Eastern Michigan University and Washtenaw Community College
(WCC) have signed an articulation agreement that will provide
transfer students the opportunity to complete a nursing
degree at EMU.
"The School of Nursing at EMU is proud to participate
in this partnership with our nursing education colleagues
at WCC," said Betty Beard, director of EMU's School of
Nursing. "This agreement will streamline the process of
admission, articulation and transition for nursing students
who excel in their studies at WCC and want to continue
their higher education by obtaining their baccalaureate
degrees — all in a seamless process. These nurses
will provide nursing care for patients, families and communities
in an increasingly complex health care system."
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NURTURING NURSING: Eastern Michigan University's
School of Nursing and Washtenaw Community
College
recently signed an articulation agreement
that
will provide transfer students the opportunity to
complete a nursing degree at EMU. (above, from left)
Julie Slack, an EMU professor of nursing; Granville
Lee, dean of health and applied technologies at WCC;
EMU President Susan Martin, EMU Provost and
Executive
Vice President Don Loppnow, WCC
Nursing
Department Chair Gloria Velarde, Betty Beard,
director of EMU's School of Nursing; Bette Warren,
EMU's associate vice president of academic programs;
and Deb deLaski-Smith, interim dean of EMU's
College
of Health and Human Services. |
"The signing of the Nursing Transfer agreement symbolizes
the renewing of our partnership with EMU's School of Nursing.
The timing of this agreement couldn't be better. It responds
to the current state of the economy, as well as the current
nursing shortage, by offering a high quality, cost-effective
joint program.
"Clearly, the WCC/EMU Transfer Program will give
nursing students the 'best of both worlds'," said Gloria
A. Velarde, department chair for Nursing and Health Sciences
at WCC."
"This agreement provides another pathway for students
to complete a bachelor's degree in nursing. It's one more
way that our two schools have worked together as partners
to address the local demand for qualified nurses," said
Patricia Cygnar, coordinator of community college relations
for EMU. "The nursing departments at EMU and WCC worked
very hard to put this agreement together and make sure
that students can transfer smoothly without repeating courses
or losing credit."
The agreement, which is effective Sept. 1, 2009,
through Aug. 31, 2012, will allow a student completing
an associate in applied science degree at WCC the ability
to transfer up to 82 credit hours toward a bachelor of
science in nursing at EMU.
EMU will waive the 60-hour rule and require that a minimum
of 42 credit hours must be completed in courses offered
at the four-year college level.
The EMU School of Nursing plans to accept up to 16 WCC
transfer students each year to fill positions in the traditional
nursing program, which have opened up due to attrition.
These will be additional students, over and above those
who have already transferred from WCC's RN program into
EMU's Nursing Completion program, Cygnar said.
For more information, go to http://www.emich.edu/nursing/
