Affiliated with the Methodist Church, Dakota Wesleyan University's School of Nursing offers an online RN to BSN degree completion program expressly for nurses who already are licensed to practice in their state of residence, hold an associate degree or diploma from an accredited nursing program and have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 for their previous course work.
El Paso has a strong federal and military presence. William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Biggs Army Airfield, and Fort Bliss call the city home. Fort Bliss is one of the largest military complexes of the United States Army and the largest training area in the United States.
Built in 1858, the fort was designed to protect settlers in the San Luis Valley, then a territory of New Mexico. The parallelogram-shaped fort once housed more than 200 men, including soldiers, volunteers and Kit Carson, the fort's commander at the time. Fort Garland was abandoned in 1883, but survives now as the Fort Garland Museum, a prominent example of Colorado's living history. Here visitors wander the fort's parade grounds and adobe buildings while taking in the some of the region's Hispanic folk art.