UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing at Penn State is hosting its second annual Gunter-Gooding Lecture from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 25, in the Flex Theater in the HUB-Robeson Center. The Gunter-Gooding Lecture Series centers on challenges and opportunities in nursing and heath care related to diversity, equity, inclusion and justice.
The in-person and virtual event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Click here to register. CEUs are available for nurses attending — RN number required. Opening remarks will be presented by Sheldon Fields, research professor and associate dean for equity and inclusion in the college, with the keynote lecture beginning at noon.
The keynote lecture will feature Lucinda Canty, who will present a talk titled, “Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis through Nursing Research and Education." Canty is an associate professor of nursing and director of the Seedworks Health Equity in Nursing Program in the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Elaine Marieb College of Nursing.
“The Gunter-Gooding Lecture Series underscores the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion in the nursing profession, ” Fields said. “We are so fortunate to have someone of Dr. Canty’s caliber serving as our keynote scholar, highlighting what nursing can do to address a major health disparity in our quest to achieve health equity for all our society.”
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History of Gunter-Gooding
The Gunter-Gooding Lecture Series is named in honor of two African American women who served as head of the Department of Nursing at Penn State. Laurie Martin Gunter served as head of the department from 1971 to 1976 and again as interim department head from 1984 to 1985. She retired as professor emerita in 1987 after 16 years of University service. She was a well-respected researcher with a focus on nursing care of the elderly. She held fellow status in the Gerontological Society of America and the American Academy of Nursing and was an elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Gunter held a nursing diploma from Meharry Medical College, a bachelor of science in home economics from Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial University, a master of arts in education from Fisk University, and a doctorate in human development from the University of Chicago. She passed away on June 15, 2015.
Marion Gooding was the fifth head of the Department of Nursing at Penn State and served from 1985 to 1987 when the department was part of the then-College of Human Development. She also served as the dean of the School of Nursing at Tennessee State University prior to her arrival at Penn State. Gooding received her diploma in nursing from Saint Mary’s School of Nursing, bachelors and master’s in nursing from Teachers College–Columbia University, and a doctorate in educational administration in higher education from Vanderbilt University.
Penn State's Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Approver Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.