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History of the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing
The Eleanor Mann School of Nursing was originally established in 1992 as a department of nursing in the College of Education and Health Professions. The school was established in response to requests from area nurses seeking to broaden their nursing education, the support of the health care community, which recognized the need for baccalaureate-prepared nurses, and the appeal by national professional nursing organizations to advance the nursing profession through baccalaureate education.
The baccalaureate program was preceded by a Department of Nursing, established in 1969 on the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, campus as an associate degree nursing extension program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing. The associate degree program graduated its first class in 1972, became a department in the College of Education and Health Professions (formerly the College of Education) at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, campus in 1987, and graduated the last class in 1994.
In 1996, the department of nursing was named the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing in recognition of a $1 million endowment contributed by Mr. Herbert Mann in honor of his wife, Eleanor. Although Mr. Mann died in 1998 and Mrs. Mann in 2004, their legacy continues through the support of the endowment fund.
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