On May 14, Pueblo Community College will graduate nine students from its first bachelor of science in nursing program. The degree program came about after the Colorado General Assembly passed legislation in 2018 which allowed community colleges across the state to offer bachelor's degrees in nursing. The bill was in response to the increasing demand for nurses across Colorado and the shortage of bachelor's level nurses in the state. One of the nine graduates of PCC's bachelor's in nursing program, Robert Wright, will be able to use his bachelor's to move up at Parkview Health System where he works as a registered nurse (RN) in the cardio-thoracic surgery department.