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Nov. 10, 2008

Gloria Thompson Named NLN Ambassador to DWU Nursing Program

Gloria Thompson

MITCHELL – Gloria Thompson, M.S., R.N., associate of arts in nursing program director at DWU, has been appointed by the National League for Nursing (NLN) to serve as an NLN Ambassador.

As an ambassador, Thompson will help keep faculty and administration informed about the NLN’s initiatives, grant opportunities, conferences, publications, workshops and other benefits available to NLN members.

“We created this selective program to make it as easy as possible for nurse faculty and nursing programs at all levels of academia to understand what the NLN has to offer to enhance professional development and status,” explained NLN CEO Beverly Malone. “At the same time, we expect the Ambassadors to communicate to NLN professional staff and the board what issues and challenges are of greatest concern to nurse educators in the field so that we can maximize the effectiveness of our programming and services. The Ambassadors are, in effect, the NLN’s ‘eyes and ears’ on campus.”

Since coming to Dakota Wesleyan University in 1990, Thompson has served as clinical instructor/nursing faculty (1990-97), administrative chair of the department of nursing (1997-2007), and associate of arts in nursing program director (2007-present).