Seacole Scholars Program

In September, CSON inaugurated a Seacole Scholars Program, an intentional living and learning community comprised of first-year female nursing students of color. The program seeks to learn if—by living, studying, and collaborating together—this community will increase a sense of belonging for minority students.The program was named for Mary Jane Seacole (pictured), a nineteenth-century Jamaicanborn nurse and businesswoman whose contributions to nursing were overlooked for many years due to racial bias.

Photograph courtesy National Geographic