News from the School of Nursing & Health Studies
Category: Students
Resilience Through Mindfulness Study
Participate in a research study using remote mindfulness and earn a $25 Amazon gift card. The study uses Zoom meetings or an app-based training to discover if remote mindfulness sessions reduce stress. Email kniitsu@uw.edu or happel@uw.edu for more information on how to learn new skills and earn a gift card.
September 29, 2020
Keeping Up with Shugla Kakar, HS ’20
Health Studies alum, Shugla Kakar is featured in the campus news this week. Before graduating, Kakar was the student body president, earned the 2020 University of Washington Bothell Chancellor's Medal, was named one of the Husky 100, and led the Muslim Student Association.
September 21, 2020
QSNA Scholarship: Undergrads & Alumni
The UW School of Nursing has been selected as the first academic partner in the United States to bestow the Queen Silvia Nursing Award (QSNA) for dementia care. Practicing registered nurses who have graduated from any of the three University of Washington nursing programs (UW Seattle, UW Bothell, or UW Tacoma) with a bachelor’s of science in nursing degree and current UW undergraduate student nurses may apply for the scholarship online through November 6, 2020. *Applications must include an idea or solution to addressing COVID-19 challenges in healthcare environment and special merit will be given for submissions that focus on the well-being of elderly and dementia-diagnosed communities.*
September 4, 2020
BSN Students Study COVID Impact on K-12 Schools
Robin Fleming, SNHS Lecturer, led students in their Population-Based Health in Community Practice course to work with the Northshore School District on researching the impact of COVID on re-opening K-12 schools.
August 31, 2020
SNHS Students Work in Our Communities
Maureen West, SNHS Lecturer, partners with local agencies bringing students and communities together.
August 24, 2020
Gender transformative programmes: our Dean in BMJ
"Without a gender transformative approach, male engagement interventions risk reinforcing existing gender inequalities," writes Dean Shari L. Dworkin and colleagues.
August 21, 2020
CNBC Ranks Bothell No. 1 Among Public Colleges
UW Bothell has been ranked No. 1 for return on investment. Read the campus news story and the CNBC Make It article for more information on how UW Bothell graduates earn the highest average salaries for their dollars.
July 29, 2020
Join us for student presentations
Please join us for three zoom presentations on Death & Dying on Tuesday, 8/4, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Attend via zoom at https://washington.zoom.us/j/99882757278
July 23, 2020
Master of Nursing leaders in the news
Nursing leaders completing the Master of Nursing program, ranked #2 in the US, shared their stories about COVID-19 and their coursework.
June 26, 2020
Students on the front lines
Eight SNHS students report in from the front lines of COVID-19 community support efforts.
June 23, 2020