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Penn State’s Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing is one of the largest educators of pre-licensure students in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with over 2200 undergraduate and graduate students on 13 campuses. Our College is positioned to lead the next generation of nurses and nurse scientists while enhancing the health of all people through quality care and education. To learn more about the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, check out our printer-friendly fact sheet.

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$5.25 million grant expands Conway Scholars program in Nese College of Nursing

Bedford Falls Foundation funding will extend need-based nursing scholarships and student success support at Scranton and Schuylkill campuses

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Bridging the gap: Project ECHO releases seven-year report on rural health impact (7/31/2026)

Project ECHO, or Extension for Community Health Care Outcomes, at Penn State College of Medicine recently released its Seven-Year Impact Report, for 2018-25. The publication highlights how an innovative idea to connect frontline community providers with university specialists has grown into a massive, statewide network of shared learning and better patient care.

Behrens honored with national innovation award for dementia care program (7/30/2026)

Liza Behrens, assistant professor of nursing in the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, received the 2025 Claudia J. Beverly Innovation Award from the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence for her work developing DIGNITY, a program designed to help nursing home staff support autonomy for residents living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias while minimizing risk for healthcare related harms.

Nese College student elected to National Black Nurses Association leadership (7/22/2026)

Bryan Thelisma, a current fourth-year bachelor of science in nursing student at the Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, has been voted student representative of the National Black Nurses Association in the organization’s 2026 national election.

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