Person Category: Nursing

May 21, 2022
Cypress College Celebrates 55th Commencement
"Cypress College hosted its 55th Commencement on Friday evening — the first in-person graduation ceremony in 3 years — with a record number of graduates and guests participating. The event was held in the college’s Gateway Plaza with more than 800 graduates from the classes of 2022, 2021, and 2020 in"

February 15, 2022
CYProud: Raelynn Requena
"Student success comes in many different forms, and Cypress College is proud to recognize and celebrate the variety of paths our students take to achieve their dreams. Whether it’s transferring to a four-year institution, or receiving an associate degree or certificate and heading into the workforce, we want all of our"

January 10, 2022
Cypress College, UCI, CSUF awarded National Science Foundation Grant to Increase Diversity in STEM, Ensure Workforce Readiness
"For Immediate Release February 3, 2022 Contact: Marc Posner (714) 484-7006 The National Science Foundations (NSF) has awarded Cypress College; University of California, Irvine (UCI); and California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) a $1.5 million partnership grant over three years. The grant will be used at the three campuses to encourage"

May 21, 2021
Class of 2021 Celebrated in 54th Commencement
"Cypress College celebrated the Class of 2021 in its live, remote 54th Commencement on Friday night. As one of Cypress College’s largest graduating classes, the 1,542 students overcame the pandemic along with the rigors of their normal coursework. Graduates provided photographs and quotes shown on screen along with the recitation of"
March 28, 2022
Jen Galich, DNP, RN, PHN, FNP
"Welcome to the Cypress College Nursing Program! I have been with Cypress College since 2019 and have had the opportunity of working with students in the community college and private college settings. I have RN experience in emergency room, medical-surgical, geriatric, psychiatric, home-health, and PACU settings. I stay up to date"

February 22, 2022
Shinah Ji MSN, MHSA, RN
"I am a professor teaching Medical-Surgical Nursing and Geriatric Nursing at Cypress College. My other specialty areas include Community Nursing and Public Health. In addition to teaching the nursing courses, I have worked with the ESL Department to help English Language Learner (ELL) students improve their communication competency. Please email me"

Rose Kirby
"My name is Rose Kirby and I started teaching full-time at Cypress College in 2019. I was a bedside nurse for 6 years and worked in Medical-Surgical Nursing. I specialized in Orthopedics, Trauma, Vascular, Plastics, and Epilepsy monitoring. I have a passion for training the next generation of nurses and to"

December 1, 2021
Marredda Williams RN, MSN Ed
"Teaching nursing has been my passion since 2004. I’ve been a full time faculty here at Cypress since 2012. I have experience as a simulation co-ordinator and a remediation specialist. My areas of expertise are med/surg and mental health. I graduated with an ADN from Mount St. Mary’s College, BSN from"

Jane Walker RN, MSN
"I joined the Cypress College Faculty in fall 2009. My nursing experience has been mainly in the Perinatal area, primarily as a Labor and Delivery Nurse working in local hospitals. I have also worked as a School Readiness Nurse under the First Five Initiative through The Children and Families Commission of"

Elizabeth Putman RN, MSN, FNP
"Welcome to Nursing! Nursing is an amazing profession. Nursing requires both passion and compassion. Presently, I teach both medical-surgical nursing and maternal nursing."

Thu Pham DNP, ANP, RN
"Thu Pham is a nursing faculty with experience working at community colleges and universities. Thu received her Doctorate of Nursing degree at the California State, Fullerton, and her master’s and bachelor’s degrees at the University of Utah School of Nursing. Thu started teaching at Cypress College in 2016, providing evidence-based practice"

Michael Faraci MSN, DNP, RN
"I am Dr. Michael Faraci and I am passionate about teaching nursing! I have been a Registered Nurse since 1999 specializing in Critical Care and Pediatrics. I remain current in the Nursing Practice by working Per-Diem at a large, academic medical institution in Los Angeles on a weekly basis. I have"
