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Class of 1994 celebrated 25 years

Tuesday, Jan 07, 2020: The class of 1994 BScN held their 25th Nursing Reunion during Homecoming on October 19, 2019.  Here is their report from their celebrati... Read More

Alumni Stories: Emma Fuller in Bangladesh

Monday, Dec 16, 2019: Emma Fuller had the opportunity to join a medical team travelling to Bangladesh for two weeks in the fall of 2019. Here is her account of her experience. Read More

Dr. Gina Browne inducted into Community of Distinction

Tuesday, Dec 03, 2019: Browne joins our other School of Nursing Community of Distinction inductees; Heather Arthur, Alba DiCenso, Susan French and Alma Reid. Read More

Featuring: Gina Browne

Alba DiCenso reflects on 35 years at Mac

Monday, Nov 25, 2019: The professor emerita has won a Distinguished Alumni Award from McMaster. Read More

Featuring: Alba DiCenso

Clare O'Connor, Alumni Profile

Friday, Nov 15, 2019: Meet Clare O'Connor, Quality Specialist/Continuous Quality Improvement Coach at Hamilton Health Sciences. Read More

Alumna Sarah Walji advocates for nursing on a global level

Tuesday, Aug 13, 2019: Walji has been “on the move” since graduating from the BScN program at McMaster in 2017. Juggling a busy schedule, she says that every day is an adventure. Read More

Featuring: Olive Wahoush, Peter Helli, Tracey Jewiss and Terry McCurdy

BScN class of 1989 celebrates 30 years

Monday, Jul 15, 2019: A highlight of the tour was a visit to the Centre for Simulation Based Learning. Read More

Class of 1969 celebrates reunion

Thursday, Jun 20, 2019: The BScN graduating class of 1969 came together to celebrate their 50th anniversary from May 29 - June 1. Read More

Nursing history show and tell: Issue 2

Tuesday, Mar 19, 2019: The second in a series of articles where we’ll be highlighting historic treasures. Read More

Featuring: Janet Landeen

Robots and nursing: Former BScN graduate Richard Booth's journey

Friday, Feb 08, 2019: Richard Booth was an undergrad at McMaster when nursing professor Ruta Valaitis set him on a course he has taken ever since. Read More

Featuring: Ruta Valaitis

Michael Varieur, Alumni Profile

Monday, Dec 17, 2018: Michael Varieur is senior manager with Canadian Mental Health Association, Muskoka-Parry Sound and the Manager of Quality Improvement. Read More

Nicole Whitten, Alumni Profile

Monday, Dec 10, 2018: Meet Nicole Whitten, who works as a Public Health Nurse in Peel. Read More

Former BScN student donates kidney to neighbour

Friday, Nov 30, 2018: Andy Clutton, a graduate of McMaster’s BScN program, donated a kidney to his neighbour. Clutton works as a palliative care nurse at McNally H... Read More

Nursing on the front lines of opioid crisis

Tuesday, Oct 30, 2018: For most, the news about the opioid crisis is troubling but it doesn’t touch us personally. For RN Tracy Hobson, it is a part of her daily work life. Read More

Krista Sferrazza, Alumni Profile

Wednesday, Oct 10, 2018: Meet a recent graduate of the School of Nursing. Read More

Lynn Martin, Alumni Profile

Tuesday, Aug 28, 2018: More than 4,000 students have graduated from McMaster's nursing programs. Here we meet Lynn Martin, an assistant professor in the McMaster School of Nursing. Read More

Featuring: Lynn Martin

Class of 1968 celebrates fiftieth anniversary

Thursday, Aug 09, 2018: The class of 1968 BScN held their 50th Nursing Reunion at Niagara-on-the-Lake on May 22 & 23. Read More

Mental health nurse sets sights on Miss World Canada 2018 title

Tuesday, Jul 17, 2018: McMaster grad Melissa Young ’18 (School of Nursing) will be competing in the Miss World Canada competition on July 22. Young, the current Mi... Read More

Marie-Lee Yous, Alumni Profile

Monday, Mar 26, 2018: More than 4,000 students have graduated from McMaster's nursing programs. Here we meet Marie-Lee Yous, a charge nurse on a Long-Term Care unit at ... Read More

Katelyn Plug spent her summer volunteering on a hospital ship

Friday, Mar 23, 2018: Alumna Katelyn Plug was in the news recently for her volunteer work on a hospital ship. Plug graduated from McMaster with a BScN in 2011. She works... Read More

Alumni Profile: Melissa Northwood

Monday, Jan 08, 2018: More than 4,000 students have graduated from McMaster's nursing programs. Here we meet Melissa Northwood, a Nurse Continence Advisor in home care with Saint Elizabeth Home Health Care. Read More

Class of 1968 alumni celebrate reunion

Thursday, Jun 01, 2017: One flew in from Australia. Others drove in from London, Toronto, Kitchener, Michigan and places in between. Eight graduates from the McMaster Nursing Class of 1968 gathered at The Old Mill in Ancaster on May 3, 2017 and spent the day catching up on what’s been happening in their lives since their last meeting. Read More

School celebrates student award winners and donors

Wednesday, Mar 29, 2017: School of Nursing students who have made an extra commitment were recognized in a ceremony this week that celebrated 130 awards from the generosity of donors. Read More

Nursing reunion: Class of 1976

Tuesday, Nov 22, 2016: The McMaster BScN Class of 1976 gathered together in September. Thirty former students were able to come together for some or all of the weekend r... Read More