Forever a Gator Nurse: Dean Long Retires as Fourth Dean of the College of Nursing In June, after almost 18 years at the University of Florida and a career spanning more than 40 years, Kathleen Long will retire. In this issue, we have compiled a snapshot of her many accomplishments and milestones and she also [...]

Fund Established to Honor Legacy of Dean Long: Kathleen Ann Long Student Support Fund will Address Nursing Student Needs During her first semester of her nursing studies, UF nursing student Kelsea Gass found herself in a very challenging situation—she realized she had to change her living situation drastically in order to be successful in her [...]

Bringing Up Babies: Two Gator Nurses Juggle Newborns with Nursing School Not many students would welcome the thought of motherhood while undertaking the challenges of a nursing education—which is grueling enough without the added stress of a baby. But for two recent College of Nursing graduates, their entire undergraduate nursing education involved clinical rotations during [...]