Emory nursing students have chosen nursing careers because they want to bring relief and hope to people in need. They’ve chosen Emory because of its insistence on health care quality and equality alike. The School of Nursing attracts well-educated students—about a third of whom are beginning second careers—who see nursing as a way to live out their understanding of global citizenship and the world condition.
Just a few years ago, graduate student Anjli Aurora would have insisted she had no interest in politics. Her overriding compassion for patients, however, landed her squarely in the Georgia state capitol, where she advocates for legislation ensuring quality health care for underserved populations. Through HealthSTAT (Health Students Taking Action Together), a statewide service organization founded by Emory health sciences students concerned about health disparities, she has learned how to use the political system to help the uninsured, protect Georgia’s newborns, advocate for evidence-based prevention of HIV/AIDS, and fight childhood obesity.
A Woodruff Scholar with a bachelor’s degree in biology and women’s studies and a master’s in public health, Aurora graduated magna cum laude from the School of Nursing in 2006. Her class voted her “Most Likely to Reform Health Policy.” In 2008 Aurora earned a master’s in the dual family nurse practitioner and nurse midwifery program and was named a “champion for health” by the Healthcare Georgia Foundation.
Your investment in the School of Nursing will attract women and men with fresh ideas for improving patient care, promoting health, and serving the world community.
