Community Climate and Care: Archived News 2021

News and Spotlights

The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing Community Climate and Care Committee is honored to recognize Pride Month. During the month of June, across the globe, Pride Month is celebrated in tribute to those involved in the Stonewall Riots. With parades, festivals and concerts taking place across the globe, there is an opportunity for you to get involved, learn social history and raise political awareness of current issues facing the LGBTQ community.

The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing Community Climate and Care Committee is honored to recognize Pride Month. During the month of June, across the globe, Pride Month is celebrated in tribute to those involved in the Stonewall Riots. With parades, festivals and concerts taking place across the globe, there is an opportunity for you to get involved, learn social history and raise political awareness of current issues facing the LGBTQ community. 

News and Spotlights

In honor of Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month, each Friday in May, the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee at UT Austin School of Nursing will present Asian American/Pacific Islander History News and Spotlights. Please join us in reading, interacting, reflecting and learning about the important contributions of Asian American/Pacific Islander women and men across America.

The Student Community of Asian Nurses (SCAN) is an organization for students striving to become healthcare professionals. SCAN aims to foster a community in which aspiring healthcare professionals can share their stories and provide support for one another.

The Community Climate and Care Committee at the UT Austin School of Nursing unequivocally denounces the hateful and shameful killings of 8 individuals on March 16, 2021, in the greater Atlanta area, 6 of whom were Asian/Asian-American/Pacific-Islander (AAPI) women. We also condemn the long history of anti-Asian racism, misogyny, and white supremacy in the United States that allows such atrocious, hateful, racist, gender-based, and dehumanizing crimes to continue.

The Hispanic Nursing Student Association (HNSA) is an official organization sponsored by the School of Nursing at The University of Texas at Austin. HNSA offers support and resources to students interested in pursuing a nursing degree.

News and Spotlights

In honor of Black History Month, we highlight an article about nurses who had great impacts over the last two centuries and an article written by former faculty member Jan Fox about the founding of the African-American Nursing Student Association (AANSA) as a support group at UT Austin School of Nursing.

News and Spotlights

As we celebrate Black History Month, important to both art and history, are the African-American quilts and the Black women who stitched them. The tradition of African-American quilts is centuries old. Prior to emancipation, most African American women were slaves, thus their quilts were primarily made for the plantation owner’s family, but research has shown that Black women also used scraps of cloth from discarded clothes, fabric, and feed sacks to make personal quilts as well.

News and Spotlights

In honor of Black History Month, each Friday in February, the Community Climate and Care Committee at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing will present Black History News and Spotlights. Please join us in reading, interacting, reflecting and learning about the important contributions of Black women and men at UT Austin School of Nursing and across America.

DID YOU KNOW?

The first African American man to receive a PhD in nursing is a UT Austin School of Nursing alumnus, Randolph Rasch.

Black History Month provides an important opportunity to recognize and honor those Black women and men who have suffered, sacrificed, and provided leadership to shape the America of today.