Category Archives: Alumni & Friends

  In the Spring 2021 issue of IMPACT: The Magazine of the UCF Foundation, Rosemary Notarantonio ’81 shares why she and her husband, Raymond, established the Notarantonio Endowed Nursing Scholarship to support high-achieving first-generation students. “I hope this scholarship provides the net for someone to take that leap into a brighter future,” she says. Read […]

Leading nursing scholar assists rural nurse leaders through endowed scholarship In the Spring 2021 issue of IMPACT: The Magazine of the UCF Foundation, Nursing Endowed Chair and Professor Angeline Bushy shares why she established the Dr. Angeline and John R. Bushy Endowed Scholarship for PhD students in the College of Nursing who live in rural […]

When alumna Dr. Darcy Harris ’81BSN was a student at UCF, Florida hospital had openings for student nurses. She was placed in the oncology department, and she said she felt immediately it was a fit. “I was not afraid to talk with people about dying and I wasn’t afraid to be with people who were […]

Private philanthropy is helping nursing students make it through COVID-related financial crises.   Next week, when the Spring 2021 semester begins, senior nursing student Josée Etienne will return to UCF to complete her clinicals, coursework and honors thesis. But for Etienne and several other nursing students, the semester almost didn’t happen.   Last year, at […]

Update: Joyce DeGennaro ’03 ’09BSN ’13MSN passed away on Sunday, Nov. 29 after a five-year battle with breast cancer. She was a wonderful mother and wife, and a beloved faculty member and friend. She was an inspiration to everyone who knew her and will be greatly missed. Read her inspiring story, which she shared in […]

  In the new issue of Pegasus magazine, UCF College of Nursing alumnus Stephen Brennan ’15BSN, a certified emergency nurse, discusses traveling to Queens, New York — the worst-hit area in the United States — to help during COVID-19.   Read More

  Jeff Kepler ’11, a graphic designer, used his creativity to honor heroes around the world, including Anthony King ’14BSN ’17MSN, a nurse caring for COVID-19 patients in New York City.   Read More

Updated February 25, 2021 Awardees will be officially recognized at the 40th Anniversary Virtual Gala on May 15, 2021   In celebration of the 40th anniversary, the UCF College of Nursing is honoring 40 alumni who reflect its values of excellence, innovation, integrity, compassion, service and community. The awardees will be officially recognized at the […]

Jason A. Duprat ’09BSN has always pushed himself out of his comfort zone, and his current deployment with the U.S. Navy Reserve to the COVID-19 hot spot in New York City is no different. Read More

Duty has already called for Capt. Paul Kohler ’20MSN, whose graduate nursing degree is being put to the test five miles up and 5,000 miles away from home. Read More