Everyone here at the Center for Medical Simulation extends their heartfelt congratulations to Catherine “Kate” Morse, MSN, RN, CCRN, CRNP-BC on being chosen as the receipient of a Jonas Scholarship to help support her studies toward a  PhD in Nursing.  Kate, who is an Alumna of CMS’ IMS Comrehensive and Gradute courses is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of  Graduate Nursing at Drexel University.  Kate is one of only 58 people from across the country to receive this prestigious scholarship.

The Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence was established in 2006 by the Barbara and Donald Jonas Family Fund to advance the profession of nursing  in novel and traditional ways. Through its philanthropy, the Center has awarded nearly $3 million towards the Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar Program to support the education of new nursing faculty, to stimulate joint faculty appointments between schools of nursing and clinical affiliates and to bring together opinion leaders to develop solutions to long-standing problems challenging the nursing profession