Washburn University Harmony Hines School of Nursing

Only a few more orientation sessions left this summer! This great group is ready and enrolled for the fall semester 😎🎉🎩🩵

Throwback Thursday 📸✨ Take a trip down memory lane with us with these photos from our archives!

Do you see anyone you recognize?

The best days of the summer are the ones we get to spend helping our newest pre-nursing students get enrolled at NSO! ☀️🩺🎩🩵

Happy Saturday! This awesome group of pre-nursing students spent their morning with us getting enrolled and ready for fall 👏🩺🩵 Go Bods!

Another great group of pre-nursing students are now enrolled and ready for the fall 😎💙🎩 Go Bods!

📢 SPRING 2027 BSN APPLICATIONS ARE DUE IN 1️⃣ MONTH! 📢

Are you ready to start nursing school in January? Make sure to submit your application by July 1! 📅

🔗 washburn.edu/nursing > Application Packets > BSN

The best way to spend a Friday? Helping this awesome group of pre-nursing students get enrolled for the fall 😎👏

What a great day kicking off the NSO sessions for this summer! We loved meeting all of our newest pre-nursing students and getting them ready to start this fall 🎉🤩💙🎩

Last week during commencement, we were proud to award Carol S. Perry with an honorary Doctorate Degree of Public Service for her years of dedication to our community. Perry, bsn '83, devoted 40 years of service in nursing to Stormont Vail Health, where she worked as a student nurse technician, registered nurse, unit director, director of maternal/child services, director of case management, performance improvement, and the hospitalist program, and ultimately served as senior vice president and chief nursing officer for acute care operations.

Under her leadership, Stormont Vail achieved Magnet designation four times, a reflection of sustained excellence in nursing practice and patient outcomes. Perry retired from Stormont Vail in 2024.

Perry has also remained deeply connected to Washburn, serving as a capstone preceptor, mentor, guest lecturer and advocate for expanded clinical opportunities. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she worked with Washburn and Baker University leaders to help nursing students complete their capstone experiences, graduate on time and enter the workforce when they were urgently needed.

Her service has extended to numerous health care, workforce, and nursing organizations, and her honors include recognition as a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a Washburn School of Nursing Distinguished Alumni Fellow, and induction into the Kansas State Nurses Association Hall of Fame.

Through visionary leadership, steadfast support for students and an unwavering commitment to compassionate, evidence-based care, Perry has left a lasting legacy in Kansas health care and nursing education.

Congratulations! 🩵🎓🎉🩺

Reminiscing on celebrating our Spring 2026 graduates last week ✨💙🎓 We are so proud of you! 🫶🏻