We spoke with five outstanding soon-to-be-graduates about how their Columbia education prepared them for the pandemic and allowed them to follow their passions in nursing.
Columbia Nursing is home to an array of student groups with a variety of missions, but these groups have one goal in common: cultivating a sense of community and supporting students.
Students Kelsey Baffour-Addo, MS ’22, Danica Dorlette, MPH, and Keisha S. Paul, MS ’23, have received scholarships from Nurses Educational Funds (NEF), Inc., for 2024-2025.
A William Randolph Hearst Foundation Nursing Scholar, Alden Bush ’20, is a first-generation graduate and first-generation American who plans to become a dual psychiatric and family nurse practitioner.
Long interested in pediatric health, Katherine Zheng ’20, plans to focus her research on positive youth development in adolescents with chronic illnesses.
Ashlyn Fitzgerald ’20 decided to pursue a career as a pediatric nurse practitioner so she could combine her love for science, education, and humanity, with her desire to help others.
Jacquelyn Taylor joins us from New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing and Gregory Alexander from University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing.
Corwin believes everyone deserves good health. In her new role as vice dean of strategic and innovative research, she is championing the work of the school’s researchers to move toward that goal.