Click on the photos below to learn more about each major milestone in our history.
1924: Founding
1924: Director Denne Schulte
1926: Nurses Dormitory
1927: First Graduates
1938: Director Murray
1943: WWII
1949: Director MacLachlan
1950: Nursing Degree
1955: Canary Girardeau
1955: Statewide Opportunity
1956: 4-Year Degrees
1960: Dean Bunge
1960: First Male Students
1964: MS Pediatric Nursing
1970: Dean Prock
1975: Geriatric NP Program
1984: Dean Littlefield
1984: Nursing PhDs
1996: Collaborative Nursing Program
1997: Signe Skott Cooper's Gifts to Wisconsin
2000: Honoring Signe Skott Cooper
2001: Dean May
2005: Dual Masters Degree
2010: DNP Program
2014: A New Home
2016: Dean Scott
January 2020: Impacting Health Disparities
March 2020: Leading Pandemic Vaccination Efforts
May 2021: Badger Nurses Change Lives Campaign Launched
May 2022: Transfer Agreement Between the School of Nursing and Madison College
2024: Celebrating 100 Years Together
2025: Transform the Future