Our Mission & Goals

Mission

The mission of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences is to provide affordable, accessible, and equitable interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate education through community-driven collaborations.  The College is committed to preparing leaders in healthcare, conducting cutting-edge research to address societal health challenges, and fostering meaningful engagement with stakeholders to promote technological innovation and impact health care outcomes. 

Vision

To lead the advancement of nursing and health sciences for transforming healthcare in our local, state, national and global communities

Academic Excellence

• Continued focus on excellence in existing programs
  • Pass rates on licensure and certification exams
• Transition to New Health Sciences Campus
• Integration of competency based education
  • Undergraduate and graduate nursing
  • Health information management
• Program Growth- Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
  • Certificate
• Faculty and Staff Development
  • Investment in leadership development
  • Support for research and scholarship
• Excellence in interdisciplinary simulation education
  • Development of Regional Simulation Center
• Promotion of health through collaboration with health care agencies
  • Establishment of faculty-student mentoring program for advocacy and health policy

Exceptional Student Experience

• High Impact Recruitment
• Summer Camps
• Dual Enrollment
  • Digital marketing of ABSN, HSA, certificate, and graduate programs
• Student Retention
  • College based Academic Success Center
• Engagement of Academic Success Coordinator
  • Student Co-Curricular Offerings
• Study Abroad and Mission Trip Offerings for UG and Graduate Students
• Promotion of student well-being
• Continued collaboration with ADVANCE to promote undergraduate research
• Student leadership development programs
  • NSNA leadership development programs
  • HIMSS
  • University level leadership programs

Intentional Stewardship

• Ongoing development of philanthropic relationships
• Naming rights- Health Sciences campus
• Student scholarships (focus on graduate programs)
• Endowed professorships
• Academic Practice Partnerships
• New Health Sciences programs

Public Impact Research

• Development of position of Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
• Securing of research support staff
  • Statistician
  • Grant Writer
• Increase in External Grant Funding
  • Support of two Endowed Chairs
• Health informatics research
  • Robert Rivet Endowed Chair/LCHI Director
• Research with focus on Health Policy, social disparities, access to care
• Collaborative interprofessional research with university and health care partners
• Increase in number of doctoral student graduates
• Transformational Community Engagement
• Support for professional organizations
  • LSNA, LANP, LHIMA
• Encourage and support faculty to serve on Boards of Directors
  • Community agencies
  • Professional organizations
• Establishment of College Advisory Council
• Establish community coalition to advance health policy
• Continue to foster the development of public-private partnerships