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Student Stories

Profiles in Success

Learn how Rutgers–Camden nursing students are breaking new ground through their work in classrooms and clinical settings alike. 

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Melissa Gaffney has been a nurse since 2012 when she first started working as an LPN. Over the years she worked in several different hospital settings. She had primarily worked at Voorhees Pediatric and Inspira’s Pediatric Emergency Department. Melissa had previously attended Camden County College from 2009 through 2011 in their nursing program, but hoped to one day earn her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree.  

Portrait of Joseph Medina

Graduating senior Joseph Medina SNC'24 was walking tall at commencement. Medina has grown into his chosen profession as a first-generation student guided by mentors and advisors who he holds in high regard. And he is a Camden native who stayed local because he believes in the city where he was born.