Dr. Brooke A. Flinders Named New President of Frontier Nursing University
July 01 2024 - 4:38PM
Frontier Nursing University’s Board of Directors announced that Dr.
Brooke A. Flinders, DNP, RN, APRN-CNM, FACNM, has been selected as
the University’s next president. Dr. Flinders has extensive
experience as an advanced practice nurse, educator, and college
administrator. Dr. Flinders will leave her current position as
Professor of Nursing and Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs at
Miami University (Ohio) and assume the presidency at Frontier
Nursing University (FNU) on August 1, 2024. Dr. Flinders holds a
Master of Science in Nursing and a Doctor of Nursing Practice
degree from Frontier.
“We are thrilled that Dr. Flinders has accepted the offer to
become the next President of Frontier Nursing University,” said FNU
Board Chair Dr. Michael Carter, DNSc, DNP, FAAN, FNP/GNP, BC. “Dr.
Flinders’ wealth of experience as an educator, practitioner, and
administrator will be a tremendous asset to our students and to our
faculty and staff who support them. We are extremely excited about
the future of Frontier under Dr. Flinders’ leadership.”
“Our long and rigorous search brought forward several qualified
presidential candidates, but ultimately, Dr. Flinders stood out as
the best choice for Frontier Nursing University,” said co-chair of
the Presidential Search Committee and FNU Board of Directors
member, Dr. Kerri Schuiling, PhD, CNM (ret), NP, FACNM, FAAN.
“Through her interactions with the search committee, Board of
Directors, faculty, staff, students, and alumni, Dr. Flinders
demonstrated her understanding of and commitment to the mission of
Frontier Nursing University.”
Dr. Flinders obtained her Associate Degree of Science in Nursing
(1994) and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (2003) degrees from Miami
University. In addition to acute care and community-based care
experience as a Registered Nurse and full-scope practice as a
Certified Nurse-Midwife, Flinders has been a nurse educator,
nursing department chair, and associate dean.
“I am proud and honored to accept the position of President of
Frontier Nursing University,” Dr. Flinders said. “My connection to
Frontier extends nearly two full decades, and I am so proud to be
one of its more than 9,000 graduates. I loved my time as a student
and have been thoroughly impressed by the university’s lived
mission and how it has been embraced by the faculty, staff,
administration, and students through their culture of caring. I
believe wholeheartedly in Frontier’s mission to provide accessible
nurse-midwifery and nurse practitioner education that integrates
the principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and I am
excited to carry it forward.”
During her academic career, Flinders received Miami University’s
Distinguished Alumni Award from the Department of Nursing (2021)
and, in recognition of their service efforts during the COVID
pandemic, Flinders and each of her nursing colleagues received the
President’s Service Medallion. Flinders was inducted as a Fellow of
the American College of Nurse-Midwives in 2021, as a recognition of
her demonstrated leadership, clinical excellence, scholarship, and
professional achievement.
“As a proud graduate of Frontier School of Midwifery and Family
Nursing and Frontier Nursing University, I am eager to build upon
the amazingly strong foundation that already exists,” Dr. Flinders
said. “Healthcare provider shortages and the maternal mortality
crisis plague our country. Frontier has a long history of finding
unique solutions to complex problems, and we will continue to be a
leader in identifying and implementing solutions by producing
highly prepared nurse-midwives and nurse practitioners who have
answered the call to serve.”
Founded in 1939 as the Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery,
Frontier Nursing University has an enrollment of over 2,500
students. FNU offers a Master of Science in Nursing degree, Doctor
of Nursing Practice degree, and Post-Graduate Certificate, and
specialties including Certified Nurse-Midwife, Family Nurse
Practitioner, Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner, and
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
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About Frontier Nursing University:The mission of Frontier
Nursing University is to provide accessible nurse-midwifery and
nurse practitioner education that integrates the principles of
diversity, equity, and inclusion. We transform healthcare by
preparing innovative, ethical, compassionate, and entrepreneurial
leaders to work with all people with an emphasis on rural and
underserved communities. FNU offers graduate Nurse-Midwifery and
Nurse-Practitioner distance education programs that can be pursued
full- or part-time with the student’s home community serving as the
classroom. Degrees and options offered include Doctor of Nursing
Practice (DNP), Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), or
Post-Graduate Certificates. Frontier has been named a “Great
College to Work For” by the Great Colleges to Work For® program for
each of the past three years (2021-2023). To learn more about FNU
and the programs and degrees offered, please visit
Frontier.edu.
Brittney Kinison
Frontier Nursing University
8592514576
brittney.kinison@frontier.edu