Thursday, October 1, 2026
South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC) celebrated the first graduating class of the Evening & Weekend Nursing Program.
The program is the only full-time evening and weekend nursing option in the area.
The college announced on April 8 the graduation of the first cohort is a milestone that “marks a major step forward in expanding access to nursing education and addressing the region’s critical (health care) workforce shortage.”
The program was launched in 2024 to meet the needs of working adults and caregivers, and was expected to increase the college’s potential to graduate around 60 nursing professionals annually.
“We are incredibly proud of this first graduating class and all they’ve accomplished,” said Marriya Wright, Dean of Allied Health at SPSCC, in a statement included in the announcement.
“These students demonstrated remarkable commitment, resilience, and compassion, balancing rigorous coursework with work and family responsibilities. Their success reflects not only their dedication, but the strength and promise of this evening and weekend pathway to a nursing career."
The college stated that it looks forward to continuing to educate and train compassionate, skilled nurses who will serve other individuals throughout the South Sound region.
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HeikeSypeck
Congratulations to these hard-working individuals and best of luck for their future endeavors.
As happy I am to hear about this program, I am continuing to be disappointed in the way the USA is handling its severe healthcare workforce shortage, which has been ongoing and will continue to long into the future. Like in Europe it should finally offer free schooling and training, and as soon hands-on training is started, a salary should get paid to the person. America should finally stop treating their young students and workers like slaughter lambs that need to be bleed dry just for universities and colleges to rake in the money. Those students are our future and this country ought to support them. That would probably help end a lot of the worker shortages we are faced with in every area.
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Therese
Congratulations! It is a lot to study towards a nursing degree while working and caregiving.
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HappyOlympian
Glorious!
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