Greetings from the MNSF board!

This is the time of the year we reach back out to our incredible island wide team to ask for your support again. We had another successful year as a Nursing Program at UHMC and the community of nurses here on Maui continues to care for us all!

This year saw the University of Hawaii Board of Regents approve the Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing degree for UH Maui College, and we look forward to greeting our first BSN cohort in August 2026! This is a historic gain for the future healthcare of Maui County and we are thankful for the community support that made this happen. The degree will take the prelicensure nursing degree from an Associate program with 73 credits to a Bachelor’s degree requiring 120 credits. The increase in content and rigor mirrors the ever-growing complexity these new nurses will face. It will also mean they will have a huge challenge on their hands and we want to be there to support them!

In preparation for this we have instituted a set of remarkable curriculum innovations including joining a national organization with the goal of teaching and measuring practice readiness. We also moved into our new simulation lab, after completing the state-of-the-art control room, and we have upgraded our skills labs to make the learning environments more congruent with real life practice.

Please consider donating to Maui Nurses Scholarship Foundation and be a part of this incredible work to support those who care for us now and will in the future.