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Duke University


School of Nursing
307 Trent Drive, Box 3322 DUMC
Durham, NC 27710-3322
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Michael V. Relf, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Title: Dean

Phone: 919-684-9444
Fax: 919-684-9414

DNP Accreditation

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October 21, 2009 February 13, 2023 December 31, 2033 February 2023 Spring 2033


East Carolina University


College of Nursing
4205L Health Sciences Building, Mailstop 162
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Bimbola Akintade, PhD, MHA, NEA-BC, ACNP-BC, FAANP
Title: Dean

Phone: 252-744-6372
Fax: 252-744-6388

DNP Accreditation

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November 5, 2014 October 30, 2024 June 30, 2035 October 2024 Fall 2034


Lenoir-Rhyne University


School of Nursing
625 7th Avenue, NE
Hickory, NC 28601
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Tabitha Toney, RN, MSN, PhD
Title: Chair

Phone: 828-267-3447
Fax: 828-328-7921

DNP Accreditation

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September 18, 2019 October 28, 2024 June 30, 2035 October 2024 Fall 2034


University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


School of Nursing
1000 Carrington Hall, CB#7460
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Valerie Howard, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN
Title: Dean

Phone: 919-966-3731
Fax: 412-397-3277

DNP Accreditation

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October 6, 2014 November 6, 2019 June 30, 2030 November 2019 Fall 2029


University of North Carolina at Charlotte, The


School of Nursing
9201 University City Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Susan M. McLennon, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, CHPN
Title: Director

Phone: 704-687-7974
Fax: 704-687-1657

DNP Accreditation

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November 2, 2022 November 2, 2022 June 30, 2028 November 2022 Fall 2027


University of North Carolina at Greensboro


School of Nursing
1007 Walker Avenue, PO Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Debra J. Barksdale, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, CNE, FAANP, ANEF, FAAN
Title: Dean

Phone: 336-334-5016
Fax: 336-334-3628

DNP Accreditation

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September 14, 2016 September 20, 2021 June 30, 2032 September 2021 Fall 2031


University of North Carolina at Wilmington


School of Nursing
601 South College Road, McNeill Hall 1011
Wilmington, NC 28403-5959
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Patricia D. Suplee, PhD, RNC-OB, FAAN
Title: Director

Phone: 910-962-7410
Fax: 910-962-3723

DNP Accreditation

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November 14, 2018 November 6, 2023 June 30, 2034 November 2023 Fall 2033


Western Carolina University, Cullowhee


School of Nursing
4121 Little Savannah Rd., Suite 336A
Cullowhee, NC 28723-9646
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Terrica Durbin, DNP, PhD, CRNA, APRN
Title: Director

Phone: 828-776-7108
Fax: 828-227-7705

DNP Accreditation

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November 14, 2022 November 14, 2022 June 30, 2028 November 2022 Fall 2027


Winston-Salem State University


Division of Nursing
601 S. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Campus Box 19523, 241 F.L. Atkins
Winston-Salem, NC 27110
Link to Website

Chief Nurse Administrator: Leslee H. Battle, RN, MSN, EdD
Title: Professor and Dean



DNP Accreditation

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Next On-Site Evaluation

November 9, 2015 September 11, 2019 June 30, 2030 September 2019 Fall 2029


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