425+ Nominations Received
In our inaugural Calling All #BadassNurses Contest.
Construction Begins
Construction begins on West Suburban Hospital with a mission to “establish and maintain a hospital and dispensary for the care of the sick and injured, to provide educational facilities to medical students, and to establish and maintain a training school for nurses.”
We’re 100!
The University celebrated 100 years of educating healthcare students with a centennial celebration.
Dr. Therese A. Scanlan Is Appointed President
Dr. Therese A. Scanlan is appointed President by the Board of Directors. She served as Interim President from March through June 2016 and as COO and CFO, where she led many governance, legal, construction, and financial initiatives through the University’s enormous period of growth.
We Change Our Name to Oak Point University, Open a Second Campus, and Add Two Programs
We become an independent university, changing our name to Oak Point University. We launch our new brand and celebrate the opening of our Oak Brook campus in the fall, followed by the launch of our Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NP and Psychiatric-Mental Health NP MSN and Post-Graduate Certificate programs.
Our Name Changes to the West Suburban College of Nursing
The Concordia affiliation ends, and our name changes to West Suburban College of Nursing.
Our Name Changes to the West Suburban Hospital School of Nursing
Our name changes to the West Suburban Hospital School of Nursing.
We Enter Into an Affiliation with Wheaton College
We enter into an affiliation with Wheaton College. In the 1950s, more than fifty percent of the missionary nurses serving across the United States and in foreign countries are graduates of the West Suburban Hospital School for Nurses and the Wheaton program.
