News from the School of Nursing & Health Studies
Category: Alumni
MN Alum Assistant Nurse Manager
With a UW Bothell School of Nursing and Health Studies' Master of Nursing Administrative Leadership track, Brian Velasco is confident leading a team of clinical nurses at Harborview Medical Center, Seattle’s safety net hospital.
April 8, 2021
Mastering nursing administration, leadership
Read about Tamara Uson, MN '18, and how she helped develop a program that has been, "life changing."
March 30, 2021
MN Alum Health Care Manager
Susan Collins, MN '19, emphasizes the importance of communication and the value of her education. Moving from a bedside nursing position to Harborview's Magnet coordinator, Collins credits her success to the business and nursing skills she learned in the MN program. She is, "really proud of the education I received at UW Bothell.”
March 4, 2021
Social Justice Through Sustainable Chemistry
Through education programs with the United Nations and the American Chemical Society, Dr. Grace Lasker is promoting sustainable chemistry, embedded with values of social and environmental justice.
February 19, 2021
CBS News Interviews Justin Gill
CBS News interviewed SNHS lecturer Justin Gill for a segment about, "US Hospitalization Rates Reach All-Time High." Gill is an SNHS alum, as well as instructor.
December 9, 2020
SNHS Alum is School Nurse of the Year
The School Nurse Organization of Washington announced Tessa McIlraith, BSN '13, as 2020 State School Nurse of the Year.
December 4, 2020
Nursing Leadership in the COVID Era
SNHS recently led a tri-campus UW event in honor of the International Year of the Nurse and Midwives. It was titled “Nursing Leadership in the COVID Era” and featured 3 members of the SNHS Health Care Advisory Board.
November 9, 2020
Catching Up with Sara Subo!
Get to know Sara Subo, Health Studies alum, class of 2020.
October 28, 2020
Outstanding Scholar: Jarick Huliganga
SNHS is proud to announce Jarick Huliganga is the recipient of the 2020 Outstanding Scholar Award. Huliganga received his BSN from SNHS in 2004 and his MN in 2020.
October 23, 2020
BSN Alum Faces Outbreaks in 2 Cities
While still a student, BSN alum Avery Montes De Oca worked as an emergency room nurse at EvergreenHealth and as a travel nurse in Elmhurst. EvergreenHealth, in Kirkland, WA, is the hospital where many nursing home patients were treated in March for COVID-19. When Elmhurst, in Queens, NY, sent out a call for nurses as the coronavirus began to spike, Montes De Oca answered.
September 25, 2020