Dr. Diane Dirette has been named recipient of the fourth annual Jim Hinojosa Distinguished Alumni Award, an award initiated to recognize outstanding NYU Steinhardt Department of Occupational Therapy (OT) alumni who have made significant contributions to the profession.

If WMU nursing student Aubrey Reynolds-Erspamer is given the opportunity to enter the workforce early to become a frontline COVID-19 health care fighter, she says she’s taking it. “One hundred percent, I will join to help,” says Reynolds-Erspamer, adding that “2020 is the year of the nurse, and I chose this profession specifically to help others. I am ready to do my part in any way I can.”

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