Joyce Griffin-Sobel, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, who has more than 30 years of experience in academic nursing, has been named dean of the College of Nursing at Upstate Medical University. Griffin-Sobel shares her plans and goals for the college, which enrolls more than 400 students in a variety of programs, offering bachelor‘s, master‘s, post-master‘s certificate, and a new doctor of nursing practice degree. The college is accredited by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing‘s Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.