Dear Colleagues, Alumni and Friends,
How exciting for me in becoming Dean of the University of
Arizona College of Nursing! I am learning more and more every
day and genuinely can say that I have joined an organization that
is focused on excellence, is primed for positive change and has a
wonderfully dedicated and synergistic group of faculty and staff
associates pushing the boundaries of our potential. Honored to
be the sixth Dean in the College, I am grateful to have a strong
foundation on which to build and proud to say I know four of the
five prior deans – Deans Sorensen, Parsons, Van Ort and Isenberg
– to whom goes the credit for progress to date.
I am in the phase of scanning and assessing the environment
for where we can build greater capacity by leveraging on already
great work. Among a full schedule of activities, my eight weeks
of highlights include attending the Research Intensive Summer
Experience (R.I.S.E.) for our current doctoral students (taking
a PhD and Doctorate of Nursing Practice – DNP degree). They
come from all across the country and Taiwan and are amazingly
enthusiastic about their online programs, plus gratifyingly connected
to our College. I have attended commencement for 90+ College
new alumni as they graduated from our very innovative program
for people to earn a second baccalaureate, all sponsored by four
forward-thinking health systems in Tucson.
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