COURTESY OF STEFANIE LA MANNA
Nursing students from Hodges University attend the pinning ceremony at NSU’s Fort Myers Campus.
When Hodges University in Fort Myers announced its permanent closure in August 2023, Stefanie La Manna, NSU’s dean of the Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing, welcomed 12 students in to ensure they would still graduate on time.
“They were going for their bachelor’s of science in nursing. They had two semesters left and their university closed down,” La Manna said. “That’s when I stepped in and I worked with the provost of the university that closed.”
They had their nursing pinning ceremony on Aug. 14 at the NSU Fort Myers campus. Chitra Paul Victor, department chair of Undergraduate Programs and associate professor in the College of Nursing, said accepting the students was a new adventure for the dean.
“They’re very good, hardworking students. They’re very grateful to the faculty, College of Nursing, especially the dean. If we did not take them, there’s no way they would have graduated,” Paul Victor said.
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