Two Women to Lead Academic Nursing Programs

Beth L. Kaskel was named chair of the nursing division at Notre Dame College in South Euclid, Ohio. Since 2006, she has served as associate professor of nursing at the Fort Wayne campus of Indiana University-Purdue University. Previously, she taught at Ohio Northern University and James A. Rhodes State College.

Dr. Kaskel holds a bachelor’s degree in behavioral biology from Marietta College. She earned a master’s degree and a doctorate in nursing from Case Western Reserve University.

Jacqueline Roberts was named director of the family nurse practitioner graduate program at the University of North Dakota’s College of Nursing. She has served as co-director of the program for the past five years.

Roberts is certified as an advanced oncology certified nurse practitioner. At the time of her certification in 2007, she was one of only 409 advanced oncology certified nurse practitioners in the United States and the only one in North Dakota.