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- Fall Commencement for College of Nursing Features Harris County Judge, Spotlights Leadership for New Nurses
- UH College of Nursing Doctor of Nurse Practice Program Completes First Semester With Cohort Of Experienced Family Nurse Practitioners
- UH Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Uses Smartphone COVID-19 Test Created By UH Alumni
- Study Finds Lack of Sleep, Rest a Health Problem for Nursing Faculty
- University of Houston College of Nursing Opens Clinic for Homeless and Working Poor
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- New UH Nursing Graduates Ready to Educate, Care, Lead
- County Proclamation for UH College of Nursing
- Pilot Study Examines Impact of Qigong on Informal Cancer Caregivers
- State of the College Chronicles UH College of Nursing, 2015-2020
- UH College of Nursing Answers Call to Administer COVID-19 Vaccines to Fort Bend County Residents
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- Heroes in the Pandemic: A Salute to Our Nurses
- UH Nursing Student Journeys to New York City to Care for Covid-19 Patients
- Nurses Trained to Safe Safe While Treating Covid-19 Patients
- Nursing Prof Takes Innovation Idea to Apple
- Nurse’s Touch Award Recognizes Technology Skills, Honesty
- The Coronavirus: What You Need to Know
- Family, Friends, Faculty Welcome New Students to the College of Nursing
» 2019
» 2018
› October
› September
- Annual Scholarship Banquet Brings Scholars, Benefactors Together in Celebration
- UH Nursing Students, Area Health Experts Provide Strategies on Wellness
- University of Houston and Humana Announce Long-term Strategic Partnership
- Deal of the Week: UH gets $15M gift from Humana for new med school, partnership
› August
- Dr. Shainy Varghese interview: Does your child suffer from Rain Anxiety?
- A Year After The Storm
- UH Nursing Leadership, Nursing Council of India Create Exchange Opportunities
- College of Nursing Professor Receives Prestigious Award for Medical-Surgical Nurses
- UH College of Nursing and Nursing Council of India to Share Talent
› May
› April
› March
› February
› January
» 2017
- Nursing Students Focus on Education, Prevention at Diabetes Wellness Day
- College of Nursing Again Recognized for Commitment to Diversity
- Researchers use virtual reality to help addicts kick heroin addiction
- High-Tech Mannequin Lets Students Practice End-of-Life talks
- Annual UH Sugarland Scholarship Banquet Celebrates Students, Benefactors
- College of Nursing in Ireland: Sigma Theta Tau International
- Message from the Dean
- Montgomery Family Trust Scholarship paying dividends to local community (via Palacios Beacon newspaper)
- New Childbirth Simulator Brings State-of-the-Art Technolocy to Obstetrics Curriculum
- Two Familiar Nursing Programs Added to Online Offerings at UH Sugarland
- UH Nursing Students Spend Mini Semester in Methodist Hospital's MITIE Lab
- New Nursing Graduates Take Part in Traditional Pinning Ceremony
- Sandy Lee, Among Houston's Best
- Nursing Students Head to Spanish Class
- Nursing Students Gain Insight through Virtual Dementia Activity
- UH Moment: College of Nursing
- UH College of Nursing Reaches its Number-one Strategic Goal Ahead of Schedule
- UH College of Nursing Amongst the Most Elite in Nation
- Annual 'Hands of Caring Ceremony' Welcomes New Students to UH School of Nursing
- Scholarship, Philanthropy Celebrated at UH Sugar Land 15th Annual Scholarship Dinner
- UH Launches $1 Billion Fundraising Campaign
- Gallup Poll: Nurses #1 Profession for Honesty and Ethics
» 2016
- Embracing Diversity in Nursing to Improve Healthcare
- School of Nursing Students Honored at Annual Texas Nursing Celebration
- The Health Professions HEED Awards
- Student Success: Iris Machuca, School of Nursing
- School of Nursing Researcher Examines Health Needs of Elderly Texas Immigrants
- University of Houston Embraces Diversity as an Inherent Aspect of its Diversity
- UH and School Of Nursing receive top honors for diversity (video)
- Eugenia Blomstrom, ‘The Best of Nursing,’ Retires from UH Sugar Land School of Nursing
- UH School of Nursing Students present their research at the Texas Regional HiMSS conference in Houston on May 12th
» 2015
- Graduation and Pinning Fall 2015
- Nursing forum to address nursing leadership
- As Fort Bend grows, colleges look to expand there
- University of Houston receives $54 million in construction bonds to expand Sugar Land campus
- Plans, more land to boost UH Sugar Land
- School of Nursing finds a home at the main campus
» 2014
› August
› July
- UHV-VC Dual Nursing Degree - Crossroads Today
- VC, UHV create dual-degree nursing program - Victoria Advocate
- UHV, VC team up on dual degree to keep nursing students in Victoria
- Maura Bennett receives Scholarship! Victoria Professional Express Network hosts fashion show
- UHV Nursing Program Takeover Delayed -Crossroads Today
- UHV assistant professor wins nursing excellence award - Fort Bend Independent
- Stafford nurse receives GEM Award - Fort Bend Sun
- UHV assistant professor wins nursing excellence award - Victoria Advocate
- UHV School of Nursing needs transfusion to remain alive in Victoria
› June
› May
- 3 incoming UHV nursing students selected Johnson Scholars
- Three incoming UHV nursing students selected as Johnson Scholars
- In Good Company (Dean Kathryn Tart) - Victoria Advocate
- UHV nursing school to hit milestone at Saturday pinning ceremony - Victoria Advocate
- UHV nursing school to hit milestone at Saturday pinning ceremony
- Spring Coffee With The Dean
- Patient care top concern for UHV outstanding nursing graduates - Victoria Advocate
- UHV recognizes faculty for exceptional teaching, service, research - Victoria Advocate
- Summer Scholarships UHV Sugar Land, Katy, and the Woodlands Campuses
- Summer Scholarships UHV Victoria
- Patient care top concern of UHV outstanding nursing graduates
- UHV recognizes faculty for exceptional teaching, service, research
› April
- Spring Graduation Celebration!
- UHV Spring Nursing Forum, April 25, 2014
- Education and Innovation through Concept-Based Nursing Workshop
- Health Studies: UHV reports freshman applications up 40% - Victoria Advocate
- Spring Nursing Forum to discuss health collaboration - Victoria Advocate
- Health Studies: More Texas high school seniors considering UHV
- Spring Nursing Forum to discuss health collaboration
- Open House and Advising Night UH System Cinco Ranch, April 10, 2014
- UHV School of Nursing continues programs - Victoria Advocate
› March
- Nursing programs still available in Victoria - Victoria Advocate
- Denise Neill becomes interim provost at University of Houston-Victoria
- Associate nursing professor named UHV interim provost - Victoria Advocate
- Associate nursing professor, faculty leader named UHV interim provost
- Free Wellness Expose March 22, 2014
- In Good Company (Chelsea Price, Lisette Barton) - Victoria Advocate
› February
- UHV to lose nursing school; Victoria leaders question move - Victoria Advocate
- See what a Bachelor of Science in Health Studies can do for you!
- Come say Hello to the Dean at the Baseball Game, February 15th at 1:00pm at Constellation Field in Sugar Land!
- UHV alumna steps into job advocating for Texas physicians - Victoria Advocate
› January
- UHV nursing ceremony informs students' families about rigorous program
- UHV nursing ceremony informs students’ families about rigorous program - Victoria Advocate
- Job Fair Presented by Workforce Solutions, Saturday, January 25, 2014, 10am-3pm, UH Sugar Land
- Point in Time count, Day of Care identify, assist homeless in need – Victoria Advocate
- UHV names undergraduates on fall President’s, Dean’s lists
- In Good Company (Lee Anne Lightfoot) - Victoria Advocate
- UHV nursing faculty member brings real-life experiences to classroom
» 2013
› December
- Outstanding nursing school graduates ready for careers - Victoria Advocate
- Outstanding nursing school graduates ready for careers
- UHV to graduate more than 500 students Saturday
- UHV students achieve best Texas university nursing exam pass rate
- UHV School of Nursing to pin more than 100 graduates in ceremony - Victoria Advocate
- UHV School of Nursing to pin more than 100 graduates in ceremony
› November
- Opportunity to impact people's lives drives UHV nursing student
- UHV educator named one of region's top nurses - Victoria Advocate
- UHV to offer new health studies bachelor's degree - Victoria Advocate
- UHV to begin offering new health studies bachelor's degree
- UHV education students perform well on educator certification test
- UHV educator names as one of region's top nurses
- In Good Company (Sandy McNeely)
- Nursing impact of Affordable Care Act topic for UHV fall forum
- UHV reflects on anniversary of excellence at annual report event
- CCNE Letter to Friends
- UHV student puts recording studio on hold to accelerate nursing career
- Health care expansions to bring local services
› September
› August
› July
› June
› May
- Nursing is in faculty member’s blood
- UHV gets approval for new family nurse practitioner master’s program
- UHV graduates earn among highest first-year paychecks in Texas
- UHV student receives Salute to Nurses scholarship - Victoria Advocate
- UHV student receives Salute to Nurses scholarship
- Salute to Nurses names scholarship winners - Chron<
- In Good Company (Tammy Whatley)
- Nurses Week: Passion continues to be common thread in field
- UHV nursing to pin first graduating class from The Woodlands - Victoria Advocate
- UHV graduates to hear speech by alumnus, San Antonio morning news anchor
- UHV outstanding nursing students tout importance of further education - Victoria Advocate
- UHV nursing to pin first graduating class from the Woodlands
- UHV outstanding nursing students tout importance of further education
› April
› March
› February
› January
» 2012
› December
› November
- UHV Fall Nursing Forum to discuss hospice care
- History in the Making
- UHV School of Nursing joins Texas Medical Center
- Nurses Association to honor wartime colleagues
- LSC-University Center at Montgomery starts RN to BSN program
- UHV School of Nursing joins Texas Medical Center as 53rd member institution
› October
› September
- Care2Chat on Great Day Houston
- Grandmother's healing abilities inspire nursing professor
- UHV assistant professor receives Excellence in Nursing award
- UHV faculty members earn Bloomberg BusinessWeek teaching, research awards
- Learn more about your child’s development at Care2Chat conference
- Texas receives national grant to increase number of highly educated nurses
- UHV third in the nation for fastest growing student enrollment
- Texas Receives National Grant to Build Nursing Workforce
› August
› July
› June
› May
- School of Nursing launches Friends of Nursing with $1,000 donation
- UHV student wins Salute to Nurses scholarship
- Nurse Ybarra takes action to support the “80 by ‘20” initiative (Page 13, column by UHV student)
- UHV School of Nursing to honor graduates at pinning ceremony
- Top UHV nursing students realize value of education
› April
› March
› February
» 2011
› December
› November
› October
› September
› August
› June
› May
› April
- VC Nursing instructor receives degree from UHV
- UHV and WCJC sign agreement between nursing school
- Agreement between UHV, Lone Star College to smooth nursing education path
- Schools collaborate to offer RN-to-BSN program
- Organization keeps UHV graduate nursing student on track
- School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony
» 2010
› December
› November
› October
› September
› July
- Hospital funds UHV professor as first doctoral-level researcher
- UHV School of Nursing helps improve patient comfort
- In Good Company - Sandra McNeely
- UHV awards first post-master’s nursing certificates
- In Good Company - Dr Blomstrom
- South Central Nurses Earn Top Honors - National organization selects Dean Tart for advocacy award
› June
› May
› April
› March
› February
› January
» 2009
› December
› November
› October
- Seattle Pi-UH building its health care credentials
- Nursing faculty member gives guest lecture at Texas Tech
- UH building its health care credentials -Initiatives include hiring, ties to Medical Center
- UHV School of Nursing receives national accreditation on first try
- Victoria Television Group : UHV School of Nursing receives national accreditation on first try
› September
› July
› June
› May
› April
- UHV School of Nursing to honor graduates at pinning ceremony
- UHV Second Degree Nursing student honored for academic achievements
- UHV invites all to Spring 2009 Nursing Forum
- UHV School of Nursing helps improve healthcare at regional hospital through research partnership
- Nursing students help with smoking cessation efforts in Fort Bend County
- UHV receives $25,000 grant for nursing scholarships