1983

The Nursing Advisory Council (NAC) is founded.

The graduate program in Nursing Administration is developed, giving students the opportunity to develop into nurse leaders.

’85

A huge need for critical care nurses is filled by the School of Nursing’s critical care track, one of the first in the country.

The first ROTC cadet enrolls in the School of Nursing.

Students pose for a photo.

1986

The School of Nursing’s first study abroad program takes three students, Bernadette Pawelek (BSN, ’87), Yolanda Jimenz (BSN, ’86), and Sheila Weiss (MSN, ’86) and faculty member, Ruth Stewart, MSN, RNC, to Australia.

Visiting Austrailian students present a program for the School of Nursing in the Fall of 1986.
Dean Patty L. Hawken, Ph.D., RN, FAAN addresses the National League for Nursing.
Dean Patty L. Hawken, Ph.D., RN, FAAN addresses the National League for Nursing.

1987

Patty L. Hawken, Ph.D., RN, FAAN is voted President-Elect for the National League for Nursing.  Her two-year term as President to commence at the 1989 NLN Convention in Seattle, Washington.

1988

A Ph.D. program in clinical research is approved by the UT Board of Regents.

A new program enables eligible students to earn a bachelor’s degree while earning a Masters of Science in Nursing.

’89

President John P. Howe III, and Dean Patty L. Hawken, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, with the first Ph.D. Class.
President John P. Howe III, and Dean Patty L. Hawken, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, with the first Ph.D. Class.