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Joan Lappe: Accepting the Creighton job was ‘like a dream’
Joan Lappe, associate dean of research for the College of Nursing, is a nationally renowned researcher. How did she get started? And what does she most appreciate about Creighton? Lappe discusses it all in this Q&A.
New floor on Phoenix campus is set for success
Thanks to a major gift from The Norton Foundation and an investment from the State of Arizona, the sixth floor of the Virginia G. Piper Health Sciences Building is now home to The Norton Foundation Success Center.
The summer camp that's launching a new generation of health care leaders
A weeklong health sciences camp that introduces high school students to health care careers — a partnership between Creighton University and Arizona State University — will double its size thanks to a gift from the Burton Family Foundation.
Governor, mayor and lead donors help dedicate new health sciences facility
In September, about 100 Creighton alumni, friends, faculty, staff and community leaders — including Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen and Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert — celebrated the opening of the CL and Rachel Werner Center.
Creighton opens new 145,000-square-foot health sciences building
The donor-driven CL and Rachel Werner Center for Health Sciences Education — which broke ground in 2021 — is student focused, with nearly every square foot of the facility dedicated to classrooms, collaboration and hands-on learning.
New Harper family scholarship is a game changer for the College of Nursing
A new scholarship program created by one of the largest gifts ever made to Creighton’s College of Nursing will help meet a critical need for Nebraska nursing leaders.
Creighton alumni in local fire department among first in nation to use life-saving tech
The Valley Fire Department, which includes alumni, students and/or faculty of Creighton’s paramedicine program, has brought game-changing ultrasound tech to the ambulance.
A new endowed chair in nursing
On May 4, associate professor Meghan Potthoff, BSN'01, PhD, APRN-NP, was installed as the Keough Family Endowed Chair in Nursing.
Taking the journey with patients and their families
Being a nurse — especially a Creighton nurse — is all about walking with patients and their families, says Meghan Potthoff. Sometimes in the most literal sense.
The Poopas of Gallagher Hall
In the fall semester of 1969, a group of women (mostly nursing and education majors) moved into Gallagher Hall, sparking a friendship that's still going strong more than half a century since freshman year. They call themselves the Poopas.