HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 8 -- The University of Alabama in Huntsville issued the following news release:

Dr. Karen Frith reflects on her long career as a nurse and nurse educator in her office at the College of Nursing at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) on June 5, 2026.

Dr. Karen Frith smiles often as she talks about the students mentored, the programs begun and the advancements made during her 19 years in the College of Nursing at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System. But the newly retired dean wears a special smile of satisfaction when she mentions an expected increase in enrollment for fall 2026.

When Frith assumed the deanship in 2021, she faced a world-changing challen...