{"id":304446,"date":"2014-06-17T11:45:07","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T16:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=304446"},"modified":"2014-06-18T11:34:53","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T16:34:53","slug":"utt-kc-launch-nursing-degree-partnership-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=304446","title":{"rendered":"UTT, KC Launch Nursing Degree Partnership Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_9840-drmabry-nursing\"<\/a>KILGORE – As part of a recent partnership initiative designed to expand opportunities for student success in the Gregg County area, The University of Texas at Tyler and Kilgore College have launched the Roadmap to Success Program. \u201cOur nursing program at the Longview University Center and Kilgore College\u2019s nursing program have been strong partners for many years. We are excited to announce the next phase of collaboration, which will help high school students transition seamlessly from Kilgore College to the bachelor\u2019s degree nursing program at UT Tyler’s Longview University Center,\u201d said UT Tyler President Rodney H. Mabry. <\/p>\n

Nursing is the first discipline in this program, and students will be guided from dual credit high school programs to the sophomore year at Kilgore College and through bachelor\u2019s degree completion with UT Tyler. \u201cWe developed the Roadmap to Success-Nursing program in response to the desires and needs of the citizens of Longview and Gregg County,” added Mabry. “Students following this plan will be able to earn a bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing without leaving Gregg County. In fact, a great majority of the course work will be completed right here in Longview.\u201d <\/p>\n

The two institutions are working together to explicitly outline the courses to take at each institution to earn an associate and bachelor\u2019s degree in the most efficient and affordable way possible, according to officials. \u201cWe\u2019ve been in a detailed discussion for a long time about the linkage between the two institutions to ensure that students can seamlessly transition to the UT Tyler BSN Program after completing their nursing prerequisite coursework at KC,\u201d Kilgore College President Dr. Bill Holda said.<\/p>\n

Nursing is the fastest growing occupation in the country, and nurses make up the majority of the health care industry, according to a UTT news release. Officials say that number is increasing, and according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there will be 581,500 more nursing jobs by 2018. \u201cWe are extremely excited about the opportunity that this program offers our students. It is outstanding that students can pursue the Bachelor of Nursing degree while being able to stay close to home,\u201d said Cindy Gabehart, Pine Tree High School principal (pictured with Dr. Mabry).<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile this partnership will greatly benefit the students of Longview, it also has the potential to help every student whose high school offers dual-credit courses provided by Kilgore College. Our efforts will demonstrate that collaboration between high schools, community colleges and universities is possible and the result will be expanded opportunities for our graduates,\u201d Holda said. Visit http:\/\/www.uttyler.edu\/luc\/kilgore\/nursing<\/a> for more information. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KILGORE – As part of a recent partnership initiative designed to expand opportunities for student success in the Gregg County area, The University of Texas at Tyler and Kilgore College have launched the Roadmap to Success Program. \u201cOur nursing program at the Longview University Center and Kilgore College\u2019s nursing program have been strong partners for … Continue reading UTT, KC Launch Nursing Degree Partnership Program<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-304446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-11 08:34:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=304446"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304450,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304446\/revisions\/304450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=304446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=304446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=304446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}