{"id":143757,"date":"2024-11-04T13:58:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T18:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757//?p=143757"},"modified":"2025-06-17T16:22:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T20:22:39","slug":"ucf-college-of-nursing-dean-mary-lou-sole-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757//ucf-college-of-nursing-dean-mary-lou-sole-to-retire/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757//","title":{"rendered":"UCF College of Nursing Dean Mary Lou Sole to Retire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mary Lou Sole, dean of UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757/u2019s College of Nursing, has announced her retirement effective Summer 2025. Sole was appointed dean in 2015 after serving as interim dean since 2013./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757/n

She joined UCF in 1991 as a visiting associate professor after previously serving as an assistant professor at the 海角直播 of Texas Health Science Center School of Nursing in San Antonio./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757/u201cAt that time, I moved from being a small fish in a large pond at an academic health sciences center to a big fish in a small pond in a school of nursing,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757/u201d she says./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757/n

In 1991, UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757/u2019s nursing program admitted only 60 students per year and had approximately 15 faculty members./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757/u201cBut, as a faculty member, this meant we taught students in both the classroom and clinical setting,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757/u201d says Sole. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757/u201cTo me, this was the best part as it really enhanced learning./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757/n

In her more than three decades since, Sole has witnessed /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757/u2014 and played a key role /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757/u2014 in the incredible growth and impact of UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757/u2019s nursing program. Today, UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757/u2019s College of Nursing has more than 2,700 students, 75 faculty members and 16,000 Knight nurse alumni./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143757/n