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D&E Online Nursing Students Earn President’s, Dean’s List

Davis and Elkins College

ELKINS – Davis & Elkins College’s Division of Adult and Online Learning has released the President’s List and Dean’s List for the fall 2019 RN-BSN rotation. Students pursuing their degree must complete a minimum of 12 semester hours of graded coursework during the rotation with a term grade point average of 4.0 to earn the president’s list or a grade point average of 3.6 to less than 4.0 to earn the dean’s list.

Earning the distinction of president’s list are: Sierra Huffman of Bridgeport; Lisa Jones of Rock Hill, South Carolina; and Abigail Wittig of Troy, Virginia.

Earning the distinction of dean’s list are: Candida Foster of Montrose; Kathryn Spears of Buckhannon; and Teresa Stroud of Clover, South Carolina.

Designed for working RNs, the Davis & Elkins RN-BSN Degree Completion Program offers busy professionals a convenient and efficient way to further their education. All classes are offered online in three, consecutive 16-week rotations. Each rotation is divided into two, eight-week modules, with six or seven credits offered per module session.

Students may enter the program in January, April and August of each year.

For additional information, visit the D&E website at www.dewv.edu or email at online@dewv.edu.

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