Judith Ruland was appointed dean of the Crystal M. Lange College of Health and Human Services at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan. She was an associate professor and coordinator of the master of science in nursing program at the University of Central Florida. Previously, she taught at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida, and was chair of the nursing department at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York. Her new appointment is effective on October 3.
Dr. Ruland holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Russell Sage College in Troy, New York. She completed a Ph.D. at the State University of New York at Albany.