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Show ........ ::::;--- --- University of Utah College of Nursing Dedication Ceremony ' SATURDAY, TQV. 1, 1969 Processional Music University String Quartet Richard Kay, Janet Groesbeck, Marjorie Hall, Carolee Grubb Welcome James C. Fletcher, President, University of Utah Program Dedicatory Address Jessie M. Scott, Director, Division of Nursing, Department of Health, Education and Welfare lnterludium in Modo Antiquo by Glazounov University String Quartet A Word of Thanks Mildred D. Quinn, Dean, College of Nursing In Benediction Sidney W. Angleman, Professor of English Processional to Ribbon Cutting "Bless Th£s House" Naida Poindexter, University of Utah Children's Dance Theater Robert D. Ensign Architectural and Engineering Staff Division of Educational and Research Facilities Bureau of Health Professions, Education and Manpower Training, National Institutes of Health Jo Eleanor Elliott, Nurse Consultant Western Interstate Council on Higher Education Corallene McKean, Executive Secretary Utah State Nurses' Association Special Recognition Dr. ElRoy Nelson, Chairman Utah State Building Board Glen R. Swenson Utah State Building Board Theodore G. Mahas, Contractor Roy Crawford, Decorator Bruce H. Jensen, Campus Architect Professor Emeritus Hazelle B. Macquin College of Nursing Susan L. Croft, President SLGH-UUCN Associated Alumnae University of Utah Staff: Professor Jack H. Adamson Professor W. Donald Brumbaugh Vice President Kenneth B. Castleton Dean Franklin G. Ebaugh Professor Alfred C. Emery Joe W. Ferguson, Jr. Professor Douglas W. Hill Dean L. David Hiner W. Stanley Johnson Professor Ivan M. Lytle Vice President Brigham D. Madsen Deputy Vice President Mark L. Money Dail Ogden Nursing at the University of Utah The College of Nursing building which will be dedicated education supported by federally appropriated funds. today is the culmination of the dreams and dedicated Throughout World War II student members of the efforts of many. It provides, for the first time, U.S. Cadet Nurses Corps enrolled in four hospital schools the opportunity for faculty and students to implement received part of their education at the University. the curriculum of the College in one facility. Approximately 200 nurses annually completed The education of nursing students in an institution of the three-year program. higher education began in Utah forty-two years ago (1927) The establishment of a College of Nursing was realized when six basic courses were taught through the extension in 1948 with a four-year program leading to a bachelor of division. A 1938 statewide survey recommending a science degree for undergraduate students. and registered nursing school at the University of Utah was implemented nurses. Since the first class received baccalaureate degrees in in 1941 with the establishment of a department of nursing 1952, 800 students have graduated from the program. A master's degree program in psychiatric nursing was begun are confident that the proposed enrollment for 1977-78 in 1958 and a graduate program in medical-surgical nursing of 600 undergraduate and 100 graduate students will be met in 1961. In 1965 graduate offerings were extended to and that those who are educated within these walls include the nursing of children, and maternal and newborn will make an outstanding contribution to nursing nursing including nurse midwifery. All master's degree wherever nurses are found. programs cover a two-year period. Ninety students The College of Nursing sought funds from several sources have graduated to date. to provide this much-needed teaching facility in Utah. Currently the faculty members number 43 and 400 students We are grateful for support received from the U. S. are enrolled in the program, 370 undergraduate and Public Health Service ($1,503,000); the Utah State 30 graduate. With the facilities provided by the new Legislature ($1,000,000 as part of the University of Utah College of Nursing building, the faculty and students building allocation); the University of Utah ($104,000). |
