Welcome to this web site for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte School of Nursing. Whoever you may be, potential student, current student, alumnus, or a person who just wants to find out more about the School, it is my pleasure to tell you a little about the School of Nursing. We are proud of our reputation for preparing excellent, well-qualified professional nurses. Our students are prepared to practice in a variety of settings including community health agencies, home health care, advanced practice settings such as clinics, and acute care settings usually found in hospitals and medical centers. Our graduates find positions locally, nationally, and internationally.

Recent News

Linda Opdyke Named 1^st Distinguished Nursing Alumni

Linda Opdyke, MSN, RN was named UNC Charlotte’s 1^st Distinguished Nursing Alumni by the University’s School of Nursing Alumni Chapter.  The announcement was made today by Dona Haney, Chapter President and Class of ’69 ’75 at the Chapter’s inaugural event on Healthcare Reform:  Implications for Health and Wellness held February 9^th.   The Distinguished Nursing Alumni award is bestowed upon an alum who has made outstanding contributions to the School of Nursing, and or recognized for exceptional achievement at the national, state or local levels.     

Opdyke, who graduated in 1984, was in the first class that completed UNC-Charlotte’s MSN program.  Classmates remember her as playing an instrumental role in advocating for the program.   Letter-writing and ad campaigns were only a few strategies used by Opdyke and others to help bring a MSN program to UNC Charlotte. 

Image: Dr. Dee Baldwin, Associate Dean and Director of SON, Linda Updyke, award recipient, and Dona Haney, SON Alumni Chapter President.

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UNC Charlotte Nursing Student to Participate in Harvard World Model United Nations Conference

Joel Fitzgerald, a junior student in the School of Nursing has been selected to participate in the Harvard World Model United Nations Conference in Vancouver, Canada March 11-15, 2012.

Representing the country of Slovenia in the World Health Organization (WHO), Joel will have the opportunity to compete with universities from around the world while making speeches, preparing draft resolutions, negotiating with allies and adversaries, resolving conflicts, and navigating the conference rules of procedure – all in the interest of mobilizing international cooperation toward resolving problems that affect countries all over the world.

As a member of the World Health Organization, Joel will represent a medical professional from the country of Slovenia. He will be role-playing as an MD expert while discussing and debating the public health topics malnutrition and contraception. The WHO specializes in information collection and policy suggestion through consensus of medical professionals, publishes reports for widespread dispersal of important information, and compiles data and evidence that is sent to the United Nations General Assembly.

The selection process for participation in the conference was very rigorous and Joel is the only student from the College of Health and Humans Services chosen to participate in the conference as the best that UNCC has to offer in Model UN delegates. Joel has spent a great deal of time preparing for his work at the conference; learning critical delegate skills, and preparing portfolios of information for use at the events. Much of the work for the conference was completed during fall semester for which he earned credit in the university’s United Nation’s practicum (POLS 4163).

Much of the student travel costs associated with the conference are funded through the Chancellor’s office. Dr. Cindy Combs, Department of Political Science, has served as Joel’s advisor for the practicum.

Please wish Joel his best as he represents UNC Charlotte in Vancouver next month.

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