TWU Faculty Member Receives $90,000 In Grants

12/12/03

HOUSTON — A Texas Woman’s University College of Nursing faculty member has received two grants totaling nearly $90,000 to help retain nursing students and hire additional faculty.

Dr. Kathryn Tart, assistant professor of nursing, received a $60,000 grant from Tenet Healthcare Corp. and Houston Northwest Medical Center to fund a nursing faculty position at the TWU Houston campus.

Dr. Tart also received a $29,783 grant from the Greater Houston Partnership for the Nursing Student Retention Assistance Program. The grant funding will provide stipends to nursing students who are at risk of dropping out of school due to financial pressures.

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