FYI: Clark State to take over school of nursing
Clark State Community College will take over the Springfield Regional School of Nursing when Springfield Regional Medical Center moves to its new facility downtown, hospital officials announced Tuesday, Dec. 22.
The 105-year-old school, currently located at the hospital’s High Street campus, will not move to Springfield Regional’s new $235 million campus in 2012. It will instead be absorbed by Clark State, which will rename its nursing program to Clark State Community College Springfield Regional School of Nursing. The name change will honor both the school of nursing and Clark State’s 40-year-old nursing program, said David Devier, Clark State’s vice president of academic and student affairs.
Urbana University, which also presented a proposal to take over the school, will continue to provide educators for the School of Nursing until 2012, said Springfield Regional CEO Mark Wiener.
The hospital will continue to promote Urbana’s undergraduate and graduate programs to its employees, he said. The hospital currently offers tuition assistance to employees who pursue Urbana’s advance degree programs.
“Urbana University provides two critically important programs for our hospital,” he said. “The BSN completion and master’s degree programs are critical to the future success (of the nursing program.)”
Urbana University President Stephen Jones said the university supported the hospital’s decision.
“It’s just one more opportunity for us to work with the hospital and Clark State,” he said.
Clark State’s 2-year-old Sara T. Landess Learning and Technology Center was designed to allow for this kind of growth, Devier said. The college will offer two nursing modules to accommodate the additional students.
While the name and location will change, Wiener said the decision ensures the school will continue in perpetuity.
“This is just another phase in what has been and continues to be a long life for the School of Nursing,” Wiener said. “No organization can have 105 years of success and growth without experiencing change.
“This is an example of that kind of positive change.”
Clark State Community College will take over the Springfield Regional School of Nursing when Springfield Regional Medical Center moves to its new facility downtown, hospital officials announced Tuesday, Dec. 22.
The 105-year-old school, currently located at the hospital’s High Street campus, will not move to Springfield Regional’s new $235 million campus in 2012. It will instead be absorbed by Clark State, which will rename its nursing program to Clark State Community College Springfield Regional School of Nursing. The name change will honor both the school of nursing and Clark State’s 40-year-old nursing program, said David Devier, Clark State’s vice president of academic and student affairs.
Urbana University, which also presented a proposal to take over the school, will continue to provide educators for the School of Nursing until 2012, said Springfield Regional CEO Mark Wiener.
The hospital will continue to promote Urbana’s undergraduate and graduate programs to its employees, he said. The hospital currently offers tuition assistance to employees who pursue Urbana’s advance degree programs.
“Urbana University provides two critically important programs for our hospital,” he said. “The BSN completion and master’s degree programs are critical to the future success (of the nursing program.)”
Urbana University President Stephen Jones said the university supported the hospital’s decision.
“It’s just one more opportunity for us to work with the hospital and Clark State,” he said.
Clark State’s 2-year-old Sara T. Landess Learning and Technology Center was designed to allow for this kind of growth, Devier said. The college will offer two nursing modules to accommodate the additional students.
While the name and location will change, Wiener said the decision ensures the school will continue in perpetuity.
“This is just another phase in what has been and continues to be a long life for the School of Nursing,” Wiener said. “No organization can have 105 years of success and growth without experiencing change.
“This is an example of that kind of positive change.”