Department of Nursing at Worcester State Named for PBB Alumnus

Lillian Goodman

On May 6, 2011, the Department of Nursing at Worcester State University was officially dedicated to and named for Lillian R. Goodman. Dr. Goodman is a graduate of the Peter Bent Brigham School of Nursing, class of 1947.

She was appointed dean of the Graduate School of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts Worcester in 1991. During her tenure, the school began offering a collaborative doctoral program with UMass Amherst nursing school; it added the first adult acute/critical care specialist specialty program in New England and created new sub-specialty programs in cardiac, geriatric and cancer prevention and control education.

Under Goodman’s leadership, the UMass Graduate School of Nursing received a full eight-year accreditation from the NLN Accrediting Commission, a remarkable accomplishment for a school barely 10 years old.

Tuition Assistance: Did You Know?</p>

The Alumni Association of the Peter Bent Brigham School of Nursing offers some tuition and certification/recertification assistance to active dues-paying members. Dues may be paid retroactively. The forms may be downloaded from http:// pbbsonalumni.com. Please direct questions to pbbhalumni@aol.com