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We Celebrate Helping Those in Need

Posted on October 14, 2024

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.

Posted in Centennial, ForwardNursing, History, NewsTagged centennial, ForwardNursing, global health, nursing history, School of Nursing history

We Celebrate First Tries and Not Giving Up

Posted on September 24, 2024

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.

Posted in Centennial, ForwardNursing, History, NewsTagged ForwardNursing, Helen Denne Schulte, nursing history, School of Nursing history

Deans Who Dared

Posted on December 19, 2023

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

Posted in Centennial, ForwardNursing, History, NewsTagged centennial, Christina Murray, deans, Helen Bunge, Helen Denne Schulte, Katharyn May, leadership, Linda D. Scott, Margery Maclachlan, nursing history, vivian littlefield

The Pioneer

Posted on February 11, 2020

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.

Posted in ForwardNursing, Giving, History, NewsTagged nursing history, School of Nursing history, Signe Skott Cooper

Nursing pioneer Signe Skott Cooper: From the farm to the battlefield

Posted on November 11, 2018

Signe Skott Cooper devoted more than 60 years to nursing education at UW–Madison and within the UW System. Her wartime service shaped her life, personally and professionally.

Posted in History, NewsTagged military, nursing history, School of Nursing history, Signe Skott Cooper, Wisconsin Idea

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