Antioch University Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs and University Provost Chet Haskell, DPA, is pleased to announce that Diane White, PhD, has accepted the position as Founding Dean of the Antioch Graduate School of Nursing and Health Professions. The school represents an important step forward in the collaborative efforts of the Coalition for the Common Good and will be the future home of Antioch’s Family Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, and Nurse Anesthetist graduate programs, as well as the Master of Science in Athletic Training, all transitioning from Otterbein University.
S6 E11: Diane White Believes Healthcare Needs Reform—And That Antiochians Will Help Lead It
Diane White has the hard but exciting job of creating a new school at Antioch: the Graduate School of Nursing and Health Professions, of which she is the founding Dean. In this conversation, Diane discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on health inequities…
A Founding Dean with a New Vision for Healthcare Education
Everyone in nursing has a story that changes them. Diane White’s happened at the Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta in the nineties. While she was working the night shift in the trauma unit, a police officer was brought in who had been shot in the head. He was young, around 24 years old. “I didn’t figure he would last long,” White says. “But the parents weren’t ready to let go, so we just kept moving with what we’re doing.”