This news was celebrated in Berkshire Community College's SIM lab on Monday with legislators, students, and staff. College President Ellen Kennedy explained that the new program allows students to attend nursing and pre-nursing programs for free.
McCann Technical School celebrated 24 practical nursing program students Tuesday and wished them well, acknowledging the many lives they will impact in their careers.
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts new bachelor of nursing program was given an official launch on Thursday afternoon with a crowd of education officials and lawmakers.
The program will be open to sophomores attending MCLA; this first year will be a "pre-nursing" program for first-years during which they will take courses designed to prepare them for nursing or other health/science fields.
Berkshire Community College honored the first graduates of its January nursing program on Thursday evening in a pinning ceremony held in the college's Boland Theatre.
Neal credited part of Berkshire Medical Center's high-quality care to its link with BCC, which provides hands-on experience to medical professionals in training.
BCC’s nursing program is a sequence of lectures, skill development, laboratory and clinical courses. Graduates are eligible to take the licensing examination to become registered nurses. In Berkshire County, nurses are in high demand.