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Would you like to establish an endowment in your name or the name of someone you love?
Mennonite College of Nursing is looking to the future in terms of establishing endowments that will positively influence delivery of health care. Possible endowments include:
This program provides an avenue for personal and professional growth beyond the traditional boundaries of the classroom and clinical practicum. Students are given the opportunity to examine nursing care in a location culturally different from central Illinois. An endowment for this program would not only provide resources to cover tuition, fees and traveling expenses for qualified students, but also support the expenses associated with sending faculty to go with students in an effort to bridge the gap between classroom and clinical experience.
The College's key areas of competence have always focused on a holistic approach to preparing nursing students to serve their patients and communities with skill and compassion. Now that Mennonite College of Nursing has moved into the comprehensive university environment at Illinois State, the College seeks to build focused research competencies, especially in the areas directly applicable to nursing practice, like measuring patient outcomes and identifying and promoting nursing "best practices." An endowment would create a new Research Chair position to attract and retain a leading scholar to conduct research and teach at the College. The Chair's leadership would help the College guide the faculty in research efforts to improve the delivery of healthcare and enhance patient outcomes.
An Endowment for Distinguished Lectureship would allow Mennonite College of Nursing to invite individuals who are nationally recognized healthcare experts to share their wealth of knowledge with students, faculty, alumni and interested people in the community. Through the provisions of such a fund, Mennonite would strive to engage high-caliber speakers who are not only leaders in their areas of research, but whose work has also had a major impact on the healthcare industry. In addition to enhancing the intellectual experiences of students and promoting opportunities for students to dialogue and network with distinguished world-class researchers in both formal and informal settings, an Endowment for Distinguished Lectureship would increase the visibility and expertise of health-related research and practice on campus and in the community.
An Endowment for Technology would provide perpetual resources for the purchase and maintenance of state-of-the-art labs, equipped with the latest technology. Such technological needs might include simulators, virtual reality and equipment/software for multimedia classrooms and distance learning. This would help ensure graduates of Mennonite College of Nursing are technologically competent and able to meet the ever-changing demands of the workplace.
At the present, Mennonite College of Nursing has been fortunate enough to secure several endowed scholarships that serve nursing students in their junior and senior years--which, of course, is outstanding! Our needs are changing, however. Since the transition of Mennonite College of Nursing to Illinois State University, the College is attracting a great deal of attention from freshmen and sophomores who wish to pursue nursing degrees. In an effort to maintain standards of excellence and to attract high-potential nursing students, the College needs to increase its scholarship endowment to serve pre-nursing students. This fund would assist in recruitment and retention of these students and uphold the reputation of Mennonite College of Nursing and its graduates.
Students are eligible for membership in the National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA) upon admission to the College. The NSNA is a professional organization for nursing students whose chief purpose is to "aid in the preparation of student nurses for the assumption of professional responsibilities." The NSNA is structured on a multi-level basis which includes national, state and local chapters. The local chapter at Mennonite is MCN-SNA. An Endowment for Student Nurses' Association would provide the necessary resources to send nursing students who are members of this association to regional and national conventions, giving them exposure to nationally recognized professionals in the healthcare industry. Furthermore, this fund would free students from some fundraising responsibilities, giving them more time for service projects.
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