Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN, chief executive officer for the National League for Nursing will present a public lecture as the School’s Visiting Ethnic Minority Scholar for 2008. She will discuss, “Nurse Educators: Essential to the Future of Health Care” on March, 19, 2008, at 3 p.m. in the Carolina Club Alumni Hall on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. A reception honoring the retirement of School of Nursing faculty member Bonnie Angel, BSN `79, EdD, RN, will follow Malone’s presentation.
Dr. Malone’s career has combined policy, education, administration and clinical practice. As a practicing nurse, she has worked as a surgical staff nurse, clinical nurse specialist, director of nursing and assistant administrator of nursing work. President Bill Clinton named her to the U.S. delegation for the World Health Assembly’s roundtable discussion on the Patient Bill of Rights. In addition, Dr. Malone served as deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the highest position so far held by any nurse in the U.S. government. She is also the immediate past general secretary for the Royal College of Nursing in the United Kingdom.
Dr. Bonnie Angel has been a nurse, educator and advisor for more than 40 years. She began her career as a clinical instructor in Concord, N.C., and New Orleans before joining Carolina. She has published work focusing on student academic achievement and has counseled countless nursing students as they prepared for licensing exams. She has also been an active nurse leader, holding positions in the N.C. League for Nursing, the American Nurses Association, and the Chapel Hill Association for Nursing Students. She served for many years as the faculty representative on the Board of Directors of the School’s Alumni Association.
To RSVP, please e-mail Jill Summers at jcsummer@email.unc.edu.
