CU Nursing - Fall/Winter 2019 - 2

FROM THE DEAN

Boldly
Transforming
Health Together

s you flip through the following pages and reflect on the
life-changing work emerging
from this College of Nursing
every day, I hope that you
will also ask yourself: What's
next? How can we move this
College forward on its 120year course of transforming the field of nursing
- just as the three women who grace our cover
have in the past?

Living Legends reside in all of us, if we dig deep
and look forward. With our amazing feats that
shape our past as fodder, we can do anything."

Living Legends reside in all of us, if we dig deep
and look forward. With our amazing feats that
shape our past as fodder, we can do anything.
And as I said in my first State of the College
address this fall, we have a lot to do. Nurses are
the backbone of healthcare, and the academic
institutions that educate those critical caregivers have the duty of studying and solving
the problems that lie ahead.

CU College of Nursing | Fall/Winter 2019

When I made my call during my recent address
of "boldly transforming health together," I
suspected the people who make up this College
would support my appeal. Nursing, whether practicing it or teaching it, takes strong commitment
and passion. Yet the enthusiasm I witnessed
afterward was even more than I had imagined.
As you read about our talented new hires, our
treasured faculty and our Living Legends, I hope
you sense transformation in the works. As you
read about our nurses and faculty working toward
equal healthcare from the nation's capital to the
eastern plains to the schools in our community, I
hope you feel the energy of our College.
Take note as you read that our students are already solving problems through their scholarly
work. Our newest graduates are already working
in top jobs, where they are making a difference
and saving lives. And our alumni, by passing
the torch and inspiring our next generation of
nurses, are already strengthening our noble field.
You will see in the pages that follow that we are
already boldly transforming health together!
Enjoy.
Best,
Elias Provencio-Vasquez
PhD, RN, FAAN, FAANP

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