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Thank you to all the members of the newly convened Academic Nursing Advisory Board. This advisory board will provide a channel for perspectives from nurses in professional practice, health systems leadership positions, and community-/public-service roles to guide our pursuits to fulfill our mission and actualize our vision.

Dr. Suzan Griffis Knowles and Melissa Owen were selected as N. Jean Bushman Endowed Chairs in Nursing for 2023-2024. Established in 1990, the N. Jean Bushman Endowed Chair was the first endowed chair at the Seattle University College of Nursing. Ms. Bushman taught in the College for 35 years before becoming faculty emerita in 1995. Her enduring legacy enables the College of Nursing to st

As a double alumna of Seattle University and staff member of the College of Nursing, Rebecca Severson, ‘14, ‘20, has had a long relationship with the SU community, which she describes as both, “holistically formative and transformative. As a student, I felt the mission and values of SU from my faculty and classmates being carried out. As a staff member, I draw from that experience and ai

Jaiden Childs is a senior in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program and Nursing Cadet in the Brady Battalion Army ROTC at Seattle University. A native Washingtonian, Cadet Childs credits her decision to pursue a career in Army nursing with her passion for leadership and helping others, which she developed at a young age.

Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, Brian O'Malley joined the College of Nursing’s Clinical Performance Lab team as a Simulation Specialist Technician in 2020. Since then, he’s become an integral part of the team providing a safe, equitable learning environment for SU students to learn through simulation. An avid trail-runner, when not in the office he says he’s usually “prancing out and

Kacey Jaenicke is a recent graduate from the post-baccalaureate Bachelor of Science in Diagnostic Ultrasound program at Seattle University. She and her classmate Riley Davis, ’23, had their senior capstone papers published in the September issue of the Journal for Vascular Ultrasound. In her capstone paper, 'Deep Venous Thrombosis in the Setting of Fever,' Jaenicke discusses the correlat