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Bredesen Shares Insights
April 24, 2013
More than 200 students, faculty and community members gathered to hear former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen discuss his thoughts on meaningful health care reform, as part of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Centennial Lecture Series. His take-away message: Members of the health care community, not just elected officials, have responsibility to help solve the…
Dean’s Message
April 24, 2013
As most of you know, I will be stepping down as Dean at the end of this academic year, followed by a year of Sabbatical – so you are not rid of me yet! It has been a great honor and privilege to lead this School for the past 29 years. I have worked every…
Q+A: An Interview with Betsy Weiner and Tom Christenbery
April 24, 2013
Sigma Theta Tau International’s Iota Chapter was founded in 1953 at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. In honor of the group’s 60th Anniversary, Vanderbilt Nurse sat down with Senior Associate Dean of Informatics Betsy Weiner and Tom Christenbery, professor and IOTA Chapter president, to discuss the history and future of the organization. What is Sigma…
Lights. Camera. Action.
April 24, 2013
Nutrition instructor Jamie Pope lectures to her students on the power of superfoods, with a rainbow-colored collection of nutrient-rich fare on the table before her and a green screen draped behind her. Her class is 50,000 students strong and growing. Except for a throng of studio lights, camera equipment, computers and a teleprompter, not a…
Through the Years
April 24, 2013
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…
The Colleen Conway-Welch Legacy
April 24, 2013
In 1985, after Colleen Conway married Ted Welch, she signed an informal written agreement between the two of them that she would resign as dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing after five years. Eight years later Welch lovingly tore up the agreement and handed her the pieces. Twenty-nine years later Conway-Welch is stepping…
