Here are six stories about nursing school contributions Becker’s covered this year:
1. Darren and Terry Jackson, an alumni couple of Marquette University in Milwaukee, donated $31 million to fund scholarship and diversity efforts at the university’s nursing program, according to a Feb. 4 news release.
2. Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center in April received a $3.8 million grant from the Bower Foundation to fund graduate nursing education in an effort to boost nurse educators. Scholarships will be awarded to incoming RN-to-MSN students in 2022 and 2023.
3. On April 30, Bill and Joanne Conway committed $20 million in scholarship support for 160 Catholic University nursing students at Washington, D.C.-based Conway School of Nursing.
4. Ochsner Health and Terrebonne General Health System in June announced they’re each investing $1 million in the expansion of nursing and other health programs at Schriever, La.-based Fletcher Technical Community College.
5. In June, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s nursing school in Memphis received a three-year, $1.5 million grant from HHS to expand a training and certification program on caring for patients who experienced sexual assault.
6. Green Bay-based Northeast Wisconsin Technical College received a $1.8 million grant from HHS to boost diversity among nursing students in September.
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