St. Thomas University on Wednesday announced the creation of a new nursing college and two more advanced nursing degrees while projecting STU will soon become the third-largest nursing school in Florida.
STU's skyrocketing nursing enrollment, including 1,000 students just since the 2020-21 academic year, is spurring the university to launch the STU College of Nursing. Currently, the university's nursing programs are a part of STU's College of Health Sciences & Technology.
A total of 1,600 students attend STU's nursing program, which the university only began in 2017 with 13 students. From 2004 to 2017, STU offered a 2+2 transfer program in which students completed their first two years of required nursing classes at St. Thomas before transferring to the University of Miami's nursing school.
STU President David A. Armstrong, J.D., has prioritized growing the university's nursing program since taking office in the fall 2018 semester. At the start of the fall 2024 semester, Armstrong and STU's leadership team hired Nashat "Nash" Abualhaija, Ph.D., RN, to serve as dean of STU's soon-to-be-created nursing college.
"St. Thomas University is becoming one of Florida's top nursing schools because our education is rooted in teaching students to be caring, compassionate, ethical leaders," President Armstrong said. "The growth of STU's nursing school is a product of the people we produce – community caregivers who save lives and put patients and public service above all else."
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