Had to post this one...... http://www.thejackonline.org/news/nu...port-1.2424102

The beleaguered nursing program at Humboldt State is again fighting for life, after school administrators announced spring enrollment for the program will be cancelled. Twenty incoming students were told their entry to the university has been cancelled.

The announcement came after the program was saved from elimination last spring, despite the Academic Senate's advisory to cut it. Nursing students said they were told the chair and director of the nursing department, Martha Libster, resigned just days before the announcement of the admissions cancellation.

"No program on campus can run without a director," nursing student Katie Small said. She and others are concerned the nursing program will be shuttered altogether.

The university is in talks with the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education and the state Board of Registered Nursing about the future of the program.

Humboldt's nursing program is unique in its focus on teaching holistic and rural nursing. It is also California's only baccalaureate nursing program north of Sonoma County. It serves the North Coast while drawing students from around the country.

"This is one of the only holistic nursing programs around. It's one of the most unique in the country," said nursing student Lyndsey Craddock. She said she moved from Chicago for HSU's program.

This is part of the reason the university is sinking time and money into resuscitating the program.

"We've worked hard to turn this program around, providing it with resources and support, but the program remains in crisis," Provost Robert Snyder said in a university release.

The statement also said the university authorized funds for two new faculty members, but the search for them has yet to begin.

Lydia Evers, the admissions processor for nursing, said there is still hope for the program. The admissions freeze is only for spring. Evers said nursing is still taking applications for the fall 2011 semester, despite the uncertainty.