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  • New Career-Ready Program Lets High Schoolers Begin Nursing Degree Early

    August 19th, 2025

    Galen College of Nursing and Norton Healthcare expanded their partnership to launch the Career-Ready Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) Program, offering high school seniors in Jefferson, Bullitt, and Oldham counties the opportunity to begin their nursing education while completing their high school diplomas.

  • Galen College of Nursing Adds New Director of Campus Safety

    August 14th, 2025

    Galen College of Nursing is proud to welcome Michael Stansbury as its inaugural Director of Campus Safety—a role designed to transform how we think about safety in a healthcare-focused academic environment. Stansbury recently retired as the Special Agent in Charge of the Louisville FBI Field Office.

  • Galen College of Nursing and HCA Florida Healthcare Celebrate Grand Opening of New Orlando Campus

    July 15th, 2025

    Galen College of Nursing and HCA Florida Healthcare Celebrate Grand Opening of New Orlando Campus Galen College of Nursing, a proud affiliate of HCA Florida Healthcare, is making quality nursing education more accessible in Central Florida with the grand opening of its new campus in Orlando. The new campus is the latest addition to Galen’s
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    Galen Student Honored for Saving Hobby Lobby Employee 

    May 13th, 2025

    Andrea Grant, a BSN student at Galen College of Nursing in Austin, Texas and nurse at HCA Healthcare’s St. David’s South Austin Medical Center, is being hailed as a hero after her quick thinking and lifesaving action helped save a woman’s life in a Texas Hobby Lobby. What began as a routine outing turned into
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Black History Month: Reflection and Responsibility with Dr. Ruby Alvarez

Black History Month invites us to look both backward and forward, honoring the past while taking responsibility for the future. In an essay for the Organization of Associate Degree Nursing, Galen Orlando Dean Dr. Ruby Alvarez shares a deeply personal and professional reflection on what this centennial year of Black history observances means for nursing, education, and community leadership across the nation. Her words remind us that progress is sustained through learning, partnership, and purposeful action.

As we honor Black History, we must also strengthen our commitment to equity, dignity, and inclusive leadership in the future.

Read Dr. Alvarez’s OADN Voices essay today. In addition to her role as Dean, Dr. Alvarez serves as Director, Southeast Region for the OADN.

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