Negros Oriental State University has 21 new nurses, after passing the recently-conducted Nursing Licensure Examination given in December 2010. The national passing rate is 35.25 percent.{{more}}
NORSU President Dr. Henry A. Sojor said this is the second batch of nursing graduates who gave a 100 percent rating for NORSU. The first batch, composed of 17 examinees, gave the first 100 percent imprint for the state university.
In pharmacy, NORSU also got a 100 percent passing rating. All three examinees: Francis Arnel A. Flores of Dumaguete City, Mark Griffin R. Gadayan of Bayawan City, and Mary Joy Papasin of Cebu passed the Pharmacy Licensure Examination held on Jan. 24-25, 2011 in Cebu City. The national passing rate is 50.05 percent.
Sojor sent his congratulations to Dr. Dalisay Magtolis- Dumalag, dean of the College of Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy & Allied Health Sciences, and the faculty for their efforts in making NORSU a top performing academic institution.