q&A with Maridee Shogren, the College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines’ new dean CNPD Dean Maridee Shogren. Photo by Mike Hess/UND Today. Editor’s note: Maridee Shogren was named dean of the College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines in November after serving as interim dean of the college for 10 months. During her Q&A with UND Today, Dean Shogren […]

Social Work graduates pose for a picture

Fall Social Work graduates honored at hooding and pinning ceremonies

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Social Work graduates pose for a picture

Students and faculty of the UND Social Work department held their hooding and pinning ceremonies for Fall graduates via Zoom on Dec. 15 UND Social Work graduate students gathered at Half Brothers Brewing Company to celebrate during the department’s hooding ceremony. Screenshot. Despite being held in December on one of the coldest days of the […]

Barb Anderson and Heidi Crawford

A journey, a family and a legacy

Categories: News, RAIN

Barb Anderson and Heidi Crawford

Heidi Crawford is among latest graduates of Recruitment & Retention of American Indians into Nursing (RAIN) program Heidi Crawford, right, sits with Barb Anderson, director of the Recruitment & Retention of American Indians into Nursing program. Crawford, who attended UND with her daughter, is among the most recent RAIN graduates. Photo by Adam Kurtz/UND Today […]