Penn State’s Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing is one of the largest educators of pre-licensure students in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with over 2200 undergraduate and graduate students on 13 campuses. Our College is positioned to lead the next generation of nurses and nurse scientists while enhancing the health of all people through quality care and education. To learn more about the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, check out our printer-friendly fact sheet.
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$5.25 million grant expands Conway Scholars program in Nese College of Nursing
Bedford Falls Foundation funding will extend need-based nursing scholarships and student success support at Scranton and Schuylkill campuses
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Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence announces fall 2026 seminar series (8/25/2026)
The Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing’s Tressa Nese and Helen Diskevich Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence will host four seminars focused on aging, geriatrics and gerontology for its fall 2026 CGNE Seminar Series.
Penn State graduates honor their parents with nursing scholarship fund (8/25/2026)
Tom and Colleen Weber, both 1987 Penn State graduates, have committed $250,000 to endow the Mary and Tom Moore and Betty and Leroy Weber Memorial Scholarship in the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing.
Nese College of Nursing alumna Kaléi Crimi builds career in her own back yard (8/18/2026)
This spring, alumna Kaléi Crimi received the Nese College of Nursing's Emerging Professional Award. The award recognizes a nurse early in their career who has demonstrated the potential to significantly influence the profession through practice, community engagement or advocacy.
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