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TWU to address nursing faculty shortage with $500,000 federal
grant and $90,000 in matching funds from Presbyterian Hospital
of Denton
05/19/06
DENTON —
Texas Woman’s University’s College of Nursing
recently was awarded a $507,688 federal grant to address the
national nursing faculty shortage. Presbyterian Hospital of
Denton also has contributed $90,000 in matching funds to help
TWU recruit students for the university’s doctoral nursing
program.
The federal funds,
to be awarded over a three-year period by the Department of
Education’s Graduate Assistants in Areas of National
Need (GAANN) program, will enable TWU to recruit, financially
support, educate and mentor four doctoral nursing students
who plan on becoming nursing professors. Selected participants
will be enrolled at TWU as full-time students, attend the
university year-round and will have their tuition and fees
covered through the grant.
“These fellows
will be known as Denton Presbyterian Nurse Scholars and will
be eligible for up to $30,000 annually in stipends, thanks
to the matching funds generously given to TWU by Presbyterian
Hospital of Denton,” said Dr. Marcia Hern, dean of TWU’s
College of Nursing.
Presbyterian Hospital
of Denton Chief Nursing Officer Sharon K. Dingman said, “This
collaboration between academia and the service setting will
enhance the learning of the fellows, TWU faculty and the hospital
nursing staff, as they participate collaboratively on projects
and attend research seminars.”
Hospital CEO Stan
Morton said, “Presbyterian Hospital of Denton is very
pleased that we can continue to build on our relationship
with the TWU College of Nursing by providing these matching
funds. With this opportunity to work together we will provide
the doctoral students a hospital environment to further their
educational experience.”
“One of the
factors contributing to the national nursing shortage is the
lack of qualified faculty available to educate students who
want to become nurses,” Dr. Sally Northam, former TWU
associate nursing professor and writer of the grant proposal,
said. “Funding for this program allows TWU to address
this shortage by providing highly-qualified nursing faculty
who can teach nursing at universities throughout the country.”
The Denton Presbyterian
Nurse Scholars program will begin at TWU in August. Students
who are underrepresented in nursing and documented as financially
qualified will be given priority to participate. Dr. Patricia
Holden-Huchton, associate dean of the TWU College of Nursing
in Denton, will serve as the project director.
For more information
on the program and application requirements, visit www.twu.edu/nursing/,
call 940-898-2407
or email asanino@mail.twu.edu.
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Amanda McKeen Simpson
Director of News and Information
Tel: (940) 898-3456
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