Department Chair for Graduate Studies – School of NursingUniversity of Texas Medical Branch – Galveston, Texas The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) School of Nursing (SON) Founded in 1890, the School of Nursing was the first nursing program in the Southwest and one of the first schools in the U.S. to be affiliated with a university in 1896. As a component of the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), the school of nursing offers academic programs at the baccalaureate (pre-licensure BSN and RN-BSN), Masters (Family, Adult/Geriatric, Acute Care, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Leadership, Nurse Educator) and Doctoral Programs (DNP with BSN entry for Family, Acute Care a