Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences

We are excited to welcome our newest Radiography students to our MN campus! 🎉🎉🩻🩻

Thirty-four students are beginning their journey toward becoming radiologic technologists through our 18-month program. Over the coming months, they will gain the knowledge, skills, and clinical experience needed to make a meaningful impact on patient care!

Hang on, these 18 mounts are going to fly by and before you know it, you will be interviewing for jobs! ❤️



📸: Mayo Clinic Radiology

Congratulations Matt! 🎉🎉

🎉 Congratulations to Matthew Ugorowski, M.Ed., Program Coordinator for the Nuclear Medicine Technologist Program at Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences in Rochester, on being elected Secretary of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Technologist Section (SNMMI-TS)!

Matthew will serve on the SNMMI-TS Executive Board for the 2026–2027 board year, helping support the organization’s mission and advancing the profession through national leadership.

Matthew credits his campaign manager, Jaylee Messmer, and his Mayo Clinic Nuclear Medicine family for their support throughout the election process.

Please join us in congratulating Matthew on this outstanding achievement and national leadership role! 👏

Not all heroes wear capes… some run MRIs ⚡

We are proud to present the MRI Class of 2026! From their first scan to their final competencies, these MRI graduates learned how to see what others can’t—and that’s no small thing.

Behind every image is focus. Behind every patient interaction is calm, confidence, and care. And behind each of these graduates? A whole lot of determination to get here.

The machines are powerful—but it’s you who make the difference.
We can’t wait to see where you take your skills next. The future of imaging just got stronger.

👏 Drop some love for our newest MRI grads!

They mastered the tech.
They powered through clinicals.

Now they’re graduates 🎓

Congrats to our Sonography class (MN & FL)—we’re proud of the work you put in and even more excited for what you’re about to do out in the field.

Healthcare is getting some really good ones and we know you will have an impact on your patients!

We are excited to share that our inaugural CST to SFA Bridge program students graduated last Thursday!🎉🎉

The CST to SFA Bridge Program provides a unique, flexible pathway for surgical technologists to become surgical assistants. Curriculum includes three months of classroom and lab education in a hybrid model, and six months of clinical experience, which allows you to start your career more quickly. The program was designed to allow CSTs to continue working while going to school to alleviate some financial burden of advancing careers.

Congratulations to each one of you! We are excited to see you accelerate in your new role!

Our NP Program is excited to share that we honored our 2026 graduates on Thursday, May 21, 2026. In total, 44 graduates were recognized for completing their clinical education requirements at Mayo Clinic Rochester or a Mayo Clinic Health System site. Our class represents the following NP population of foci:

✅7 Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

✅4 Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

✅27 Family Nurse Practitioner

✅1 Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

✅3 Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

✅2 Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner

Congratulations, and best wishes to all of our graduates!

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Clinical preceptors and our NPCEC faculty are one of the most valuable assets of the NP student education experience. Our annual graduation ceremony is an opportunity for us to honor student nominated preceptors and NPCEC faculty members who demonstrate the following attributes:

• A commitment to advancing the science of education for Nurse Practitioners
• Excellence of professionalism in clinical practice with patients and their interactions with students
• Creative and innovative approaches when facilitating teaching opportunities for students in the clinical environment
• Successful mentoring of students and supporting their professional growth and development

This year, the following individuals are honored for their contributions to nurse practitioner student education

Outstanding Specialty Care Clinical Preceptor – Devon Altshuler, PA-C, MS
• Department of Hematology, Mayo Clinic Rochester

Outstanding Primary Care Clinical Preceptor – Stacy Farrow, APRN, CNP, MS
• Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester

Outstanding Primary Care Clinical Preceptor, Mayo Clinic Health System – Heidi Vee, APRN, CNP
• Department of Family Medicine, St. James, MN

Outstanding Acute Care Clinical Preceptor– Sara Jacobsen, APRN, CNP, MSN
• Department of Hospital Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester

Thank you to all our clinical preceptors and NPCEC faculty members for your investment into our future Nurse Practitioners!

We are proud to introduce our latest Medical Laboratory Science graduates who have honed their skills in laboratory testing and are now ready to apply their expertise in real-world settings.

Best wishes to all graduates in their future pursuits!

📸: Medical Laboratory Science Program - Mayo Clinic

From a nervous patient to a compassionate leader in nurse anesthesia, Kelsey A. Nelsen, APRN, CRNA, DNAP (NA ’19), has spent 15 years making a difference for patients at Mayo Clinic.

In our latest alumni spotlight, Kelsey shares how her experience as a teen inspired her to pursue a career as a CRNA, how the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice program prepared her for success, and why compassionate patient care remains at the heart of everything she does.

Read her story and discover how leadership, education, and empathy have shaped her journey from learner to leader: https://buff.ly/WSM5mpZ