Georgian College’s Alumni Association is donating $100,000 in support of the new nursing program.
The donation was made to the Frontline Support: Health-care Heroes Closer to Home campaign.
This campaign raises funds to renovate learning spaces, purchase cutting-edge equipment, and establish new awards, scholarships and bursaries for the new Honours Bachelor of Science – Nursing degree program launching this September, at the Barrie and Owen Sound campuses.
The campaign aims to raise over $3 million to renew Georgian’s facilities and equipment, transform its technology, foster student success, and fund essential community-based research at both campuses.
The campaign is being guided by two volunteer advisory groups made up of community leaders in Grey, Bruce and Simcoe counties.
The college says they seek to support the education and training of homegrown registered nurses, who graduate from Georgian’s degree program and dedicate their careers to improving health care, and ensuring a healthier future.
This donation follows after a Bruce County couple made a recent $100,000 pledge to support the new program.
Class of 2007 and chair of Georgian’s Alumni Association Executive Council Arjun Batra says, this investment is a way for alumni members to give back to their college and help train the next generation of nurses that study at Georgian.
“At the same time, the alumni association sees this donation as a way to thank the thousands of Georgian alumni who have been working steadfast on the frontlines of the Covid pandemic since it was first declared more than two years ago,” says Batra.
Georgian says it has more than 10,000 alumni working in the health-care sector who have graduated from one of its health, wellness and science programs.
Georgian College President and CEO Dr. MaryLynn West-Moynes says it is inspiring to see their alumni community come together to give so generously to the campaign.
“The need for nurses in our communities is acute, donations like this will ensure our future nurses have every opportunity to study and build their careers locally,” says West-Moynes.
