Division of Nursing

Hello everyone! I am Tyler R. Colbert, an assistant professor at SUNY Morrisville’s nursing division, and I joined the Morrisville nursing faculty in Fall ‘23. Prior to Morrisville, I have worked at multiple other SUNY institutions, including the University at Buffalo.

Welcome to SUNY Morrisville Nursing! I am the simulation coordinator and student support specialist. Throughout my career as a registered nurse and family nurse practitioner, I have gained experience in several different specialties and settings including medical-surgical nursing, operating room circulating, women’s health and fertility, and family medicine.

Welcome to SUNY Morrisville! I am an Instructional Support Technician (IST) within the nursing lab department working on the Norwich campus. I have been a nurse for 33 years and most of my nursing career was in the US Air Force. I retired after 28 years of service and had a varied experience of medical surgical, obstetrical, administrative and aeromedical evacuation nursing.

Welcome to SUNY Morrisville Nursing! I am a nursing faculty and the division chairperson. My nursing experience spans 29 years in the specialty areas of critical care, ambulatory surgery, travel nursing, and nursing education. My teaching passion is NCLEX style test development. I am from central NY and currently live in the North Country.

Hello. My name is Alessandro Rendina. I am an Assistant Professor of Nursing and have been with SUNY Morrisville since 2017. I have taught in all levels of the nursing program on Morrisville and Norwich campuses in both the classroom and clinical settings.

Welcome to SUNY Morrisville's Nursing program! I have been a registered nurse since 1993 and teaching nursing since 2010.  Helping students gain confidence as they learn new skills and progress through their nursing program is one of the things I find so rewarding about teaching.   One of the things I love about the nursing profession itself is the variety of work you can do

Welcome to our nursing program. I have a 40+ years of nursing experience, working in the Emergency Dept, ICU, Pediatrics, IV home care, and Home Health Care. I also have had the pleasure to teach nursing during the past 15+ years. I have always enjoyed being a part of the educational dreams of our students.

Hello! I am Linda Taylor, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CNE, and I am currently the Director of Nursing Programs at SUNY Morrisville. My career in nursing began after earning a Diploma in Nursing from the Mount Vernon Hospital School of Nursing. I then pursued further education, obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the College of Mount St.