About
UWM’s School of Nursing is home to Wisconsin’s largest nursing program, and for more than 50 years, it has provided life-saving training to health professionals in Wisconsin’s commercial, cultural and economic capital.
Across southeastern Wisconsin, our competitive, collaborative nursing program is valued for its ability to prepare science-based, compassionate nurse leaders through innovative, quality educational programs.
Preparing entry-level nursing professionals is only the beginning of our commitment to meeting the needs of diverse, in-demand nursing professions.
9,000+Alumni WorldwideAdvancing Science in Nursing
From pediatrics to geriatrics, community clinics to pharmaceutical labs, our faculty conduct research and scholarship that advances science in nursing and health, and they don’t do this alone.
The school recruits students from first-year undergraduates to online PhD candidates, nursing administrators to nurse practitioners, for research and mentorship opportunities that prepare School of Nursing graduates at every practice level to transform health care delivery and health policy.
UW-Milwaukee School of Nursing
As an innovative academic community, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Nursing faculty, staff, students, and alumni are renowned practitioners, scientists and leaders in creating bold and transformative solutions for advancing local, national and global health.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Nursing is a premier, urban, academic, collegial community that acts collaboratively with partners to:
- Prepare a diverse population of students to become science based, compassionate, leaders through innovative, quality, educational programs for all settings and levels of practice
- Conduct research and scholarship that advances science in nursing and health
- Address health through evidence-based practice and interprofessional collaboration
- Develop leaders who transform health care delivery and health policy.
As a diverse Community of Scholars that values academic discourse and debate in a climate of civility, we live our core values and create opportunities to understand the perspectives of all others.
- Accountability
- Collaboration
- Creativity
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Excellence
- Human Dignity
- Integrity
- Social Justice
We, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Nursing community, demonstrate these core values in our learning, teaching, research, practice, and service.
Contact
Cunningham Hall 135
1921 E. Hartford Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Mailing Address
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
School of Nursing
PO Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413
Student Affairs Phone: 414-229-5047
Email: uwmchps@uwm.edu
Fax: 414-229-5554
UWM at Waukesha (School of Nursing)
Phone: 414-229-5315
UW-Parkside (Consortial Program)
Phone: 262-595-2480
- Dean:
Kim Litwach, PhD, RN, FAAN, APNP - Associate Dean for Academic Affiars
Jennifer Doering, PhD, RN - Associate Dean for Research
Lance Weinhardt, PhD - Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Robin Jens, MS Ed