Find a News Story

Filter News

Filter News
Currently selected filters
  1. Emily Orlando Cane at the 2024 Teaching Prevention Conference
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Changes in Reproductive Health Laws Impact Perinatal Hospice Care

    Emily (Orlando) Cane ’23MPH was interviewed by Hospice News about how changes in reproductive health laws have impacted perinatal hospice care.

  2. Abby (Bent) McKie ’00 ’02HS (R) and Dana Bent (C) at the 2024 Simmons Commencement
    Alumnae/i Feature

    The Simmons Connection: A Tale of Two Sisters

    Abby (Bent) McKie ’00 ’02HS graduated from Simmons with her Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics , Dietetic Internship Program Certificate, and Master’s Degree in Nutrition and Health Promotion . At her Commencement, a photographer snapped a picture of...

  3. Misty Neader ’25MWS and Devin Ryan ’21
    Student Story

    A Mother Follows Her Child’s Footsteps to a Simmons Education

    During high school, Devin Ryan ’21 toured Simmons, where they later majored in Biology. Meanwhile, someone close to Ryan was also inspired by that campus tour: their mother, Misty Neader ’25MSW.

  4. Samantha Normilus ’19BSN, ’26MSN
    Student Story

    Nursing Student Receives Excellence in Nursing Practice Award from New England Regional Black Nurses Association

    Samantha Normilus ’19BSN, ’26MSN has received the Excellent in Nursing Practice Award from the New England Regional Black Nurses Association, Inc. (NERBNA). A Dana-Farber Cancer Institute nurse who is pursuing the online MSN-FNP program at Simmons, Normilus spoke with us about being a NERBNA awardee, the rewards of oncology nursing, and the supportive community she found at Simmons.

  5. Felipa Canchola ’24, Lisa deRosier ’24, and Rashida Alisa Hagakore ’24
    Student Story

    Simmons Students Support Local Women Experiencing Homelessness

    This fall, Simmons students from the Social Action Leaders course are channeling their academic studies into advocacy. We spoke with students Felipa Canchola ’24, Lisa deRosier ’24, and Rashida Alisa Hagakore ’24 about their passion for experiential service learning and their conception of good leadership.

  6. Photo of Danita Callender by Simmons sign
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Engaging in Community as an Online Student

    Recent SLIS graduate Danita Callender '23MS was selected by faculty to receive the Kenneth R. Shaffer Outstanding Student Award, which acknowledges a student with impressive scholarship and leadership potential. We caught up with Callender for her thoughts on her time...

  7. Simmons University Cupola
    Campus & Community

    With HERE4Justice, MPH Students Work to Advance Social Justice

    For many students in the Department of Public Health, activism begins at Simmons. In 2018, MPH students established HERE4Justice, a student-run organization that works to advance health equity, racial equity, and social justice. "Students started this collective because they saw...

  8. photo of Student Working At Computer
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Annie LaRochelle '20 Shares her Journey from Online Learning to Social Work

    What led you to Simmons? The history of the school, and my family. Simmons has one of the oldest social work schools in the country. Also, my late mother-in-law, Rebecca Cohan '72MS, was a licensed social worker (LICSW) for decades...

  9. Kasie Cassell '23
    Student Story

    Kasie Cassell '23 DNP Finds Fulfillment Working in Mental Health

    Tell us about the work that you do. I am a dual licensed, board certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner. I work at Columbia Associates in Psychiatry, an outpatient psychiatric practice based in Virginia, with...

  10. Student using Computer
    Student Story

    Why Miladys Perez ’23 Chose CompleteDegree@Simmons for Computer Science

    We spoke to CompleteDegree student Miladys Perez about why she chose the Simmons online program for her second bachelor's degree, and what her experience has been so far.