Alumni Recognition

UK Alumna appointed Dean of University of Pikeville’s Elliott School of Nursing

UK College of Nursing alumna Mary Rado Simpson, Ph.D., RN, was recently appointed as the founding dean of the Elizabeth Akers Elliott School of Nursing at the University of Pikeville after serving as both division chair and interim dean for the nursing programs. “I truly see nursing education as an area of specialty within nursing practice,” said Simpson. “You must advocate for students and co-workers as you would for any patient. Ethics and quality underlie all areas of nursing regardless of the setting.”