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Welcome to this new Web resource designed specifically for students at AACN member institutions. Please let us know what additional information you would like to see posted in this section by contacting rrosseter@aacn.nche.edu.

Student News

August 9, 2012

AACN and the Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing's Future Announce New Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars

AACN is pleased to announce that five new Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars have been selected through a national scholarship program funded by the Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future. Launched to address the faculty shortage and enhance diversity among nurse educators, this AACN-administered program provides generous financial support, mentoring, and leadership development to graduate students from minority backgrounds who aspire to teach in our nation’s schools of nursing.

August 1, 2012

AACN Launches New Graduate Nursing Student Academy

AACN is pleased to announce the formation of the new Graduate Nursing Student Academy (GNSA) created to provide high value programs, services, and resources to nursing students enrolled in master’s and doctoral programs. Through the GNSA, AACN will focus on meeting the professional development needs of graduate nursing students who are poised to assume leadership roles within the profession, including service as future faculty members and researchers.

June 18, 2012

NCIN Program Awards Grants to 55 Schools of Nursing

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced the schools of nursing that have been selected to participate in RJWF’s prestigious New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program (NCIN). During the 2012-2013 academic year, the schools will receive grants to support students in their accelerated baccalaureate and master’s degree nursing programs, who are traditionally underrepresented in the field of nursing and are pursuing a second career in nursing.

March 28, 2012

HRSA Now Accepting Nursing Scholarship Applications

The Nursing Scholarship Program is a selective program of the U.S. Government that helps alleviate the critical shortage of nurses currently experienced by certain types of health care facilities by helping needy students complete their nurse training. In exchange for the scholarship, upon graduation, the newly minted nurses work at these facilities for at least 2 years.