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ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ EMS looks back on 60 years of serving campus community

Every year for career day, Rhonda Summers’ high school had students write three jobs they wanted to hear about as a career. Summers only needed to write down one: pre-hospital medicine.  

Sarah Matesz

Student spotlight: ABSN student Sarah Matesz overcomes Helene’s challenges

Sarah Matesz’s heart rate rose about as fast as the flood water that submerged her feet. She was frantically moving her belongings to the second floor of her cabin, which was perched on the side of the mountain some 20 minutes away from Burnsville.  

Iyomi Grinan

Student spotlight: Nursing transfer Iyomi Grinan finds home at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Iyomi Grinan was looking for a change. Studying at a large public university in her home state just wasn’t her cup of tea. Classes were way too big, sometimes eclipsing 400 students, and Grinan didn’t feel that her professors were too invested in their students either.  

Terri Durbin (center) at the spring 2025 commencement at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Nursing school director endows scholarship for ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s new master’s degree program

ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s new master’s degree program focusing on increasing the availability of health care in the rural Southern Appalachian Mountains is receiving a financial boost from the director of the school in which the program is housed.  

HHS building

MAHEC expands access to healthcare with new office in Cullowhee

With its mission to expand access to care and create a healthier community in Western North Carolina, MAHEC announces the opening of a new health center in Cullowhee.  

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ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ launches master’s entry program in nursing to address regional workforce needs

ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s School of Nursing has announced the launch of its new master’s entry program in nursing, designed to prepare graduates with a strong foundation in nursing practice and leadership while meeting the critical need for nurses across Western North Carolina and beyond.  

MHS students and faculty

MHS program celebrates new graduates

The Master of Health Sciences program at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ was established in 2003. With an ever-changing health science field, the program has continued to adapt to meet the needs of students across the United States with backgrounds in healthcare administration and business, health-related education or clinical practice.  

Wardell and Diane

Gift from alumnus establishes new scholarship fund to support ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ social work students

A first-generation college student who earned his bachelor's degree at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ before embarking upon a 46-year career including several posts on Capitol Hill has created a new endowed scholarship fund to support social work students at his alma mater.  

Patient being seen in Vecinos Clinic

Vecinos clinic receives tech upgrade through donations to Fund for ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Health care providers in the primary care clinic area of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s Health and Human Sciences Building are now able to take advantage of upgraded technology to help meet the needs of the patients they serve.