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ADVANCING <strong>Avila</strong><br />
<strong>Avila</strong> Answers Call for Nursing<br />
<strong>Avila</strong> <strong>University</strong> has committed<br />
to exp<strong>an</strong>d the School of Nursing<br />
to allow <strong>an</strong>nual adm<strong>is</strong>sion of 50<br />
new <strong>student</strong>s entering their junior<br />
year. The project <strong>is</strong> in response<br />
to a growing shortage of nurses<br />
nationally that will approach<br />
800,000 by 2020. Currently,<br />
the School of Nursing has <strong>an</strong><br />
enrollment of 80 juniors <strong>an</strong>d<br />
seniors.<br />
The four-year exp<strong>an</strong>sion<br />
program will cost approximately<br />
$1.1 million. Funding for the<br />
project <strong>is</strong> being sought from<br />
corporations, foundations, <strong>an</strong>d<br />
individuals. At the 29th <strong>an</strong>nual<br />
<strong>Avila</strong> Steer Dinner & Auction<br />
$47,880 was ra<strong>is</strong>ed specifically for<br />
the nursing exp<strong>an</strong>sion project, with<br />
donations still coming in. Some<br />
of our other notable gifts include:<br />
Your Contributions Make a Difference!<br />
The alumni gr<strong>an</strong>t provides $1,000 <strong>an</strong>nually to full-time, first-year <strong>student</strong>s who are dependents of <strong>Avila</strong><br />
graduates. The family gr<strong>an</strong>t provides $500 <strong>an</strong>nually <strong>an</strong>d <strong>is</strong> available to immediate members of a family who<br />
are concurrently enrolled as full-time <strong>Avila</strong> undergraduates. The family gr<strong>an</strong>t <strong>is</strong> also available to siblings<br />
of <strong>an</strong> <strong>Avila</strong> graduate.<br />
You c<strong>an</strong> make a difference in <strong>an</strong> <strong>Avila</strong> <strong>student</strong>’s life by contributing to the <strong>an</strong>nual scholarship<br />
fund by using the attached envelope or donating online at www.avila.edu/adv<strong>an</strong>cement/<br />
dontate.htm.<br />
Recipients of the 2005/2006 alumni gr<strong>an</strong>t or family gr<strong>an</strong>t:<br />
L<strong>is</strong>a Burks<br />
Am<strong>an</strong>da Campos<br />
Blake Carr<br />
Ann Chr<strong>is</strong>m<strong>an</strong><br />
Cameron Cox<br />
Bry<strong>an</strong> Ev<strong>an</strong>s<br />
Ashley Fieber<br />
All<strong>is</strong>on Fieber<br />
Emily Fryer<br />
Veronica G<strong>an</strong>n<br />
Lindsey Gibb<br />
Jeremy Gleeson<br />
Theresa Gleeson<br />
D<strong>an</strong>iel Higgins<br />
Angela Jackson<br />
Menia Jackson<br />
Jennifer Jones<br />
Jolee Juergens<br />
Marshall Juergens<br />
Donna Jungm<strong>an</strong><br />
Stacy Jungm<strong>an</strong><br />
Nick K<strong>an</strong>atzar<br />
Bri<strong>an</strong> Kelly<br />
Se<strong>an</strong> Kelly<br />
Jason Loden<br />
Erin Mahoney<br />
Hollee McGilton<br />
Andrew Mead<br />
J<strong>an</strong>ice Mead<br />
Meg<strong>an</strong> Meinen<br />
John Milone<br />
Gina Milone<br />
Amy Morr<strong>is</strong>on<br />
Joshua Oden<br />
S<strong>is</strong>ters of St. Joseph<br />
of Carondelet at<br />
$250,000, Menorah<br />
Legacy Foundation<br />
at $110,000, <strong>an</strong>d<br />
DST Systems Inc. at<br />
$100,000.<br />
Locally, over<br />
860 RNs leave the<br />
hospital field each<br />
year, <strong>an</strong>d currently<br />
the area does not<br />
graduate enough<br />
nurses to combat the attrition. <strong>Avila</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>is</strong> responding to the<br />
community’s need with immediate<br />
pl<strong>an</strong>s to exp<strong>an</strong>d classrooms,<br />
laboratories, <strong>an</strong>d faculty. <strong>Avila</strong>’s<br />
School of Nursing <strong>is</strong> one of K<strong>an</strong>sas<br />
City’s oldest <strong>an</strong>d most respected<br />
programs.<br />
“The nursing education <strong>an</strong>d<br />
Andrew Phillip<br />
Veronica Pilshaw<br />
Denn<strong>is</strong> Powell<br />
Dawn Roberts<br />
Rachel V<strong>an</strong>trump<br />
Jo<strong>an</strong>na White<br />
Jolee White<br />
Ashlee Williams<br />
Deborah W<strong>is</strong>e<br />
Elizabeth Young<br />
The new nursing education resource center <strong>is</strong> part of the<br />
School of Nursing major exp<strong>an</strong>sion project.<br />
Three of the more th<strong>an</strong> forty recipients of the<br />
2005/2006 alumni or family gr<strong>an</strong>ts are Donna<br />
Jungm<strong>an</strong>, top right, Am<strong>an</strong>da Campos, left, <strong>an</strong>d<br />
D<strong>an</strong>iel Higgins, bottom right.<br />
resource center <strong>is</strong> a state-of-theart<br />
environment that will facilitate<br />
<strong>student</strong> <strong>learning</strong> <strong>an</strong>d eventual<br />
integration into the health-care<br />
workforce. We look forward to<br />
sharing th<strong>is</strong> with <strong>Avila</strong> nursing<br />
<strong>student</strong>s,” said Dr. Sus<strong>an</strong> Fetsch,<br />
professor <strong>an</strong>d de<strong>an</strong> of the School<br />
of Nursing.<br />
8 FALL 2006 Accent
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