Casey Shillam

Casey Shillam, director of the nursing program at Western Washington University, has been named one of just 20 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows for 2014.

She joins a select group of nurses from across the country chosen to participate in the final cohort of this…

BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University’s first cohort of RN-to-BSN students received their degrees at Western’s fall graduation ceremony at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13 in Carver Gym on Western’s campus…

Although Carla Norris and her daughter Carrie Holtrop were both working nurses, they realized their nursing education was far from over.

Norris and Holtrop went back to school last year to earn a bachelor of science in nursing degree at Western Washington…

A number of Western Washington University faculty and staff members were honored at the 2014 Ken Gass Community Building Awards dinner Dec. 9 in Bellingham.

All of the winners, with those from Western in bold: Tanya Rojas. - for creating opportunities for families to use their…

Chuckanut Health Foundation awarded nine scholarships and three grants totaling $19,500 to 13 local nursing students, according to a press release.

“We have an outstanding group of scholarship recipients again this year, juggling school, work, family and volunteer activities, while…

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on July 30 announced the 20 nurses from across the U.S. who were selected as RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows for 2014, the program’s last cohort. Five of those selected from more than 100 applicants were from Nurse.com’s West region:

Casey Shillam, director of the nursing program at Western Washington University, has been named one of just 20 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows for 2014. She joins a select group of nurses from across the country chosen to participate in the final cohort of this three-year…

My Grandma Pat has been the inspiration for so many of my endeavors in working with older adults throughout my nursing career. So I couldn’t help but think of her as I stood before my colleagues and friends at last fall’s Hartford Gerontological Nursing Leaders (HGNL) Business Meeting, held at…

Western Washington University's revitalized nursing program will graduate its inaugural class of 24 students in fall quarter 2014.

Four men and 20 women entered the program as registered nurses and are working toward their bachelors of science degrees in the field. The "RN-to-…

Casey Shillam has been named director of Western Washington University’s new bachelor’s degree program in nursing.
Shillam, who was hired after a nationwide search, will begin at WWU in July.

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