EDUCATION
100
Trends In Education
BRIGHT FUTURE
MOLLY BARTELS
NURSING A
Kendy Campusano, a registered nursing student, demonstrates how the high-fidelity simulator trains for real-world clinical settings.
IRSC uses funds from Scott gift
to educate health care providers
BY DONNA CRARY
In December 2020, renowned philanthropist MacKenzie
Scott opened the door to life-changing opportunities
when she pledged $45 million to Indian River State
College. It was the largest individual donation in the
college’s 60-year history.
The endowment was part of Scott’s commitment to donate
the majority of her wealth to address some of society’s most
pressing problems. Her gift to the college came with no restrictions
except to spend the dollars with great responsibility.
“We’re the second largest recipient in the nation of all educational
institutions,” Timothy Moore, IRSC president, says.
“I felt like her challenge to me personally and to this college
in general was to do the greater good.”
Certain factors in health care helped Moore decide how
he would respond to Scott’s challenge. The Florida Hospital
Association and the Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida
recently predicted that the state faces a looming nursing
shortage of nearly 60,000 by 2035. With Florida’s growing
population and baby boomers approaching retirement, the
need to train nurses has become critical.
Moore looked no further than to the college’s highly
regarded nursing program to help offset the nursing crisis >>
/www.shrimpfest.com
/www.shrimpfest.com
/www.shrimpfest
/jazzsociety.org
/jazzsociety.org
/oceanlecture