Magazine Photo Finish May 3, 2022 Minnesota Nursing Student Board members from Twin Cities and Rochester met with Dean Connie White Delaney and faculty members Carol Flaten, Christine Mueller, Samantha Sommerness and Susan O’Conner-Von in November. Clinical Assistant Professor Stephanie Gingerirch, Clinical Professor Mary Benbenek, Professor Karen Monsen and Communications Director Steve Rudolph perform Readers Theater, a theatrical piece created from submissions from faculty and staff about what it’s like to be a member of the School of Nursing community. The project was designed to foster meaningful discussions, bring about healing and strengthen community. The school celebrated the graduation of Master of Nursing, Master of Arts in Integrative Health and Wellbeing Coaching and Doctor of Nursing Practice students at a commencement ceremony in December. Master of Nursing student Bella Xiong and PhD student Natalie Yaeger attended the American Association of College of Nursing student policy summit in March. PhD student Kristin Elgersma won first place for her poster Wayfinding through the “ocean of the great unknown”: How lactating parents establish a direct breastfeeding relationship with an infant hospitalized for complex congenital heart disease at the Midwest Nursing Research Society conference in April. Kathleen Potempa delivered the keynote "Technology, Informatics and Data Analytics in an Era of Chronic Disease — Why?" at Nursing Research Day in April. The theme of this year’s event was Health Behavior Change in a Digital World. Categories: Photo Finish Tags: https://nursing.umn.edu/news-events/photo-finish-6 In this Issue: Spring-Summer 2022 Alumni Society recognizes nurses for their excellence Essentia Health, University of Minnesota forge nursing partnership Driven by data Knoo Lee, PhD ’21, uses nursing informatics to aid vulnerable populations