During its meeting on May 20, 2011, the North Carolina Board of Nursing granted initial approval for a generic Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing program at Fayetteville State University (FSU).  Students will be admitted to begin prerequisite courses in the fall of 2011 and admitted into the upper division of the nursing curriculum beginning spring 2013.

“I am not only pleased for the many administrators, faculty, and staff who made this happen, but I am also especially happy for the dedicated and hard-working students who were instrumental in helping us achieve  this milestone,”  said FSU Chancellor James A. Anderson.  “This action by the Board of Nursing signifies that they saw the effort and hard work that went into making our nursing program one of which we all can be proud.  We firmly believe that we have the right tools and the right people in place to ensure continued viability of this needed and valuable resource.”

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