Horns Interprofessional Education Leadership Lecture

Dr. Phyllis Horns

In honor of her many years of faithful and dedicated service by Dr. Phyllis Horns to the ECU College of Nursing and the ECU Division of Health Sciences as a Dean and Vice Chancellor, a fund was established to provide support for an annual lectureship within the College of Nursing, with an emphasis on leadership in interprofessional health sciences education.

Under Horns’ leadership as dean of the ECU School of Nursing (now the ECU College of Nursing) from 1990-2006, the school launched the doctoral program in nursing and MSN options in midwifery, nurse anesthesia, nursing education and neonatal nurse practitioner.  Enrollment in both undergraduate and graduate programs more than doubled, and the school became a national leader in technology integration through simulation and online programming.