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Dean Fontaine
Welcome to the University of Virginia School of Nursing!
You’ve come to an extraordinary place. Our School of Nursing is consistently ranked among America’s finest – and we’re getting ever better.
Our professors are recognized by their peers as scholars and leaders, and by students for their excellence in the classroom and lab. Our highly qualified staff members are dedicated and resourceful. And our students excite us all with their academic, clinical and service achievements, their energy, creative ideas and budding leadership at a time of dramatic change in health care.
We are a key component of the highly ranked U.Va. Health System and committed to interprofessional collaboration. And, of course, we’re all part of Mr. Jefferson’s university, one of the top-ranked educational institutions in the country, and a World Heritage site. On top of that, we’re in much-beloved Charlottesville, Virginia – an easy drive from Washington. D.C. and Richmond, nestled among the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains – a place consistently ranked as one of the best places to live in the country.
Now you can see what attracted me to join this exceptional place in 2008. That summer, we moved into the new Claude Moore Nursing Education Building, and today, we’re finishing a multi-million dollar renovation of McLeod Hall, home of our nursing research centers, spacious classroom and lab space, and an expanded Clinical Simulation Learning Center.
I invite you to explore our web site and learn more about what makes U.Va. School of Nursing the special place it is – our people, our programs, our research and service – and how we’re growing stronger all the time. We also hope you’ll come for a visit to see for yourself why we’re all so excited to be here.
