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Shenandoah Professor Emerita Named a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing 

Marian Newton, Ph.D., recognized by national organization for contributions to health care

Shenandoah University’s Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing is pleased to announce that Professor Emerita Marian Newton, Ph.D., RN, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC, ANEF, has been selected…

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Director of SU’s Nurse-Midwifery Program Selected As Fellow For National Organization

Penny Marzalik, Ph.D., recognized by the American College of Nurse-Midwives

Shenandoah University’s Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing is pleased to announce that Penny R. Marzalik, CNM, Ph.D., APRN, IBCLC, was inducted as a fellow…

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Shenandoah Nursing Faculty Member Wins State Education Award

Family Nurse Practitioner Program Director Sharon Simon, DNP, receives honor from the Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners

Shenandoah University Assistant Professor and Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Program Director, Sharon Simon, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, CNE, received the 2023 Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners…

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Helen Zebarth Retires From Nursing School After 43 Years During National Nurses Month

Nursing Faculty Member Wraps Up Extraordinarily Influential Shenandoah Career With Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award

Helen Zebarth, RN, (shown above, at left, in blue) has retired after 43 years with Shenandoah University. During her tenure, Zebarth served as an associate…

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Friday Faculty Spotlight: Sharon Simon, DNP

Meet the director of Shenandoah’s family nurse practitioner program!

Throughout this academic year, we’ve been getting to know our faculty members better through the Friday Faculty Spotlight. Since the SUN-e publishes only on Wednesdays…

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Nursing School Hosts Research and Scholarship Day

22nd Annual Event Sponsored by the University's Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau

Over 100 people attended the 22nd Annual Research and Scholarship Day sponsored by the Rho Pi chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society…

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Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing Faculty News: Winter 2022

Nursing faculty members contribute to the profession with research, testimony and more

Family Nurse Practitioner Program Director Sharon R. Simon, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, (pictured, above) testified in Richmond in February before the Senate Education & Health subcommittee…

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Friday Faculty Spotlight: Beth Ballenger

Assistant Professor of Nursing and Campus Learning Lab coordinator Karen “Beth” Ballenger, Ph.D., mixes her love of rabbits with her research

This week’s Friday Faculty Spotlight has a cuddly component – bunnies! Assistant Professor of Nursing and Campus Learning Lab coordinator Karen “Beth” Ballenger, Ph.D., mixes…

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School of Nursing News: Spring/Early Summer 2020

Recent graduates post outstanding exam performances and faculty members earn advanced degrees

Shenandoah’s 2019 graduates from both the Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner programs have a 100% licensing exam pass rate. The national…

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Nursing Professor Takes Expertise To The Border

Sharron Guillett Provides Medical Screenings As Part of Church Mission Trip

During the week of Oct. 6, 2019, Shenandoah University Professor of Nursing Sharron Guillett, Ph.D., participated in a mission trip to Pharr, Texas, located about…

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