college of nursing & healthcare innovation ends 50th Anniversary Celebration with Distinguished alumni awards and proclamation of arizona nurses day
highlights:
- History of the College DVD - Proshow Producer Production - May need to download a small plug-in - Download the plug-in
- Gala Slide Show - Photos shared by Attendees
The Arizona State University College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation concluded its 50th anniversary celebration with a Gala Dinner attended by nearly 400 alumni, community partners, faculty, staff and students at the Arizona Biltmore last Friday.
The ceremony featured a proclamation from Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano naming April 25 as Arizona Nurses Day. The proclamation recognizes the nursing profession as one that provides the highest quality of evidence-based healthcare to improve patient outcomes. It also recognizes nursing colleges that are dedicated to graduating the highest caliber of nurses to ensure optimal health and it cites nurses in the state who demonstrate excellence in clinical practice, teaching, research, administration, health promotion and patient advocacy.
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon also spoke at the dinner about the City’s partnership with ASU that brought the nursing college to downtown and the importance of nurses to the health of city, county and state residents.
Dean Bernadette Melnyk presented inaugural Dream, Discover and Deliver awards to three distinguished alumni as follows:
- Dream Award – Ann Van Slyck, BSN, 1968; MSN, 1973; retired nursing executive and founding Board Member of the Health Care Coalition, Arizonans to Protect Quality Health Service
- Discover Award – Suzanne Bakken, BSN, 1974; Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University
- Deliver Award – Linda Burnes Bolton, BSN, 1970; Vice President for Nursing and Director of Nursing Research, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Dream•Discover•Deliver is the tagline for the ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation and describes the culture it offers its students, faculty and staff.
DVD presentations on the college’s history, alumni stories, and taped interviews with all five deans of the college highlighted the evening.
Colleen Keller, Class of 1975, professor of nursing and director of the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at ASU and Joey Ridenour, Class of 1969, executive director of the Arizona Board of Nursing, co-chaired the Steering Committee for the 15-month anniversary program.
