Carla Gross, associate professor of nursing, has been appointed the permanent chair of the Department of Nursing. Gross earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of North Dakota and master’s degree in nursing in adult health and teaching from the University of Kentucky. She is completing a doctorate in education at NDSU.

Gross’ professional experiences include being a charge nurse in the Coronary Care Unit at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Lexington, Ky.; charge nurse in Medical-Surgical and Cardiovascular Intensive Care Units at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington; and staff nurse in Medical-Surgical and Neuro-Surgical Intensive Care Units at MeritCare Medical Center in Fargo. She has been a faculty member in the nursing program since its inception in 1987 when it was part of the NDSU/Concordia College Tri-College Nursing Consortium. Gross was NDSU program coordinator of the nursing department from 1997-2002, and was interim chair of the program in 1998. In May, Gross received the College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Sciences’ prestigious Mary Berg Award for Excellence in Teaching.

“Carla brings an excellent balance of administrative skills and clinical experience to this position that I believe will serve the department and its students very well,” said Charles Peterson, dean of the College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Sciences. “She is very knowledgeable about our nursing program having been with the program from its inception. She is highly committed to the program and our students and she is highly regarded by faculty and the nursing profession in North Dakota.”