Northern makes changes to 2-year nursing program

A review of Montana State University-Northern's two-year nursing program is in, and some changes by Northern are in the works.

"We're trying to take a program that's done a good job and make it better," Ralph Groseth, assistant to Montana State University president Geoff Gamble, said this morning.

The nursing program will make the changes under new leadership. Nursing faculty member Mary Pappas today took over as interim director of the program. Director Trish Goudie resigned as dean.

The review was requested by Northern after a group of students who failed to pass the two-year program last sp...