MGA Nursing Students Serve Leadership Roles In Statewide Association

They’re still a few months shy of graduating with their Middle Georgia State University nursing degrees, but Katie Poupard and Abby Dunbar already are leaders in their field.

Poupard is current president and Dunbar is secretary of the Georgia Association of Nursing Students (GANS), a statewide advocacy organization for people interested in going to nursing school and those already enrolled or recently graduated. The organization, which serves as the Georgia branch of the National Student Nurses Association, promotes resources and professional development opportunities for nursing students.

This is the first time in several years MGA nursing students have held officer positions with GANS. Read more

L-R are Katie Poupard and Abby Dunbar, both 22 and both seniors in MGA’s bachelor’s degree program in nursing.