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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Nese College of Nursing named a National League for Nursing Center of Excellence
The college achieved this recognition for “creating environments that promote the pedagogical expertise of faculty,” according to the league, exemplifying the college’s investment in its nurse educators and their professional growth.
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Mother and daughter share nursing passions through Nese College of Nursing (2/17/2025)
Leah Edgar, a first-year nursing student in the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing at Penn State University Park, is following in the footsteps of her mother, Wendy Edgar, a nursing professor at Penn State Fayette who inspired her love of all things Penn State and nursing.
Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence to host annual spring brunch on March 22 (2/12/2025)
The Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing’s Tressa Nese and Helen Diskevich Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (CGNE) will hold its 12th annual Alumni and Friends Spring Brunch event on Saturday, March 22, at the Nittany Lion Inn.
NIH grant funds study on improving interactions in assisted living facilities (2/6/2025)
Anju Paudel, assistant professor at the Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, received a two-year, $424,925 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging to study how positive interaction strategies may impact daily interactions and communication between staff and residents with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in assisted living facilities.
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Perspective: Leaders at Penn State
Laurie Badzek shares her thoughts on relationships and connections.