All Posts: Nursing History

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‘Awarded a Place’ – Nursing Students in the College of Arts and Sciences

A Georgetown nursing alumna's saved admissions letters, from August 1948, to the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Nursing prompted an interesting look at women…

March 19, 2020

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Class of 1952 Nursing Alumna Deeply Values Georgetown Education

In 1947, Elizabeth Clark (BSN 1952) came to Georgetown to study to become a nurse. Nearly 75 years later, Clark still values the education she received in those. …

March 13, 2020

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Nearly 70 Years After GU Graduation, Nursing Alumna Looks Back on Career and Education

Nearly 70 years after her graduation, HelenMarie Dolton, of the nursing Class of 1953, looks back on her education in Georgetown College and the School of Nursing and her career,…

January 24, 2020

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Oral History Project to Shine a Light on Black History at School

Dr. Edilma Yearwood, chair of the Department of Professional Nursing Practice, and Mr. Brian Floyd, assistant dean, have been working on an oral history project featuring the…

February 8, 2019