2012 Meeting Dates

Board meets the first Tuesday of the month at 4pm on the 5th Floor of Fisher Hall. All are welcome.

February 7, 2012
March 6, 2012
May 8, 2012
June 5, 2012
September 4, 2012
November 6, 2012

Homecoming Breakfast Photos

View photos from the 2011 Alumni Homecoming Breakfast

Alumna Inducted into The Century Club

Diane Mead, president and
chief executive officer for
Bethany Hospice, Inc.

Diane Mead, N'89, was recently inducted into The Century Club of Distinguished Duquesne University Alumni.

The Century Club was established during Duquesne’s 100th anniversary in 1978 to recognize graduates with exemplary records of professional achievement and service to the University and community. Of the more than 96,000 alumni since 1878, only 314 have been admitted to its elite ranks. Fellow inductees included:

• The Honorable Cynthia A. Baldwin, Law 1980, retired justice for the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and general counsel for Pennsylvania State University
• William J. Lyons, Business 1970, Graduate Business 1978, executive vice president and chief financial officer for CONSOL Energy, Inc., and chief financial officer and principal accounting officer for CNX Gas Corp.
• James J. Schaming, Business 1955, retired president for Magic Investments, Inc. (posthumous).

Prior to the induction ceremony dinner, the honorees took part in an afternoon of activities, including meetings with deans and faculty, appearances in classes and recognition at the University Convocation.

Alumni Association Donates Advanced Childbirth Simulator

This versatile childbirth simulator is used worldwide by healthcare educators. It not only provides an excellent simulation of the normal delivery experience for the student and educator, but also provides instruction in abnormal and multiple deliveries. It may be used for demonstration of the following obstetric procedures:

• Normal vaginal delivery
• Complete, frank, and footling breech birth
• C-section delivery
• Ritgen’s maneuver
• Episiotomy
• Vertex presentation
• Intrauterine manipulation
• Vertex/vertex, vertex/breech, breech/vertex, or breech/breech presentation in multiple birth
• Prolapse of umbilical cord
• Demonstration of placenta previa: total, partial, and marginal
• Normal delivery of umbilical cord and placenta
• Palpation of fetal fontanelles
• Simulated suction of nose and mouth

Alumnus Appointed Associate Director

Denise McNulty, N'2010, has been appointed as the new Associate Director of the RN to BSN Program and Interim Director of Nursing for Edison State College in Florida. Dr. McNulty is responsible for the District School of Nursing which is comprised of three campuses located in Fort Myers, Naples, and Port Charlotte. Her primary task will be working on initial accreditation of the RN to BSN Program. She has been a faculty member at Edison since 2004 and has more than twenty years of experience as a nurse leader.

In addition to her assignment at Edison, Dr. McNulty maintains a private practice where she provides therapy to individuals, couples, and families. Her clinical specialty is women's health, psychiatric and addictions nursing.

Dr. McNulty is a Graduate of Duquesne's Doctor of Nursing Practice Program - first co-hort and has a Master's Degree in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently the Co-Chair of the Florida Nurses Association Collier County Chapter and Chair of the Future of Nursing Task Force - Southwest Florida Region. Dr. McNulty will be presenting at several National and International Conferences in the Fall. Her passion is nurse empowerment.

Nurses' Health Study

The Nurses’ Health Studies have taught us much of what we currently know about how foods, exercise, and medications can affect a woman’s risk of developing cancer and other serious health conditions. However, there is still a great deal that we do not know, especially regarding women from diverse ethnic backgrounds. We are inviting female nurses, between 22 and 45 years old (born after January 1, 1965) to join our new study. We hope that you will collaborate with us on this long-term study.

Get more information and join the study

PhD Alumni Project Funded

Congratulations to Ginger Biddle PhD, NP on her recent grant award from the City of Philadelphia's Department of Behavioral Health and Mental Retardation for her project Spiritual Intervention for Vulnerable Adolescents.