School of Nursing

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We are excited to announce our partnership with Unum Group, a leading international provider of workplace benefits and services. They have made a $500,000 grant and will become the School of Nursing’s Premier Mental Health Partner at the new Dorothy and Jim Kennedy Health Sciences Building, which is slated to begin construction in the Fall. We are so appreciative of this new partnership, which is the first addressing mental health concerns. Unum Group will provide expertise from their clinical team who will serve as adjunct clinical faculty and will work closely with Dr. Latisha Toney and Dr. Jason Peter to contribute to our community and mental health curricula and programming. In addition, Unum will work with us to provide tools such as resiliency training and/or support groups, for nursing students, something we began in Spring 2024. Their expertise will raise our efforts to a higher level.

I look forward to working closely with Liz Ahmed, Unum Group’s executive vice president, People and Communications. She sees the importance of well-educated nurses and states these nurses are “vital to the health and wellbeing of our communities. Our investment in UTC’s nursing program ensures that the next generation of nursing students has the tools and resources they need to succeed now and into the future.”

Mental health concerns are on the forefront of every college and university as well as throughout the community. With that in mind, the School of Nursing will add a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Concentration to our DNP offerings. We hope this specialty will be offered no later than August 2025. Anyone who is interested should contact me (email preferred) to discuss a plan of study. This will also be offered as a post graduate certificate for those who are already credentialed as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse. Stay tuned for the exciting things happening in the School of Nursing.

Chris Smith

The baccalaureate degree in nursing, master's degree in nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice and post-graduate APRN certificate at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org).

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.