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Virginia Legacy is published two times each year (spring and fall) for alumni, parents, students, and friends of the U.Va. School of Nursing. We welcome your story ideas, comments, and feedback! Please e-mail the editor if you have a comment or idea to share.

In this issue

Legacy, Spring 2013: Paying It Forward: Why Faculty Support Matters

From the Dean … 1
A five year anniversary has Dean Dorrie Fontaine considering what’s changed at the School of Nursing; and what’s remained the same.
Worth Noting … 2
Determining the best support for pregnant teens; Nursing student book of essays from the bedside garners attention and praise; New endowed professors join the ranks; $5 million gift fortifies CNL program; Fighting diabetes, Middle Eastern style; Hurricane Sandy inspires nursing community to care for New York neighborhood. The latest School news.
Nursing Simulation – By the Numbers … 7
COVER: Paying it Forward: Why Faculty Support Matters … 8
With a national shortage, widening responsibilities and a constantly changing health care landscape, nursing professors are more in demand than ever. Learn how the School works to attract and keep gifted faculty, and meet four of its newest: the Roberts Scholars whose work is charting new paths at U.Va.
Philanthropy … 13
Impact: Nursing Research … 15
The Nursing Alumni Association … 19
Class News & Notes … 23
Alumni in Action … 24
Meet Hershaw Davis Jr. (MSN `12)
Publications Highlights … 26
Virginia Moments … 29

Class notes

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Editorial Staff and Advisory Board for 2012-2013

Lynn Woodson, Editor
Director of Communications, Health System Development
Karol Kozak, Managing Editor
Director of Alumni Affairs & Donor Relations, School of Nursing
Christine Kueter, nursing communications editor
Mary Eckenrode Gibson (BSN '75, MSN '86) - outgoing Alumni Council Vice President for Communications
Joe Montoya (MSN '94, PCNP '96, DNP '08) - Alumni Council Communications Coordinator