Announcements

Winter 2009 Lottery -  November 4, 7- 9 AM, Campus Center Conf. A & B (Updated 9/23/08)

The Winter 2009 Lottery will be held in the Hinson Campus Center, Conference Rooms A & B, on Tuesday, November 4, 2008.  Conference rooms A & B are on the East side of the building, behind the cafeteria.  The doors will open for check-in at 7:00 AM.   Check-in will stop at 7:45 AM to begin the lottery.  All participants must bring a photo ID.  We will not admit late arrivals, so come early.  You will need money to pay for parking if you don't have a parking sticker.

If you attended the last lottery held in the Spring quarter, you didn't need to submit any paperwork to attend this lottery - just show up.  All other people interested in attending this lottery must have sent in an RN application or a Reactivation Form (previous lottery invitees) by the September 15 deadline.  These people will get invitations in the mail about a week before the lottery.

If you are fortunate enough to be selected for the Winter class or as an alternate, you will be expected to attend a mandatory orientation meeting on November 11, from 12:30 - 3:30 PM on campus.

If you cannot attend either the lottery or the orientation meeting, you can send someone as your representative.  Please write a letter stating the name of the person and that they are representing you at the lottery/orientation.  Your representative in the lottery cannot be someone else that is eligible to be selected in the lottery.

Winter Quarter 2009 Applications

(Updated 9/23/08)

The application period was July 15 to September 15. 

Applications are currently being processed.  We expect to mail invitations to the lottery, reject letters, and letters to LVN and Advanced Placement applicants around October 24.  Please do not contact the Nursing Department or the BHES division offices about the status of your application.

RN Refresher Program (Updated 9/02/08)

Applications for the RN Refresher program are not being accepted until further notice on this web site. Nothing has changed for people who have previously been added to a wait list, unless you are notified otherwise.

Academic Council Petitions Submitted after Spring Finals Week (Updated 9/02/08)

Applications for Winter 2009 that depend on Academic Council petitions that have not been approved because they were submitted during the Summer and before the start of the Fall Quarter cannot be submitted for the September 15 deadline.

Academic council petitions to request equivalency for prerequisites for the RN program are reviewed by subject matter experts (full time faculty who teach these classes). Since the faculty are not here during the summer, petitions cannot be processed during summer. Petitions for equivalency for the RN program cannot be processed from the beginning of Finals week of the Spring quarter until the start date of the Fall quarter (9/22).

Immunization Form available(Updated 7/01/08)

Important Admission Requirement Changes Being Considered for Fall 2009(Updated 6/25/08)

We are considering changing our eligibility requirements to use:

1. A weighted formula of different grade point averages that produces a score representing the probability of successfully completing the nursing program.
2. A standardized pre-admission screening test.

We are not considering any changes to the prerequisite classes at this time.

These changes will not apply to those applicants that have or will have already applied successfully to the RN program and have received invitations to the lottery, or LVN Transition and Advanced Placement applicants that have successfully applied and have received letters to meet with the Executive Head of the Nursing Program. All other applicants will be subject to the new entrance requirements.

Please check this nursing web site periodically for further updates with more details. Nursing Program Information Meetings will provide updates when the new requirements are approvide. Online documentation will be updated and the requirements will be announced in advance of the application period in which these changes will take effect.

Spring Quarter 2009 Applications

(Updated 3/14/08)

No RN Program Applications will be permitted for Spring 2009. This is to give the large pool of existing lottery candidates a higher probability of being selected. We will be accepting LVN Transition and Advanced Placement Applications because such candidates do not participate in the lottery. The application period is November 15 to January 15.