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Samantha Normilus ’19BSN, ’26MSN has received the Excellent in Nursing Practice Award from the New England Regional Black Nurses Association, Inc. (NERBNA). A Dana-Farber Cancer Institute nurse who is pursuing the online MSN-FNP program at Simmons, Normilus spoke with us about being a NERBNA awardee, the rewards of oncology nursing, and the supportive community she found at Simmons.

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This fall, Simmons students from the Social Action Leaders course are channeling their academic studies into advocacy. We spoke with students Felipa Canchola ’24, Lisa deRosier ’24, and Rashida Alisa Hagakore ’24 about their passion for experiential service learning and their conception of good leadership.

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Recent SLIS graduate Danita Callender '23MS was selected by faculty to receive the Kenneth R. Shaffer Outstanding Student Award, which acknowledges a student with impressive scholarship and leadership potential. We caught up with Callender for her thoughts on her time...

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For many students in the Department of Public Health , activism begins at Simmons. In 2018, MPH students established HERE4Justice , a student-run organization that works to advance health equity, racial equity, and social justice. "Students started this collective because...

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What led you to Simmons? The history of the school, and my family. Simmons has one of the oldest social work schools in the country . Also, my late mother-in-law, Rebecca Cohan '72MS, was a licensed social worker (LICSW) for...

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Tell us about the work that you do. I am a dual licensed, board certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner. I work at Columbia Associates in Psychiatry, an outpatient psychiatric practice based in Virginia, with...

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We spoke to CompleteDegree student Miladys Perez about why she chose the Simmons online program for her second bachelor's degree, and what her experience has been so far.

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Taylor Lacroix is currently pursuing a Master's of Social Work at Simmons. Here she shares her experience with advocating for the homeless, the incarcerated, and those with behavioral health challenges. Tell me about the kind of work that you do...

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CompleteDegree student Anisha Srivastava '23 describes what it took to leap into her second bachelor's degree in Computer Science, and the support she's received from Simmons professors.

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After completing his nursing graduate program at Simmons, Cody Zygmont is now a nurse practitioner based in Providence, Rhode Island. He recently made headlines for saving a young life. What made you become a bone marrow donor? Before Simmons, I...

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