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Campaign Priorities for the School of Nursing

America faces a nursing shortage that is approaching crisis proportions, making our need for nurses immediate and profound. And, increased technology and specialization demand more highly prepared nurses. Nurses have become a precious national resource.

That's why, to shape the future we want, we need to do something now.

The top-ranked University of Washington School of Nursing is prepared to address the most pressing nursing challenges affecting our communities. Our obstacle? In an era of challenging state budget cuts, we need the resources to better respond to students' needs and prepare the next generation of nurses for the complexities of practice, education and research today and tomorrow.

To enable the brightest nursing students to build their careers, find and retain outstanding educators, and support world-class nurse researchers and their programs, we need your help. The beneficiaries of this vision will be our families, our friends, the community, the nation, and the world. Together, we are creating futures. The impact will be greater than perhaps any of us can imagine, profoundly touching thousands of lives.

Campaign Goal for the School of Nursing: $24 million

Student Support

The UW School of Nursing's reputation attracts the country's top students but competition for the finest students is fierce. Additional scholarships and fellowships will support our bright and passionate students so they don't have to work, allowing them to focus full time on gaining an education, speeding their entry into the workplace. When you invest in a student, you invest in the future.

Faculty Support

The School of Nursing's extraordinary faculty drive the process of teaching, discovery and research that are at the heart of an exceptional education. Strategic recruitment-and retention-of world-class faculty will allow us to grow our renowned programs and build partnerships that improve care in our community. Moving forward we will attract and retain faculty who:

• Keep the teaching and research vibrant and reflective of our students' diversity?
• Provide leadership in evolving educational programs and opportunities
• Seek out new challenges and think creatively about important health care problems
• Collaborate with colleagues in various disciplines to find successful, innovative approaches to care
• Expand the programs that prepare future nurse educators

To achieve these goals, we must provide competitive salaries; endowed chairs and professorships for leadership positions; and support for groundbreaking research and education programs.

Program and Research Support

Research leads to healthier, fuller lives. But innovative research is expensive. Being a top recipient of nursing research funds from the National Institutes of Health helps, but we have far more ideas than dollars to fund them. Philanthropic support is essential to continuing the research that has already helped so many individuals, and to tap the potential to benefit thousands more.

Annual Support

The School of Nursing prides itself on encouraging mentorship among its colleagues and students – thereby preparing critical thinkers for the complexity of real-world health care. Our investment of time and resources into mentorship benefits the school in tangible ways: The mentees receive an enhanced, outside-the-classroom learning experience that better prepares them for success in the working world, and the mentors have a unique opportunity for both professional and personal development on the job.

Whether mentoring occurs one-on-one in a professor's office, in a clinical setting, or half a world away through our study abroad program, the positive effect on our students and faculty can last a lifetime:

• "My mentor's way of posing situations caused me to reform the way I think about nursing and the situations that we may encounter—such as life and death," comments one BSN student about her mentor. "I have never tried harder to do well in a class, and I have never felt like I learned more," says another.
• For the mentors, the rewards far outweigh the extra work it can take to build a successful relationship with a protégé. Not only can they enjoy helping students and colleagues realize their potential, but they can also improve their own communication and leadership skills, gain fresh perspectives on their profession, and expand their problem-solving skills and approaches to teaching.

However, none of this innovative, life-changing education could happen without private support. Your gift helps our faculty succeed in developing stronger mentorship programs for our nursing graduates and teachers. Exceptional care from a UW nursing graduate means healthier individuals, families and communities. Your unrestricted gift to the Nursing Excellence Fund makes this happen.

Recognition Levels

The President's Club ($2,000+)
Dean's Club ($1,000+)

Contact Information

Brigette Yates
Assistant Director of Development
School of Nursing
Box 357260
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-7260
206.221.7674

More Information

For more information on the School of Nursing, visit our web site at http://www.son.washington.edu/