Michele Nelson Promoted To School Of Health Dean At WCTC

PEWAUKEE, WI — Waukesha County Technical College promoted Michele Nelson, associate dean of Nursing, to the position of dean, School of Health (SOH) – a role she moved into earlier this month.

“I am looking forward to building relationships with the SOH faculty and support staff, and getting to know the students,” Nelson said. “I am also looking forward to having discussions with faculty and support staff, visiting classrooms/clinical sites and gaining a better understanding of all of the programs within the SOH.”

During her tenure as associate dean of Nursing, Nelson worked closely with faculty to reshape the delivery of select Nursing courses. Upon realizing students were seeking online courses and taking them elsewhere, instructors responded by converting five of eight courses to a hybrid format, and the result was an uptick in enrollment.

Nelson spent 10 years working as a registered nurse, mostly with spinal cord injury patients, before moving into a teaching role. She taught junior- and senior-level nursing classes and clinicals at Milwaukee School of Engineering before joining WCTC’s Nursing faculty in 2008.

Nelson will succeed Sandra Stearns, who will retire at the end of August after more than 16 years with the College.