College of Nursing & Health Science
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and
the State Board of Nursing approved the baccalaureate
nursing program in 1974. Since this time, the program has
grown from a Department of Nursing to a School of Nursing
and in 1993, the School of Nursing was reformulated as the
College of Nursing and Health Science to provide the
breadth needed to respond to dramatic and dynamic
fundamental changes occurring in health care. The college's
community-based curriculum has become a national and
international model serving to inform and guide curriculum change
as decentralization trends move the focus of health care
from the institutional to regional and local community-based care.
The mission of the college is to equip professionals to
provide leadership, care, and services related to health
promotion, wellness, disease prevention, and quality of life
through the promotion of physical, social, and environmental
health practices. Graduates practice in a variety of roles in
settings that are complex, multicultural, and constantly
changing. The college is a resource for health promotion to the
university, as well as to the citizens of the Commonwealth
of Virginia.
Administration
Rita M. Carty, Dean
Myra H. Fisher, Assistant Dean for Administration
Georgine M. Redmond, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
James Vail, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Research
Rosemarie C. Brenkus, Assistant Dean for Student Academic Affairs
Faculty
Professors:Ailinger, Butler, Carty (dean), Cary, Dear,
Feeg, Johnson-Brown, Metcalf, Liu, Silva, Walker, Wakefield
Associate professors: Alemi, Choi, Douglas, Gaffney,
Hale, Harper, Maddox, Moore, Noble, Redmond,
Sorrell, Trainor, Vail
Assistant professors: Bernstein, Boland, Boyd,
Brenkus, Cianci, Conti, Fisher (assistant dean),
Harrington, Kodadek, Langley, Normile, Roberts, Rudowski, Wu
Adjunct professor: Brooks,Tornabeni
Adjunct associate professors: Bednash, DeLeon,
Geolot, Johnson
Adjunct assistant professor: Barry
Instructors: Alsace, Blasser, Dawson, Durham,
Langan, Leoffler, Maradiegue, Merritt, Miklancie,
Moss, Robertson, Urban, Venske
Lecturers: Burch, Brown, Miller, White
Student Health Services
The George Mason University Student Health Services
is operated through a partnership between the College of
Nursing and Health Science and University Life.
Course Work
The College of Nursing and Health Science offers all
course work designated NURS and HSCI in the "Course
Descriptions" chapter of this catalog.
George Mason University:1999-2000 University Catalog: Catalog Index: College of Nursing & Health Science