A nursing school with Ann Arbor ties survived the 7-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti Tuesday, early reports indicate.

The professional nursing school, Faculty of Nursing Science of the Episcopal University of Haiti, is 20 miles west of Port-au-Prince and 10 miles west of the epicenter of the quake, in the town of Leogane.

Ypsilanti resident Marsha Lane, the executive director of the Ann Arbor-based foundation that helps to fund the school, said Thursday she has received several reports the school survived the quake. She said she also heard its students are assisting droves of people turning to it for help. There are conflicting reports on town's only hospital a mile away; it is either collapsed or standing but cracked, she said.

Ann Arbor resident Ruth Barnard, a University of Michigan associate professor emeritus of nursing, co-founded the school with the support of her church, the First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor, and others. First Presbyterian sends two medical missions to the area each year.

The professional nursing school, Faculty of Nursing Science of the Episcopal University of Haiti, is 20 miles west of Port-au-Prince and 10 miles west of the epicenter of the quake, in the town of Leogane. Early reports indicate it survived the disaster.

Photo courtesy of Haiti Nursing Foundation

The school has 127 students currently and has awarded bachelor of science in nursing to four men and 22 women, the first Haitians to earn a four-year BSN in their own country. In Haiti, there are roughly 11 nurses per 100,000 people.

Juliana Keeping covers higher education for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at julianakeeping@annarbor.com or 734-623-2528. Follow Juliana Keeping on Twitter