This year, Frontier Nursing University’s (FNU) Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) encouraged community members to participate in the MLK Day of Service Challenge! MLK Day, honoring Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., is an official day of service and celebrates the civil rights leader's life and legacy. FNU community members were encouraged to participate in community service with friends and family, then share their service hours and pictures with the Office of DEI. Here are some of the … [Read more...]
National Native American Heritage Month Part I: Six Native American Women You Should Meet
Contributing Author: Dr. April Phillips, DNP, FNP-c, PMHNP-BC In celebration of National Native American Heritage Month, Frontier Nursing University (FNU) will highlight six great Native American women that you may not have heard of but should know about. Throughout history, Native American Women have served as great leaders, healers, political activists, and advocates for their people. FNU is committed to making Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) a priority at the university. Patients are … [Read more...]
Student Spotlight: Brandon Locklear provides culturally competent care to his Native American Lumbee Tribe
At the heart of Frontier Nursing University is a talented and diverse community of students, alumni, faculty, staff, Couriers and preceptors. Spotlight blogs feature members of our FNU community that are focused on the mission of educating nurse-midwives and nurse practitioners to deliver quality health care to underserved and rural populations. Frontier Nursing University (FNU) student Brandon Locklear, RN, BSN, has been a traveling nurse for the past year. He works in acute hospital … [Read more...]
FNU Launches Student Interest Groups
In June of this year, FNU launched five Student Interest Groups (SIGs). While additional groups might be formed in the future, the five initial groups and their facilitators are: International Students in Nursing (Regional Clinical Faculty Martha Harvey, CNM, MSN, and Delana Gardner, DNP, MSN, FNP-C) LGBTQIA+ Students in Nursing (Lee Moore, DNP, MEd, ARNP, PMHNP-BC, CARN-AP, Jennifer Parr, DNP, PMHNP-BC, and Rebecca Wagschal, CNM) Men in Nursing (Kevin Brunacini, DNP, APRN, and Thomas … [Read more...]
Frontier Nursing University Receives INSIGHT Into Diversity 2022 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award for Fifth Consecutive Year
Frontier Nursing University (FNU) recently received the 2022 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. As a recipient of the annual Health Professions HEED Award — a national honor recognizing U.S. health colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion — FNU will be featured, along with 64 other recipients, … [Read more...]
Take a Closer Look at Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Summer Quarterly Bulletin
Shorter after she and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator Chris Turley organized and led Frontier Nursing University’s twelfth annual Diversity Impact Conference, Dr. Paula Alexander-Delpech, Ph.D., PMNHP-BC, APRN, was named the university’s Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer. The two-day Diversity Impact Conference featured an impressive lineup of presenters, highlighted by a screening of the acclaimed documentary “Apart.” The film features formerly incarcerated mothers jailed for … [Read more...]
Dr. Rachel Risner Is Devoted to Helping Others
The National League for Nursing (NLN) recently announced that Frontier Nursing University (FNU) Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Dr. Rachel Risner, Ph.D., DNP, APRN, C-FNP, CNE, has been selected to participate in the NLN’s Leadership Academy. The Leadership Academy, which is a year-long program, “focuses on leadership development for nurse educators and other interprofessional colleagues to develop leadership competencies, integrate social determinants of health and social change into … [Read more...]
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Action: Frontier Nursing University to Participate in Data Equity Fellowship
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has been an intentional component of Frontier Nursing University’s (FNU) goals, initiatives, and planning since 2006. In 2010, the university launched PRIDE (Promoting Recruitment and Retention to Increase Diversity in Nurse-Midwifery and Nurse Practitioner Education), which has since led to the multiple DEI efforts taking place at the University today. Now known as the Diversity Impact Program, PRIDE was specifically intended to raise the level of … [Read more...]
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Dr. Tia Brown McNair is the Vice President in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success and Executive Director for the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) in Washington, DC. She oversees both funded projects and AAC&U’s continuing programs on equity, inclusive excellence, high-impact practices, and student success. McNair directs AAC&U’s Summer Institutes on High-Impact Practices and Student Success, and TRHT Campus Centers and serves as the project director for several AAC&U initiatives, including the development of a TRHT-focused campus climate toolkit. She is the lead author of From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education (January 2020) and Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success (July 2016 and August 2022 Second edition).