Two years ago, the glow of Downtown Decatur’s Brick Store Pub provided a warm backdrop to an inaugural Nurse a Cocktail event hosted by 250 East Ponce. Among the mingling crowd of young professionals, two people managed to find love.
Born from an introduction we at 250 E Ponce made with Emory School of Nursing (ESON) alumni, Bryanna Marshall, her Co-Founder of Thank Rose, Shade Reid, and the entire ESON Alumni Association, these individuals came together to host an electrifying evening of connection, inspiration, and empowerment.
One of our premier 250 E Ponce tenants, CenExel iResearch Atlanta, embraced the spirit of [self] love this Valentine’s Day by hosting an event celebrating the most important relationship of all – the one we have with ourselves.
A staggering 80 percent of rural counties are considered medically underserved, so many hospitals and medical schools (like Emory!) are creating programming to attract young talent to aid in bridging the physician gap. To discuss this topic further, we invited our community members (many of which are involved in healthcare) to join us in the Ponce lobby for a Coffee Talk: Rural Healthcare Access.
Early morning in mid-September we popped up in the Ponce lobby to put community members’ nursing knowledge to the ultimate test via everyone’s favorite quiz game show, Jeopardy!
In an effort to continuously improve the $2 trillion healthcare industry, Health Technology (HealthTech) is being optimized and utilized across all fields and all systems. The impact of such implemented tools and software is ever-evolving, so we decided to host a Brains In A Bar event to further discuss the matter.
Students, faculty, staff, and employees of 250 E Ponce came together on the first day of June to celebrate camaraderie and connections at a community cookout!
Meet Latisha Pierre, Operations Manager at the Emory School of Nursing. When she isn’t busy overseeing operational activities, you can find her traveling and spending quality time with her husband, family, and friends!
Emory nursing faculty, alumni, students, and Decatur community members gathered at a favorite local watering hole, Brick Store Pub, to discuss their career paths, education, and how they would like to impact their fields and communities.
January 24 marked Macintosh Computer Day, which celebrates the same day in 1984 when the very first Macintosh computer, the predecessor of today’s Apple computers, was introduced to the public. To honor such as occasion, we popped up in the Ponce lobby early that morning to invite members to play some computer history trivia over complimentary breakfast.
As the end of 2022 came to a close, we got into the holiday spirit at Ponce, while also focusing on the future.
Right before finals were to take place for the Emory School of Nursing students, we popped up in the lobby of 250 E Ponce with coffee and doughnuts in tow to learn about their latest projects and goals for the upcoming year.
Over complimentary coffee and breakfast, 250 E Ponce community members gathered in the lobby to share their best "Shark Tank" pitches. From nurse robots to showerproof headphones and everything in between, the innovations shared were inspiring and the discussions that followed were equally as interesting.
On a Wednesday morning in mid-October, over 70 Ponce community members participated in our Coffee Talk: Programming Your Industry to discuss the impact of technology on our everyday lives over complimentary Chick-fil-A coffee and biscuits.
After months of planning, iResearch Atlanta and the Global Alzheimer's Platform Foundation (GAP) invited 250E Ponce’s community members – age 50 and older – to participate in a complimentary cognitive screening and learn some tips and tricks to strengthen their memory.