Our responsibility to prepare health care professionals who will make a positive difference in their patients’ lives makes student satisfaction and success a focus and strength in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. CNHS offers professional preparation, personalized advising, close community and hands-on experience – early and often.
Whether our students are in the clinical simulation lab or clinical sites across the state, region and nation, they gain hands-on experience side-by-side with health professionals in their fields. In CNHS, we educate the next generation of health care professionals through a purposeful continuum of population and patient care: preventing illness and injury, managing disease and disability, and promoting health and wellness.
To be a leading academic community fostering excellence in health research, education, and clinical practice committed to creating a healthier, more equitable world and wellness for all.
To create, share and apply health-related knowledge and prepare students to be global citizens who lead and collaborate across disciplines and perspectives with an interprofessional commitment to advancing equity in support of the health of individuals, communities, and societies.
CNHS creates an environment for research that translates evidence to practice. Our initiatives include include research incentives for faculty, opportunities for undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral student research and forums for faculty and students to present their ideas.
CNHS offers undergraduate programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Exercise Science, Medical Laboratory Science, Medical Radiation Sciences, Health Sciences, and Nursing; and graduate degrees in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Medical Laboratory Science, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Interprofessional Health Sciences, and Physical Activity and Wellness Science. Explore programs >>
