Howell Named Dean of Samford’s Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing

Eleanor V. Howell has been named dean of Samford University’s Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing effective July 1. For the past 11 years, Howell has served as dean of Creighton University’s College of Nursing in Omaha, Neb. 

Prior to assuming her position as dean at Creighton, Howell served as associate dean for academic and clinical affairs, responsible for undergraduate and graduate nursing programs on Creighton’s campuses in Omaha and Hastings, Neb.  

She received her bachelor of science in nursing from Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and her master of science in cardiovascular nursing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She also holds a doctor of philosophy degree in administration-health services from UAB.