The FAMU School of Nursing is the oldest continuing
baccalaureate nursing program in Florida, as well as the oldest program of its
kind among historically Black colleges and universities. The illustrious school
continues to make progress as it kicked off 2017 with its first male dean in
the school’s history — Henry C. Talley, Ph.D.
Along with celebrating 80 years of success, the school was
recently ranked among the nation’s “Top 20 Best Value Nursing Programs” by
BestValueSchools.com. It was also listed as one of the top 25 schools in the
Eastern region by the Nursing Journal.
In attendance was Helen Heathington, a 1949 alumna, one of
the school’s oldest living graduates, who celebrated FAMU as a place “where you
can become the most well-rounded nurse it is possible to be.”
Speakers for the weekend included the National League for
Nursing Academy of Nursing Education inductee Georgie Labadie, a 1957 graduate,
and Dionne Williams, a 2015 graduate, pursuing a nursing research doctorate
through a partnership with FAMU and Case Western Reserve University.