Moses Cone endows UNCG professorship
Moses Cone Health System will be giving $333,000 over three years to endow a professorship in nursing at UNCG's nursing school.
The new position will allow the school to expand its capacity; Moses Cone hopes it will lead to a greater supply of hard-to-find nurses. From the news release:
"What's motivating Cone is the shortage of nurses," said Dr. Virginia Karb, associate dean of the nursing school. "They would like us to graduate more nurses and we would like to do that, too, but our facilities and staff are at capacity. This endowment will help us recruit a senior professor for the nursing school, which is tough because there's also a severe shortage of nursing faculty. It's a real challenge to recruit and keep faculty."
The school will apply to the state for matching funds to bring the total endowment to $500,000.