One of Columbia Nursing’s cornerstones is to understand global health issues not just from a clinical perspective, but from a cultural one as well. Under the direction of the Office of Global Initiatives, the school contributes to improving the world’s health by educating future nurses through global immersion experiences supported by the Global Fellows Fund. These experiences provide the school’s Masters Direct Entry (MDE) students with opportunities to interact with local nurses, patients and their families at 11 sites around the world, enabling them to apply their classroom learning in vari