Welcome alumni and friends!
Frontier Nursing University is proud to have more than 12,000 alumni in all 50 states and many countries around the world. One of the greatest benefits of becoming a part of the FNU community is that it comes without an expiration date. If you are an FNU alumnus looking to stay connected or reconnect with the FNU community, you’ve come to the right place.
Alumni are an integral part of FNU's development. You demonstrate the excellence of FNU in everyday practice, you’re our #1 recruiters and you’re our most loyal donors. We appreciate your commitment to FNU, and we hope to offer rewarding programs in return.
Alumni services are open to all graduates of FNU. We encourage you to get involved and explore the services, programs and activities offered. There are many wonderful ways to keep in touch with friends and stay connected to FNU, including reunions, conference receptions, case days, eNews and our very active social media channels and Facebook Group.
Also, we hope you will consider becoming a preceptor for our students and help to shape our future nurse-midwives and nurse practitioners! Learn more about becoming a clinical preceptor here.
Alumni Hall of Fame
The FNU Alumni Hall of Fame celebrates and recognizes the incredible individuals whose contributions have influenced and formed the past, present, and future success of the university. Learn more.
SUCCEEDING TOGETHER
The FNU community is comprised people from all walks of life with one common passion: improving the primary care of women and families. Read the stories of FNU alumni, students, preceptors, staff, faculty and couriers that are a part of this greater mission of serving the medically underserved. Learn more about our Culture of Caring and our efforts to improve healthcare outcomes for all.
Do you have a story to share? We want to hear it! Tell us how your hard work and dedication is making a difference and your story could be featured on our website. We also invite you to hear from our alumni on how they are making an impact in their communities in our On the Trail series on YouTube.
BECOME A PRECEPTOR
There is no better way to give back to FNU than by becoming a clinical preceptor. Our distance education model thrives because of talented clinical preceptors which is why we ensure that every preceptor is supported with educational resources to help in their role as a clinical educator. We also offer an honorarium for precepting after the student finishes his/her clinical practicum. Are you interested in becoming a preceptor? Let us know by clicking on the link below and filling out a preceptor information request form.
Become a Preceptor
“They begin as nervous students — unsure of where to start — then gradually grow into an independent provider. It makes me proud to know that I have taken a part in developing a competent, confident and caring nurse practitioner.”
- Preceptor Shannon Conley, FNP
DONATE TO FNU
Since its inception, FNU has relied on the generosity of friends and alumni. As an alumnus, we hope we can count on your help to support the programs and services offered by Frontier. Your gift allows us to maintain affordable tuition, continue to grow programs that support our mission to prepare leaders in the primary care of women and families, attract and retain talented student-centered faculty, offer students a technologically-advanced campus and preserve our historic facilities.
Donate to FNU
UPDATE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION
In order for us to stay connected to you, make sure your contact information is up-to-date. This information will allow us to keep in touch with FNU news and events as well as help us keep track of all the wonderful things our graduates are doing for the health care system. Update your contact info at this link.
CONNECT WITH FNU AT CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
FNU participates in many conferences and events throughout the year all across the country. Check out our event calendar to find out about the national conferences where FNU will have be exhibiting or to find an event near you. We'd love to connect with you in person.
FNU PUBLICATIONS
Learn more about the work of Frontier Nursing University's alumni, students, faculty and staff in our annual President’s Report and Quarterly Bulletins.
Alumni News
Graduate Spotlight: Jaime Westlund Turns a Dream Into Care for the Kona Community in Hawaii
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Graduate Spotlight: Denise Wilks answers her calling to serve families through a collaborative physician-midwife team she helped build
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Graduate Spotlight: Three-time FNU graduate Jennifer Baxter serves and precepts alongside fellow alumni at Illinois midwifery practice
At the heart of Frontier Nursing University is a talented community of students, alumni, faculty, staff, Couriers and preceptors. Spotlight blogs feature members of our FNU community who are focused … Read More...
Carrie Belin is an experienced board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and a graduate of the Johns Hopkins DNP program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Georgetown University School of Nursing, and Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She has also completed fellowships at Georgetown and the University of California Irvine.
Angie has been a full-scope midwife since 2009. She has experience in various birth settings including home, hospital, and birth centers. She is committed to integrating the midwifery model of care in the US. She completed her master’s degree in nurse-midwifery at Frontier Nursing University (FNU) and her Doctorate at Johns Hopkins University. She currently serves as the midwifery clinical faculty at FNU. Angie is motivated by the desire to improve the quality of healthcare and has led quality improvement projects on skin-to-skin implementation, labor induction, and improving transfer of care practices between hospital and community midwives. In 2017, she created a short film on skin-to-skin called 
Justin C. Daily, BSN, RN, has ten years of experience in nursing. At the start of his nursing career, Justin worked as a floor nurse on the oncology floor at St. Francis. He then spent two years as the Director of Nursing in a small rural Kansas hospital before returning to St. Francis and the oncology unit. He has been in his current position as the Chemo Nurse Educator for the past four years. He earned an Associate in Nurse from Hutchinson Community College and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Bethel College.
Brandy Jackson serves as the Director of Undergraduate Nursing Programs and Assistant Educator at Wichita State University and Co-Director of Access in Nursing. Brandy is a seasoned educator with over 15 years of experience. Before entering academia, Brandy served in Hospital-based leadership and Critical Care Staff nurse roles. Brandy is passionate about equity in nursing education with a focus on individuals with disabilities. Her current research interests include accommodations of nursing students with disabilities in clinical learning environments and breaking down barriers for historically unrepresented individuals to enter the nursing profession. Brandy is also actively engaged in Interprofessional Education development, creating IPE opportunities for faculty and students at Wichita State. Brandy is an active member of Wichita Women for Good and Soroptimist, with the goal to empower women and girls. Brandy is a TeamSTEPPS master trainer. She received the DASIY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty in 2019 at Wichita State University. 
Dr. Sabrina Ali Jamal-Eddine is an Arab-disabled queer woman of color with a PhD in Nursing and an interdisciplinary certificate in Disability Ethics from the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). Dr. Jamal-Eddine’s doctoral research explored spoken word poetry as a form of critical narrative pedagogy to educate nursing students about disability, ableism, and disability justice. Dr. Jamal-Eddine now serves as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in UIC’s Department of Disability and Human Development and serves on the Board of Directors of the National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities (NOND). During her doctoral program, Sabrina served as a Summer Fellow at a residential National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute at Arizona State University (2023), a summer fellow at Andrew W. Mellon’s National Humanities Without Walls program at University of Michigan (2022), a Summer Research Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute (2021), and an Illinois Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities (LEND) trainee (2019-2020).
Vanessa Cameron works for Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nursing Education & Professional Development. She is also attending George Washington University and progressing towards a PhD in Nursing with an emphasis on ableism in nursing. After becoming disabled in April 2021, Vanessa’s worldview and perspective changed, and a recognition of the ableism present within healthcare and within the culture of nursing was apparent. She has been working since that time to provide educational foundations for nurses about disability and ableism, provide support for fellow disabled nursing colleagues, and advocate for the disabled community within healthcare settings to reduce disparities.
Dr. Lucinda Canty is a certified nurse-midwife, Associate Professor of Nursing, and Director of the Seedworks Health Equity in Nursing Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Columbia University, a master’s degree from Yale University, specializing in nurse-midwifery, and a PhD from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Canty has provided reproductive health care for over 29 years. Her research interests include the prevention of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, reducing racial and ethnic health disparities in reproductive health, promoting diversity in nursing, and eliminating racism in nursing and midwifery.
Dr. Lisa Meeks is a distinguished scholar and leader whose unwavering commitment to inclusivity and excellence has significantly influenced the landscape of health professions education and accessibility. She is the founder and executive director of the DocsWithDisabilities Initiative and holds appointments as an Associate Professor in the Departments of Learning Health Sciences and Family Medicine at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Nikia Grayson, DNP, MSN, MPH, MA, CNM, FNP-C, FACNM (she/her) is a trailblazing force in reproductive justice, blending her expertise as a public health activist, anthropologist, and family nurse-midwife to champion the rights and health of underserved communities. Graduating with distinction from Howard University, Nikia holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and a master’s degree in public health. Her academic journey also led her to the University of Memphis, where she earned a master’s in medical anthropology, and the University of Tennessee, where she achieved both a master’s in nursing and a doctorate in nursing practice. Complementing her extensive education, she completed a post-master’s certificate in midwifery at Frontier Nursing University.
Dr. Tia Brown McNair is the Vice President in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success and Executive Director for the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) in Washington, DC. She oversees both funded projects and AAC&U’s continuing programs on equity, inclusive excellence, high-impact practices, and student success. McNair directs AAC&U’s Summer Institutes on High-Impact Practices and Student Success, and TRHT Campus Centers and serves as the project director for several AAC&U initiatives, including the development of a TRHT-focused campus climate toolkit. She is the lead author of From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education (January 2020) and Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success (July 2016 and August 2022 Second edition).