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A health provider and educator with more than 30 years of experience, Hackwith will serve as a liaison to �ڰ������� clinical education partners, and assist the �ڰ������� School of Nursing with curriculum development, student advising and faculty leadership for its accredited nursing program.

“Having come to nursing as a second bachelor-degree student, I’m keenly aware of both the opportunities and challenges of the accelerating nursing student, and enthusiastic to support the students and faculty of this important program,” Hackwith said.

 �ڰ������� offers the state’s only accelerated Bachelor of Science degree in nursing, a three-semester program based on the �ڰ�������-Meridian campus. To enter the program, students must hold a bachelor’s degree in another discipline and complete prerequisites.

A board-certified nurse practitioner since 2004, Hackwith holds a doctorate in nursing practice and a Family Nurse Practitioner post-graduate certificate from Frontier Nursing University in Hyden, Kentucky. She earned a master’s degree in nursing at Case Western University, and bachelor’s degrees in nursing and psychology at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Hackwith assumed her new position Nov. 2. Before joining �ڰ�������, she was clinical coordinator for Boise State University’s School of Nursing and was on the nursing faculty at University of Nebraska Medical Center and adjunct faculty at Gonzaga University.