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Show Check Wednesday, April 27,2005 The Signpost Page 16 continued from front degrees. "We all know that being able to prepare health care professionals who are qualified to take care of our health care needs is important/' said WSU President F. Ann Millner. Registered nurses with a bachelor's degree are in particularly high demand because they are the only nurses who can serve in managerial positions. "The folks at bedside are only good if they have good leadership," explained Nancy Nowack, vice president of clinical operations and chief nursing officer at IHC. Even though there are fewer nurses nationwide than there have been in the past, WSU has had to turn down qualified applicants because of a lack of funding. With this money, more nurses will be able to get the education they need to serve in the needed capacities. "This wasn't about finding people who wanted to be nurses," Nowack said. "This was about getting a hold of the people who are qualified and giving them the opportunity to learn." The contribution comes with no strings attached. The additional nurses Minority "We all know that being able to prepare health care professionals who are qualified to take care of our health care needs is important" - F. Ann Millner, WSU president Weber State University President F. Ann Millner greets an audience member Wednesday afternoon in the Stewart Stadium Skybox Suites. Millner attended an event where IHC gave the WSU nursing program more than $1 million dollars. educated will have no obligation to work for IHC. This can be attributed to the fact that IHC is a community-owned health care organization. "We are not shareholders," said beholden to Tim Perhson, administrator of McKay-Dee Hosptial. "This gift represents what a communityowned, not-for-profit organization can do for a community." During the nextfiveyears the donation will allow the program to educate 90 registered nurses, and 60 additional nurses will be able to return and graduate with bachelor's degrees. The program will begin to admit additional students fall semester. You can leave a message for reporter Cory Duclos by calling 626-7655. continued from page 3 was founded in October 2004 to address the achievement gap, the many "I am concerned that inequalities that exist in education among underrepresented groups, issues of race and racism^ CAUCASIAN - 1O,728 specifically students of color. "I am involved with the coalition as they pertain to the because issues of equity and social achievement gap, keep justice are my passion and I am very concerned about the achievement getting swept under the gap," said Martin, a fourth-grade teacher at Riley Elementary in the Salt rug/' Lake School District. -Jim Martin, The UAGC's position statement stresses Utah Achievement that achievement gaps are a national and state problem requiring immediate Gap Coalition member attention. A National Assessment for Education Progress test results showed, NATIVE AMERICAN - 8O students of color scored at least one AFRICAN AMERICAN - 132 FOREIGN - 151 grade level below white students on gap exists and continues beyond postsecondary education. College admission, ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER - 223 all measures of achievement and in all retention and graduation rates are also disciplines. lower for students of color than for white "I am concerned that issues of race students. "Our goal is how we can help them and racism, as they pertain to the Ruth Patino Stubbs is a member and bring them up," Stubbs said. achievement gap, keep getting swept of the UAGC and a counselor at the Stubbs's role at the Multicultural under the rug," Martin said. WSU Multicultural Center for Hispanic Center is to help enroll Hispanic students The UAGC asserts that even within students. Stubbs said the goal of the UAGC at WSU. the same schools and the same social is to find out what is prohibiting these "I act as a connector from high school class, the racial and ethnic achievement students from achieving at a higher level. to college," Stubbs said. Stubbs assists students with admission and finding scholarships. She also helps improve retention. "We make sure they are going to class," Stubbs said. "We listen to their personal problems and act as a system WSU Enrollment Spring 2005 Donate plasma OTHER a UNKNOWN - 6,059 Hispanic - 650 of support." Stubbs said she brings the students to WSU and helps keep them there, "so they can carry the torch on." Luviano said the WSU Multicultural Center has helped make his college education completely different from his high school experience. "When I want to give up," Luviano said. "I get Ruth nagging at me saying that I can do it." You can reach reporter Heather HuntWood by calling 626-7655. Your new DVD could be someone s O GET A $ 5 B0NUS SPJ Presents: Comedian First Time Donors David Fairchild Present this coupon on your first viit Donate plasma. Ifs easy St simple. Receive up to $180 a month and give life to patients in need. 801-393-8606 3073 Hanfeon Kvi Odgen. UT B4403 'BioLife \ Call for an appointment today. www.biolifeplasma.com IN: Playing Outdoors with Stoopid People Friday April 29th @ 7:30 p.m. in the Wildcat Theater Tickets available at Union Building Information Desk: $3 with Wildcat I D / $4 Without |