The Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing celebrated its first convocation May 29 featuring fellows from the Evelyn Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program, marking a new era in the school’s history to address New York City’s health inequities in minoritized communities.
The program, created by a transformative $52 million gift from Leonard A. Lauder in memory of his late wife and Hunter College graduate, Evelyn Lauder ’58, provides Lauder Fellows with up to $30,000 in stipends for tuition and living expenses. This substantial support eases the financial burden of advanced clinical training and opens direct paths to employment through partnerships with NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H). Eleven Lauder Fellows were honored as part of the class of 2024.
The first graduating class of Lauder Fellows underscores the program’s goal to support the education of nurse practitioners who will be leaders in advancing the well-being of the women, men, and families they serve. Almost all of Hunter’s nursing graduates stay in New York City after graduation, where they bring their skills and dedication to the community, enhance the city’s healthcare system, and meet the local demand for qualified healthcare professionals.
“The Evelyn Lauder Fellowship is a life-changing initiative for our students and New York City. The generous support from Mr. Lauder allows us to address the primary care shortage and equip our graduates to make a significant impact in underserved areas,” said Dr. Ann Marie P. Mauro, Joan Hansen Grabe Dean of the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing. “We are incredibly proud of our first cohort of Lauder Fellows and their dedication to providing world-class care and improving health outcomes where it is needed most.”
The Evelyn Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program offers advanced clinical training and graduate-level education focused on advancing health equity and the critical aspects of care, from diagnosis to ordering and interpreting tests to prescribing medication.
Class of 2024 Evelyn Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Fellows:
- Belly Braimah, BSN, RN – Psychiatric Mental Health NP
- Cara Clark, BSN, RN – Psychiatric Mental Health NP
- Brittany A. Jones, BSN, RN – Adult Gerontology NP
- Elke Kraus, MSN, CRNP – Psychiatric Mental Health NP
- Susan Lee, BSN, RN – Adult Gerontology NP
- Susan Mangels, BSN, RN – Adult Gerontology NP
- Yeshi Menrinetsang, BSN, RN – Adult Gerontology NP
- Pamela Joy L. Salud, BSN, RN – Adult Gerontology NP
- Joshtin Sulse, BSN, RN – Adult Gerontology NP
- You Wu, BSN, RN – Psychiatric Mental Health NP
In addition to the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing convocation, Hunter College is celebrating graduates from its four schools — the Silberman School of Social Work, the School of Education, the School of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Nursing —on June 4 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
