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College of Nursing News
Katie Voigts Named DREAM Scholar
Katie Voigts, BSN, RN, PhD student at the UK College of Nursing, was recently named a 2018 DREAM Scholar, supported by the College of Nursing, Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET).
Zim Okoli, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN, CTTS, associate professor, recently received a state contract from the Department of Medicaid Services entitled “University Partnership – Behavioral Health Tobacco Dependence Treatment.” Despite steady declines in the smoking use prevalence of the general US population in the past five decades, little change has been observed in some vulnerable sub groups, specifically, individuals in behavioral health settings (i.e. those with mental illness and substance use disorders).
Ellen Hahn PhD, RN, FAAN, professor, has received two grant awards; the first from the state of Kentucky entitled “University Partnership – Enhancing Tobacco Dependence Treatment” and the second from the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences supplement program entitled "Empowering Concerned Communities with Validated Approaches to Environmental Citizen Science.”
UK College of Nursing Awarded Grant from Jonas Philanthropies to Fund Doctoral Nursing Students
The University of Kentucky College of Nursing is proud to announce it has been awarded a new grant of $10,000 from Jonas Philanthropies, a leading national philanthropic funder of graduate nursing education.
Information Sessions and Tours
We will be offering several BSN Information Sessions and Tours beginning in the Fall 2018 semester. Click here for details.
Application Dates
BSN Undergraduate Deadlines
Traditional BSN
March 1
Second Degree BSN
Spring: August 15
Fall: March 1
RN-BSN
Spring: October 15
Fall: July 1
MedVet-BSN
Spring: September 1
Fall: March 1
Graduate Deadlines
PHD Program
Spring: Oct. 15
Fall: Feb. 15
DNP Program
Fall: January 15
Please visit the admissions tab at the top of the page to apply.