UAMS has received a $300,000 grant from the Windgate Foundation to fund scholarships, student fees and book costs for 20 students enrolled in the College of Nursing.
Dr. Cam Patterson, UAMS chancellor and CEO of UAMS Health, said in a press release that in order to advance the state’s health care system, Arkansas needs an extensive, well-educated nursing workforce, which the grant will help provide.
The Windgate Foundation, based in Little Rock, has partnered with UAMS since 1996, and in addition to the College of Nursing, it has made contributions to the College of Pharmacy, the Graduate School, the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, the Cord Blood Bank of Arkansas and endowed chairs in several UAMS departments.
“Arkansas is currently experiencing a critical shortage of nurses, so it is important that we work with statewide partners to support creative and sustainable ways to promote nursing education,” Patricia Cowan, dean of the UAMS College of Nursing, said in the release. “The Windgate Foundation has been a steadfast supporter of nursing education in Arkansas, and this grant to the UAMS College of Nursing will help offset many of the financial costs that nursing students face in pursuit of their education, which will help create nurses that our state’s health care system desperately needs.”
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