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Whitney Lecture 2025

Whitney Lecture 2025

This year's Whitney Lectureship, co-hosted by the Upstate Medical University College of Nursing and Alumni Association, will present a hybrid event, live-streamed from the Central NY Biotech Accelerator. It includes a screening of the documentary Everybody's Work by SHIFT Films and will be followed by a dynamic panel discussion with nursing leaders featured in the film, from Upstate Medical University, and beyond. There is no cost to attend this event.

Panelists include:

  • Peggy L. Chinn, RN, PhD, DSc(Hon), FAAN - Professor Emerita of Nursing at the University of Connecticut.
  • Anna Maria Valdez, PhD, RN, CEN, CNE, CFRN, FAEN, FAADN - Professor of Nursing, Sonoma State University
  • Lucinda Canty, PhD, CNM, FAAN, FACNM - Associate Professor, Elaine Marieb College of Nursing, UMASS Amherst
  • Trina Northardt, BSN, RN, LNC - Director of Patient Safety Emergency Medicine Department at Upstate Medical University 
  • Caitlin M. Nye, MSN,RN,NPD-BC, CHSE, CNE - Clinical Assistant Professor and RN-BS Program Director, SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Nursing

Attendees can join in person to enjoy the documentary with their peers or participate online.

 

Continuing Education Credits

 2.0 contact hours are being provided for this educational activity by the Institute for Continuing Nursing Education (ICNE). Upstate Medical University institute for Continuing Nursing Education is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, and accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

 Don't miss this opportunity to engage with forward-thinking ideas and leaders in health care.

 

Registration is required.

There is no cost to attend this event. You must attend the event live either online or in person to receive the Continuing Nursing Education credits. 

 Register Here

 For additional information about this event and the panelists, please visit the Upstate Foundation Nursing Alumni Association website.

 

About the Whitney Lectureship Endowment

 The Whitney Lectureship Endowment was established through the generosity of Fay and Roy Whitney.

 Fay Whitney, PhD, RN, FAAN, is a renowned leader in nursing education, clinical practice, and research. Her pivotal contributions in the 1970s led to the creation of Upstate's Nurse Practitioner program and helped spark the national Nurse Practitioner movement. The endowment supports an annual event featuring nationally recognized health care experts, fostering continued learning and excellence in nursing.

 

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