Nursing Admissions-Retention Counselor

Carla M. Porter serves as the department’s Academic Counselor. Before joining the Lone Star College-North Harris team, Ms. Porter worked for five years as a recruiter and advisor for Blinn College’s Technical and Workforce Education Division, which includes several Allied Health programs. Carla is available to assist potential students with admission requirements, new students with orientation activities, current students with study skills and remediation activities, and finishing students with graduation requirements

Carla is located in the Winship Building, Room 107C, and can be contacted by phone at 281-618-5750 or by e-mail at carla.m.porter@lonestar.edu. Because of the volume of students Carla serves, it is recommended that you become familiar with the program’s website in addition to attending one of the scheduled information sessions before scheduling a time to visit in person; however, Carla will see students on a walk-in basis as time allows.

The Nursing Depts at Lone Star College System have eliminated the policy limiting the number of attempts on Biology courses (A&P I and II, and Microbiology). If you have taken any of the required Biology courses more than two times in the last 5 years, you are eligible to apply at Kingwood and Lone Star College–CyFair for their September 14 deadline. You can also apply at Lone Star College-North Harris (or any other NHMCC) in Spring 2008 and beyond. The Biology courses must still be completed within 5 years of application (or updated via a refresher). This also applies to the Vocational Nursing programs, check with the campus that offers that program for application deadlines.

The 2009 application and testing period for the Associate Degree Nursing programs at Lone Star College-North Harris will begin on January 12, 2009. Applications will be due on March 2, 2009. Please visit the nursing dept homepage for more information.

Meeting the minimum requirements will not be enough to secure a spot in our nursing program. If you are a new student just starting to work on your prerequisites or if you are unclear about our requirements, I strongly encourage you to attend an information session as soon as possible.

I will be on campus from 8:30-4:00pm Monday through Friday (other times by appt). You can request an appointment by email but an appointment is not required. Although I am on campus Monday through Friday, I am called away to handle business in other offices and to attend meetings. I also take lunch around noon.