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2026 PGH LECTURE

Lessons Learned from Wolves

Saturday, November 21, 2026
Meagher Theatre

9:00 AM | PGH Lecture Series: "Lessons Learned from Wolves"
Meagher Theatre
10:00 AM | Sixth Graduate Nursing White Coat Ceremony
Meagher Theatre
11:30 AM | MSN Class of 2026 Professional Poster Presentations
Mirenda Center Lobby
12:15 PM | Luncheon
Mirenda Center Lobby

Join us for the annual Philadelphia General Hospital (PGH) Lecture Series, followed by Neumann’s sixth Graduate Nursing White Coat Ceremony, professional poster presentations, and a luncheon.

The 2026 PGH Lecture will feature Linda Laskowski Jones, MS, RN, APN, FAAN, a nationally recognized nursing leader and speaker. She will present "Lessons Learned from Wolves," which focuses on leadership, teamwork, communication, and key insights leaders and teams can draw from the dynamics of a wolf pack. Linda’s message extends well beyond healthcare and is especially relevant to anyone in a leadership role.

Immediately following the lecture, our Graduate Nursing White Coat Ceremony will begin at 10:00 AM to recognize our Class of 2027 Nurse Practitioner students as they prepare to enter the clinical portion of their graduate education. Professional poster presentations by the MSN Class of 2026 will begin at 11:30 AM in the Mirenda Center Lobby, followed by a luncheon at 12:15 PM.

1.0 CEU
Participants will receive 1.0 CEU from the Delaware Board of Nursing to attend the presentation.

Join us for as much of the morning as your schedule allows. To RSVP, please contact Vivian Long at longv@neumann.edu or 610-358-4527.


During its 92 years of operation, the Philadelphia General Hospital Training School for Nurses graduated 6,000 professional nurses. Graduates wore the double frill cap, known as the Blockley Frill, which is an enduring symbol of the prestige and reputation of nurses who performed the art and science of nursing service and education. The last patient was discharged from Philadelphia General Hospital on June 16, 1977. Today, the Philadelphia General Hospital lives on at Neumann, in our School of Nursing and Health Sciences' Endowed Nursing Lecture Series. 

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Jeanne Kiefner
Former President,
PGH Alumni Association
kiefnerjeanne55@gmail.com
Dr. Chuck Sack
Exec. Dir. for Alumni Programs & Dir. of Development and Engagement for the School of Nursing and Health Sciences
sackc@neumann.edu