Andrea Leah Wiest-Weidman, a graduate student at Penn Nursing, died unexpectedly on July 30. She was 38.

Ms. Wiest-Weidman graduated from Penn State University with a BS in marketing and management in 2006 and a BS in nursing in 2012. She worked as a breast care nurse coordinator, a transplant nurse coordinator, and a financial analyst. She also served in the Air Force for six years.

Ms. Wiest-Weidman enrolled in Penn Nursing in 2018 to pursue her MSN degree in the adult gerontology primary care nurse practitioner program with an adult oncology minor. She was to be awarded her Penn Nursing MSN degree this month.

“She always had a smile on her face and made everyone feel welcome in her presence,” said Susan Renz, director of the Primary Care Program. “She was an excellent student who excelled both in the classroom and in clinical, providing evidence-based, compassionate care to her patients. The art of nursing is the art of healing bodies, minds, and lives, and extending grace, hope, and an engaging smile on the journey. In that, Andrea was nurse artist extraordinaire.”

At the time of her death, she lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She is survived by her husband, Tim; her parents, Richard and Karen Wiest; her siblings, Kelley Hadlow (Charles), Danielle Artus (Jason), and Derrick Wiest; and seven nieces and nephews.

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