MORGANTOWN, W.Va (WDTV) - By February, the WVU Medicine Center for Nursing Education (CNE) will move into the WVU Innovation Corporation complex, taking over the former location of Milan Pharmaceutical Plant. The CNE is a hospital-based nursing school and registered nursing diploma program, established because of the nurse shortage. Fortunately, there wasn’t a shortage of applicants. When the application period closed on October 1st, 653 people had expressed interest in joining the initial 24-student cohort for the 21-month program. Albert Wright jr, President and CEO of WVU Health System, is credited with the idea of bringing CNE to Morgantown and he’s thrilled with the level of interest already shown for the program.