Touch Point Online Magazine
College of Nursing
![College of Nursing juniors Caleb Faust (left) and Melina Connell pose for a photo in their nursing scrubs in front of Henderson Hall on the Kent campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Phi%20Beta%20Kappa_1500x600.jpeg?VersionId=FRMYYsk8JdukbRRs8ps7y94tZT1_cMq5&itok=8mIMJZFI)
College of Nursing
![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)
College of Nursing
![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)
College of Nursing
![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.
College of Nursing
College of Nursing
![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)
College of Nursing
![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)