Wayne Memorial Hospital Foundation donates $50,000 to University of Mount Olive
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Published in News on September 3, 2018 5:50 AM
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The Wayne Memorial Hospital Foundation has donated $50,000 into a tuition gap scholarship program at the University of Mount Olive. From left are Janie Jaberg, president & CEO, Wayne UNC Health Care; Dr. David Hines, vice president of academic affairs, University of Mount Olive; Dr. David Poole, president, University of Mount Olive; Susan McCall, chairman, Wayne UNC Health Care board of directors; Jack Kannan, executive director, Wayne Memorial Hospital Foundation; Dr. Joy Kiefer, chair of division of nursing, University of Mount Olive; and Donna Wimberly, RN, senior vice president, patient services, Wayne UNC Health Care.
The Wayne Memorial Hospital Foundation and the University of Mount Olive continue to strengthen their strategic partnership that helps qualifying registered nurses earn their bachelor of science in nursing degree.
The Foundation, which supports Wayne UNC Health Care, has donated $50,000 into a tuition gap scholarship program at the university.
The money will be used to supplement the educational costs of Wayne UNC employees seeking BSN degrees through the University of Mount Olive.
The hospital made its initial $50,000 investment into the Preferred Employer Tuition Gap Scholarship program in February 2017.
"One of the main funding priorities of the Foundation is to support the educational needs of Wayne County's health care providers and to attract and retain skilled nurses in our community," said Susan McCall, chair of the Foundation's board of directors.
"Providing access to education will help strengthen our workforce and enhance the quality of care that is available in our community."
Qualifying recipients of the scholarship must have been employed as an RN at Wayne UNC for at least 12 months.
Several additional requirements must be met to receive and continue receiving the scholarship fund.
Chief among those is continuing service with Wayne UNC for a specified time.
"We are pleased to be able to provide our nurses with affordable and convenient access to the RN to BSN program at UMO," said Donna Wimberly, senior vice president of patient services and chief nursing officer at Wayne UNC Health Care.
"We are excited to continue this partnership that will benefit not only our nurses, but also the communities we serve by providing a higher percentage of BSN-prepared nurses to care for our patients."
"This is only the beginning of many new strategic investments that the Foundation has planned to help improve health care in Wayne County," said Jack Kannan, executive director of the Wayne Memorial Hospital Foundation.
For more information about the Wayne Memorial Hospital Foundation, visit www.waynememorialhopsitalfoundation.org.
The Foundation is a separate not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization established to support Wayne UNC Health Care.
It will achieve this goal through advocacy, education, philanthropy, relationships and stewardship.
All donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by the IRS.