DNP Stories

Sharing experiences from students, alumni, and faculty of the DNP program.

Hear from alumni and faculty

Alumni Q&A: Life after DNP program. Sheila LaFortune in conversation with Ben Monat.
Q&A with '22DNP alumna Sheila LaFortune, CNM

Learn more about the nursing education experience Sheila LaFortune ’22DNP, CNM had in our online DNP program.
Karen Kalmakis
Q&A with former DNP director Karen Kalmakis

Dr. Karen Kalmakis was a professor and former director of the DNP program at the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing.
Christopher Diaz
Q&A with Christopher Diaz, '23DNP-FNP

Christopher Diaz '23DNP-FNP received the 2023 DNP Diversity and Social Justice Award from the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing at UMass Amherst.
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Q&A with Mara Clawson '23DNP-FNP

Mara Clawson '23DNP-FNP received the DNP Outstanding Clinical Project Award.
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Q&A with Ronald Rollon, '23DNP-FNP

Ronald Rollon '23DNP-FNP is a military nurse in the U.S. Navy Reserve.
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Get to know preceptor Linda Gourlay, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC

Linda Gourlay, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC is a psychiatric nurse practitioner and preceptor at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA