University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: nursing history

We Celebrate Helping Those in Need

UW–Madison School of Nursing students have helped international schools of nursing in times of need, including during a disastrous earthquake in Nicaragua in 1973 and another in Haiti in 2010.

We Celebrate First Tries and Not Giving Up

Despite a rocky start, the UW–Madison School of Nursing persevered, thanks in large part to the vision of Helen Denne Schulte, RN, the School's first director.

Deans Who Dared

Celebrating the eight deans who served the School of Nursing over the last 100 years.

The Pioneer

Signe Skott Cooper devoted more than 60 years to nursing education at UW–Madison and within the UW System. She died July 16, 2013, having pledged her own estate and that of her sister to the UW Foundation to support the construction of a new state-of-the-art facility for School of Nursing students.