1984
- Colleen Conway named Dean
- VUSN organizationally moves to the Medical Center
- Julia Hereford Society established
- Positions of associate deans for Academics, Research and Practice established
1985
- BSN degree begins phase-out
- Joint Center for Nursing Research opens
- Gov. Lamar Alexander appoints Conway-Welch to Tennessee State Board of Nursing
1986
- Pre-Specialty Bridge-to-MSN introduced; graduates receive the master’s degree as first professional degree
- MSN curriculum refines to 39 semester hours
1987
- Senior-Year-in-Absentia program begins with undergraduate liberal arts institutions.
1988
- First Pre-Specialty to MSN class graduates
- President Reagan appoints Conway-Welch to National Commission on the HIV Epidemic
1989
- Last BSN degrees awarded
- Joint MSN/MBA program begins with Owen School of Management
- $1 million donated to endow the Independence Foundation Chair for Nursing Education
1990
- Vine Hill inner city primary care clinic opens
- Rural primary care clinic opens in Stanton, Tenn.
- Julia Eleanor Blair Chenault Chair in Nursing created
- National League of Nursing grants full eight-year reaccreditation to Pre-Specialty (bridge) and MSN program
1991
- First Biomedical Research Support Grant received by Judy Ozbolt
1992
- First MSN/MBA student, Anna Chalfant O’Neal, graduates
- Conway-Welch joins the Healthcare Leadership Council Board of Trust
- Hearst Foundation commits $100,000 to endow a minority scholarship fund
- VUSN receives $150,000 from DHHS Division of Nursing to initiate PhD program
1993
- PhD program admits first class
- Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation awards first student nursing scholarship
1994
- Nurse-Midwifery program receives $100,000 grant to establish women’s health practice with support from Gov. Ned McWherter
1995
- Patricia and Tommy Frist give funding to build Patricia Champion Frist Hall
- Fall Hamilton school-based clinic opens
1997
- Patricia Champion Frist Hall completed
- Conway-Welch named to Institute of Medicine of the National Academy
of Sciences - First PhD student, Kuei-Ru Chau, graduates
- VUSN becomes only school approved by the Pentagon for Air Force Academy graduates to earn MSN degree
- VUSN enters field of distance education with synchronous and asynchronous learning methods
1998
- House Speaker Newt Gingrich appoints Conway-Welch to National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare
1999
- Pre-Specialty (bridge) and MSN program receive eight-year accreditation from National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission
- East End Women’s Health and Birthing Center opens in East Nashville
2000
- VUSN sponsors International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education
- Betsy Weiner, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, named to the newly established position of Senior Associate Dean for Educational Informatics
- VUSN receives Division of Nursing five-year grant to expand community primary care clinics
2001
- Nancy and Hilliard Travis endow the Nancy and Hilliard Travis Professor of Nursing Chair; Conway-Welch named to chair
2002
- National Center for Emergency Preparedness established
- The National Institutes of Health/National Center for Research Resources awards $1.3 million to renovate Godchaux Hall
2003
- Vanderbilt ranks 12th among private Schools of Nursing in NIH funding
- First employer-based, nurse-practitioner-run primary care clinic opens at Sanford Corporation in Lewisburg, Tenn.
- West End Women’s Health Center opens with nurse-midwifery practitioners
2004
- VUSN partners with Fisk and Lipscomb Universities to offer pre-specialty nursing curriculum leading to a undergraduate degree given by their home school
- Postdoctoral program begins
2005
- Frist Nursing Informatics Center opens in Frist Hall
- VUSN receives federal grant to establish a local Medical Reserve Corps
- Faculty Practice begins “Vandy Calls” for nurse practitioner house calls to frail elderly
- Two primary care clinics open at employer sites at Maryville and Dickson, Tenn.
- Martha Rivers Ingram Chair in Nursing created
2006
- Godchaux Hall completes renovation
- President George W. Bush appoints Conway-Welch to Board of Regents position of the Federal Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- Bonnie Pilon receives grant to expand house calls program across Davidson and Wilson counties
- VUSN addresses nursing faculty shortage by offering a PhD in Nursing Science through distance learning format
2007
- VUSN ranked 19th in top nursing schools by U.S. News and World Report
- Nursing Annex renovation completed
- Vine Hill Community Clinic becomes a Federally Qualified Health Care Center
- Vine Hill Clinic doubles in size to serve additional populations
2008
- VUSN celebrates its Centennial
- Doctor of Nursing Practice Program begins
- VUSN receives full eight-year re-accreditation for the MSN program from National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission
2009
- Modern Healthcare names Conway-Welch to Top 25 Women in Healthcare
- Distance Learning extended to virtual reality environment of Second Life through $1.6 million HRSA grant
- Betsy Weiner receives $1.3 million from HRSA to deliver faculty development in informatics, simulation and telehealth
2010
- First class of DNP students graduate
- VUSN receives Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation grant for Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning
- Nursing Clinical Simulation Skills Lab becomes Laerdal Medical Corp. Center of Educational Excellence
2011
- VUSN partners with the School of Medicine and Peabody College of Education and Human Development to offer a new Master’s degree in Health Professions Education
2012
- U.S. News and World Report ranks VUSN 15th in graduate nursing school rankings
- VUSN opens faculty practice at the Clinic at Mercury Courts, serving homeless and people with transitional housing
- VUSN achieves landmark of 1,100 enrolled students