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Issue date: 10/24/07 Section: News
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When Fayetteville State University (FSU) Chancellor Lloyd V. Hackley arrived in late July, he vowed to do what was necessary to get the school's nursing program back on track. Today, he announced three initiatives to make it happen.
The first was the hiring of consultants Dr. Cynthia Capers and Dr. Virginia Adams. The two consultants will be working with the FSU Nursing Department November 15-16.
Dr. Capers is dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Akron in Ohio. Highly recognized for her leadership in nursing on the local and national levels, she previously served as interim dean in the School of Nursing at LaSalle University in Philadelphia. She has more than 35 years of experience as a professional nurse, an educator, researcher, consultant, and family therapist. She is recognized for her expertise in cultural diversity and psychosocial care.
Since joining the University of Akron, she has focused on the advancement of the nursing programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as on the outreach opportunities in nursing. Under her direction, the college established a Center for Gerontological Health Nursing and Advocacy which directs attention to research, education and service in addressing health care issues and advocacy for older adults.
Dr. Capers completed her initial nursing education at Freedmen's Hospital School of Nursing in Washington, D.C., earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland and her master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed doctoral and post-doctoral work as a Fellow of the American Nurses Association's Minority Fellowship Program.
Dr. Adams is dean of the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Prior to her current position, she was interim dean of the College of Nursing at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in Johnson City, Tenn. She has also served as chair and associate professor in the Family/Community Nursing Department at ETSU, and as a tenured professor of maternal child nursing at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU).
The first was the hiring of consultants Dr. Cynthia Capers and Dr. Virginia Adams. The two consultants will be working with the FSU Nursing Department November 15-16.
Dr. Capers is dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Akron in Ohio. Highly recognized for her leadership in nursing on the local and national levels, she previously served as interim dean in the School of Nursing at LaSalle University in Philadelphia. She has more than 35 years of experience as a professional nurse, an educator, researcher, consultant, and family therapist. She is recognized for her expertise in cultural diversity and psychosocial care.
Since joining the University of Akron, she has focused on the advancement of the nursing programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as on the outreach opportunities in nursing. Under her direction, the college established a Center for Gerontological Health Nursing and Advocacy which directs attention to research, education and service in addressing health care issues and advocacy for older adults.
Dr. Capers completed her initial nursing education at Freedmen's Hospital School of Nursing in Washington, D.C., earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland and her master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed doctoral and post-doctoral work as a Fellow of the American Nurses Association's Minority Fellowship Program.
Dr. Adams is dean of the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Prior to her current position, she was interim dean of the College of Nursing at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in Johnson City, Tenn. She has also served as chair and associate professor in the Family/Community Nursing Department at ETSU, and as a tenured professor of maternal child nursing at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU).
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