This semester, sixty new students are beginning BYU’s nursing program. Even though this is a smaller cohort than usual, this is a unique group from seventeen states and three countries. Additionally, a record high of twelve men were accepted into the program.

Registration is open for a student/alumn paring in winter semester.

Symbria Lewis is a fifth-semester nursing student who is also a program director with Y-Serve. “Y-Serve wants to become more involved and create tutoring opportunities specific to colleges, and the College of Nursing is their guinea pig,” Symbria explained. “I’m the liaison that handles communications between the College of Nursing and Y-Serve, and I am trying to bridge Y-Serve’s existing program to meet our college’s needs.”

Dr. Leslie Miles Inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

Read how nurses and the BYU Community respond during a mass casualty incident drill.

College presents DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students.

College presents DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty.

College presents DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty.

Newly-hired Assistant Teaching Professor Kristen Erekson had been around the healthcare industry her whole life. Her dad was in healthcare administration, and Ms. Erekson recalls spending time in his clinic stealing Dum-Dum suckers and becoming familiar with that environment. Additionally, her paternal grandfather was a veterinarian. She was also inspired by her aunt Tatha, who was a neonatal nurse. When she was 13, Ms. Erekson wrote a time capsule that said, “This is my plan for the future: go to high school, graduate from Ballard High School, go to Rick’s college for two years, then BYU. I plan to serve a mission when I’m 21. I'd like to be an intensive care neonatal nurse, but I'm not sure.”

Marie Thorup Lewis (BS ’89) was honored during homecoming with the college’s Alumni Achievement Award. During her campus lecture, she discussed working in the health units of US embassies and highlighted the nursing skills used to support others while learning from them culturally.