50Th Anniversary Gala Program

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College of Nursing and Health Sciences UW-Eau Claire Nursing 50th Anniversary

Department of Nursing Committee Marcia Bollinger & Lois Slattery, Co-chairpersons Vision Dr. Debra Jansen, Marcia St. Germaine, Dr. Elaine Wendt, Cathy Wilson, Dr. Linda Young Educating nurse leaders to challenge boundaries Souvenir Laser Cut Slide Presentation and build bridges for a healthier world. Wooden 50th Anniversary Coins Jan Adams Cathy Berry, Steve Berry, Sean Berry, Kelly Berry Nursing History Highlights Dr. Debra Jansen Decade Posters & Program Lois Slattery Silent Auction Marcia Bollinger Daisy 50th Cookies Marcia St. Germaine Sodexo Dr. Elaine Wendt Cathy Wilson Silent Auction Donors Sincere appreciation to these fine donors for their support

4 Seasons Florist, Inc. May’s Floral Gardens Acoustic Café Chuck and Jill McCauley Action City Menards Adam’s Automotive Micon Cinemas Applebees Mill Run Golf Course Autumn Harvest Winery Milwaukee Brewers Chris and Robin Beeman Milwaukee Burger Company Cathy Berry Optimum Therapies A N N I V E R S A R Y C E L E B R A T I O N Marcia Bollinger Partners with Ministry St. Joseph’s Hospital (Gift Shop) Sandy Bowe PESI Continuing Education of the N U R S I N G P R O G R A M at U W – E A U C L A I R E Bravo Salon & Spa, LLC Picture This Brent Douglas Flowers & Art Gallery Pine Meadow Golf Course Chamber of Commerce Pizza Del Rey Charter Bank Pizza Hut Children’s Museum of Eau Claire Poolman of Wisconsin, Inc. Class of 1974 Prestige Auto Program Delta Phi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Princeton Valley Golf Course and Yankee Jack’s Details Randy’s Family Restaurant 5:00 p.m. E.O. Johnson Office Technologies Nancy Ray Reception (cash bar) Eau Claire Children’s Theatre Red Lobster Eau Claire Express Baseball River Reflections by Julie Hayden Eggplant Heroes Sam’s Club 5:00 – 8:15 p.m. Essential Massage Therapy Center Scheels All Sports Silent Auction Famous Daves Shanghi Bistro Proceeds will fund improvements Festival Foods Starr’s Sister to our Simulation Lab – benefiting future Fill In Station T.G.I. Friday’s Meghan Flynn Tangled Up in Hue Blugold nursing students for years to come Foster Art Gallery The Coffee Grounds From the Vine Wine Room The Local Store 6:00 p.m. Fun Dye Factory The Plus Pizza Dinner Girolamo’s Court ‘N House Trophies + That’s My Pan Goggins Dance UW-Eau Claire Activities, Involvement and Leadership Gordy’s UW-Eau Claire Alumni Office 7:00 p.m. Green Bay Packers UW-Eau Claire Athletics Program Green Oasis Gardens UW-Eau Claire Bookstore Healing Choices Oasis, LLC UW-Eau Claire College of Nursing and Health Sciences Jill Hecker Fernandes UW-Eau Claire Continuing Education Nursing Excellence: Hickory Hills Golf Course UW-Eau Claire Student Health Services Our Past, Present and Future Highland Fitness Justin Vernon Impact Advertising Wagner’s Lanes Emcee: Dr. Linda K. Young, Dean Kristo Orthodonics Elaine Wendt College of Nursing and Health Sciences Laskers Jewelry Mary Beth White-Jacobs Lee’s Uniform Wild Ridge Golf Course 8:00 – 11:00 p.m. Lotus Spa Cathy Wilson Lowes Creek Tree Farm Xcel Energy Live Music and Dancing Mancino’s YMCA of Eau Claire Music by the Home Grown Tomatoes Band Marlor Jewelry Yoga Center of Eau Claire Mayo Clinic Health System – Eau Claire Linda Young 12 CeCelia Zorn 1 Nursing History Highlights by Decades Advancing UW-Eau Claire Nursing Excellence Sponsorships

1960s $2,000 Gold Sponsor $500 Bronze Sponsors • 1964: Ms. Marguerite Coffman charged with laying the groundwork Group Health Cooperative Faye Deich for a BSN degree program. Eau Claire, WI Eau Claire, WI • 1964-1977: Ms. Marguerite Coffman served as the first Dean of the School of Nursing. $1,000 Silver Sponsor Jeff Huemoeller • July 14, 1965: Wisconsin State Board of Nursing approved the Jean E. Leib Elsevier Educational Solutions establishment of a School of Nursing at Wisconsin State University- Mount Vernon, WA Philadelphia, PA Eau Claire. Wisconsin Board of Regents approval also received. • 1965-1979: Ms. Berniece Wagner appointed Chair of the $500 Bronze Sponsors Laerdal Medical Corporation, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing and later (1979-1988) Aspirus Wausau Hospital Wappingers Falls, NY Associate Dean for Student Affairs. Wausau, WI • September 1965: First class of 22 sophomore nursing students Mayo Clinic Health System, admitted and enrolled in the baccalaureate nursing program. Marilyn Burgess Northwest WI Region • 1965-1966: The School of Nursing operated out of offices and Eau Claire, WI classrooms located in Schofield Hall while the first floor of the new Crest Commons Building was completed for temporary use by the School. • 1966: The School of Nursing temporarily relocated to the Crest Banquet Table Sponsors Commons Building, which soon became too limited and mobile office facilities (trailers) were placed next to the building for the Black River Memorial Hospital Mayo Clinic Health System – overflow. Black River Falls, WI Eau Claire • June 1968: First class of 17 students graduated with a Bachelor of Eau Claire, WI Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. Grace Lutheran Communities • 1960s: Dean Coffman wrote, “It is hoped that the students in the Eau Claire, WI Sacred Heart Hospital School of Nursing, other students, faculty in the University and the Eau Claire, WI community will view these students as students in the University Group Health Cooperative who are studying nursing, not as a segregated group of ‘student Eau Claire, WI nurses’.” • July 1968: Groundbreaking began for the School of Nursing building. • Fall 1969: The School of Nursing Building was completed and occupied. • 1969: The School received full accreditation from the National Individual Donors League for Nursing (NLN). July 1968 groundbreaking for the School of Nursing building. Front: Ms. Clara Smith, Dean Marguerite Coffman, Ms. Anonymous Janet Lyle, Oregon, WI Josephine Gibson, Ms. Berniece Wagner, Anonymous Norma McMorrow, Herndon, VA and Ms. Athene Dale. Back: Ms. Inez Tamara Bauer, Wichita, KS Anna Nowicki, Athens, WI Smith, Ms. Patricia Crisham, Ms. Marilyn Grace Brehm, Rib Lake, WI Susan Peck, Eau Claire, WI Burgess, and Ms. Mildred Woletz. Timothy Broadfoot, Shawano, WI Kathleen Rosetta, San Antonio, TX MJ Brukardt, Eau Claire, WI Kathleen Simon, Brunswick, GA Nancy Buck, Dodgeville, WI Rita Kisting Sparks, Eau Claire, WI Patricia Garber, Eau Claire, WI Kirsten Spoerl, Granton, WI Mary Gigstad, Eau Claire, WI Mary Ellen Stolder, LaCrosse, WI Nursing students being filmed taking blood Matthew Gilderhus, Cedar, MN Mary Swanson, Plymouth, MN pressures, circa 1969. The new School of Nursing building included a “studio for filming Lee Gunderson, Beloit, WI OakLeaf Surgical Hospital, Altoona, WI closed-circuit television programs both for Rosemary Jadack, Eau Claire, WI Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, WI telecasting to remote locations in the building Patricia Kleine, Eau Claire, WI 2 and for videotaping”. 11 Honor a Nurse Tributes 1970s • April 1970: The new School of Nursing building was dedicated. A nurse, nurse educator or nursing student who has made a difference in your life. Speakers included Margaret Dolan, the past president of the American Nurses Association and Jesse Scott, the Director of the Division of Nursing of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Claudia Jacobsen Welfare. She was a great inspiration to me Jean Lamb • 1972: The course, Comparative Study of Nursing and Health Care, personally and professionally. As Ms. Lamb always put students first; was offered for the first of many times during the summer at the my aunt and as a nurse, she always she always had their best interests Instituto Technologica de Monterey in Mexico. The course was later encouraged me. She exemplified in mind. She made maternity taught in Harlaxton, England and King Alfred’s College in Winchester. caring in all aspects of her life. interesting and fun. • 1974: The first RN students were admitted to the School of Nursing Charlotte Sortedahl Anonymous for RN degree completion. The students took some of the same nursing courses as students in the traditional undergraduate nursing program. • 1974: The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction approved the school nurse program. Joan Stehle Werner • 1976: The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System Initially a fellow student and role granted an entitlement to plan for a master’s degree in nursing model, leading by example. As a Dr. Ann Recine Ann Recine was my friend and program. colleague, an exemplar of • support during the years I was a 1977: Dean Marguerite Coffman retired. excellence in nursing education. • 1977-1982: Dr. Suzanne Van Ort served as Dean of the School of Truly an inspiration to skilled, green nurse. She encouraged me and enabled me to believe in Nursing. caring, holistic nursing care. • 1970s: The traditional undergraduate nursing program continued to Pat Garber myself and my vocation as a nurse. Katherine A. Lu grow, admitting up to approximately 85-90 students once per year. West Columbia, SC

Nursing Students, Alumni & Faculty Dr. Josephine Arriola Senior dinner dance, 1979. Honoring all the nursing students, Jodi always focuses on the best alumni and faculty I worked with interest of her students. She has an during my years at UW-Eau Claire. extraordinarily kind and thoughtful Elaine Wendt approach to teaching, which encourages students and betters the nursing program. Eau Claire Student Nurses Past Nursing Deans Association (ECSNA) Honoring Marguerite Coffman, Room 104, classroom capacity of 88 students. Suzanne Van Ort, Patricia Ostmoe, Marjorie Bottoms, Susan Johnson Warner, Rita Kistings Sparks, L. Elaine Wendt, and Mary Zwygart- Present Faculty, Staff and Students Stauffacher for their leadership Nursing excellence these past 50 years. It is a humbling experience working student We stand on your shoulders as the alongside all of you as we strive to with College of Nursing and Health realize our vision together. Thank uniform, Sciences today. you for your many contributions. 1971 Dean Linda Young Dean Linda Young

Nursing student scrubbing 10 Rooms 117 and 119, now 119A and 119. in, circa 1977. 3 School of Nursing building with the west (continued) side (right side of photo) addition 2010s completed in the Fall of 1985. • July 2013: The Environmental Public Health Program, the only program still within the Department of Public Health Professions, moved to the College of Arts and Sciences. The College of Nursing and Health Sciences now consisted of one department, the Department of Nursing. • May 2014: The last students in the MSN program with NP or CNS role preparations graduated, as those role preparations transitioned 1980s to the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program. • 1980: Nursing courses for nurses returning for degree completion • March 2014: Began offering an undergraduate cultural clinical were taught on the UW Center-Marshfield/Wood County campus for immersion experience in San Salvador, El Salvador. several years to accommodate nurses in that region. • May 2015: First cohort of 13 post-baccalaureate full-time DNP • 1980: A Charter was awarded by Sigma Theta Tau, National Honor students graduated. Society of Nursing, creating the Delta Phi Chapter. • Fall 2015: Enrollment numbers: 442 pre-Nursing students; 369 • Fall 1981: First graduate students in the MSN program began admitted Traditional BSN program students; 98 BSN Completion courses; the focus was adult health nursing. The first cohort students; 5 MSN students; and 88 DNP students. consisted of 3 full-time and 9 part-time students. • 1982: Dr. Suzanne Van Ort leaves after having served as Dean of the School of Nursing from 1977-1982. • 1982-1995: Dr. Patricia Ostmoe served as Dean (in 1989-1990 she Ms. Stacey Stafne, Ms. Victoria Lieske, and Dr. Cheryl served as Acting Vice Chancellor of the University). Brandt; freezing cold College picnic, May 2014. • May 1983: The first three graduates of the MSN program were awarded their degrees, with a focus in adult health nursing. • 1984: Construction began on an addition to the west side of the Nursing building. • Fall 1985: The west side building addition was completed. • Fall 1985: A special educational option was created for registered Cultural clinical immersion Dr. Lisa Schiller with in El Salvador, April 2015. nurses for BSN degree completion (it was replaced by the DNP student, Collaborative Nursing Program in 1966). Fall 2014. • 1986: A partnership to create a distance education site in Marshfield was established with Ministry Saint Joseph’s Hospital. • 1987: Council Oak Tree blown down in a windstorm. • 1987-1988: The first cohort of students started taking courses at Ministry Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield. • 1989-1990: Dr. Linda M. Finke served as Acting Dean of the School Undergraduate nursing students participating in a cultural of Nursing. clinical immersion in El Salvador, 2014, flanked by Dr. Jill • 1989: Honors program in nursing was initiated. Hecker Fernandes (left) and Dean Linda Young (right) • 1980s: The traditional undergraduate nursing program remained strong, admitting up to approximately 65-90 students once per year. Nursing students in skills laboratory, 1980.

Dr. Norma Briggs (far left) with graduate students, circa 1981. 4 College of Nursing & Health Sciences Fall 2014 Opening Meeting 9 2010s 1990s • 2010: The graduate program adult nurse practitioner and adult • May 1990: The first cohort of 18 students at the Marshfield Site clinical nurse specialist options transitioned to the adult-gerontologic graduated. NP and adult-gerontologic CNS preparations in response to national • 1990: The School of Nursing celebrated 25 years of excellence. An nursing organization requirements. During the 2012-2013 year, the open house was held on October 13th. adult-gerontologic NP role preparation was retitled to Adult- • 1990: A family health focus was added to the MSN program, which Gerontologic Primary Care NP. Ms. Barbara Davis (center) with two already had an adult health focus. Students could choose from • Summer 2010: The first class (16 students) of post-master’s DNP student teaching apprentices for the clinical nurse specialist, nurse educator, and nurse administrator role students began taking courses. cultural clinical immersion at Rosebud preparation options. The nurse practitioner role preparation option Indian Reservation in South Dakota, • 2010: Two high fidelity SimMan 3Gs, a SimBaby, and geriatric was added by 1993. Spring 2010. manikins were purchased using HRSA grant funds. • 1992: An agreement was signed with Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) • 2011: Offices and classrooms remodeled to add two new simulation Ojibwa Community College to enable students to take pre-nursing rooms (Room 246) and a laboratory classroom (Room 202) in Eau courses at the tribal college and then transfer to UWEC to complete Claire. the BSN. Ten years of Indian Health Service (IHS) grant funding • 2011: Began offering an undergraduate cultural clinical immersion (1993-2003) provided for student scholarships, faculty development, experience at Wisconsin farms with Hispanic migrant workers. and hiring student/program support personnel. • 2011: Dr. Linda Young appointed Dean of the College of Nursing and • 1994: The Optel audio graphics system of distance education for the Health Sciences. Marshfield Site was converted to an interactive video system. • May 2012: First class of post-master’s DNP students graduated (14 • 1995: Chancellor Larry Schnack proposed merging the School of students); a 15th student graduated later in August. Education, the School of Human Sciences and Services, and the • Fall 2012: The first class of post-baccalaureate DNP students began School of Nursing into a new college, the College of Professional taking classes. Studies. Although opposed by the School of Nursing, the proposal • April 2013: 25th Anniversary Celebration of the partnership with was supported by University Senate. With the reorganization, Dr. Ministry Saint Joseph’s Hospital in operating a distance education Ronald Satz was appointed Dean of the College of Professional site in Marshfield was held at the Hospital. Up to that point, 531 Studies and Dr. Marjorie Bottoms was appointed Associate Dean and nurses had earned their BSN through the Marshfield Site. Educational Administrator of the School of Nursing. • 1995-1998: Dr. Marjorie Bottoms served as Associate Dean and Educational Administrator of the School of Nursing (she already had been the Associate Dean, but was also now the “Educational Administrator”). • 1996: A new Collaborative Nursing Program for registered nurses to pursue the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree was developed and offered. This program involved UW-Eau Claire, UW- Nursing students, 1994 Oshkosh, UW-Green Bay, UW-Madison, and UW-Milwaukee collaborating with UW-Extension to jointly offer nursing core and elective courses through distance technologies. • 1998: Began offering a cultural clinical immersion experience at a birthing clinic in Weslaco, Texas, near the border of Mexico. • 1998-2000: Dr. Susan Johnson Warner served as the Associate Dean and Educational Administrator of the School of Nursing. • 1990s: Traditional undergraduate nursing program began admitting 40 students twice per year at Eau Claire, rather than once per year. About 24 students were admitted once per year to the Marshfield Site.

Ms. Marilyn Burgess, Sister Joel Jacobi, Ms. Berniece Wagner, Ms. Jean Lamb, 1997. Dr. Rita Sperstad (right) with undergraduate students at Kaleidoscope of Nursing 8 First graduating class of Post-Master’s DNP students, May 19, 2012. Research Day, May 2013. Ms. Sandra Dirks with BSN Completion program students, 1998. 5 • 2006: Rooms 222 and 224 remodeled as clinical simulation rooms 2000s for SimMan, a high fidelity human patient simulator, and Noelle, a • 2000-2002: Dr. Rita Kisting Sparks appointed interim Associate Dean birthing simulator. and Educational Administrator and continued in the role until her • 2006-2007: Piloted a one-year accelerated BSN program, with the retirement in 2002. first class of 8 students graduating in May 2007. • 2000: First Nursing Alumni Walk held. After missing 2001, the walk • 2007: The nursing faculty voted to restructure from three academic has been held every Homecoming weekend since then. departments to a department of the whole. Thus, the College of • 2002-2003: Dr. Elaine Wendt served as Interim Associate Dean and Nursing and Health Sciences was comprised of two departments: Educational Administrator from 2002 until 2003-2004 when the The Department of Nursing and the Department of Public Health interim designation was removed. Professions. • November 2002: SimMan, a high fidelity human patient simulator, • 2007-2009: Chippewa Valley Child Advocacy Center (CVAC) was was purchased using funds from a significant donation by Jane (class temporarily located on the first floor, west side of the building. “The of 1973) and Jim Moore. SimMan was steadily used beginning in Garden” mural was completed on July 27, 2007 by mural artist 2003. Cyndee Kaiser and North High School art students for the CVAC. • May 2004: Chancellor Donald Mash dissolved the College of • 2008: Began admitting 16 students to the Marshfield Site twice per Professional Studies, effective September 2004, and created the year. Previously had been admitting 24 students once per year for College of Nursing and Health Sciences. This new college was the spring semester. comprised of four departments: Adult Health Nursing, Family Health • 2008-2011: Dr. Mary Zwygart-Stauffacher served as interim Dean of Nursing, Nursing Systems, and Public Health Professions (consisting the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. of Environmental Public Health, Health Care Administration, and • May 8, 2009: The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents Music Therapy). approved establishing a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at • 2004-2008: Dr. Elaine Wendt named Dean of the College of Nursing UW-Eau Claire, making it the first doctoral program at the and Health Sciences and served in that role until her retirement in University. 2008. • 2009: Created a third distance education room (Room 119A) in Eau • 2004: Began offering cultural clinical immersion experiences at Claire. This was followed by the creation of a third distance Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota; experiences also education room at the Marshfield site. offered at Anchorage, Alaska as resources allowed. • June 2009 – June 2012: Offered the one-year accelerated BSN • 2005: Nursing alliance agreements with the Chippewa Valley program in Eau Claire, admitting up to 18 students per year; Technical College and with Western Technical College were formed program placed on hold in 2012 due to resource concerns. to enable students not admitted to the UW-Eau Claire traditional undergraduate nursing program to complete associate degrees in nursing at the technical schools and continue to take general education classes at UW-Eau Claire. After completing the associate degree, students could return to complete the BSN degree through the BSN completion program.

Undergraduate students participating in a cultural clinical immersion in Dr. Cheryl Brandt supervising a TB screening Students in the pilot offering of the accelerated BSN program with Alaska, August 2007. clinic in the Nursing Skills Laboratory, 2005. Dean Elaine Wendt, 2006.

Dr. Josette Jones, Dr. Susan Johnson Warner, Picnic Dr. Cecilia Wendler, Spring 2000. Skills lab with open students house in the with accel- Dr. Michaelene under- erated Mirr Jansen, graduate program, Dr. Marjorie student summer Bottoms, workers, 2009. Spring 2000. 2008. Undergraduate students at Lac du Flambeau clinical Marshfield Site distance education classroom, 6 experience with Dr. Kathryn Anderson, May 2001. Room 111, May 2008. 7 • 2006: Rooms 222 and 224 remodeled as clinical simulation rooms 2000s for SimMan, a high fidelity human patient simulator, and Noelle, a • 2000-2002: Dr. Rita Kisting Sparks appointed interim Associate Dean birthing simulator. and Educational Administrator and continued in the role until her • 2006-2007: Piloted a one-year accelerated BSN program, with the retirement in 2002. first class of 8 students graduating in May 2007. • 2000: First Nursing Alumni Walk held. After missing 2001, the walk • 2007: The nursing faculty voted to restructure from three academic has been held every Homecoming weekend since then. departments to a department of the whole. Thus, the College of • 2002-2003: Dr. Elaine Wendt served as Interim Associate Dean and Nursing and Health Sciences was comprised of two departments: Educational Administrator from 2002 until 2003-2004 when the The Department of Nursing and the Department of Public Health interim designation was removed. Professions. • November 2002: SimMan, a high fidelity human patient simulator, • 2007-2009: Chippewa Valley Child Advocacy Center (CVAC) was was purchased using funds from a significant donation by Jane (class temporarily located on the first floor, west side of the building. “The of 1973) and Jim Moore. SimMan was steadily used beginning in Garden” mural was completed on July 27, 2007 by mural artist 2003. Cyndee Kaiser and North High School art students for the CVAC. • May 2004: Chancellor Donald Mash dissolved the College of • 2008: Began admitting 16 students to the Marshfield Site twice per Professional Studies, effective September 2004, and created the year. Previously had been admitting 24 students once per year for College of Nursing and Health Sciences. This new college was the spring semester. comprised of four departments: Adult Health Nursing, Family Health • 2008-2011: Dr. Mary Zwygart-Stauffacher served as interim Dean of Nursing, Nursing Systems, and Public Health Professions (consisting the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. of Environmental Public Health, Health Care Administration, and • May 8, 2009: The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents Music Therapy). approved establishing a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at • 2004-2008: Dr. Elaine Wendt named Dean of the College of Nursing UW-Eau Claire, making it the first doctoral program at the and Health Sciences and served in that role until her retirement in University. 2008. • 2009: Created a third distance education room (Room 119A) in Eau • 2004: Began offering cultural clinical immersion experiences at Claire. This was followed by the creation of a third distance Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota; experiences also education room at the Marshfield site. offered at Anchorage, Alaska as resources allowed. • June 2009 – June 2012: Offered the one-year accelerated BSN • 2005: Nursing alliance agreements with the Chippewa Valley program in Eau Claire, admitting up to 18 students per year; Technical College and with Western Technical College were formed program placed on hold in 2012 due to resource concerns. to enable students not admitted to the UW-Eau Claire traditional undergraduate nursing program to complete associate degrees in nursing at the technical schools and continue to take general education classes at UW-Eau Claire. After completing the associate degree, students could return to complete the BSN degree through the BSN completion program.

Dr. Josette Jones, Dr. Susan Johnson Warner, Picnic Dr. Cecilia Wendler, Spring 2000. Skills lab with open students house in the with accel- Dr. Michaelene under- erated Mirr Jansen, graduate program, Dr. Marjorie student summer Bottoms, workers, 2009. Spring 2000. 2008. Undergraduate students at Lac du Flambeau clinical Marshfield Site distance education classroom, 6 experience with Dr. Kathryn Anderson, May 2001. Room 111, May 2008. 7 2010s 1990s • 2010: The graduate program adult nurse practitioner and adult • May 1990: The first cohort of 18 students at the Marshfield Site clinical nurse specialist options transitioned to the adult-gerontologic graduated. NP and adult-gerontologic CNS preparations in response to national • 1990: The School of Nursing celebrated 25 years of excellence. An nursing organization requirements. During the 2012-2013 year, the open house was held on October 13th. adult-gerontologic NP role preparation was retitled to Adult- • 1990: A family health focus was added to the MSN program, which Gerontologic Primary Care NP. Ms. Barbara Davis (center) with two already had an adult health focus. Students could choose from • Summer 2010: The first class (16 students) of post-master’s DNP student teaching apprentices for the clinical nurse specialist, nurse educator, and nurse administrator role students began taking courses. cultural clinical immersion at Rosebud preparation options. The nurse practitioner role preparation option Indian Reservation in South Dakota, • 2010: Two high fidelity SimMan 3Gs, a SimBaby, and geriatric was added by 1993. Spring 2010. manikins were purchased using HRSA grant funds. • 1992: An agreement was signed with Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) • 2011: Offices and classrooms remodeled to add two new simulation Ojibwa Community College to enable students to take pre-nursing rooms (Room 246) and a laboratory classroom (Room 202) in Eau courses at the tribal college and then transfer to UWEC to complete Claire. the BSN. Ten years of Indian Health Service (IHS) grant funding • 2011: Began offering an undergraduate cultural clinical immersion (1993-2003) provided for student scholarships, faculty development, experience at Wisconsin farms with Hispanic migrant workers. and hiring student/program support personnel. • 2011: Dr. Linda Young appointed Dean of the College of Nursing and • 1994: The Optel audio graphics system of distance education for the Health Sciences. Marshfield Site was converted to an interactive video system. • May 2012: First class of post-master’s DNP students graduated (14 • 1995: Chancellor Larry Schnack proposed merging the School of students); a 15th student graduated later in August. Education, the School of Human Sciences and Services, and the • Fall 2012: The first class of post-baccalaureate DNP students began School of Nursing into a new college, the College of Professional taking classes. Studies. Although opposed by the School of Nursing, the proposal • April 2013: 25th Anniversary Celebration of the partnership with was supported by University Senate. With the reorganization, Dr. Ministry Saint Joseph’s Hospital in operating a distance education Ronald Satz was appointed Dean of the College of Professional site in Marshfield was held at the Hospital. Up to that point, 531 Studies and Dr. Marjorie Bottoms was appointed Associate Dean and nurses had earned their BSN through the Marshfield Site. Educational Administrator of the School of Nursing. • 1995-1998: Dr. Marjorie Bottoms served as Associate Dean and Educational Administrator of the School of Nursing (she already had been the Associate Dean, but was also now the “Educational Administrator”). • 1996: A new Collaborative Nursing Program for registered nurses to pursue the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree was developed and offered. This program involved UW-Eau Claire, UW- Nursing students, 1994 Oshkosh, UW-Green Bay, UW-Madison, and UW-Milwaukee collaborating with UW-Extension to jointly offer nursing core and elective courses through distance technologies. • 1998: Began offering a cultural clinical immersion experience at a birthing clinic in Weslaco, Texas, near the border of Mexico. • 1998-2000: Dr. Susan Johnson Warner served as the Associate Dean and Educational Administrator of the School of Nursing. • 1990s: Traditional undergraduate nursing program began admitting 40 students twice per year at Eau Claire, rather than once per year. About 24 students were admitted once per year to the Marshfield Site.

Ms. Marilyn Burgess, Sister Joel Jacobi, Ms. Berniece Wagner, Ms. Jean Lamb, 1997. Dr. Rita Sperstad (right) with undergraduate students at Kaleidoscope of Nursing 8 First graduating class of Post-Master’s DNP students, May 19, 2012. Research Day, May 2013. Ms. Sandra Dirks with BSN Completion program students, 1998. 5 School of Nursing building with the west (continued) side (right side of photo) addition 2010s completed in the Fall of 1985. • July 2013: The Environmental Public Health Program, the only program still within the Department of Public Health Professions, moved to the College of Arts and Sciences. The College of Nursing and Health Sciences now consisted of one department, the Department of Nursing. • May 2014: The last students in the MSN program with NP or CNS role preparations graduated, as those role preparations transitioned 1980s to the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program. • 1980: Nursing courses for nurses returning for degree completion • March 2014: Began offering an undergraduate cultural clinical were taught on the UW Center-Marshfield/Wood County campus for immersion experience in San Salvador, El Salvador. several years to accommodate nurses in that region. • May 2015: First cohort of 13 post-baccalaureate full-time DNP • 1980: A Charter was awarded by Sigma Theta Tau, National Honor students graduated. Society of Nursing, creating the Delta Phi Chapter. • Fall 2015: Enrollment numbers: 442 pre-Nursing students; 369 • Fall 1981: First graduate students in the MSN program began admitted Traditional BSN program students; 98 BSN Completion courses; the focus was adult health nursing. The first cohort students; 5 MSN students; and 88 DNP students. consisted of 3 full-time and 9 part-time students. • 1982: Dr. Suzanne Van Ort leaves after having served as Dean of the School of Nursing from 1977-1982. • 1982-1995: Dr. Patricia Ostmoe served as Dean (in 1989-1990 she Ms. Stacey Stafne, Ms. Victoria Lieske, and Dr. Cheryl served as Acting Vice Chancellor of the University). Brandt; freezing cold College picnic, May 2014. • May 1983: The first three graduates of the MSN program were awarded their degrees, with a focus in adult health nursing. • 1984: Construction began on an addition to the west side of the Nursing building. • Fall 1985: The west side building addition was completed. • Fall 1985: A special educational option was created for registered Cultural clinical immersion Dr. Lisa Schiller with in El Salvador, April 2015. nurses for BSN degree completion (it was replaced by the DNP student, Collaborative Nursing Program in 1966). Fall 2014. • 1986: A partnership to create a distance education site in Marshfield was established with Ministry Saint Joseph’s Hospital. • 1987: Council Oak Tree blown down in a windstorm. • 1987-1988: The first cohort of students started taking courses at Ministry Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield. • 1989-1990: Dr. Linda M. Finke served as Acting Dean of the School Undergraduate nursing students participating in a cultural of Nursing. clinical immersion in El Salvador, 2014, flanked by Dr. Jill • 1989: Honors program in nursing was initiated. Hecker Fernandes (left) and Dean Linda Young (right) • 1980s: The traditional undergraduate nursing program remained strong, admitting up to approximately 65-90 students once per year. Nursing students in skills laboratory, 1980.

Dr. Norma Briggs (far left) with graduate students, circa 1981. 4 College of Nursing & Health Sciences Fall 2014 Opening Meeting 9 Honor a Nurse Tributes 1970s • April 1970: The new School of Nursing building was dedicated. A nurse, nurse educator or nursing student who has made a difference in your life. Speakers included Margaret Dolan, the past president of the American Nurses Association and Jesse Scott, the Director of the Division of Nursing of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Claudia Jacobsen Welfare. She was a great inspiration to me Jean Lamb • 1972: The course, Comparative Study of Nursing and Health Care, personally and professionally. As Ms. Lamb always put students first; was offered for the first of many times during the summer at the my aunt and as a nurse, she always she always had their best interests Instituto Technologica de Monterey in Mexico. The course was later encouraged me. She exemplified in mind. She made maternity taught in Harlaxton, England and King Alfred’s College in Winchester. caring in all aspects of her life. interesting and fun. • 1974: The first RN students were admitted to the School of Nursing Charlotte Sortedahl Anonymous for RN degree completion. The students took some of the same nursing courses as students in the traditional undergraduate nursing program. • 1974: The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction approved the school nurse program. Joan Stehle Werner • 1976: The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System Initially a fellow student and role granted an entitlement to plan for a master’s degree in nursing model, leading by example. As a Dr. Ann Recine Ann Recine was my friend and program. colleague, an exemplar of • support during the years I was a 1977: Dean Marguerite Coffman retired. excellence in nursing education. • 1977-1982: Dr. Suzanne Van Ort served as Dean of the School of Truly an inspiration to skilled, green nurse. She encouraged me and enabled me to believe in Nursing. caring, holistic nursing care. • 1970s: The traditional undergraduate nursing program continued to Pat Garber myself and my vocation as a nurse. Katherine A. Lu grow, admitting up to approximately 85-90 students once per year. West Columbia, SC

Nursing Students, Alumni & Faculty Dr. Josephine Arriola Senior dinner dance, 1979. Honoring all the nursing students, Jodi always focuses on the best alumni and faculty I worked with interest of her students. She has an during my years at UW-Eau Claire. extraordinarily kind and thoughtful Elaine Wendt approach to teaching, which encourages students and betters the nursing program. Eau Claire Student Nurses Past Nursing Deans Association (ECSNA) Honoring Marguerite Coffman, Room 104, classroom capacity of 88 students. Suzanne Van Ort, Patricia Ostmoe, Marjorie Bottoms, Susan Johnson Warner, Rita Kistings Sparks, Present Faculty, Staff L. Elaine Wendt, and Mary Zwygart- and Students Stauffacher for their leadership Nursing excellence these past 50 years. It is a humbling experience working student We stand on your shoulders as the alongside all of you as we strive to with College of Nursing and Health realize our vision together. Thank uniform, Sciences today. you for your many contributions. 1971 Dean Linda Young Dean Linda Young

Nursing student scrubbing 10 Rooms 117 and 119, now 119A and 119. in, circa 1977. 3 Nursing History Highlights by Decades Advancing UW-Eau Claire Nursing Excellence Sponsorships

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