UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — 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 & Friends Spring Brunch event on Saturday, March 22, at the Nittany Lion Inn.
The annual event offers attendees an opportunity to meet the CGNE team, gerontological faculty, affiliated students and collaborative partners. Participants also will learn more about the center’s impact in education, research, and translation of best practice and services; hear from Nese College of Nursing Dean Laurie Badzek; and celebrate student and community champions.
This year’s celebration will focus on age-friendly healthcare — how communities, campuses, clinicians and care partners can learn about challenges facing aging populations and support strategies to improve the lives and quality of care for all generations, particularly older adults.
Keynote speaker, Laura Poskin, will present, “Advancing Age-Friendly Across the Commonwealth.” Poskin is a gerontologist and passionate advocate who currently serves as executive director of Age-Friendly Pittsburgh, a leader in the World Health Organization and the AARP Network. Over the past nine years, she has built a coalition of 120+ organizations — in the field of aging and beyond — and inspired neighbors to be more inclusive and respectful of all ages. Poskin is currently advising the launch of Age-Friendly Pennsylvania. She began her career in media, with editorial roles at People, Jane and Good Housekeeping magazines. During graduate work at Miami University in Ohio and Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand, she studied aging and demographic change from Western and Eastern perspectives.
The event will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is open to the public. Registration is required by March 14. Detail and a link can be found here.
This Nursing Continuing Professional Development program has been submitted for 1.0 contact hours for participants who hold a valid RN license and attend the entire program; partial contact hours are not awarded.
Other Nese College of Nursing Educational Opportunities in March
The college’s "WE LEAD" Inspirational Speaker Series features dynamic speakers plus networking sessions from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on March 21 at the Penn Stater Conference Center and Hotel.
Kelly Wolgast opens the day recalling the healthcare and leadership contributions of Clara Barton in her lecture, “Remembering Clara Barton: A Leader Who Demonstrated Creativity and Courage.” Her talk is followed by featured presenter Bernadette Melnyk who will focus on “Evidence-Based Practice Plus Nurse/Clinician Well-Being: The Secret Sauce for Improving Healthcare Quality and Safety.” Melnyk is recognized nationally and globally for both her clinical knowledge and her innovative approaches to a wide range of health care challenges.
Guests are invited to join in-person or via live stream. 2.0 contact hours are available for registered attendees, with 1 contact hour being awarded per speaker. Registration details and full agenda here.
About the Tressa Nese and Helen Diskevich Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
Penn State’s CGNE was established in 2007 as one of nine legacy centers in the U.S. originally funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation and now supported by an endowment. As an interdisciplinary community of leaders and scholars with expertise in aging, geriatrics and gerontology, CGNE believes every older adult deserves the highest quality of evidence-based care and well-being that respects their individual goals and preferences. Learn more about the center here.