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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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Graduate students invited to participate in Three Minute Thesis competition (9/15/2026)

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Inaugural Conway Scholars enter final year at Nese College of Nursing (9/15/2026)

Undergraduates in the first cohort of the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing’s Joanne and William Conway Nursing Scholarship are now in the final year of their bachelor of science in nursing degrees, three years after a $2 million grant established the program and committed $40,000 in support to each scholar over four years. As members of the cohort approach graduation, three scholars described how the program has shaped their nursing education and plans for the future.

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