SALINA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Wesleyan University is trying to ensure that its nursing students are considered graduates of an accredited nursing program as it transitions from one accreditation program to another.

In mid-March, Wesleyan withdrew from the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, days before the commission voted on the renewing the Salina school’s accreditation. Wesleyan is in the process of being accredited through the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, which can take two years.

Wesleyan has asked the ACEN to consider this year’s senior nursing students as graduating from an accredited program, which can be important to employment or graduate school. The ACEN declined to comment on whether the request will be approved.

The Salina Journal reports Wesleyan also is trying to help junior students transfer to other nursing programs.