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TWU expands program that streamlines path to nursing degree

Texas Woman’s University is expanding an innovative nursing program that provides a direct path through the nursing ranks under a partnership with Alvin Community College in Houston, decreasing costs and shortening the time to a bachelor’s degree.

Nursing alumnae help save New York

While many Texans have not seen the effects of COVID-19 up close, Courtney Waddle (BS ’12) and Maybelle Anderson (BS ’12) signed up for it. The registered nurses joined three other colleagues to travel to the epicenter of COVID-19 in the United States: New York City, where infections number more than 10 times that of the entire state of Texas.

Nursing students find reward in COVID-19 response

The phone call Douglas Schwartz took from the frantic woman earlier this spring was unsettling to say the least. The woman had lost a portion of a lung to a previous disease, was startled by symptoms she was experiencing as the COVID-19 pandemic was spreading, and she was caring for six children.

Nursing student finds career close to heart

Texas Woman’s nursing student Nimreh Warsi can vividly recall the day her father had a heart attack.

Blended program fast tracks nurses

Alexis Jennings is taking a big leap toward her dream job of becoming a chief nursing officer this spring by earning a bachelor’s degree in less time that it took many of her peers.