Dawn Hales fulfills lifelong dream of earning BSN, graduating from Iowa State
05/04/2020
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Despite a spring semester unlike any Iowa State has seen due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dawn Hales is ecstatic about getting her bachelor of science in nursing (BSN). It’s been a dream of hers for years.
Hales’ husband John, their three sons and their sons’ wives are all ISU alumni.
“I wanted to be an Iowa State grad and I wanted to get my BSN, so when they started the nursing program it was a win-win for me,” she said.
Iowa State’s nursing program has been flexible with her busy schedule, which includes being the director of nursing at Accura Healthcare in Ames, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center. Iowa State’s second cohort of nurses graduates this spring.
Read the full ISU News Service Story.
Key contacts
Dawn Hales, nursing student, dehales@iastate.edu
Chelsea Davis, ISU News Service, 515-294-4778, chelsead@iastate.edu