League Reaffirmation - Johnson County Community College

Endowed chair
In November 2006, the board of
trustees accepted a pledge of
$750,000 from Drs. David and
Mary Zamierowski for the first
endowed chair in the history of the
college. The gift created and helped
fund the Zamierowski Family
Endowed Professorship for Nursing
and Medical Simulation. Kathy
Carver, professor, nursing, was
designated to fill the endowed
position.
In addition, this gift qualified JCCC
to participate in the Kansas Board
of Regents Faculty of Distinction
program. Under this program, the
state annually contributes a
percentage (currently five percent)
of the total award to supplement
the faculty salary and to provide
additional operating support for
assistance, travel, equipment or
other expenses of the endowed
professorship. The purpose is to
increase private gifts and attract
and retain professors of distinction
for eligible educational institutions
in Kansas. JCCC was one of two
community colleges in Kansas to
become part of the Faculty of
Distinction program.
“The application of simulation training to nursing education is a relatively new
endeavor. The faculty here have become pioneers in the development of this field,
from authoring copyrighted scenarios for the first available nursing manual to
authoring chapters in upcoming textbooks to mentoring development of other labs
in the region to organizing and presiding over regional societies for advancement
of this technique. The faculty here have been committed to the development and
utilization of this new methodology for the last half ­dozen years or so. I have been privileged to
watch this as medical adviser to this project for the last three years. And in that time, in my opinion,
the recognition of what is needed for the advancement of this field, and then the development of
that particular technology to the point that two separate patent applications have been filed for the
solutions worked out in this cutting ­edge laboratory, goes beyond the standard implication of the
word ‘innovative.’ I believe that this level of inventiveness is very remarkable for a community college.”
– Dr. David Zamierowski, physician, donor
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