Minnesota Nursing magazine (Fall/Winter 2011) - School of Nursing ...

advancement news
an invitation to
Join the Dean’s Circle
Launched in 2011, the Dean’s Circle recognizes generous donors to the School of Nursing who make an
annual gift of $1,000 or more. I am pleased to share that 58 people have already joined me by becoming
members of the Dean’s Council. Please consider joining us.
As a donor, you may designate your gift for a specific purpose or choose to make an unrestricted
contribution to support the areas of greatest priority. These pivotal resources will provide student
scholarships, foster evidence-based research, and prepare graduates for the full scope of nursing practice.
Dean’s Circle members will be invited to an annual appreciation event and receive periodic updates on the important work at the
school. Members will also be recognized in Minnesota Nursing magazine, the school’s donor wall, and in the Dean’s Circle honor roll online.
You may join the Dean’s Council with a gift or pledge of $1,000 or more. Simply enclose your gift in the enclosed response envelope or
visit www.nursing.umn to make a qualifying contribution. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
John Reiling
Chair, School of Nursing Foundation
Shareholders Report
We gratefully acknowledge the generous benefactors who stepped forward to support
nursing education, research and practice from July 2010 through June 2011. These pivotal
gifts support emerging needs at the School of Nursing and respond to the rapid growth
and changes within the nursing profession. Thank you for helping to change the lives of
our nursing students, faculty members, alumni, and the patients for whom our nursing
community cares.
Some of this year’s giving highlights include: Emily Carol Hennings Anderson and Sheila
and David Lein established named endowed scholarships. The newly launched Dean’s Circle
welcomed 64 founding members. Barbara ’61 and Bruce Hiller made a generous estate
provision to provide scholarship support for future students. Harry Lefto joined the Heritage
Society with an estate provision that will strengthen the Tanya V. Ash Memorial Scholarship
and future initiatives. Distributions received from the estate of David C. McFarland, husband
of deceased alumna Dorothy ’45, will support the renovation of the school’s simulation
innovation center. Professor Donna Bliss, PhD, RN, FAAN, was named the inaugural recipient of
the newly established School of Nursing Foundation Research Professorship funded through
philanthropic support.
To learn more about how you can make a gift to advance nursing education, please contact
Gigi Fourré Schumacher at 612-625-1365 or visit www.nursing.umn.edu.
Pictured left to right: John Reiling, Professor Donna
Bliss, Carol Kelsey, Dean Delaney at Andrea Printy
Memorial Lecture announcing the inaugural
recipient of the School of Nursing Foundation
Research Professorship.
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