North Central Kansas Technical College Hays campus nursing program chair Sandra Gottschalk recently was selected to serve as a program evaluator for the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing.

The college announced the designation in a news release Friday.

Experienced educators and clinicians are selected to serve as program evaluators. Their role is to help ensure quality nursing education for all nursing students in accredited programs. To become familiar with the duties associated with the evaluator role,  Gottschalk will attend a Program Evaluator Forum in Atlanta in February.

ACEN is the entity responsible for the specialized accreditation of nursing education programs, both postsecondary and higher degree, which offer either a certificate, a diploma or a recognized professional degree.

NCK Tech’s registered nurse and practical nurse programs earned the Kansas State Board of Nursing Certificate of Excellence in 2013. KSBN confers the award to the state nursing programs that exceed the national pass rate for first-time test takers.

For more, visit www.ncktc.edu.