Nursing school selects three finalists

By Beverly Creamer
Advertiser Education Writer

Three finalists have been chosen for the position of dean of the University of Hawai'i-Manoa's School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, and will be available for questions from students and faculty in public sessions during the last week of February.

The three are:

• Julie E. Johnson, director and professor at Orvis School of Nursing at the University of Nevada, Reno.

She has been director for a decade, and also has held the position of interim director of the university's Graham and Jean Sanford Center for Aging. She received her bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in nursing from the University of Texas at Austin.

• Kenneth P. Miller, professor and associate dean for Research and Clinical Scholarship at the University of New Mexico's College of Nursing, a position he has held four years.

He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and his master's degree and doctorate in clinical nursing research from the University of Arizona.

• Nancy Ridenour, dean and professor at Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University, a position she has held since 1999.

She received her bachelor's degree from Texas Tech University and her master's degree and doctorate's from the University of Colorado. She has served in various administrative capacities at both schools, including associate dean at Texas Tech's School of Nursing.

Each of the candidates will make a presentation on "Partnerships in Healthcare for a Better Tomorrow: What Does the Future Hold." The presentations will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in Webster Hall Reading Room 205.

The schedule:

• Miller: Feb. 25.
• Johnson: Feb. 27.
• Ridenour: Feb. 28.