G. Rumay Alexander, EdD, RN, FAAN

The Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing is pleased to announce its newest lecture series for the University community and beyond. The Gunter – Gooding Lecture Series will center on challenges and opportunities in nursing and heath care related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. Delivered in-person and virtually, the lecture is free and open to the public. Registration is required.

The first lecture of the series will feature G. Rumay Alexander, EdD, RN, FAAN, where she will examine racial disparities found in nursing through a talk entitled, “From the Hall to the Walls: A Racial Reckoning in Nursing”. Alexander is a professor in the School of Nursing, Assistant Dean of Relational Excellence at the Adams School of Dentistry and formerly the Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion/ Chief Diversity Officer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The lecture will be held on October 5th at 10 a.m. in the Freeman Auditorium at the HUB.

RSVP below for both in-person and virtual attendance.

Participants with a valid RN license that attend the entire Nursing Continuing Professional Development program (NCPD), can earn 1.0 contact hours.; partial contact hours are not awarded. Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Approver Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.