2002

• MSW program established
• Communication Disorders United Federation of Teachers (UFT) Cohort in New York City established

2003

• Social Work became an independent department
• The first Dean of CHHS hired, John Bonaguro, Ph.D.

2004

• CHHS developed the Academic Center for Excellence (ACE), an advising and technology center
• American Humanics Program initiated
• BSW Program Initiated in Elizabethtown

2005

• CHHS developed the first Living and Learning Community, partnering with Greenview Regional Hospital
• Center for Gerontology established
• Physical Education Teacher Education Program offers an on-line M.S. program
• Nursing Administration tract implemented
• Graduate first cohort from New York in Communication Disorders (M.S.)
• Graduated first Master of Social Work (MSW) cohort

2006

• Clinical Education Complex opened
• M.S.W. Program initially accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
• CFS Student Organization, Beta Delta Chapter, first place in National Phi Upsilon Omicron’s Professional Project Award (only chapter to ever win this two consecutive years)
• The Kentucky Association of Nursing Students had two members elected to a state office
• B.S. in Health Science program approved in the Allied Health Department

2007

• Sport Management Program implemented in the Department of Physical Education and Recreation
• Exercise Science Program moved from a concentration in Physical Education to a standalone program
• Communication Disorders Distance Program named Regional and National Recipient for Continuing Education as awarded by the Association for Continuing Higher Education
• CD reaccredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Speech Pathology and Audiology
• HCA Undergraduate recertified by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA)
• The Baccalaureate of Nursing and the Masters of Nursing Programs reaccredited by the Collegiate Commission on Nursing Education
• M.S.W. Program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
• Nutrition Minor Implemented
• School of Nursing Created
• Facility and Event Management Minor created in the Recreation Program
• Added Cohort of MSW students in Cookville, TN and Paducah, KY
• School of Nursing started an extension of the prelicensure BS Nursing Program in Glasgow
• WKU Recreation Administration Programs Celebrates 40 years of Educating Students
• The CHHS Dean (John Bonaguro) runs ½ Marathon to benefit faculty/student development

2008

• Anthem/Wellpoint Foundation provides funding to add a new Mobile Health & Wellness Unit
• GEAR-UP Awarded to the South-Central Kentucky Area Health Education Center in CHHS
• Renaming of the Early Childhood Center at the CEC for Dan & Vickie Renshaw ECC
• The Clinical Education Complex is renamed in honor of Suzanne Vitale