WILSON, Pa. - The first class will graduate this week from a newly formed nursing school in Wilson Borough.
Diadem Nursing Institute and Allied Health offer programs to become a certified nurse assistant or a home health aide.
Five students will graduate Friday from the school founded by Doris Ezomo. She immigrated to the U.S. from Nigeria 25 years ago, became a nurse and professor. Later she used her own money to get Diadem Nursing Institute off the ground.
The school’s business advisor, Thomas Stine, works closely with the Ezomo.
He explains: “She said, I feel deep obligation to pay this forward. She said, `I never would have dreamed in my life I could have the life that I have here and in New Jersey and Pennsylvania where I'm finding this business and as you said, I know I know I can pay this forward for a whole lot of young people.’”
The school at 301 S. 22nd St., near Easton Hospital, offers four and six-week certification courses. Program participants are eligible for reimbursement from CareerLink. The next semester will start in the fall.
