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Hello College of Nursing Alumni!

On behalf of the College of Nursing and the College of Nursing’s Alumni Council we present

the schedule of activities for Homecoming 2013!

On Friday, November 15, the College of Nursing and the College of Nursing’s Student

Leadership Council (SLC) will be participating in the Homecoming Parade. The SLC will be

walking in the parade, and driving a convertible carrying our Distinguished Graduates for

2013. The SLC would like to invite alumni to participate in the parade and walk alongside

them. College of Nursing t-shirts will be provided for parade participants. Please contact

Marilyn McGhee at mmcghee@fsu.edu and provide her with your t-shirt size if you are

interested in participating in the parade and walking alongside the SLC.

Friday evening at 5:30 p.m. we will have an alumni and faculty awards ceremony in the third

floor Futch Ballroom, located at the University Center in Building B of Doak Campbell

Stadium. In addition to recognizing our Distinguished Graduates and DAISY Faculty award

recipients during the awards ceremony, Dr. Judith McFetridge-Durdle, the College’s incoming

Dean will also be joining us for Homecoming, so you will have an opportunity to meet her

too. The cost for the dinner is $30/person and parking will be provided. You can view the

Distinguished Graduate and DAISY Faculty Award recipient’s accomplishments on pages 3 and

4.

On Saturday, November 16, the College will participate in the FSU Alumni Association’s All

College All Alumni Tailgate at the President’s House. The Tailgate will begin 4 hours before

kickoff, and will be hosted by President and Mrs. Barron. There is no cost for the tailgate, and

registration information should be available shortly and the Florida State University Alumni

Association's website. Block tickets are still available for the Homecoming Football Game. To

purchase a ticket in the College of Nursing’s block contact Mark Cameron at 850-645-9770 or

via e-mail at mcameron@fsu.edu.

The Agenda for Homecoming can be found on page 2, and a link to register for the dinner is

located at the bottom of page 4. If you have any questions or need additional information please

feel free to contact Marilyn McGhee via e-mail (mmcghee@fsu.edu) or phone (850-644-5983).

Sincerely

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College of Nursing 2013 Homecoming Agenda

“A Legendary Spirit”

Friday – November 15

2:00 p.m. Homecoming Parade

Everyone is invited to watch the parade, which will feature its customary colorful

array of floats from more than 100 campus organizations and community groups.

As always, Renegade, Osceola, FSU cheerleaders, the candidates for Chief and

Princess and the Marching Chiefs will be on hand. The parade will begin on West

Madison Street near the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center and head east,

turning north on Martin Luther King, west on College, south at Copeland in front

of the Westcott Building, and east on West Pensacola, where it will conclude just

west of the Civic Center.

5:30 p.m. Awards Dinner in the Futch Ballroom located on the third floor of Building

B of the University Center in Doak Campbell Stadium

Parking will be available, and the cost for the dinner is $30/person. Checks for the

Awards Dinner should be made payable to the College of Nursing. Please mail

your checks to Attn: Alumni Coordinator, College of Nursing, 98 Varsity Way,

PO Box 3064310, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4310.

Saturday – November 16

8:00 a.m. Homecoming Awards Breakfast at the Alumni Association

Honor the recipients of the FSU Alumni Association’s Bernard F. Sliger

Award, FSU Alumni Association and Omicron Delta Kappa’s Grad Made

Good Awards, Garnet & Gold Key’s Ross Oglesby Award and the Friends

of the Florida State Libraries’ Alumni Award for Distinguished Writing.

$15 per person.

4 hours before game All College All Alumni Tailgate at the President’s House

Come by and visit us at the College of Nursing table. Enjoy food, live

entertainment and fellowship with alumni and friends at this

complimentary game day reception hosted by President and Mrs. Barron

in their backyard.

TBA Homecoming Football Game

FSU vs. Syracuse

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2013 Distinguished Graduates and DAISY Award Recipients

The College of Nursing is pleased to announce the selection of the Distinguished Graduates and

DAISY Faculty Award for 2013. College of Nursing Alumnae Ann Evans (BSN ’71) and Janine

Overcash (BSN ’87) have been selected as this year’s Distinguished Graduate Award recipients.

Ann Evans (BSN ’71), RN, MS, MBA, FAAN, CENP was selected as the

Distinguished Practitioner. She is the Chief Clinical Officer for Kindred

Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Previously, she was the CNO and VP for

Patient Care Services at Exempla Lutheran Medical Center and the VP of

Patient Care Services at Tallahassee Memorial Health Care. As a champion

for excellence in patient care and nursing practice, she brings a wealth of

world expertise to the role. Evans began her career as a staff nurse in

Colorado Springs. Her journey then took her to Alaska for 12 years where

she served as a flight nurse, as director of an air medical transport program and as a faculty

member at the University of Alaska Nursing and Health Science Center. She then travelled to

Florida where she served as the Executive Director of the Heart and Vascular Institute. Ann is a

fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the American Heart Association Council of CV

Nurses. She is certified by AONE as a Nurse Executive. She was the President of the American

Association of Critical-Care Nurses and is currently on the Board of Directors for the Colorado

Center of Nursing Excellence and the Daisy Foundation. Ann holds a master’s in nursing and

business from the University of Alaska, Anchorage and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from

Florida State University.

Janine Overcash (BSN ’87), PhD, GNP-Bc was selected as the Distinguished

Educator. She is currently the Director of Nursing Research at the James

Cancer Center and Solove Research Institute and Clinical Associate Professor

at The Ohio State University, College of Nursing. Dr. Overcash is a geriatric

nurse practitioner specializing in the care of the older cancer patient. She has

assisted in the design and management of one of the first geriatric oncology

programs located at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Overcash has authored over 35 peer reviewed journal

articles in the area of geriatric assessment. A book entitled, The Older Cancer Patient: A Guide

for Nurses and Related Professionals by Janine Overcash and Lodovico Balducci highlights

principles of care of the older person with cancer and received book of the year award by the

American Journal of Nursing. Dr. Overcash has completed a post doctorate with the John A.

Hartford Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Program. Dr. Overcash participated in

the Geriatric Nurse Educational Consortium sponsored by the American Academy of Colleges of

Nursing (AACN) and the John A. Hartford Foundation which instructed over 500 faculty from

all over the United States. Dr. Overcash is currently interested in maintaining functional status

of older women undergoing chemotherapy. Other research interests include understanding falls,

performance status and independence in older cancer patients.

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College of Nursing alumna and faculty member Nanna H. Cuchens (BSN ’72), MSN, RN was

selected as this year’s DAISY Faculty Award recipient.

At the end of this calendar year, Nan will have been a nurse for 41 years.

Along the way, she has obtained much experience in clinical nursing, teaching,

and nursing administration; obtained a Master’s Degree, became a nurse

practitioner, and have had the privilege of caring for thousands of patients.

Those patient interactions created the nurse she became, just as surely as the

classrooms at Florida State University did during the early 1970’s.

Nan shares that she is “currently am privileged to teach at Florida State

University College of Nursing; and wants to share some thoughts about nursing education and

those who teach.

For ALL humans, learning is an inherent trait, and for some humans teaching is an inherent

trait. As teachers it is our duty to approach the learner at their location on their timeline and

provide inspiration and guidance for their forward movement. The forward movement is life

changing and empowering.

In the university setting, learners are vigorous, assertive, eager, focused and dynamic. They are

also, complacent, vague, ungrounded and searching. As teachers we are inserted in the

educational process for these multi-characteristic learners.” Nan believes that “the relationship

between teacher and learner must be one of compassion, vigorous debate, high standards,

integrity and respect. As teachers, we provide the confidence required when our eager young

learners are unable to find theirs; we acknowledge and protect the vulnerability that knowledge

seekers inherently possess; and we move them gently and firmly along the mutually identified

path. This relationship must not be taken lightly, ignored nor considered unimportant; for it is

the keystone to successful learning.

In the profession of nursing; we practitioners and teachers of nursing must never forget; WE

ARE THE MOST TRUSTED PROFESSION! AND THAT STATUS REQUIRES OUR CARE AND

ATTENTION.”

We will recognize the accomplishments of the Distinguished Graduate and DAISY Faculty

Award during the Homecoming Awards Ceremony and Dinner on Friday, November 15, 2013.

For more information on the Homecoming Activities and to register, please click here.