Distinguished Alumni Award Nomination Cycle Open

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Dear Alumni,
I hope you are all settling into the New Year and staying healthy. We continue to review COVID-19 data and follow guidelines to keep our students, faculty, and staff as safe as possible. We look forward to and plan to return to in-person classes soon. I am energized and excited about all that is on the horizon for the College – expanding campus locations, new academic programs, Experiential Learning/Simulation Center completion, programs for student success and support and so much more. We are expanding our faculty composition and continue to interview candidates for all locations. On April 20, 2022, we will honor and celebrate Fran and Earl Ziegler, the college’s namesakes, during our Inaugural OU College of Nursing Founders Day Celebration. This will be held annually on the third Wednesday of April going forward, a date chosen to commemorate Fran’s birthday. During this event we will have a special dedication to the College and recognize our 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. I am proud of the work and commitment by our faculty and staff as we achieved a rise in 2022 U.S. News & World Report rankings for Best Online Master’s in Nursing, as well as accomplishments such as the selection of Dr. Charleen McNeill, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, as President Elect of the Southern Nursing Research Society, and student accolades, including Natalia Sotomayor being named one of 16 Outstanding Seniors for exceptional achievements in scholarship, honors, leadership and service from the University of Oklahoma. Our future is bright, we welcome our new students for Spring 2022 and celebrate our seniors graduating in May.

The continued work each of you and other nursing professionals do in the community is invaluable. I am appreciative of our faculty, staff, preceptors, clinical partners, alumni, and friends for all they do to support the College and our students. It is an honor to serve as Dean.

Sincerely,

Julie Anne Hoff, PhD, MPH, RN
Dean and Interim OU Health Chief Nurse Executive
President’s Associates Presidential Professorship

Distinguished Alumni Award - Please Make Your Nomination!

The College of Nursing with the Nursing Alumni Association launched a Distinguished Alumni Award program in 2017 with great success. It is time for our 2021 nominations. Deadline is March 4, 2022, please make your nomination to recognize one of our amazing alumni. This award will be presented at the inaugural Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing Founders Day event on April 20, 2022 in Oklahoma City.

Visit our website to learn more.

The matriarch of a three-generation nursing family is reunited with a symbol of her life’s work. The daughter-in-law of Mary “Corky” Rowher, OU Nursing Class of 1964, contacted representatives of the college of nursing and explained they had recently learned a story about their beloved Corky. When pinning her granddaughter, third-generation nurse Corley, she casually remarked that her nursing pin had been taken in a home theft in the mid-1980s. The family immediately knew what they had to do, and on Christmas morning, Corley was able to return the favor by presenting a surprise OU Nursing pin to her grandmother to replace what had been lost. “She is a woman like none other, tirelessly giving, generous to a fault, never judgmental, always encouraging, deeply rooted in her family and faith, a kind and wonderful mother, the best mother-in-law anyone could ask for, and a superb grandmother of eight, stated her daughter-in-law. We think she was pleased, because even though she didn’t say much, she wore the pin for the remainder of the day.” Mary “Corky” Rohwer spent her entire career as a nurse and retired from SSM St. Anthony Hospital.

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