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(Pre-admission advising)
kromricc@uwec.edu
715-836-3638

Catherine obtained her Master’s in Nursing Administration in 2010 and her Doctorate in Nursing Practice in 2013 at UW Eau Claire. She’s currently a Clinical Associate Professor and the Post-Licensure Admissions Coordinator for the College of Nursing at UW- Eau Claire. Catherine currently teaches in the BSN@Home program teaching the online course “NSG 447-Nursing Leadership and Management”. She started her nursing career working on a general medical floor before transitioning to the ICU, CCU, and ER units. Catherine was also the assistant manager of the PACU unit as she moved into more administrative work. She has also been a Director of Nursing at a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center and the Nursing Manager of a Family Clinic. Outside of the university, Catherine is a member of the Wisconsin Organization of Nursing Leaders and is active on their Professional Development Committee. She is also kept very busy with her 5 children and 6 grandchildren.

(Admitted student advising)
brennegm@uwec.edu
715-836-5006

Gail Hanson Brenner is the Lead BSN Completion Advisor and a Clinical Assistant Professor at UW-Eau Claire. She is a graduate of the BSN@Home program back when it was known as the Collaborative Nursing Program. Like many students in this program, she transferred from a 4-year school as a pre-nursing student to a 2-year program and earned her associate degree in nursing from Rochester Community College. After moving back to Eau Claire and securing a full-time position at Luther Hospital, she began the BSN Completion program at UWEC and graduated in 2000. She continued to work full-time and raised three children as she continued her education at UWEC to earn a master of science in nursing with an emphasis in nursing education. Gail has taught in this program since starting at UWEC in 2005; she has taught the introductory bridge course and the leadership course in this program along with acute care clinical and the foundations theory course in the traditional undergraduate program. She is an active member of the Wisconsin Nurses Association and the American Nurses Association and the Faculty Advisor for the Eau Claire Student Nurses Association. Gail lives in Eau Claire with her teenage daughter and helps care for her elderly parents who still live on the family farm. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with family, shopping at small businesses/restaurants, and visiting wineries.

(Admitted student advising)
smithlm@uwec.edu
715-836-3027

Lorraine (Dr. Lo) earned her BSN, MSN, and DNP degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She is the BSNC Program Director and Advisor and an Associate Professor who teaches in undergraduate and graduate nursing programs at UWEC. Dr. Lo began advising nontraditional nursing students in 1993 and soon afterwards added RN recruiting and advising to her role as Assistant to the Associate Dean. She was also the BSN@HOME Statewide Program Director from 2008-2012. Since 2018, Dr. Lo has taken many RN students to South Dakota as their instructor during the UWEC capstone clinical course. Dr. Lo has spent her entire nursing career in correctional health care practicing in juvenile, county jail, and state prison facilities. She is co-chair of the Eau Claire Health Alliance Substance Misuse Action Team, and a member of ANA, WNA, and Correctional Nurses Association. She spends her leisure time with her husband, four sons (two daughters-in-law), and seven grandchildren.