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Images of a student listening to a heartbeat at the Summer Health Institute camp.

The summer camp that's launching a new generation of health care leaders

Sep 25, 2023

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.

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Fr. Hendrickson, CL and Rachel Werner, Mayor Jean Stothert and Gov. Jim Pillen at the dedication event.

Governor, mayor and lead donors help dedicate new health sciences facility

Sep 19, 2023

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.

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Creighton opens new 145,000-square-foot health sciences building

Sep 06, 2023

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.

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Two nurses treat a patient.

New Harper family scholarship is a game changer for the College of Nursing

Aug 21, 2023

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.

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Creighton alumni in local fire department among first in nation to use life-saving tech

Aug 19, 2022

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.

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Dean Todero and Fr. Henrickson congratulate Meghan Potthoff.

A new endowed chair in nursing

May 05, 2022

On May 4, associate professor Meghan Potthoff, BSN'01, PhD, APRN-NP, was installed as the Keough Family Endowed Chair in Nursing.

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Taking the journey with patients and their families

May 04, 2022

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.

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A Zoom meeting between the Poopa Poopa Pie un-sorority.

The Poopas of Gallagher Hall

May 04, 2022

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.

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Britney Bell treats a patient.

Dignity Health invests in Creighton students in Phoenix

Sep 29, 2021

Creighton University and Dignity Health are committed to lessening the financial barriers that often prevent students of color from pursuing careers in the health sciences.

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Piper Trustee Steve Zabilski, Piper Trustee Paul Critchfield, Fr. Daniel S. Hendrickson, Piper CEO and President Mary Jane Rynd and Creighton Board Chair Nizar Ghoussaini, BS’75, MS’76.

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Announces $5 Million Gift to Creighton University

Sep 15, 2021

The $5 million grant to Creighton University is one of $123 million in surprise grants awarded by Trustees of Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust to 71 Arizona nonprofits.

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