Bertelsmann Education Group | Phoenix, 04/13/2023

Alliant Opens A New Nursing School In Phoenix

Alliant International University has opened its ninth campus, the School of Nursing and Health Sciences in Phoenix, Arizona, where students can earn their Bachelor of Science in Nursing or Master of Science in Nursing: Direct-Entry. The idea is to combine academic excellence with hands-on training and experience. The opening attracted a great deal of media interest.

On March 30, Alliant International University, part of the Bertelsmann Education Group, celebrated the opening of its new School of Nursing & Health Services in Phoenix, the capital of the U.S. state of Arizona. During the event, guests from the local political, business and cultural community gained a first-hand impression of the state-of-the-art facilities at Alliant’s first nursing school. Numerous media, including three of the city’s four local TV stations and all of Arizona’s major print and online media, attended the opening and reported extensively on it afterwards. “We were pleasantly surprised at how much attention opening a health sciences campus received from the local media and politicians,” said Andy Vaughn, President and CEO of Alliant. “This positive reaction further affirms our move into this area of training.”

In a live report, TV channel Fox 10 took its viewers on a tour of what the reporter called a “state-of-the-art” facility, and conducted interviews with Vaughn as well as Sherrie Palmieri, Dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences. The School of Nursing, which offers the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and Master of Science in Nursing: Direct-Entry (MSN-DE) degree programs, will start with 48 students in September, as Andy Vaughn explained in the report. He expects this number to grow to several hundred within the next two years.

According to the Fox 10 report, last year there were over 5,500 nursing vacancies in Maricopa County alone (Phoenix is in Maricopa County). “We see Phoenix as the fastest-growing city in the country, and a city that’s in desperate need of nurses and other health sciences professions,” said Vaughn. The School of Nursing & Health Services is centrally located in Phoenix’s business district, in the former Park Central Mall, the city’s first shopping center, which is now home to several businesses.

At the new Alliant site, nursing students can expect a qualification model that pairs scholarship with practice. They will study in state-of-the-art facilities with a variety of simulation labs, fully equipped classrooms, and the latest technological tools. In providing training, the School of Nursing and Health Sciences also collaborates with several Alliant partners, including hospitals and leading healthcare facilities in Phoenix. This will enable students to gain hands-on experience in a variety of specialties, including critical care, mental health care, long-term care, and pediatrics.

The School of Nursing and Health Sciences is the latest addition to Alliant’s network of schools of professional practice, which also includes the California School of Professional Psychology and the California School of Education. The Phoenix campus is the ninth Alliant campus overall - joining locations such as San Diego, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.