Your Graduate School Success Toolkit: Making the Most of Your GNSA Membership
Webinar Details
During graduate school, you are focused on reaching that finish line and getting your degree. You will also be building your professional network, developing your leadership skills, exploring career pathways, and preparing for long-term success in nursing.
Join us for an interactive overview of the Graduate Nursing Student Academy (GNSA) and learn how to make the most of your membership from day one. Discover practical tools, leadership opportunities, career resources, and connections that can help you thrive throughout your master’s, DNP, or PhD program while preparing for your future as a nurse leader.
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
Outcomes:
- Navigate key GNSA resources and identify tools that support academic, professional, and leadership development.
- Develop a personalized plan for leveraging GNSA programs, mentorship, networking, and leadership opportunities throughout graduate school.
- Recognize strategies for building meaningful professional connections and preparing for future career opportunities through GNSA engagement.
Note: Recording of the webinar will be available soon after the webinar airs. Visit AACN's On-Demand Webinars to watch.
Speakers
Marta Okoniewski, MPA
Director of Student Engagement
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
Marta Okoniewski is the Director of Student Engagement at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). She led the development, launch, and growth of the GNSA, a national network providing high value programs, services, and resources to nursing students enrolled in master’s and doctoral programs. Prior to joining AACN, Ms. Okoniewski worked as the Program Coordinator at New York University College of Nursing within the Academic and Clinical Affairs Department. She received her master’s in public administration from New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Scranton.
Jillian Seitz, MS
Student Engagement Coordinator
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
Jillian Seitz serves as the Student Engagement Coordinator at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). In this role, she supports Graduate Nursing Student Academy (GNSA) programming and helps foster engagement among nursing students nationwide. She earned her master's degree in applied linguistics and her bachelor's degree in linguistics, both from Georgetown University.
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to deans, faculty, staff and students from AACN member schools of nursing. All non-member audiences will be required to pay a $59 webinar fee.
Continuing Nursing Education
One nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) credit is associated with this webinar; attendees must be present for the entire webinar and complete the evaluation to receive a certificate of completion.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.