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July 13, 2016

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SHELTON STATE RESPIRATORY THERAPY PROGRAM RECEIVES CONTINUED ACCREDITATION

Tuscaloosa, Alabama – At its June 2016 meeting, the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) voted to confer continuing accreditation to the AAS Degree Entry into Respiratory Care Professional Practice Program at Shelton State Community College (SSCC).

The review conducted by CoARC recognized the program’s compliance with nationally established accreditation standards and commended SSCC’s program for its participation in programmatic accreditation and “commitment to continuous quality improvement in education.”

“We have worked diligently over the last several years to restructure the respiratory therapy program in order to provide quality education to respiratory therapy students in our service area,” says Riva McAlpine, SSCC Respiratory Therapy Program Director. “We are grateful to our practice partners who worked along with us in this 

endeavor, and we will continue toward the goal of making this a premiere program serving West Alabama and the surrounding areas.”

For more information on SSCC’s respiratory therapy program, visit sheltonstate.edu.

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