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She was an American Field Service exchange student in Japan, just 16 years old and far from her small hometown of Galesburg, Illinois. Sally Lundeen had no idea of the role she\u2019d eventually play in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\u2019s College of Nursing, but during this self-described \u201clife-changing\u201d experience, the seeds were already being planted.<\/p>\n

That time abroad fueled the young Lundeen\u2019s interest in international travel and cultural understanding. \u201cWe\u2019re all really alike in many ways,\u201d Lundeen says, \u201cbut the nuances of various cultures really affect everything \u2013 family, education and health.\u201d<\/p>\n

The notion directly influenced her vision for the College of Nursing, and she\u2019d help it build longstanding health partnerships locally and worldwide during a 31-year tenure there, including the last 15 as its dean. Now, as Lundeen looks toward her retirement on June 30, she also looks back at helping shape the college\u2019s work in community nursing, global health and interdisciplinary research.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my estimation,\u201d Lundeen says, \u201cthe role of a good urban research university is to provide ways that our students can connect and create knowledge about the community where we are located, as well as global health.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coincidentally, as the college celebrates Lundeen\u2019s impact, it\u2019s also celebrating its 50th anniversary with a series of April events. Included on the schedule<\/a> are a reception focused on the college\u2019s community partners and a 50 Distinguished Alumni Reception, and so many\u00a0of those alumni\u00a0crossed paths with Lundeen.<\/p>\n

She came to UWM as a professor in 1985, rose to become the College of Nursing\u2019s interim dean in 1999 and was installed as its permanent dean in 2001. She\u2019s the longest-serving dean in the college\u2019s history, and has guided it through the crucial missions of education, research and community outreach.<\/p>\n

Two of the\u00a0college\u2019s ongoing\u00a0initiatives\u00a0\u2013 the Silver Spring Community Nursing\u00a0Center, established in 1987, and the House of Peace Community Nursing Center, established in 1991 \u2013 provide primary care and health promotion in poor neighborhoods, and clinical experience for nursing students. \u201cThose centers not only provide remarkable services to people in the community,\u201d Lundeen says, \u201cbut give our students an opportunity to see the best of what nursing can be in community settings.\u201d<\/p>\n

And the College of Nursing reaches out internationally, continuing research and education partnerships with programs in China, South Korea, Kenya, Malawi and other areas of Asia and Africa. The college\u2019s Center for Global Health Equity supports study abroad programs, research and exchanges of faculty.<\/p>\n

All of that occurs within a strong and growing culture of nursing research, with particular emphases on geriatrics, informatics and health technology, global health, community-engaged health and self-management science. In the last five years, two major National Institutes of Health grants have supported the Self-Management Science Center, which researches and promotes better ways for people to manage chronic conditions.<\/p>\n

Such work, Lundeen says, has earned the college national and international research renown, and she believes it was a factor in UWM\u2019s elevation to the top tier of research universities. UWM earned \u201cR1\u201d status from the Carnegie Classification of Institutes of Higher Education in 2016, making it one of only 115 schools to have that highest research-centric rating.<\/p>\n

Lundeen is a strong proponent of interdisciplinary research and education, matching academic areas such as engineering, information sciences and social welfare with such traditional academic health disciplines as nursing, public health and health sciences. \u201cIt\u2019s the way the universities of tomorrow must operate,\u201d Lundeen says. \u201cIf we don\u2019t start educating our students together, I don\u2019t know how we can expect them to work together in teams in practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although she has enjoyed her work as a professor and dean, she looks forward to stepping back and spending more time with her family \u2013 including four children, six grandchildren under age 7 and her 95-year-old mother.<\/p>\n

She plans to stay involved with UWM and nursing organizations, and spend time on her own research and writing, work largely put aside when she assumed administrative roles and responsibilities.<\/p>\n

So Lundeen doesn\u2019t view leaving UWM as a retirement in the traditional sense. \u201cI just see it,\u201d she says, \u201cas a shift in focus and energy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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