New Braunfels Edition | September 2025

BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN

Northeast Lakeview College now oering nursing program

Northeast Lakeview College is now oering an Associate of Applied Science in Nursing program to the number of courses it oers. The overview The nursing program, which was added in August, will have 30 students admitted. In January 2024, Executive Director of Nursing Crystal Saulsberry wrote the proposal and in November of that same year she presented it to the Texas Board of Nursing. The Associate of Applied Science in Nursing program is a 2-year, 4-semester, 60-credit hour program. The program consists of clinical and face-to-face lectures, Saulsberry said. “It also involves simulation which is really great for students because it has that real world aspect,” she said. Saulsberry said students were very excited about the program.

“I’m really excited to present this to the commu- nity,” she said. The need One of the biggest issues along the Northeast corridor is lack of healthcare, and the healthcare that is available is in the private sector which can be more expensive for students, Northeast Lakev- iew College President Veronica Garcia said. “We knew that there was a high demand need for nurses ... but we also needed an option where they could get high quality education at an aord- able price,” Garcia said. Quote of note Saulsberry said University Health Retama Hos- pital is going to open at the same time as the com- munity college’s rst cohort will be graduating. “It’ll be great to have our students who live in the community work in the community,” she said.

The Associate of Applied Science in Nursing program consists of clinical and face-to-face lectures.

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