Although the College of Health Sciences, the newest college at Sam Houston State University, has only been open for ten months, they are already taking great strides to bring forth new health professionals to take care of future patients.

Dr. Michael Lacourse, the Dean of the College of Health Sciences, stated that the college was officially established in September 2013. The college offers programs such as the school of nursing, which offers a Bachelor’s Degree in nursing only available at SHSU. However, the Dean announced that in September of next year, they will offer what is known as RN to BSN: where students who earned their associate’s and are licensed nurses, can continue their education and earn their Bachelor’s Degree.

“It is important because the nursing profession is moving towards a Bachelor’s degree anyway and a lot of employers, big hospitals, are hiring only Bachelor’s-trained people,” said Dr. Lacourse. “So that program we have is a post-associate’s degree we’ll have in September and then next January we’ll open up our Bachelor’s degree in nursing at The Woodlands campus.”

Many aspiring nurses who live in The Woodlands will be pleased to learn that last piece of news; as it has become harder to commute forty-five minutes to Huntsville from The Woodlands with growing construction and traffic. It will be an easier commute to just attend classes at the SHSU center off of Lonestar Community college’s campus on 242, which is also conveniently near St. Lukes and Memorial Hermann. Lacourse also mentioned that the College of Health Sciences will eventually add Public Heath, Health Care Administration, and Wellness Management programs down there. They are also developing other programs at the graduate level to be offered at The Woodlands location in the near future. click here for complete story