SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center recently announced that it offered jobs to 75 of the 83 May 2015 graduates of its College of Nursing and every offer was accepted.
The St. Joseph’s College of Nursing held a graduation ceremony and awards brunch for its new graduates on Sunday, May 17, at the SRC Arena at Onondaga Community College. The associate degree in applied science, with a major in nursing, was conferred on 83 graduates, according to a St. Joseph’s news release.
The organization indicated that the number of job offers it made to these grads was “unprecedented.”
Patricia E. Drea, chief operating officer of Visiting Angels, was the graduation speaker. Joshua Purcell, May 2015 College of Nursing graduate, addressed his class. Ann Marie Walker-Czyz, senior VP for operations, COO/CNO, spoke to the graduates on behalf of the hospital administration.
The St. Joseph’s College of Nursing is accredited by its professional nursing accreditor, the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) and the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center is a nonprofit regional health-care system based in Syracuse, providing services to patients throughout Central New York and northern Pennsylvania.
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