Global

Learning from researchers and experts gave participants of the 2022 U-M School of Nursing Global Health Summer Institute a unique opportunity to obtain relevant knowledge and skills as well as network with practitioners and professionals.

The University of Michigan School of Nursing will host its third Global Summer Institute with three days of special virtual programming May 11 through 13. This year’s event centers on the theme of sexual reproductive health and rights for all as presenters and attendees explore the intersection of research, practice and advocacy in sexual and reproductive health in local and global contexts.

The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped our lives, and international travel has been disrupted. Seventy-six students registered to travel abroad in the spring and summer semesters before all programs were canceled. Despite those challenges, many students decided to continue their global education through alternative programs aimed to synthesize local and global health disparities.

Global engagement in 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped our lives and international travel has been disrupted. At the same time, the pandemic put a spotlight on the significance of global health and global collaboration. During the 2019-20 academic year, 15 graduate students were able to travel in the fall and early winter semesters.

Collaborative research connected Veronica Dzomeku to the University of Michigan School of Nursing before she ever set foot on campus. When she arrived in Ann Arbor in 2017 to join the U-M African Presidential Scholars Program (UMAPS), that connection grew stronger.

Dear friends and colleagues,

Sarah Warnez is approaching her nursing career with a global focus, motivated by her experience in the University of Michigan’s Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program.

Professor Kathleen Potempa’s work in Thailand began in the late ‘90s, when she planted roots that quickly grew into a role advising national strategies in nursing and public health over the next two decades. Now, supported by three successive grants from the National Institutes of Health’s Fogarty International Center, Potempa and a team of U-M School of Nursing faculty are leading efforts to strengthen research capacity in two Southeast Asian countries and build a framework for sustainable science surrounding noncommunicable diseases.

Nursing students are known to have some of the busiest schedules, but University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) Honors Student Kathryn Parkhurst isn’t letting that deter her from taking on extra challenges to benefit her future career and patients. She’s following an uncommon academic path by pursuing a minor in business administration.