Jennie De Gagne, associate professor, recently participated in the 2nd annual Global Korean Nursing Foundation (GKNF)-USA at the University of Kentucky, Lexington as a guest speaker and a moderator for the session on practical tips in developing key professional competencies as a minority faculty member: academic teaching. Her presentation focused on “Creativity and Innovation in Nursing Education.” Several graduate students and a clinical nurse from the Duke University Health System joined this workshop.

The goal of the GKNF-USA is to support Korean nurse leaders for advancing nursing science, clinical practice and policy; and enhance networking worldwide to facilitate communication and to foster global leadership.

Pictured in the bottom photo from left to right: Eunji Cho, PhD student; Sarah Kim, MSN student; Jennie De Gagne, associate professor; Mija Kim, GKNF Chairperson and professor and dean emerita at the College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jessica Haesu Jin, clinical nurse at Duke University Medical Center; and Hyeyoung Kate Park, PhD student.