OPELIKA, Ala. – Advanced nursing degrees are within easier reach for area registered nurses through a new Internet-based partnership between Southern Union State Community College and The University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing.
Representatives from Southern Union and UA will formalize the agreement during a partnership signing ceremony April 16 at 10 a.m. in the President’s Conference Room located in the Administration Building on Southern Union’s Opelika campus.
The agreement provides registered nurses with a flexible avenue for continued education, including specific opportunities for the nurses to obtain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and/or a Master of Science in Nursing degree.
Attending the ceremony from Southern Union State Community College will be Dr. Amelia Pearson, president; Dr. Linda North, dean of Health Sciences; and Rhonda Davis, chair of Nursing.
Representatives from UA scheduled to attend the ceremony, include Dr. Sara Barger, dean of UA’s Capstone College of Nursing, and Dr. Jeanette VanderMeer, assistant professor in the Capstone College of Nursing and coordinator of the program, known as RN Mobility.
Through the use of the Internet, participants can complete the required nursing courses for the BSN degree in one year, without facing the restrictions of being in class on a specific time and day. Instead, RN students have the flexibility of choosing the best time to go online and complete the requirements. Clinical activities are designed on an individual basis, and efforts are made to arrange locations and times convenient to students.
UA’s Capstone College of Nursing has established similar partnerships with 14 Associate Degree in Nursing program sites at community colleges and universities and 10 clinical agencies.
Contact
Shondae Brown, Coordinator of College Relations, Southern Union State Community College, 256/395-2211 ext. 5145, sbrown@suscc.edu
Chris Bryant, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8323, cbryant@ur.ua.edu