BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

JOANN M. BAKER, DNP, MSN, RN, FNP Instructional Director Nursing Delaware Technical Community College Dover Delaware

HOLLE K. CALDWELL, PHD, RN Dean, School of Nursing Platt College Aurora, Colorado

AMY M. HALL, PhD, RN, CNE Chair and Professor, Nursing and Health Sciences University of Evansville Evansville, Indiana

JANE E. JUNE, PHD, DNP, RN Dean of Healthcare Quinsigamond Community College Worcester Massachusetts

GEORGIA MCDUFFIE, PHD, MA, RN Chair and Professor, Nursing Department Medgar Evers College Brooklyn, New York

CATHERINE MCJANNET, MN, RN, CEN Director of Nursing & Health Occupations Programs Southwestern College San Diego, California

DEBBIE J. RAHN, EOD, MSN, RN, FABC Director Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences Reading, Pennsylvania

VIVIAN M. YATES, PHD, RN, CNS Dean of Nursing Cuyahoga Community College Cleveland, Ohio

KATHLEEN ZAJIC, EDD, MSN, RN Chair, Division of Health Professions College of Saint Mary Omaha, Nebraska

NURSING SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES

JESSICA ESTES, DNP. APRN-NP Chief Executive Officer Estes Behavioral Health, LLC Lewisport, Kentucky

RAQUEL PASARON, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC ARNP/Pediatric Surgery Liaison Miami Children's Hospital Miami, Florida

MARY JEAN VICKERS, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC Director of Nursing Practice and Education University of Minnesota Medical Center and University of Minnesota Masonic Hospital Minneapolis, Minnesota

PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES

ANDREW WALKER FULP Dean, Educational Technology Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah, Georgia

JOHN H. RUSSELL. PhD St. Augustine, Florida

This letter is formal notification of the action taken by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) at its meeting on July 20-21, 2017. Please be advised that the Board of Commissioners voted to make all Spring 2017 Accreditation Cycle decisions based on the ACEN 2017 Standards and Criteria, as applicable. The Board of Commissioners granted initial accreditation to the clinical doctorate nursing program and scheduled the next evaluation visit for Spring 2022. The details of the accreditation visit and the decision put forth by the Board of Commissioners have been sent to the program's nurse administrator.

Congratulations on this outstanding achievement! We look forward to continued successes for your nursing program. On behalf of the Board of Commissioners, we thank you and your colleagues for your commitment to quality nursing education. If you have questions about this action or about ACEN policies and procedures, please contact me.

Sincerely,

Marsal P. Stoll, EdD, MSN Chief Executive Officer