Published July 6, 2016
MONROE, La. — Dr. Wendy Bailes, Associate Director of Undergraduate Nursing Programs at the University
of Louisiana Monroe, has been accepted into the prestigious 2016 American Association
of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) – Wharton Executive Leadership Program, held August
8-11, 2016 in Philadelphia, Penn.
The four-day world-class leadership program is offered by the Ivy League Wharton School
of the University of Pennsylvania—the world’s first collegiate business school established
in 1881.
The program was open only to deans/directors and associate deans/directors from over
790 AACN member schools and was limited to 40 participants via a highly competitive
application process.
“I am very excited to hear that Dr. Bailes was chosen for the 2016 cohort of Fellows
for the AACN/Wharton Executive Leadership Program,” said Dr. Emily S. Doughty, Director
of ULM’s Kitty DeGree School of Nursing. “I appreciate Dr. Bailes’ commitment to strengthening
leadership skills needed to influence and help guide the future of nursing and nursing
education.”
The leadership program will be taught by faculty members of the Ivy League university
“who present relevant and timely content designed to advance chief academic administrators
to a higher level of leadership,” according to the program’s website.
Upon completion of the program, Bailes and her colleagues will become AACN-Wharton
Fellows, of which there are currently 127 from 41 states and the District of Columbia.
“The leadership skills Dr. Bailes will acquire are crucial in promoting the Kitty
DeGree School of Nursing as it continues to thrive and strategically move forward,”
said Doughty. “We wish her all the best and look forward to her return.”
For more information about the Kitty DeGree School of Nursing, visit ulm.edu/nursing.
About AACN
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is the national voice for baccalaureate
and graduate nursing education. AACN works to establish quality standards for nursing
education; assists schools in implementing those standards; influences the nursing
profession to improve health care; and promotes public support for professional nursing
education, research, and practice.
