Undergraduate News

Nursing School Celebrates Centennial
[9/2/2009]
The School of Nursing featured in Baylor Lariat article "Nursing school turns 100, celebrates with yearlong event"
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Program Accreditation
[9/10/2009]

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School Celebrates 100 Years of Helping Others
[4/29/2009]
A display at Moody Memorial Library commemorates the upcoming centennial of the Louise Herrington School of Nursing.
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Baylor Nursing School Offers Tips to Help You Stay Healthy as Swine Flu Cases are Reported
[4/27/2009]
DALLAS - With confirmed human cases of swine flu reported in Texas and others in California, Kansas, New York, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, the Louise Herrington School of Nursing at Baylor University offers ways to help people stay healthy.
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Don A. And Ruth Buchholz Simulation Lab Provides Baylor University Nurses Hands-On Learning Opportunities
[10/24/2008]
The Baylor family welcomed the "Sim-Family" of high-fidelity patient simulators at the open house and dedication ceremony of the Don A. and Ruth Buchholz Simulation Lab at Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing on Oct. 15.
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Baylor Nursing Graduates Ace Certification Test
[10/30/2008]
Recent graduates of Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing have once again scored significantly higher than the national average on a standardized nursing certification test, according to results released by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).
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SIM Lab Dedication - Featured on Dallas Morning News website
[10/17/2008]
A "family" of high-fidelity patient simulators were introduced during the Don A. and Ruth Buchholz Simulation Lab Dedication at Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008. The simulated patients will help students practice real-world medical procedures in a safe environment. (DMN-video/editing: Tom Fox)

October 16th, 2008
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Baylor Louise Herrington School of Nursing featured in Baylor Magazine
[9/22/2008]
The Fall 2008 edition of the Baylor Magazine features the School of Nursing.
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Baylor Nursing Team Brings Health Services, Joy and Spiritual Rejuvenation on Mexico Mission Trip
[9/4/2008]
They journeyed South with the idea of serving the Mexican people by providing health services. What they experienced, instead, was a time of joy and spiritual rejuvenation.
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Dr. Linda Garner Honored as Humanitarian
[7/16/2008]
Nursing Professor has been named the recipient of the 2008 Abner V. McCall Humanitarian Award.
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Baylor Nursing Team Serves in Ethiopia and Uganda
[4/21/2008]
The journey from a remote Ethiopian village was not easy for the woman pregnant with twins and going into labor. Making matters more difficult was her mode of transportation - being carried by several men for six hours. The woman arrived at the medical clinic frightened and bleeding, but was assisted by a group of students from Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing who were ready to help.
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Baylor's Louise Herrington School of Nursing Goes High Speed
[12/3/2007]
With Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing in Dallas located nearly 100 miles from Baylor's main Waco campus, providing a high speed optical network for education and research proved to be a challenge for Baylor and its nursing school. But thanks to a timely collaboration between Baylor, Texas A&M-Health Sciences Center, Baylor University Medical Center and the Lonestar Education and Research Network (LEARN), Baylor has switched the School of Nursing to a new computer network.
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Baylor Professor Recognized For Her Work to Help Moms and Babies
[12/3/2007]
Dr. Mary Brucker, a professor of nursing at Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing in Dallas, has received the Recognition Award by the National Perinatal Association for her individual contribution to the field of maternal and child health.
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Baylor Nursing School Honors Its Namesake
[9/28/2007]
Louise Herrington Ornelas, for whom Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing in Dallas is named, was recently honored by the Baylor family for her endless contributions to Baylor and the nursing profession in general.
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Baylor Nursing Student Rides to Fourth Place Finish in National Bike Race
[9/4/2007]
Jeremy Morse, a senior nursing student from Dallas, has placed fourth in the U.S.A National Mountain Bike Championships in Mt. Snow, V.T.
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Baylor Goes Worldwide With Multiple Missions Opportunities
[8/20/2007]
They have different majors, follow different career paths and come from different backgrounds. But Baylor University students are united by a commitment to missions and a desire to demonstrate God's love throughout the world. This year Baylor offered more than 10 extended mission trip opportunities, challenging approximately 125 students to use their classroom studies to serve others.
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Dallas Couple Makes Challenge Gift For Baylor Nursing School Simulators
[6/7/2007]
A $250,000 gift from Don A. and Ruth Vernon Buchholz of Dallas brought Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing Simulator Fund halfway to its goal - and comes with a challenge for other School of Nursing supporters to fully fund the $500,000 project.
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Baylor Nursing Grads Breeze Through Nurse Licensure Examination
[5/7/2007]
Recent graduates of Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing have once again scored significantly higher than the national average on a standardized nursing certification test, according to results released by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).
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Baylor Nursing Professor Named Certified Neuroscience RN of the Year
[5/2/2007]
Dr. Jacquelin Neatherlin, a professor in Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing and an expert in neuroscience nursing, has received the Melanie Minton Certified Neuroscience Registered Nurse of the Year award, presented May 1 at the annual meeting of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses in Orlando.
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Spring Break Mission Trip to Honduras
[3/8/2007]

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Baylor Nursing Dean Named "Woman of Distinction"
[10/12/2006]
Dr. Judy Lott, dean of Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing, has been named the 2006 Woman of Distinction by the Baylor Women's Council of Dallas.
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Middle-Schoolers To Get Nursing Experience At Baylor
[11/13/2006]
About 50 students from Gaston Middle School in Dallas will tour Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing on Wednesday, Nov. 15, to get a better understanding of the nursing field.
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Baylor Programs Highly Rated in U.S. News College Survey
[8/18/2006]
The 2007 edition of America's Best Colleges survey released today by U.S.News & World Report ranks Baylor University in 81st place out of 248 top national doctoral-granting universities. The prestigious survey also gives high marks to Baylor's undergraduate engineering and business programs.
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Baylor Featured In The Princeton Review's "The Best 361 Colleges" Guide
[8/22/2006]
Baylor University offers students an outstanding undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review, the New York-based education services company that publishes the annual college guide, "The Best 361 Colleges."
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Baylor Nursing Graduate Receives Air Force "Nurse Of The Year" Award
[9/25/2006]
Capt. Shane Runyon, a 2001 graduate of Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing, has been selected by the Air Force as Air Mobility Command Nurse of the Year.
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Baylor Nursing Prof, Baptist Leader to Receive Annual Commencement Awards
[8/3/2006]
The Baylor Alumni Association will honor the humanitarian service of a Baylor University nursing school professor and the leadership of a well-known Texas Baptist leader, during summer commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, in the Ferrell Center.
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Baylor Dean To Speak At Global Conference At Oxford
[7/20/2006]
Dr. Judy Lott, dean of Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing, will address the international recruitment of nurses and the decisions that surround it when she presents an invited paper at the Oxford Roundtable, an annual conference that brings together a panel of global experts to act like a "think-tank" on a wide range of issues.
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BU Nursing Grads Continue To Ace Certification Test
[5/8/2006]
Recent graduates of Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing have once again scored significantly higher than the national average on a standardized nursing certification test, according to results released by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).
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BU Senior Lecturer Wins National "Excellence In Nursing" Award
[3/24/2006]
Charles Kemp, a senior lecturer at Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing in Dallas, has received Elsevier's national grand prize "Excellence in Nursing" award.
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Baylor Medical Mission Team Extends Trip To Serve Orphans, Visits Former Student
[2/15/2006]
For many Baylor University students, March will be spent in the classroom with a week off for rest and relaxation. That is not the case for some Louise Herrington School of Nursing students and their faculty sponsor. Their March will be spent half-a-world away with little leisure time.
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Agape Clinic featured in the Baptist Standard
[11/9/2005]

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Love in Action: Baylor's Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
[10/28/2005]

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Hurricane Katrina Response
[9/16/2005]
School of Nursing efforts aid evacuees.
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Baylor Nursing School Accreditation Extended; Students Wait-Listed
[6/8/2005]
Undergraduate and master's nursing accreditation at Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing has been extended by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, said Dr. Judy Wright Lott, dean of the School of Nursing. Baylor's School of Nursing is one of a few schools given ten-year accreditation after meeting rigorous requirements. These schools file a continuous improvement progress report at the five-year point, and Baylor has been notified that its programs continue to meet all accreditation requirements. Nursing schools generally meet the board once every five years.
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Retired Faculty, Administrators Honored For Service To Baylor
[5/8/2005]
The Baylor Alumni Association honored four retired faculty members and two retired administrators during a May 7 luncheon co-sponsored by the Baylor Retired Professors/Administrators Program.
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Baylor Medical Missions Team Returns From Ugandan Trip
[4/13/2005]
Liz Chang offered a priceless gift in a Ugandan hospital last month. She and her fellow registered nurses were on a lunch break at the small African hospital where Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing missions team worked, when the charge nurse stepped in with an urgent request for type O positive blood.
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Baylor Law, Other Programs Highly Ranked In U.S. News Grad School Survey
[4/1/2005]
The 2006 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools" announced today by U.S.News & World Report ranks Baylor Law School's trial advocacy program as the sixth best in the nation, while Baylor's School of Education is one of only four Texas schools to make it into the magazine's "Top Education Programs" listing.
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Nursing School's Graduate Director To Retire In May 2005
[3/21/2005]
Dr. Pauline Johnson, director of graduate programs at Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing, will retire in May 2005 after 15 years of guiding graduate studies in the school. Johnson came to Baylor in 1990 when the school began a master's program with a degree in patient care management, now called the advanced nursing leadership track.
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Baylor Medical Mission Team To Serve AIDS Orphans In Uganda March 7-31
[3/2/2005]
As spring breaks go, students at Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing will probably travel the farthest, stay the longest, return the most exhausted and possibly even change the world the most. The four graduate students, already licensed RNs, and their faculty sponsor will fly on March 7 to Uganda, located in sub-Saharan Africa, to give health care to two children's homes, a city orphanage in Kampala and a rural home in nearby Rakai. The capstone medical mission trip for the master's family nurse practitioner (FNP) degree provides a chance for the nurses to set up clinics, dispense medicines, test the children for HIV and dispense hygiene supplies, such as soap and toothbrushes, to the homes.
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Nursing School Director Of Student Services to Attend War College
[2/18/2005]
Steve Chisolm, director of student services at Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing, will take a year's leave of absence from Baylor beginning in July 2005 to pursue Air Force training. Chisolm has served at the nursing school for 10 years, the last two as director of student services. He has also served in the Air National Guard for 29 years, rising from the rank of airman to lieutenant colonel.
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Baylor Rural Health Clinic Welcomed By Itasca Community
[1/23/2004]
As the Baylor Rural Health Clinic in Itasca celebrated its first six months of operation in January, Baylor nursing school professor Lisa Taylor celebrated the realization of a vision. Since becoming a family nurse practitioner, Taylor provided health services in rural settings, even in the same clinic now operated by Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing.
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Do Not Grow Weary In Doing Good
[1/18/2005]
Leaving textbooks and lab assignments behind, senior students at the Louise Herrington School of Nursing step into the real world for one of three seven-week group clinicals in community health care. Science writer Deborah Wormser spent the first two days of one of those clinicals last fall with eight students at the Agape Clinic/Community Care Center in East Dallas.
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Do Not Grow Weary In Doing Good - Photo Feature
[1/18/2005]
Photos by Dan Bryant, Dallas freelance photographer.
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Nursing School to Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of BSN Degree
[10/28/2004]
Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its bachelor of nursing science degree with a 1950s themed birthday party from 2 until 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, in the student lounge of the nursing school.
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