June 6, 2024
Congratulations to the Research College of Nursing students in the baccalaureate degree program who earned a place on the Honor Roll for Spring 2024! These outstanding nursing students in the traditional and accelerated tracks held full–time status and a nursing semester grade point average of 3.5 or above.
Your hard work, resilience, and commitment to excellence inspire us all. Well done!
Accelerated BSN (Class of May 2024)
- acqueline Bryson
- Lynette Chavez Quinones
- Colby Connely
- Elana Daniel
- Kayla Dolan
- Cheyenne Harness
- Hayden Holbrook
- Madison Holbrook
- Kelsey Husk
- Ryann Knott
- Taylor Legg
- Codi Marrs
- Gisel Mfonfu
- Kendra Newey
- Halie Powell
- Cristine Joy Prado-Tagayun
- Samuel Rathmann
- Tucker Ruark
- Michela Thudium
- Hannah Will
Accelerated BSN (Class of December 2024)
- Sydney Blecha
- Sarah Buchanan
- Michael Carroll
- Caitlin Cooley
- Victoria Devonshire
- Kara Diffey
- Jackson Dorsh
- Jasmine Dumont
- Caroline Duvall
- Jennifer Enyeribe
- Sara Frazier
- David Geffner
- Heather Gentry
- Katherine Gerlach
- JesusGonzalez Ventura
- Katherine Graham
- Katherine Gray
- Sophia Harvey
- Sharel Heath
- Eric Jimenez
- Elizabeth Jost
- Sarah Lumley
- Luke Majeske
- Kelcy Martin
- Madison Martin
- Olivia Miller
- Jesus Morales Ortega
- Chase Morstorf
- Gabrielle Moss
- Madyson Myers
- Hailey Newbrough
- Jaden Osborne
- Sarah Patton
- Emily Peavler
- Randi Petersen
- Sabrina Picerno
- Michelle Rissky-Hughes
- Alexander Robichaud
- Niloufar Salimi
- Abbigail Sauer
- Garrett Schick
- Nicolette Schmidt
- Gertrude Schoepfer
- Makenzi Schroeder
- Bester Seemani
- Celeste Shumate
- Carolyn Smith
- Jennifer Stewart
- Julia Varenhorst
- Roxanne Vega
- Kennedy Ward
- Madeline Webb
- Isabel Woodruff
BSN (Juniors & Seniors)
- Jessica Babler
- Emma Bailey
- Charnai Banks
- Nora Bara
- Megan Barr
- Madison Blakemore
- Mallory Boden
- Jackson Boenker
- Andrea Boswell-Carder
- Courtney Botwinik
- Aiden Boze
- Alexandria Brandt
- Angela Brisbin
- Tela Brown
- Abigail Burroughs
- Lorena Calderon
- Celeste Cherry
- Christine Childers
- Karsyn Clark
- Claire Coats
- MikHel Coe
- Sage Copeland
- Yuqing Coulson
- Sydney Crane
- Ashlee Crider
- Brittani Dangelo
- Debra Daniel
- Jessica Dugdale
- Megan Dusek
- Delaney Fox
- Abigail Frye
- Lacy Gibson
- Kinsey Gilleland
- Chelsea Gillespie
- Rylee Glass
- Haydn Godshall
- Grace Goetsch
- Jessye Gomez del Castillo
- Jocelyne Gonzalez
- Felicia Gordon
- Austin Grippin
- Daelyn Hahn
- Chanz Hale
- Ashliegh Hamilton
- Taylor Heath
- Reese Hernandez
- Jennifer Hernandez Sanchez
- Courtney Hoth
- Emma Howell
- Chloe Huegerich
- Halle Hurst
- Taylor Hutchison
- Hannah Johnson
- Guepson Jonas
- Hannah SueKennish
- Kylee Kingman
- Mitchel Kiprotich
- Christina Klein
- Axton Kramer
- Mason Larkins
- Susan Lartey
- Graciela Leininger
- Brenden Lesue
- Nicole Madison
- Hannah Martin
- Katelyn Martin
- Macy Masters
- Chloe Maxey
- Emmi McCoy
- Kynyada McGee
- Molly McIntyre
- Allison Meier
- Juliana Meza
- Emmory Michael
- Holly Miller
- Konleigh Miller
- Emily Mindedahl
- Lindsey Mitchell
- Madison Moore
- Shelley Mullins
- Kiarra Murphy
- Jennifer Myers
- Mikayla Norman
- Chimsom Obi
- Chloe Oliver
- Rachael Oloh
- Linda Perez
- Shelbi Ragan
- Abigail Rasmussen
- Autumn Ratliff
- Emiley Reikofski
- Daniella Renteria
- Whitney Richter
- Abigail Riego De Dios
- Jacqueline Robinson
- Skyler Robinson
- Tessa Robinson
- LuisRocha-Gonzalez
- Lauren Rogers
- Stacey Schilling
- Savannah Sharp
- Kylie Sheline
- Ta’Keyla Sims
- Matthew Smith
- Audrey Snyder
- Amanda Sokol
- Olivia Solce
- Cameron Stillions
- Rylie Stone
- Dayna Street
- Ashley Triplett
- Sonya Vann
- Brittany Wandell
- Elizabeth Ward
- Emily Weeks
- Paige Westfall
- Sophia Wilson
- Grant Wood
- Alexia Woods
- Whitney Woods
April 5, 2021
Kansas City, Missouri – More than 140 Research College of Nursing students, faculty, and non-clinical staff recently volunteered to help facilitate Research Medical Center’s first community COVID-19 vaccine clinic.
The two-day event enabled 1,200 community members to receive their first dose of the Moderna vaccine. The Research College of Nursing Days of Service continued on March 11-12, when community members returned for their second vaccine dose, with volunteers again assisting with greeting, screening, escorting, data entry, vaccination, and observation.
The accelerated BSN Class of 2021 learned to administer injections ahead of the curriculum so more students and faculty could participate in administering the much-anticipated “shot of hope” to frontline workers at Research Medical Center on December 23. Accelerated nursing students who graduated from the College on December 13, 2021, returned to assist during the holidays.
Ushering Hope: What It Means for Research College of Nursing
“We are proud to maintain a commitment to excellence that started when Research College of Nursing was founded in 1905, and part of our mission is to not only educate nurses and develop leaders, but to care for our communities,” says Research College of Nursing President Thad R. Wilson, PhD, RN, FAAN. “It was our pleasure to join with our partners at Research Medical Center to provide one of the area’s largest community vaccine clinics.
“It was a heartwarming experience for our team that was filled with such positive feedback from our community. From the moment the public walked in the door to the moment they walked out, there was somebody there helping them, and almost always it was a Research College of Nursing student, faculty, or staff member.”
Research College of Nursing is one of the few nursing colleges in the U.S. integrated with a hospital. Sharing a campus with Research Medical Center also positioned students to be among the first in the region to administer COVID-19 vaccines. After pivoting their education to virtual settings during the pandemic, the nursing students were eager for the opportunity to step up in the fight against COVID-19.
“It is remarkable to see our students, faculty, and staff all doing their part to help end the pandemic,” says Research College of Nursing Professor and Director of Accelerated BSN Program Rebecca Saxton, PhD, RN, CNE. “Our skilled volunteers have worked in every aspect of the vaccination clinics and in some cases, actually injecting the vaccine.”
Ushering Hope: What It Means for Research College of Nursing Students
“I vaccinated people, getting valuable hands-on clinical experience,” says Research College of Nursing BSN Student ’21 Tasia Roberts. “It was wonderful to see people so excited to participate in such a life-changing moment.”
Ushering Hope: What It Means for Research Medical Center
“Having the support of Research College of Nursing for our vaccine clinics was an invaluable community outreach experience for everyone involved,” says Research Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Ashley McClellan. “The aspiring nurses’ partnership, along with the staff and faculty of Research College of Nursing, allowed us to be seamless in offering compassion and camaraderie for a single purpose — to administer the vaccine, which is giving hope in the midst of the pandemic.”