Paige Baade has been hired as the nursing director at Dakota College at Bottineau.

Baade served as the interim director for the past three months and has been a nursing faculty member at the Dakota College in Valley City site since November 2018. She holds a bachelor of science degree in nursing and a master of science degree in nursing education from Presentation College in Aberdeen, S.D.

Baade has been employed in a number of health care positions including a certified nurse assistant, medical laboratory technician, registered nurse, and nurse educator. As a nurse educator, she has experience teaching in the lab and clinical settings, in the classroom as a didactic instructor, and online.

Dakota College at Bottineau is one of four colleges which make up the Dakota Nursing Consortium. Currently, Dakota College offers practical nursing (PN) and associate degree nurse (ADN) programs in in Bottineau, Minot, and Valley City. Plans are underway to offer a PN program in Jamestown starting Fall 2022.