All Gillette College nurses hired from Class of 2023, more than half in Gillette

GILLETTE (WNE) — The Gillette College nursing program graduates continue to find work quickly after earning their degree and more than half of last year’s graduating class remained in Gillette for work.

At a college board meeting Wednesday, Gillette College President Janell Oberlander said “100%” of all 2023 nursing graduates are now working as registered nurses. She updated college board trustees on the job placement rate with numbers provided by Lindsay Wakefield, college dean of health sciences.

Based on those numbers, 15 of the 24 nursing graduates from last May now work at Campbell County Health and 17 are working in Gillette, Oberlander said.

She added that 21 nurses, or 88% of the program’s grads, stayed to work in Wyoming. Seventeen nurses work in Gillette, two were hired in Sundance and two others found work in Sheridan and Newcastle. The remaining three work out of state.

“Our goal and our mission is to train for the industry that we serve here in Campbell County and I think we do a great job with that,” Oberlander said of the program.

The update came after Oberlander gave a brief summary of the college’s recent visits to industry partners, especially those related to the career and technical education programs.

This story was published on March 21, 2024.