Commencement Addresses Nursing Shortage
NEW ORLEANS – One hundred thirty-nine students from five LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans professional health schools will graduate during its Fall Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, December 14, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. at the Jung Hotel, 1500 Canal Street. Graduates include students from LSU Health New Orleans’ schools of Allied Health Professions, Nursing, Public Health, Graduate Studies, and Medicine. Dr. Steve Nelson, LSU Health New Orleans Interim Chancellor, will preside over the ceremony. Mr. James Williams of the LSU Board of Supervisors will deliver the Commencement Address and confer degrees.
“As the state’s most comprehensive health university, LSU Health New Orleans educates Louisiana’s health care providers, research scientists, educators and other health professionals,” notes Dr. Steve Nelson, Interim Chancellor. “Nursing students represent 74% of our graduates this December. As our graduates enter the health care workforce, they will immeasurably improve the quality of life throughout Louisiana.”
The Fall Commencement Ceremony will bring the total number of degrees and certificates awarded by LSU Health New Orleans since its founding to 44,654.
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