The Morrison Family College of Health
The Morrison Family College of Health is striving to address the shortage of culturally responsive health professionals who practice with social ingenuity and clinical excellence to improve health and community well-being while proactively advancing health equity and social justice.
We promise that we will educate students from diverse backgrounds to use and integrate knowledge from different professions and fields to improve health at the individual, family, community, and systems levels.
We believe that the most relevant and sustainable solutions to advance healthy communities and people is when those most impacted by inequities are also a part of the solution.
The Morrison Family College of Health is guided by the University of St. Thomas’ mission to educate morally responsible leaders who think critically, act wisely, and work skillfully to advance the common good.
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Morrison Family College of Health
Our Programs and Policy Handbooks
Graduate School of Professional Psychology
Master's and doctoral counseling psychology programs for students who want to use their degrees to provide psychological services in practice.
Health and Exercise Science
The Department of Health and Exercise Science offers undergraduate majors in:
School of Social work
We offer a bachelor's degree for generalist social work practice, a master's degree for clinical social work and a doctorate degree for leadership in social work teaching.
Susan S. Morrison School of Nursing
With an emphasis on health equity, St. Thomas offers pre-licensure bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing.
Mission, Vision, Values and Principles
Mission Statement
We prepare highly skilled and caring professionals who are culturally responsive, practice with ingenuity, and proactively advance health equity and social justice.
Vision
Informed by Catholic social teaching, the University of St. Thomas Morrison Family College of Health educates health providers and leaders to skillfully, compassionately, and collaboratively advance the physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being of individuals, families and communities.
Core Values
- Innovation
- Equity
- Collaboration
Guiding Principles
- Whole person care (mind, body, spirit, and community).
- Social ingenuity and innovation through interprofessional collaboration and partnerships with the community.
- Excellence using science and humanities to advance the common good.
- Advocacy for just and equitable systems to improve health and well-being
Mission Statement
We prepare highly skilled and caring professionals who are culturally responsive, practice with ingenuity, and proactively advance health equity and social justice.
Vision
Informed by Catholic social teaching, the University of St. Thomas Morrison Family College of Health educates health providers and leaders to skillfully, compassionately, and collaboratively advance the physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being of individuals, families and communities.
Core Values
- Innovation
- Equity
- Collaboration
Guiding Principles
- Whole person care (mind, body, spirit, and community).
- Social ingenuity and innovation through interprofessional collaboration and partnerships with the community.
- Excellence using science and humanities to advance the common good.
- Advocacy for just and equitable systems to improve health and well-being
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Meet the Dean
Dr. MayKao Y. Hang
Dr. Hang has a vision to educate health care providers and leaders to skillfully, compassionately and collaboratively advance the physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being of individuals, families and communities.
Faculty Highlights
In the Morrison Family College of Health, you'll get personal attention and mentorship from faculty members who are recognized scholars, researchers, and practitioners committed to community engagement and relationships.
Dr. Ande Nesmith
Professor, School of Social Work Director
Amy Hedman-Robertson
Professor
Dr. Amy Hedman-Robertson, a Health Education Ph.D., specializes in interactive learning and focuses her research on mental health help-seeking and community-based suicide prevention. She actively promotes mental health literacy and provides suicide prevention education to communities.
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About the Morrison Family
The Morrison Family College of Health gets its name from John and Sue Morrison. The naming gift to the Morrison Family College of Health marks the family’s latest in their legacy of impact at St. Thomas. Their support for the university has included co-chairing the Opening Doors campaign from 2007-2012 that raised more than $500 million for St. Thomas.