Brigette Corder, a 2017 Biomedical Sciences graduate of Bryan College of Health Sciences, is working alongside virologist Eric Weaver. Brigette is participating in what looks like a promising future for influenza vaccinations! Keep up the great work Brigette Corder.

Thank you to our student volunteers who spent their afternoon honoring Armed Forces Day in Wahoo, Nebraska. They spent the day serving veterans and learning about recreational therapy on water!

This week we celebrate nurses and teachers for all their hard work and dedication! We would like to take a minute to say thank you to the wonderful faculty here at Bryan who are so dedicated to teaching our students. We would also like to thank the nurses who continue to act selflessly each and every day. Thank you to all the teachers and nurses for all that you do!

We would like to thank all the volunteers who brought in their dogs to give our students a nice study break during their finals week! Meet Saber, Lady, Mya, and Lester.

The James Beard Journalism award for Food and Health was recently awarded to an author, Helena Evich, who featured our very own, Dr. Irakli Loladze. Dr. Loladze has been researching how the environment is currently affecting the foods we eat. Congratulations to the winner of this award and to Dr. Loladze for completing such outstanding research! We are so lucky to have you as a professor here at Bryan.

Worried about maintaining a healthy work/life balance while continuing your education? Hear how the faculty at Bryan supported Samantha while pursuing her MSN degree.

The winner of last week's giveaway is Allison Mead Please stop by office 224 to pick up your prize! Thank you to everyone who commented. It was great to hear all the wonderful things that took place this semester.

Great news! Our therapy dog friends will be visiting us again to provide some stress relief during finals week!

With the Spring semester coming to an end, share with us your favorite memory from this year for a chance to win Bryan gear. Deadline Friday the 27th by 4pm and winner will be announced Monday the 30th!

Dr. Lina Bostwick has been teaching for 13 years. Eight of those years were spent as a BSN faculty member before joining the Graduate faculty at Bryan College of Health Sciences in 2013. Prior to teaching, Lina worked full-time in the nursing field for 34 years. “Having many years of direct patient care in the acute care setting, followed by several years of nursing management was an excellent base for me personally. My acute care path included: 7 years of direct patient care in a general care neuro medical/surgical unit; 4 years of direct patient care in a cardiac recovery and a med-surg ICU; 3 years as an ICU coordinated care manager; and finally 7 years as an ICU manager and Cardiac Central Monitoring Unit manager.” Lina has always been passionate about learning, and passing that passion on to her students is one of her favorite parts of teaching. “My favorite part about teaching is that I am continually contributing to student learning with and among my colleagues in a positively dynamic organization that lives and breathes its mission on a daily basis. I continue to learn with and from my students as they are creating new ways of thinking, change, and new knowledge in our graduate programs at Bryan.” Lina’s hard work and dedication to the field of nursing and nursing education has paid off. She has received many awards and certificates. Some of these include American Nurses Association Institute-Fellow; Nebraska Nurses Association, Nurse Hero and Mentor Award; and Bryan College of Health Sciences Outstanding Faculty Award. We want to thank Lina for all she does for the profession of nursing and for Bryan College of Health Sciences. Thank you Lina! “Permit yourself to be a life-long learner, the rewards are unparalleled.”—Dr. Lina Bostwick

Yesterday the Biomed Club visited the UNMC school of Medicine as their first official BCHS club event! Thanks to Dr. Anderson and UNMC for organizing this event!

Did you know Bryan offers two MSN tracks? Find out which track, Educator or Leadership, Samantha chose and why.