Grove City College announced the appointment of Janey Roach as the first director of its new Charles Jr. and Betty Johnson School of Nursing.

Roach, who has extensive experience as a nurse, educator and administrator, will oversee the college's newest academic school and direct and implement the newly established Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program, which will welcome its first class of students in fall 2020.

Roach earned doctor of nursing practice, clinical specialist and Master of Science in nursing education degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Kent State University. She comes to Grove City College from University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Schools of Nursing, where she was director of faculty affairs at Shadyside School of Nursing. She previously served on the faculty of UPMC's St. Margaret Hospital School of Nursing as a clinical instructor in nursing education and research at UPMC Presbyterian and as a nurse and manager in a variety of medical settings, including acute care, home care, intensive care, hospital, surgical and specialty practices.

Grove City College's BSN program is a private-public partnership with Butler County Community College that offers students liberal arts and sciences education from Grove City College and accredited technical and clinical professional training through BC3.

Students will live on campus and attend classes at Grove City College in the first and fourth years of the program. In the second and third years, they will attend classes at both institutions, with formal nursing classes and professional placement through BC3's Shaffer School of Nursing and Allied Health. At the end of the third year, students take state exams and are expected to begin working in the field as they complete their fourth year. Grove City College is donating $500,000 in a multiyear gift to BC3 for construction of the Victor K. Phillips Nursing and Allied Health building, which is expected to open in fall 2022.

Janey Roach