Adopting a scholar eases transition to nursing student
December 14, 2011 Pam Auchmutey
How To Adopt a Nursing Student
Emory University’s Adopt-a-Scholar Program provides a way for alumni to honor their time at Emory. Alumni commit to a minimum gift of $2,500 annually throughout a student’s course of study and are encouraged to serve as mentors. Currently, four nursing alumni have adopted students. To learn more, contact Betsy Oliver, senior associate director of development and alumni relations, at 404-727-5291 or
etolive@emory.edu.
Tracey Wilds 88OX 91N is a transition expert. At Emory University Hospital (EUH) Midtown, she was one of the first nurse practitioners to help patients manage their care after leaving the hospital.
This past spring, Wilds joined the Lehigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania as the first nurse practitioner in the network’s Home Health Division, where she helps with transition of care.
And last fall, she eased the transition to nursing school for BSN student Amy Blumling 09OX 12N. The two met through Emory’s Adopt-a-Scholar Program, through which Wilds provides scholarship support and serves as a mentor to Blumling.
Mentor and mentee have much in common: Both graduated from Oxford College and attended Emory College to complete their prerequisite courses for nursing school. Blumling grew up in Pennsylvania, where Wilds now lives.
“I had a crazy first year going from college student to nursing student,” says Blumling. “Because of Tracey, I saw it was possible to get through nursing school and juggle family and work.”
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