History & Timeline

	1965 USF College of Nursing Authorized by Florida Legislature 1965 Dr. Alice Keefe Appointed Founding Dean
	1973 Dr. Gwendoline MacDonald Appointed Dean 1973 1st Cohort Admitted 1975 Accredited by NLNAC 1975 1st Cohort Graduated
	1977 RN to BS program added to the college 1980 Began MS Program: Adult Health Nursing

	1987 Dr. Judith Plawecki Appointed as Dean

	1996 PhD Program Approved 1997 Dr. Patricia Burns Appointed as Dean 1999 First NIH Funded Research Grant Awarded to USF College of Nursing 2000 Accredited by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
	2001 The Clinical Collaborative Board was Initiated 2005 DNP Program Approved
	2006 George & Marian Miller Center for Virtual Learning and the Center for Advanced Nursing Opened 2006 CRNA Program Accredited by COA 2007 Veterans Affairs Nursing Academy Established 2010 Dr. Dianne Morrison-Beedy Appointed as Dean
	2011 Collaboration with University of Sterling in Scotland 2013 Veteran-BS Program Launches
	2017 Dr. Victoria Rich Appointed as Dean

College of Nursing History