Building on a Legacy: Preparing Nurse Leaders to Meet Future Health Needs
Our Centennial Weekend Celebration included the 25th Annual Littlefield Lecture, where Dean Linda D. Scott hosted Dr. Kate Gillespie, Dr. Maichou Lor, and Dr. Susan Zahner, all from the School of Nursing. Their presentations highlighted how the School is positioned to change lives in the future through public, population, and community health leadership.
We Celebrate 25 Years of Littlefield Leadership Lectures
The Littlefield Leadership Lecture series was established by the friends and colleagues of Emerita Dean and Professor Vivian Littlefield , PhD, RN, FAAN at the time of her retirement in 1999. The Friends of Littlefield, a group dedicated to supporting the lectureship series since its inception, intended for the lecture series to honor Dean Littlefield’s service as the sixth dean of the School of Nursing, while highlighting nurse leadership in advancing health for all people.
Dean Littlefield’s attendance at the lectures was a cherished opportunity to reconnect with her network of dear friends and colleagues. Since her death in August 2023, she is missed but remembered for her dedication to improving health through research, education, practice, and policy.
We thank the Friends of the Littlefield Leadership Lecture series for their ongoing support of this annual event, which reflects the School’s mission and vision.
“For more than two decades, Littlefield Leadership Lectures have reflected the limitless ways that nurses impact the profession and society. These annual talks are more than a valued tradition; they are an opportunity to celebrate the legacy of leadership that characterizes nursing.”
Dr. Linda D. Scott, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FNAP, FAAN, dean and professor, School of Nursing
Past Lectures
About the Littlefield Leadership Lectures
Annual Littlefield lectures highlight nurse leaders and reflect the complexity of healthcare, changing and aging populations, scientific discoveries, innovations, and more. The lectures are valued by researchers, educators, practitioners, students, and members of the healthcare community and beyond.
Inspired and supported by the Friends of Littlefield, the Littlefield Leadership Lecture is named after Dean Emerita Vivian Littlefield, who led the UW–Madison School of Nursing from 1984 through 1999.
View a playlist of past lectures.