2025 School of Nursing Commencement Ceremony

The UConn School of Nursing 2025 Commencement Ceremony will take place at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, May 10th at 9:00 am   Download the Commencement Brochure Here

School of Nursing Calendar

Nursing House

Helping, Healing, and Creating Community Starting in your first semester, the Nursing Learning Community serves as a support network for undergraduate Nursing majors. It offers an increased level of contact with faculty, staff, peer mentors, and professional organizations. The community provides members with academic course support, a close social network, and information about the Nursing […]

School of Nursing FAQ’s

High School students apply directly to Undergraduate Admissions declaring Nursing as a major. Students currently attending other universities or colleges apply to Undergraduate Admissions as a transfer student. Current UConn students wishing to change their majors to Nursing must complete our online, “School Change Petition” form Students wishing to attend a master’s program or take a graduate […]

Archives of Nursing Leadership

The Archives of Nursing Leadership is a joint program of the UConn School of Nursing and the University Library’s Archives & Special Collections, located in the Dodd Center for Human Rights. The archives acquire, preserve, and make accessible the papers and records of Connecticut organizations that support the nursing profession and the personal papers of […]

Building for the Future

  Building the Future of Nursing  Be a part of the new home for UConn Nursing NAMING OPPORTUNITIES New Building and Increasing Enrollment will Help Address Critical Shortage of Nurses Today more than ever our communities need nurses to care, lead and to educate future generations to address our nation’s nursing shortage and to solve […]

A Tale of Two Deans

Prior to Victoria Vaughan Dickson starting her tenure as dean of the School of Nursing, she sat down with her longtime colleague, former Dean Deborah Chyun, for a virtual event to introduce the community to the incoming leader. The two reflected on their individual and shared experiences, the accomplishments of Chyun’s deanship, and what’s next […]

Building Upon Our Tradition of Excellence

As the 11th dean of the University of Connecticut School of Nursing, I am honored to join a tradition of excellence in nursing practice, education, research, and service. For over 80 years, the UConn Nursing community has been committed to preparing the next generation of nurses dedicated to advancing the health of individuals and communities, […]

Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

The UConn School of Nursing is committed to diversity and the excellence it facilitates. We embrace diversity of race/ethnicity, gender, abilities, religion, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic situation, background, experiences, and thought. This diversity culminates in strength that advances our learning, research and scholarship, practice, service, and innovation.

History

80 Years of Nursing Excellence For over three quarters of a century, the University of Connecticut School of Nursing has prepared professional nurses who have gone on to provide leadership at state, national, and international levels. The School of Nursing was the first public institution in Connecticut to offer a program leading to a bachelor’s […]