The Anderson University Pathologists’ Assistant Program received a full five-year accreditation from the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS). This accreditation ensures that students enrolled in the Pathologists’ Assistant Program in the Anderson University School of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences are eligible for board certification.
According to Pathologists’ Assistant Program Director and Assistant Professor Julie Bostick MHS, PA (ASCP) CM, HTL, since the program launched in 2022, there have been 15 graduates, all of whom were successfully placed in jobs. She adds that 13 students are in the second year of clinical rotations across the U.S., and an additional fourteen students are currently in the first didactic year on the Bearwood campus, home of the School of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences.
“Completion of a successful site visit in April of 2025 allowed the accreditors to experience the great hospitality that AU has to offer its students. They saw firsthand evidence of the great academics presented to our students, as well as the great purpose our Path A program guides our students toward,” Bostick said. “It is the prayer of our program that, through our team’s great faith in Jesus, our students will leave better than when they began and seeds that have been planted at AU will grow and flourish in their careers.”
Bostick praised faculty and staff members Amy Nelson, Hannah Reilly, Vanessa Furtick, Nenna Igwe and Katie Wolfe-Burleson for their role in this accreditation achievement.
Dean of the Anderson University College of Health Professions and Professor of Health Care Administration and Human Services, Dr. Donald Peace, said, “I am profoundly pleased with Professor Julie Bostick and her team’s masterful navigation of NAACLS accreditation, culminating in five-year initial approval for our Pathologists’ Assistant program. Their patience and deep grasp of this accreditation organizations rules and regulations have yielded this triumphant milestone.”
The Pathologists’ Assistant program is offered through the Anderson University College of Health Professions. Details about the program can be found online here.
