GNAP Agenda

Graduate Nursing Admissions Professionals (GNAP) Conference

Program Agenda

Please note program is subject to change.

3:00-4:00 p.m.	Registration Open

4:00-4:30 p.m.	Welcome Session Speaker: Scott Ranges, M.Ed., Director of Graduate Admissions, University of South Carolina College of Nursing, GNAP Chair

4:30-5:30 p.m.	Current Trends and Popular Topics in Graduate Nursing Admissions Speaker: Rhoberta Haley, PhD, RN, Dean and Professor, Pacific Lutheran University School of Nursing

6:30-8:00 p.m.	Welcome Reception Join GNAP for a mixer and welcome reception

8:00-9:00 a.m.	Light Continental Breakfast

9:00-10:00 a.m.	Leading Change and Advancing Graduate Nursing Education in the Era of Artificial Intelligence Speaker: Jing Wang, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Dean and Professor of the Florida State University College of Nursing

10:00-10:30 a.m.	Roundtable Discussions: Admissions in the Age of AI

10:30-10:45 a.m.	Break

10:45-11:45 a.m.	Mentoring Nurse Practitioner Students to Support Resiliency and Retention Speaker: Rachael L. Sweeney,* DNP, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC, Nurse Practitioner Program Coordinator, Assistant Clinical Professor, Auburn University College of Nursing*

11:45-1:15 p.m.	Lunch

1:15-1:30 p.m.	Group Photo

1:30-2:30 p.m.	Navigating Success in Higher Education: Mastering Project Management and Travel for Recruitment Excellence Speakers: Cody Hoffman, Assistant Director of Nursing Student Recruitment, Pennsylvania State University and Ren茅 Hamer, Director of Student Recruitment, University of South Carolina

2:30-3:30 p.m	Increasing Diversity Among Nurse Educators to Address Health Equity Speaker: Wanda Burton, PhD, CHES, Assistant Professor, Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama

3:30-4:30 p.m.	Round Table Discussion Topics

6:30 p.m.	Small Group Dinners Members will escort small groups to a variety of local restaurants. Sign-up sheets with information on restaurant choices will be available at the meeting. Guests welcome.

8:00-9:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast, Awards, & Business

8:00-9:30 a.m.	Membership Meeting & Awards Ceremony AND GNAP Survey Overall & Results Speaker: Vickie Samuel

9:30-10:30 a.m.	Re-Defining Access: A Holistic Approach to Admissions in a Pre-Licensure Graduate Nursing Program in Mississippi Speaker: LaDaryl Watkins, MSN, MPH, RN, FNP-C, Assistant Clinical Professor, Mississippi State University

10:30-10:45 a.m.	Break

10:45-11:45 a.m.	Program Session

10:45-11:45 a.m.	Roundtable Discussions

11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.	Closing Remarks Speaker: Scott Ranges, M.Ed., Director of Graduate Admissions, University of South Carolina College of Nursing, GNAP Chair