COLLEGE OF NURSING TIMELINE

Headshot of Sylvia Hart 1971

College of Nursing was Established and Sylvia Hart Named First Dean

1972

Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program Enrolls First Students

1974

First BSN Class Graduated

Exterior of the old nursing building with a brick front 1978

Nursing Building Opens

1982

World’s Fair International Nursing Conference

1989

PhD Program Launched

1992

Joan Uhi Pierce Becomes the College’s Second Dean

1994

College of Nursing Celebrates 20 Years

Headshot of Joan Creasia 1995

Joan Creasia Becomes the College’s Third Dean

A female nurse practitioner is taking height measurements of a pediatric patient at Vine Health Center. 1995

Vine School Health Center Established by the College of Nursing

1999

First Federal Research Grant Awarded to Nursing

A group of nurse anesthesia students are sitting in a lecture room smiling for a photo. 2003

First Nurse Anesthesia Class Graduates

A nursing student is smiling sitting in front of a screen 2008

Center for Health Science Research Established

A male nursing student in a white coat is seated in a hospital room posing for a photo. 2009

RN to BSN Program Launches Online Option

Headshot of Victoria Niederhauser 2011

Victoria Niederhauser Named College’s Fourth Dean

One student sits in a chair receiving a vaccine while the other nursing student distributes it. 2011

Doctor of Nursing Practice Program Launched

A person is holding a silver pendant necklace with a finger print on the charm. 2012

Precious Prints Project Founded

Six people stand in front of a window cutting an orange ribbon in honor of the HITS lab opening. 2014

Health Information Technology & Simulation Lab Opens

Nursing students in white scrubs pose for a photo. 2015

Center for Nursing Practice Established

A nursing student with a mask on is reviewing a chart of a patient at Vine School Health Center. 2020

WHO Names 2020 the Year of the Nurse

An exterior rendering of the new nursing building 2022

Groundbreaking on New Nursing Building