College of Nursing
![Kent State student Ashlee Frymier, a registered nurse studying to be a nurse practitioner, has been named the 2022 Big Sister of the Year by Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Summit, Medina and Stark Counties/ Kent State student Ashlee Frymier, a registered nurse studying to be a nurse practitioner, has been named the 2022 Big Sister of the Year by Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Summit, Medina and Stark Counties/](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/ashlee%20nurse%20main%202_0.jpg?VersionId=.JJAvROxVAbYrcwFbc9z3OeULZ81jYue&h=67eabc4d&itok=LJ2CM8m2)
Kent State College of Nursing student Ashlee Frymier has been selected as Big Sister of the Year by Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Summit, Medina and Stark Counties.
![A nursing anatomy class at Kent State's East Liverpool Campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/221010-East-Liverpool_RD-00097_0.jpg?VersionId=2_vyP8dl10GMHX5CgY7q31bxBMo8GXAB&h=10d202d3&itok=0sJfCnpJ)
Nursing students learn anatomy inside and out at Kent State's East Liverpool Campus.
![Kent State College of Nursing welcomes new faculty (left) Jake Nicholson and Kimberly Haag.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/NewFaculty2022_1500x600_0.jpg?VersionId=eumbMlDp9m1w9s_p4PbT4lUQuXZ84VD4&h=e6f36a9c&itok=98UDL4QX)
![From left: Tracey Motter, DNP, MSN, RN; Kay Gianantonio, MSN, RN, APRN-CNP, AGPCNP-BC; Nicole Lewis, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, 2020 - 2022 Jonas Scholar Recipient; and Lisa Onesko, DNP, APRN-BC.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/JonasScholarAward2022_1500x600_0.jpg?VersionId=NThq2ndQQAjnZdIs6Sd18Fnh2NPB2FS4&h=e6f36a9c&itok=rb2EIELF)
![Kent State nursing faculty pose for a photo outside Henderson Hall on the Kent Campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Faculy-with-Dean_fall2021_1500x600_0.jpg?VersionId=CJJlw0AqsGkOSsnHQ.8ude5DDjl_2Gjx&h=e6f36a9c&itok=BfOWXXAE)
For the third consecutive term, the National League for Nursing (NLN) has designated Kent State University’s College of Nursing as a Center of Excellence in the category of Advancing the Science of Nursing Education. This new cycle of designation will extend from 2022-2026.
![Collage of the seven Kent nursing faculty members who have retired since 2020.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/retired-faculty_1500x600_0.jpg?VersionId=lL.kCDar3ljzLmz51UDXq571vuWHKCi9&h=e6f36a9c&itok=vRTa5AG0)
![Two College of Nursing alums, Drs. Ruth Ludwick, MSN ’81, Ph.D. ’93, (left) and Rebecca M. Patton, BSN ’80,worked as two thirds of the editing cohort to release the nursing textbook: Nurses Making Policy, Third Edition: From Bedside to Boardroom.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Alumni-Book_1500x600_0.jpg?VersionId=bodzpOvJf_bTpbPQqj5qsvULN743f.zy&h=e6f36a9c&itok=oRQFG3bP)